1. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP Steering Committee Meeting (Summer ‘99) Toronto, July 9, 1999

2. AGENDA Introduction / Agenda Review9:00 Summary of Current Activities 9:15 Review of Action Items (‘98 New York, ‘98 Miami, 99 Houston)9:45 Break10:30 Status of Group/Areas, upcoming election10:45 Web page11:30 Lunch12:00 Tour of Facilities13:00 1999 Dallas Topical14:00 2000 Atlanta Topical14:15 Future meetings, topicals, sessions14:30 Other activities, discussions, new proposals15:00 Agreement on new Action Items, directions15:30 Adjourn16:00 -16:30 July 9, 1999 Group Steering Committee Meeting Toronto, July 9, 1999

3. Group Steering Committee Meeting July 9, 1999 Warren Barkey (Exxon) Prabir Basu (Monsanto) Kamlesh Bhatia (DuPont) Shiah Cherney (Chevron) Cawas Cooper (Air Products) John Corn (Ashland) Joe Cramer (AIChE) Bill Dale (Xerox) Bob Duggal (Ethyl) Dave Edwards (Zeton) Yinlun Huang (Wayne State U) Alan Leviton (Rohm and Haas) George Liebermann (Xerox) Ron Mack (Monsanto) Ramesh Rameswaran (Lyondell) July 9, 1999

4. Group Steering Committee Meeting Toronto July 9, 1999 OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE - To develop the scope / directions of the Process Development Group within the AIChE National Programming Committee. Programming and Group Development - continue working on the Chicago ‘97 and New York ‘98 Steering Committee initiatives - address current issues - develop new initiatives July 9, 1999

5. Current Activities July 9, 1999 Programming Leadership Structure and Election of Chairs/Vice-Chairs New Areas Development Web page Future Committee Meetings Steering Committee Meetings Industry/Academia participation Marketing /Corporate Sponsorship/Quality Benchmarking/Networking Area Mission Statement s Other Activities

6. Group 12 Sessions at Annual and National Meetings Recent years (Pilot Plants)2 sessions Nov. ’97 (Los Angeles)2 sessions 1 poster session (no allocation) March ’98 (New Orleans)3 sessions (1 extra allocation) Nov. ‘98 (Miami Beach) 3 sessions (1 extra allocation) March ’99 (Houston) March ’00 (Atlanta) 6>8 sessions (Topical Conference) Base allocation extended to 4 by AIChE in Miami Beach 98 Nov. ’99 (Dallas) 8>10 sessions (Topical Conference) Nov. ‘00 (Los Angeles) 4 sessions

7. The new structure of the group was agreed upon at the March ‘97 Houston Committee Meeting : Area 12c and 12d to be officially started in November 99 (Dallas) Structure for Group 12 Group 12 PROCESS DEVELOPMENT Area 12a Process Research and Innovation Area 12b Pilot Plants Area 12c Technology Transfer Area 12dManufacturing July 9, 1999

8. LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES FOR ELECTION OF CHAIRS / VICE-CHAIRS The list of responsibilities of the Group and Area Chairs / Vice-Chairs, as well as the election procedure was distributed and is maintained by the Group Chair Leadership of Group 12 and Areas 12a and 12b is in place area 12 b chair resignation The new leadership mandate to the Fall of 2000 in order to allow implementation and consolidation of the new structure (LA ‘97) proposal to move Group election to 1999 Champions for future Areas 12c and 12d have been identified (CH ‘97, LA’97, NO ’98) elections for chairs/vice-chairs in Dallas 1999 July 9, 1999 Current Activities

9. NEW AREAS DEVELOPMENT Survey conducted by Cawas Cooper for Technology Transfer - presented in LA ‘97 Group DL survey has identified a the number of people with interest in this field - DL contains identifier for each area / future area 1999 Dallas Topical Conference has one /two session for each of the future areas 2000 Atlanta Topical Conference has three session for Technology Transfer 2000 LA has one session for Technology Transfer Two Champions for each of the future Areas 12c and 12d July 9, 1999 Current Activities

10. WEB PAGE Web page active: Draft #1 : www.pd-aiche.com Draft #2 : www.pd-aiche.com/temp Sponsorship: so far, SC Johnson, Rohm & Haas, Xerox to be recognized on the site Gate keeper team: G.Liebermann, group/area vice-chairs to be implemented July 9, 1999 Current Activities

11. FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Separate meetings for the Process Development (Group) Committee meeting and Area meetings started in Miami Beach 1998 The group dinner : immediately after the Group Committee meeting Potential session chairs / co-chairs and session titles to be identified before the committee meeting by the Area Chairs/ Vice-Chairs to streamline to selection process (TBD - Area Chairs/Vice-Chairs) ? Other meeting activities, such as benchmarking, where people talk about their organization, or round table discussions on specific topics were to be continued (not done) July 9, 1999 Current Activities

12. STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS ‘ 97 Chicago Meeting was an excellent start ‘98 New York Meeting move from July 10 to July 24 - created some attendance problems ‘99 Toronto / Mississauga - best attendance yet July 9, 1999 Current Activities need for Future Steering Committee Meetings ? If yes, at special location or at the Annual AIChE Meetings ?

13. INDUSTRY / ACADEMIA PARTICIPATION Explore joint sessions with a principally academic group, e.g., Reaction Engineering (Area Chairs / Vice-Chairs) Use Topical Conference in the Fall of 1999 in Dallas to enhance this interaction Compile a list of Universities active in process research (Ka Ng) Seek support from AIChE’s Education Group, as well as from academia who provide consultancy services to industry. (K. Ng, G. Tampy July 9, 1999 Current Activities

14. MARKETING / QUALITY Article describing the recent Group 12 changes written by M.. Langer was published in AIChE Extra in Fall of 1997 Advertise best presentations in the Group 12 newsletter. (done for LA ‘97 Meeting) Pursue programming a joint session with other AIChE groups to gain wider exposure Web page Run a question and answer session, or “ask the Expert”. Consider a panel discussion or a tutorial. Propose publishing the best paper in the CEP Contact individuals, institutions, other agencies who are involved in process development to try and forge a partnership Post information about Group 12 on the AIChE website July 9, 1999 Current Activities

15. Other Activities Benchmarking Networking (Process Development Committee Meeting, Dinner) Area Mission Statement s Visits to member’s facility (during Conferences,Steering Committee Meetings, individual arrangements) Round table discussions Surveys July 9, 1999 Current Activities

16. The new structure of the group was agreed upon at the March ‘97 Houston Committee Meeting : Area 12c and 12d to be officially started in November 99 (Dallas) Structure for Group 12 Group 12 PROCESS DEVELOPMENT Area 12a Process Research and Innovation Area 12b Pilot Plants Area 12c Technology Transfer Area 12dManufacturing July 9, 1999

17. Group 12: Process Development Chair:George Liebermann, Xerox Vice-chair:Prabir K. Basu, Monsanto Area 12a: Process Research & Innovation Chair:Kamlesh Bhatia, DuPont Vice-chair:Ka Ng, U of Massachusetts Area 12b: Pilot Plants Chair:John Corn, Ashland Vice-chair:to be elected in Nov. 99 (Dallas) Mark Langer, the term chair resigned in winter of 1999 Leadership to fall 2000 ? July 9, 1999

18. Future Areas Proposed future areas: Area 12c:Technology Transfer Cawas Cooper, Air Products Geatesh Tampy,IFF Area 12d:Manufacturing Ron Mack, Monsanto Tom Kenat, Kenatech Chairs and vice-chairs to be elected in Nov. 99 (Dallas) July 9, 1999

19. Proposal to change Group 12 leadership in Fall 1999 instead of 2000: - elections for Area 12b, 12c and 12d scheduled for 1999 - George Liebermann has been chair for an extended period of time (Pilot Plants 1994-96, Process Development 1997- ) - opportunity to move new people in leadership positions Group Leadership July 9, 1999

20. www.pd-aiche.com Web page TBDs: Update ongoing AIChE connect button Key words for browsers ? Contacts for : Programming; New members; Networking; Benchmarking Suggestions - Information ? Resource facilitator : expertise - ask the expert, be an expert, c Company links July 9, 1999 Web Page Web Page

21. Time-lined Items Status New York (July 24, 1998) - 2nd Annual Steering Committee Meeting (JC / GL) Miami Beach (November 1999) - Separate Area Meetings - Issue Minutes of New York meeting (GL) - Initiate Group 12 Web site - Develop Plans for Topical Conference for Atlanta 2000 (JC, GL, SD) Toronto (July 9, 1999) - 3nd Annual Steering Committee Meeting (GL) July 9, 1999 Action Items

22. LIST of ACTION ITEMS July 9, 1999 Action Items

23. July 9, 1999 Dallas 1999 First Group 12 sponsored Topical Conference First Topical Conference Dinner - Invited speaker Prof. Octave Levenspiel

24. July 9, 1999 Atlanta 2000 Second Group 12 sponsored Topical Conference First group sponsored tutorial

25. COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE/ SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE / SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS -structure changes? FUTURE TOPICALS FUTURE TOPICALS -Reno, Fall 2001 proposal : Batch Processes (PB) FUTURE SESSIONS FUTURE SESSIONS -2001 sessions need to be finalized in November (Dallas) July 9, 1999 Future Meetings, Topicals, Sessions

26. NEW SESSIONS PROPOSED (Miami ‘98, Houston ‘99) # of papers max 6-7 - 2001 Houston Process Innovation for Existing Processes (12a, 12d) - co-chair Andreas Matzakos,Equilon Process Innovation in Polymers (12a) - chair Joe Powel,Shell Cost driven Pilot Plant Programs (12b) Process Control and Data acquisition in Pilot Plants (12b) Polymerization Pilot Plants (12b) July 9, 1999 ProgrammingProgramming

27. NEW PROPOSALS

28. July 9, 1999 ACTION ITEMS

29. July 9, 1999 ACTION ITEMS