The previously announced due date for contributed papers for FOCAPO and CPC 2012 has been extended to 15 August 2011. The FOCAPO 2012 Meeting will take place in Savannah, Georgia, 8-11 January 2012 and will be immediately followed by CPC (Chemical Process Control; 11-13 January), with one joint day of programming. More details about the conferences can be found at http://focapo.org/ and http://cpcmeeting.org/ Poster sessions with contributed papers will be a major part of the FOCAPO 2012 and the CPC 2012 conferences, and will be devoted to presentation of new methods and novel industrial applications in the area of process operations and control. Authors interested in a poster presentation should submit a paper not to exceed 6 pages in the format described on the conference web sites. Extended abstracts are acceptable provided that they convey clearly the novelty and significance of the work. All papers/abstracts submitted for poster presentation will be peer reviewed. A small number of the contributed papers may be selected for oral presentation, and a large number will be selected for inclusion in a post-conference special issue of Computers & Chemical Engineering. Submit online at http://focapo.org/ and http://cpcmeeting.org/ *** Revised Deadline for abstracts/papers: 15 August, 2011 *** Authors informed: 15 September 2011 Submission of abstracts/papers for inclusion in proceedings CD: 31 October 2011 Conferences: 8-11 January 2012 and 11-13 January 2012 Submission of papers selected for inclusion in Computers & Chemical Engineering: 31 March, 2012 Publication of journal papers: end of 2012