Dear Colleagues,

Registration is now open for the AIChE Workshop on Smart Grid for the Chemical Process Industry, September 25-26, 2013, Chicago, IL. Deadline for Early-bird Registration has been extended to September 10th (Registration page)

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 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, September 23-25, 2013, sponsored by the IEEE Power and Energy Society. Discounted joint-registration option available, see the Workshop Registration site for details. 

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. See our Sponsorship Page 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.