1. PIN - SO WHAT’S NEW SINCE THE LAST MEETING? David Reay PIN Co-ordinator 3 JUNE 2004

2. PIN STEERING COMMITTEE b Colin Ramshaw – Chairman b David Reay – Co-ordinator b Steve Flynn – DTI b Derek Colman – BP b Andrew Green – BHR Group b Jeff Howarth H&IE b Emma Feltham – EPSRC b Mike Jones - Protensive b Janet Etchells – HSE b Norman Glen – TUV-NEL b Adam Harvey – Newcastle University b Asterios Gavriilidis – UCL b Dave York – P&G Corresponding; Andrzej Stankiewicz – Dutch PIN; Jo Rogers - AIChE

3. PIN FUNDING SECURED TO SPRING 2005 b Sponsors are: BHR Group, BP, DTI, HSE, P&G, Protensive b Currently applying for EC funding as part of EUROPIN consortium. b To approach DTI Technology Programme b Sponors benefit from: b Free meeting registration b Steering Committee membership b Special web access for recruitment etc. b ‘Sponsors’ column’ in PIN News b Preferential access to PI training courses

4. PIN NEWS b Eight issues published to date - each 12+ pages and on web site b Eleventh issue planned Summer 2004. b Contributions of articles welcome, in fact positively encouraged!! - by 31 July, please b No charge b Distribution outside PIN members

5. PIN MEMBERSHIP b Expanded to 390 b 60% from industry b 20% overseas members - Europe, USA, Japan

6. NEW PIN WEB SITE - www b www.pinetwork.org b Where size really does matter!! b Meeting news, contacts, newsletter, links, articles, Powerpoint PIN talks, etc. b Due soon – full report on the Royal Institution PI meeting, Nov. 2003. b Starting to review the adopting of the site for disabled access. b EA Report on Novel Reactors due to be published on the Site.

7. PIN - Next Deliverables b Meeting minutes – 07/04 b PIN News – 08/04 - articles, please! b PIN Committee Meeting, London, 23 June 2004 – members’ feedback welcome b TUV-NEL inviting PIN members to help direct the UK Flow Programme – see www.flowprogramme.co.uk/formulation www.flowprogramme.co.uk/formulation

8. FINALLY - FOR YOUR DIARY b 11th PIN Meeting, York University (+ Green Chemistry) – 25 November 2004. b 7 th World Congress of Chemical Engineering – Glasgow, 10-14 July. Session on PI led by X-W. Ni & Dave Trent b Proposal for Process Intensification Conference 2006 - Suggested Title: Process Intensification and Process Innovation– Cleaner and More Competitive Technologies, 24-29 Sept. 2006, New Zealand.