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	Andreas Leitner Senior Vice President, Innovation & Technology, OMV AG, Austria Industrialization of new technologies for profitable growth Curriculum Vitae Education: · Chemistry studies at University of Technology in Graz, Austria · PhD Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany · Postdoc at Yale University Professional experience · BASF Ludwigshafen Germany and USA in Innovation & Technology and technical marketing · Borealis multiple roles in R&D, pricing, new business development and mechanical recycling business · OMV as Senior Vice President Innovation & Technology since 1.03.2024
	Armin Rix Senior Project Manager and Distillation Expert Energy Integration & Electrification in the Process Industries Dr. Armin Rix is a Senior Project Manager and distillation Expert at the Engineering department of Evonik at Marl, Germany. His professional experience and interests cover process design, distillation, simulation, heat integration and electrification. He serves as Evonik representative to the Technical Advisory Committee of F.R.I. In 1992, Dr. Rix received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Technical University Berlin. From 1992 until 1997, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Process and Plant Design at Technical University Berlin and in 1997 he earned his Dr.-Ing. degree.
	Arthur Schwaidtmann Assistant Professor, TU Delft Multi-agent Systems for Process Design Dr. Artur M. Schweidtmann is a tenured assistant professor for Process Systems Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in chemical process engineering. His research group – the Process Intelligence Research group - develops algorithms and decision support tools for process development and engineering. Dr. Schweidtmann received his Ph.D. in 2021 and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 2017, both from RWTH Aachen in Germany. During his studies, he spent the academic year 2013/2014 at Carnegie Mellon University and performed his Master thesis at the University of Cambridge. He received W. David Smith Graduate Publication Award from AIChE (2024) and the Senior Moulton medal from IChemE (2024). Homepage: https://www.pi-research.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schweidtmann/
	Eva Sorensen Professor in Chemical Engineering, University College London (UCL) Is McCabe-Thiele’s method still relevant – what should be included in a 21^st century Separation Processes course? Prof Sorensen is currently Professor in Chemical Engineering and Head of Department at UCL. Prof Sorensen is a chartered engineer (CEng), a chartered scientist (CSci), a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (FAIChE), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Fellow of the European Society for Engineering Education (FSEFI). She received the Frank Morton Medal from IChemE in 2017 for excellence in chemical engineering education. Prof Sorensen was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's Birthday Honours 2023 for services to chemical engineering and to education, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2024. Prof Sorensen is a member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Working Party on Fluid Separations (Chair 2007-2013) and she has previously served two terms as an elected member of the EFCE's Executive Board (2011-2017). Prof Sorensen is an Editor of Chemical Engineering Research and Design, previously Editor-in-Chief (2010-2021), the Deputy Chair of IChemE’s Education Sub-Committee and a member of the IChemE's Fluid Separations Special Interest Group Committee. Home page: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/2484-eva-sorensen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-sorensen-mbe-freng-10107923/
	Henry Kister Fluor Corporation, Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology Can High Subcooling Cause Premature Flood? Known as “The Tower Doctor” Henry is a Fluor Corporation Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology with a vast background in all phases of distillation, including operation, troubleshooting controls, design, and start-up. At Fluor, Henry designs, revamps troubleshoots and advises on distillation processes, equipment and controls for the chemical, petrochemical and oil industries. He is the author of four books, the distillation equipment chapter in Perry’s Handbook, the distillation chapter in the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and about 150 articles. Kister has taught the IChemE-sponsored “Practical Distillation Technology” course near 600 times in 27 countries, and a recent “Troubleshooting Distillation Controls” course, also sponsored by IChemE. A recipient of several awards, Kister obtained his BE and ME degrees from the University of NSW in Australia. He is a Fellow of IChemE and AIChE, Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and has been serving on the FRI Technical Advisory and Design Practices Committees for more than 25 years. Email

Andreas Leitner

Senior Vice President, Innovation & Technology, OMV AG, Austria

Industrialization of new technologies for profitable growth

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

· Chemistry studies at University of Technology in Graz, Austria

· PhD Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany

· Postdoc at Yale University

Professional experience

· BASF Ludwigshafen Germany and USA in Innovation & Technology and technical marketing

· Borealis multiple roles in R&D, pricing, new business development and mechanical recycling business

· OMV as Senior Vice President Innovation & Technology since 1.03.2024

Armin Rix

Senior Project Manager and Distillation Expert

Energy Integration & Electrification in the Process Industries

Dr. Armin Rix is a Senior Project Manager and distillation Expert at the Engineering department of Evonik at Marl, Germany. His professional experience and interests cover process design, distillation, simulation, heat integration and electrification. He serves as Evonik representative to the Technical Advisory Committee of F.R.I.

In 1992, Dr. Rix received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Technical University Berlin.

From 1992 until 1997, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Process and Plant Design at Technical University Berlin and in 1997 he earned his Dr.-Ing. degree.

Arthur Schwaidtmann

Assistant Professor, TU Delft

Multi-agent Systems for Process Design

Dr. Artur M. Schweidtmann is a tenured assistant professor for Process Systems Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in chemical process engineering. His research group – the Process Intelligence Research group - develops algorithms and decision support tools for process development and engineering.

Dr. Schweidtmann received his Ph.D. in 2021 and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 2017, both from RWTH Aachen in Germany. During his studies, he spent the academic year 2013/2014 at Carnegie Mellon University and performed his Master thesis at the University of Cambridge. He received W. David Smith Graduate Publication Award from AIChE (2024) and the Senior Moulton medal from IChemE (2024).

Homepage: https://www.pi-research.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schweidtmann/

Eva Sorensen

Professor in Chemical Engineering, University College London (UCL)

Is McCabe-Thiele’s method still relevant – what should be included in a 21^st century Separation Processes course?

Prof Sorensen is currently Professor in Chemical Engineering and Head of Department at UCL. Prof Sorensen is a chartered engineer (CEng), a chartered scientist (CSci), a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (FAIChE), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Fellow of the European Society for Engineering Education (FSEFI). She received the Frank Morton Medal from IChemE in 2017 for excellence in chemical engineering education. Prof Sorensen was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's Birthday Honours 2023 for services to chemical engineering and to education, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2024.

Prof Sorensen is a member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Working Party on Fluid Separations (Chair 2007-2013) and she has previously served two terms as an elected member of the EFCE's Executive Board (2011-2017). Prof Sorensen is an Editor of Chemical Engineering Research and Design, previously Editor-in-Chief (2010-2021), the Deputy Chair of IChemE’s Education Sub-Committee and a member of the IChemE's Fluid Separations Special Interest Group Committee.

Home page: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/2484-eva-sorensen

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-sorensen-mbe-freng-10107923/

Henry Kister

Fluor Corporation, Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology

Can High Subcooling Cause Premature Flood?

Known as “The Tower Doctor” Henry is a Fluor Corporation Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology with a vast background in all phases of distillation, including operation, troubleshooting controls, design, and start-up. At Fluor, Henry designs, revamps troubleshoots and advises on distillation processes, equipment and controls for the chemical, petrochemical and oil industries. He is the author of four books, the distillation equipment chapter in Perry’s Handbook, the distillation chapter in the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and about 150 articles. Kister has taught the IChemE-sponsored “Practical Distillation Technology” course near 600 times in 27 countries, and a recent “Troubleshooting Distillation Controls” course, also sponsored by IChemE. A recipient of several awards, Kister obtained his BE and ME degrees from the University of NSW in Australia. He is a Fellow of IChemE and AIChE, Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and has been serving on the FRI Technical Advisory and Design Practices Committees for more than 25 years.