Chemical engineering digitalisation conference returns for 2025
13th February 2025
IChemE is inviting abstract submissions for its Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industries conference, taking place on 16–17 October in Manchester, UK.
Returning after a four-year hiatus, the event is designed for engineering and process industry professionals working in cybersecurity/safety, digitalisation, information management, process automation, process control, process modelling and process simulation.
Confirmed plenary speakers include ARC Advisory Group Vice President Valentijn de Leeuw, and Raquel Torres, Vice President of UniversalAutomation.org, a not-for-profit independent association aimed at decoupling automation software from the hardware on which it executes.
The Conference Technical Committee will be co-chaired by Zaid Rawi (BP International) and Bhavik Mehta (Siemens Industry Software Ltd).
Rawi highlights the significant changes since the previous iteration of the event: "Digitalisation is driving greater productivity and efficiency while lowering costs in process industries and manufacturing. It's enabling companies to undergo Digital Transformation and progress toward Industry 4.0, with many already seeing the benefits. The conference will explore these technologies and their impact on the process industries.”
Key conference themes include: advanced process automation, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data management, digital risk management, digital twin technology, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
Contributions are invited from both IChemE members and non-members. The call for content closes on 2 May 2025. IChemE members and speakers will benefit from reduced registration rates to attend the event.
For more information on submitting your abstract, please visit www.icheme.org/advances.
Organisations interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the event, please contact Ian Carter at Media Shed.
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