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Call for papers - Advances in IT for Process Operations American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2007 Annual Meeting November 4 -9, 2007 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, Utah Sponsored by Computing and Systems Technology Division (CAST) Area 10c: Computers in Operations and Information Processing With the ever-increasing pressures to compete in a global environment the chemical companies are facing insurmountable challenges towards their transition to more agile, flexible and competitive entities. Intelligent information gathering and processing related to all functional tasks, from basic R&D, to manufacturing and production, to transportation is a critical ingredient for growth. Information technologies include all matters concerned with the furtherance of computer science and technology and with the design, development, installation, and implementation of information systems and applications with the ultimate goal of upgrading the information content of operational data across all time and scales of operation. In this session we invite conceptual and practical applications of IT applied to the Chemical Process Industries. Contributions should include modeling approaches, algorithmic developments and computer implementations demonstrating the impact and criticality of IT. Proposals to present at this session may be submitted electronically visiting http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2007/cfp.cgi <http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2007/cfp.cgi> . Key dates: February 8, 2007: Online submission of abstracts opens May 14, 2007: Call for papers closes July 16, 2007: Selection of papers November 4-9, 2007: AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT Chair Matt H. Bassett Senior Scientist Dow AgroSciences 9330 Zionsville Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46268 Phone Number: (317)337-3891 Fax Number: (317)337-3628 Email: [log in to unmask] CoChair Vipin Gopal United Technologies Research Center 411 Silver Lane M/S 129-15 Hartford, CT 06040 Phone Number: (860)610-7442 Fax Number: (860)610-7442 Email: [log in to unmask]