Area 12a Process Research and Innovation Minutes

5:45 - 6:30 pm, Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Indianapolis, IN

Area 12a Chair, Cheryl Teich, presided over the meeting. After reviewing the sessions currently planned for 2003, the meeting centered on programming for 2004.

2003

2003 Spring Meeting

Area 12a will sponsor one session for the Spring 2003 (New Orleans):

Session	Chair	Vice-Chair
The Role of Innovation in Extending the Life of Mature Products	Osman T. Aboul-Nasr Fluor Daniel	Christine B. Seymour Pharmacia Corporation

2003 Annual Meeting

And a Topical Conference on Process Innovation for the Fall 2003 (San Francisco) meeting:

Session	Chair	Vice-Chair
Innovation in Pharmaceutical Process Development	Christine B. Seymour Pharmacia Corporation	Greg Frank Promega Corp.
Innovation in "Green Chemistry" Process Development	Michael A. Schultz UOP LLC	Herberto Cabezas USEPA
Selling Innovation in the Traditional CPI	Osman T. Aboul-Nasr Fluor Daniel	Raymond Rooks Dow Chemical
Process Innnovation as a Route to Shorter Time to Market	Aaron Sarafinas Rohm and Haas Company	Jody Moe Pharmacia Corporation
Process Innovation in High-Value Add Product Development	Robert E. Gallogly	Kiran Gupte Equistar Chemicals, LP

We need to confirm the chairs'/co-chairs' availability/willingness to serve before Mike Malone's (F2003 MPC) 12/2/2002 session submission deadline.

The Process Innovation Topical will be "staffed" by:
Cheryl Teich, Chair
Christine Seymour, Co-chair
Ray Rooks, Proceedings Chair

The Innovation Topical will host the traditional Process Development Dinner.

2004

Tools
Rapid Prototyping of Devices
Small Scale tests for large scale production
Constructability Issues for Pilot Plants
Fuel processing (co-sponsor topical on fuel cells)
Engineering Innovation for Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Design Methodologies for Plant Security
Sustainable Engineering in Process Development
Innovation in Consumer Products
Use of Statistical Design in Experiments (applications for results)
Decision analysis in managing the innovation portfolio (co-sponsor w/mgt?)
Industrial implementation of Preparative Chromatography (Area 2)
Workflow for innovation
Step out creative processes
Accounting for IP issues in innovation processes
Internal vs. contract process development
From the university to the factory - successful collaborations in innovation
Ways of enhancing process innovation with computational innovation (use of innovation tools)
Mitigating greenhouse gases
Biological process development (chemicals that are grown, not made)
Innovation in the health care industries (15b)
Process Innovation in semiconductor industry (Chemical engineering aspects of semiconductor manufacture)
Process innovation at the Nanoscale
Process innovation in emerging technologies (RANTC)
Biorefinery
Security

2004 Spring, New Orleans

As shown below, we have chairing commitments for the following sessions for Spring 2004 (New Orleans)

Session	Chair	Vice-Chair
Innovation in Fuel Processing	David Lyons U.S. DOE NETL	Andreas Matzakos Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc.

2004 Annual, Austin

As shown below, we have chairing commitments for the following sessions for Spring 2004 (New Orleans)

Session	Chair	Vice-Chair
Tools	Glen Wheeler Alkermes, Inc	Milan Maric Xerox, Inc.
From the university to the factory - successful collaborations in innovation	Annette Johnston Abbott Laboratories	Douglas Lenz Falconeer Technologies Corporation
Innovation in Consumer Products	Gavin Towler UOP LLC	Chris Wibowo Clearwater Bay Technology, Inc.
Industrial Preparative Chromatography	Kathleen Mihlbachler Pharmacia Corporation	Anita Katti UCB Bioproducts
Innovative Design Methodologies	Yinlun Huang Wayne State University	Need to identify a co-chair

Respectively submitted,

Cheryl Teich
Area 12a Chair
Rohm and Haas Company

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