2012 AIChE Annual Meeting Cleaner Energy, Stronger Economy, Better Living October 28 - November 2, 2012 David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA In Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges, the AIChE Annual Meeting is focused on building Chemical Engineering bridges to Cleaner Energy, a Stronger Economy, and Better Living. This year’s conference develops this theme by bringing together more than 5000 chemical engineering professionals and the process and energy industries, universities, and government to explore the impact of chemical engineers and chemical engineering technologies on topics spanning energy and the environment. The program is now complete with 791 sessions and over 6000 papers. Technical program details are available at https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2012/webprogram/start.html. The plenary session on Monday, October 29 features key representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, EQT Corporation, Bayer Corporation, and Westinghouse. Topics include CO2 Capture, Utilization and Storage, and Natural Gas/Oil Recovery, North American Manufacturing and Shale Gas, Chemistry & Energy: Fortifying Our Historic Links, and Nuclear Energy, the Future after Fukushima. New for 2012 o Accelerating Fossil Energy Technology Development Through Integrated Computation and Experimentation o Sustaining Water for Future Generations o Biomedical Applications of Chemical Engineering o Co-location with the A&WMA for the Joint Workshop: Shale Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - Water Challenges & Opportunities Registration information can be found at http://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2012/registration-info. We look forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh. Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Lorenz T. Biegler, MPC Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Email: [log in to unmask] Stephen E. Zitney, Co-MPC AVESTAR Center Office of Research & Development National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) U.S. Department of Energy Morgantown, WV 26507-0880 Email: [log in to unmask]