Dear Colleagues,

Registration is now open for the AIChE Workshop on Smart Grid for the
Chemical Process
Industry<http://www.aiche.org/conferences/workshop-on-smart-grid-chemical-process-industry/2013>,
*September 25-26, 2013*, Chicago, IL. Deadline for Early-bird Registration
has been *extended to September 10th** *(*Registration
page<http://www.aiche.org/conferences/workshop-on-smart-grid-chemical-process-industry/2013/registration-info>
*)

Organized by the CAST Division of AIChE, this workshop will introduce new
and existing methods for the CPI to reduce operating costs through demand
response.

Speaker highlights include:

   - *Keynote*: *Joseph Paladino*, *Senior Advisor, DOE Office of
   Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.*
   - *Reception Address*: *Maria Burka*, *Program Director, National
   Science Foundation. *
   - *Plenary I*: *Mary Ann Piette*, *Director, Demand Response Research
   Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.*
   - *Plenary II*: *Ernst Scholtz*, *Global Manager for Grid Automation,
   ABB Corporate Research. *
   - *Plenary III*: *R. DeWayne Todd*, *Energy Service Manager, Alcoa Power
   Generating, Inc.*

Full program<http://www.aiche.org/sites/default/files/docs/conferences/Smart%20Grid%20Workshop%20Program_1.pdf>details
can be found at the workshop website:
http://www.aiche.org/conferences/workshop-on-smart-grid-chemical-process-industry/2013

*Collocated Preworkshop Activity*: Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and
the New Energy Economy <http://www.greatlakessymposium.net/>, September
23-25, 2013, sponsored by the IEEE Power and Energy Society. Discounted
joint-registration option available, see the Workshop
Registration<http://www.aiche.org/conferences/workshop-on-smart-grid-chemical-process-industry/2013/registration-info>site
for details.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. See our Sponsorship
Page<http://www.aiche.org/conferences/workshop-on-smart-grid-chemical-process-industry/2013/become-sponsor>for
details.

Workshop related questions and comments - please contact the workshop chair
at [log in to unmask]

We look forward to seeing you at this one-of-a-kind event.
____________________________
Donald J. Chmielewski
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological
Engineering<http://www.iit.edu/engineering/chbe>
Illinois Institute of Technology <http://www.iit.edu>
10 West 33rd Street, suite 127, Chicago, IL 60616-3793
Phone: (312)567-3537
Web: Department
Page<http://www.iit.edu/engineering/chbe/faculty/chmielewski_donald.shtml>
Research Page <http://mypages.iit.edu/%7Echmielewski/>