The AIChE Annual Meeting is nearly here! This meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. Academic and industry experts will cover a wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies, and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering.

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Editorial Board Chair Juan de Pablo, Editorial Board member Claire Adjiman and Advisory Board member Matthew Tirrell will be presenting their recent work at the meeting.

Make sure to visit Stand 33 in the East Lounge, Ballroom Level of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square where the Royal Society of Chemistry and Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Executive Editor Neil Hammond will be on hand to talk about your work:

See the full Technical Program for the meeting. Juan, Claire, Matthew and Neil look forward to welcoming you to San Francisco!

The International  Symposium on Next-Generation Solar Cells and Solar Energy Conversion will take place at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan 21- 24 November 2016. This symposium is organised jointly by the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in UK. The event will provide a unique platform for researchers to explore new technologies for the next-generation of solar cells and to share research ideas and results on the latest advances in solar energy conversion.

Plenary Speakers

Michael Grätzel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Yuan-Pern Lee, National Chiao Tung University

Nam-Gyu Park, Sungkyunkwan University

Andres Hagfeldt, Swiss Federal  Institute of Technology

Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Tech, USA

Click here for a copy of the full scientific program.

Don’t miss out: 31 October 2016 is the regular registration deadline! Register today!

Biopolymers Europe will be taking place in London, UK, on the 7^th & 8^th December 2016. The two-day event has been designed with the key objective of uniting collaborations across the entire bioplastic value chain to come together to learn more about the innovations emerging in a host of markets as biopolymers begin to play a broader role in multiple sectors.

It also provides a unique platform to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as getting involved in practical challenges, solution strategies and problem-solving for the road ahead. With a strong emphasis on the increasing role of a harmonious strategy, this event has been designed to facilitate the action that is needed to plan ahead for forthcoming obstacles within the industry.

Key Topics:

• The Biobased Economy – Meeting the Needs of All Parties: Achievements & Obstacles
• Where is Environmental Policy Going?
• How to stay in the UK Market in a post- Brexit world?
• Growing Global Biobased Markets: Blends, Applications, Limitations & Bio Refining
• Biodegradable & Biobased Materials Development: Lessons Learned and Preparing for Future Challenges (practical strategy building)
• Next Generation Polymers: Biopolymers with Advanced Functionalities for High-Performance Applications
• Future Perspectives and Advances in Processing & Application of Polymers
• Polymer Fundamentals: the Best Performing Features of the Design and Properties of Biodegradable Polymers
• Pioneering New Processes & Technologies
• Emerging Polymer Technologies: Nanotechnology for Bioplastics: Opportunities, Challenges & Strategies
• Emerging Polymer Technologies: Transformational potential of 3D printing and Nanotechnology
• Applications and Commercialization of Biopolymers
• The Retailer Interview: Retailer Perspective on Biobased Products
• Sustainability Programmes & Composting Infrastructure: Bridging the Gap Between Interest & Action
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Scaling Up Smartly and Overcoming Barriers for Investments

Please see a copy of the full agenda.

For more information and to register your attendance, please contact Mohammad Ahsan and quote booking reference CBCe4MKT on +44 (0) 203 141 0606 or email mahsan@acieu.net.

Zing Organic Semiconductors
22nd – 25th September 2016
Dubrovnik, Croatia

We are pleased to announce the first Zing Conference on Organic Semiconductors. A key element of this Conference is to identify future opportunities, emerging challenges and a discussion of the intellectual frontiers and technological vision for this class of materials. Topics include structure/property guidelines for relevant applications, including organic photovoltaics, spintronics, biological interfaces, light-emitting diodes, field effect transistors and biosensors. One special session will be dedicated to an inclusive and mediated discussion of desirable targets and outcomes envisioned for five and ten year increments of research and development. Contributions are invited in each of these themes interpreted broadly to permit inclusion of the most novel and emerging themes.

Plenary Speakers
Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
George Malliaras, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France
Jean-Luc Bredas, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Takao Someya, University of Tokyo, Japan

Register now!