1. B. Wayne Bequette CACHE 14 June 2013
PSE 2018
B. Wayne Bequette
CACHE
14 June 2013

2. Background (from Singapore, PSE 2012, News Release)
The International Symposia on Process Systems Engineering – triennial since 1982.
Organized by the International Organisation for Process Systems Engineering (IOPSE) with representations from the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, and the Inter-American Confederation of Chemical Engineering.
Global platform for the PSE academics, researchers, and practitioners from all corners of the world for sharing advances in PSE education, research, and application.

3. Previous Locations PSE-1982 Kyoto, Japan PSE-1985 Cambridge, England
PSE-1988 Sydney, Australia
PSE-1991 Montebello, Quebec
PSE-1994 Kyongju, Korea
PSE-1997 Trondheim, Norway
PSE-2000 Breckenridge, CO (16-21 July 2000)
Reklaitis and Siirola, 260 participants, 254 papers
PSE-2003 Kunming, China
PSE-2006 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
PSE-2009 Salvador, Brazil
PSE-2012 Singapore
PSE-2015 Copenhagen (31 May – 3 June, 2015)
Joint with ESCAPE-25

4. Recent History PSE-2006 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Around 350 participants, around 125 oral presentations and 240 poster presentations
PSE-2009 Salvador, Brazil
365 registrants, 275 from academic circles and 90 from the private sector, with 25 companies represented.
196 delegates from Brazil, 33 from the rest of Latin America, 76 from Europe, 26 from USA/Can, 36 from Asia and one from Africa. Students comprised 35% of attendees oral presentations (plenary, keynote and regular lectures) and 226 posters
PSE-2012 Singapore
360 registrants from 35 countries.
219 Full Registrations; 139 student registrations
207 from Asia + Australia; 100 from Europe; 32 from North America; 17 from South America and 4 from Africa
190 oral presentations (plenary, keynote and regular) and 153 posters
PSE-2015 Copenhagen
also expecting close to 400 participants

5. Ideas/Issues Preferable to host PSE-2018 in a major US city
International conference
Prefer not to add shuttle/short flight travel to those coming from Europe or Asia
Larger than “typical” CACHE-sponsored conference
Perhaps attendees
From CACHE Minutes, April 2001, Galveston. Review of past conferences – Edgar: PSE 2000: Low attendance, but income and operating expenses seems roughly to have broken even.
The CACHE Minutes, November, 2000, Los Angeles indicate 260 people and 254 papers at PSE It is clear that there were issues with how Keystone handled room attrition. The original contract (1998) was for 300 rooms, using a % of room total basis, before the hotel expanded.

6. Suggested Potential Chairs
Larry Biegler
Chris Floudas
Ignacio Grossmann
Mahmoud El-Halwagi (will need assistance with entertainment…)
Kevin Furman (ExxonMobil) – co-chair or programming committee

7. Suggested Timeline CACHE agrees to provide financial backing
In principle, now
Small advisory committee from CACHE and CAST
Soon
Name Chair by 15 July 2013
Chair spearheads official proposal to CACHE
CACHE approval in San Francisco, 8/9 November 2013
Proposal to IOPSE by 30 November 2013
Need suggested structure/details from Rafiq Gani
Is final location needed by then?