PIN - SO WHAT’S NEW SINCE THE LAST MEETING?

David Reay PIN Co-ordinator 3 JUNE 2004

PIN STEERING COMMITTEE

        Colin Ramshaw – Chairman David Reay – Co-ordinator Steve Flynn – DTI Derek Colman – BP Andrew Green – BHR Group Jeff Howarth H&IE Emma Feltham – EPSRC Mike Jones - Protensive   Janet Etchells – HSE Norman Glen – TUV-NEL  Adam Harvey – Newcastle University  Asterios Gavriilidis – UCL  Dave York – P&G Corresponding; Andrzej Stankiewicz – Dutch PIN; Jo Rogers - AIChE

PIN FUNDING SECURED TO SPRING 2005

 Sponsors are: BHR Group, BP, DTI, HSE, P&G, Protensive  Currently applying for EC funding as part of EUROPIN consortium.

 To approach DTI Technology Programme       Sponors benefit from: Free meeting registration Steering Committee membership Special web access for recruitment etc.

‘Sponsors’ column’ in PIN News Preferential access to PI training courses

PIN NEWS

 Eight issues published to date - each 12+ pages and on web site  Eleventh issue planned Summer 2004.

 Contributions of articles welcome, in fact positively encouraged!! - by 31 July, please  No charge  Distribution outside PIN members

PIN MEMBERSHIP

 Expanded to 390  60% from industry  20% overseas members - Europe, USA, Japan

NEW PIN WEB SITE - www

      www.pinetwork.org

Where size really does matter!!

Meeting news, contacts, newsletter, links, articles, Powerpoint PIN talks, etc.

Due soon – full report on the Royal Institution PI meeting, Nov. 2003.

Starting to review the adopting of the site for disabled access.

EA Report on Novel Reactors due to be published on the Site.

PIN - Next Deliverables

 Meeting minutes – 07/04  PIN News – 08/04 - articles, please!

 PIN Committee Meeting, London, 23 June 2004 – members’ feedback welcome  TUV-NEL inviting PIN members to help direct the UK Flow Programme – see www.flowprogramme.co.uk/formulation

FINALLY - FOR YOUR DIARY

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11th PIN Meeting, York University (+ Green Chemistry) – 25 November 2004.

7 th World Congress of Chemical Engineering – Glasgow, 10-14 July. Session on PI led by X-W. Ni & Dave Trent Proposal for Process Intensification Conference 2006 - Suggested Title: Process Intensification and Process Innovation – Cleaner and More Competitive Technologies, 24-29 Sept. 2006, New Zealand.