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Calendars: February 2019

AIChE Meetings

For information and registration details, visit www.aiche.org/conferences or call Customer Service at 1-800-242-4363 or 1-203-702-7660 (outside the U.S.).

Feb. 13–14, 2019 • 3rd Ethylene Middle East Technology Conference and Exhibition (EMET)

Bahrain International Exhibition & Conference Centre

Feb. 13–14, 2019 • Middle East Fine & Specialty Chemicals Conference and Expo

Bahrain International Exhibition & Conference Centre

Feb. 17–20, 2019 • 6th International Conference on Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development (Sponsor: SBE)

Omni La Costa Resort • Carlsbad, CA

Mar. 11–13, 2019 • 2019 E2S2-CREATE and AIChE Waste Management Conference

CREATE Tower NUS • Singapore

Mar. 31–Apr. 4, 2019 • AIChE Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety

Hilton New Orleans Riverside • New Orleans, LA

Apr. 9–11, 2019 • International Congress on Particle Technology (PARTEC 2019)

Exhibition Centre • Nuremberg, Germany

Apr. 23–24, 2019 • Chemical Ventures Conference 2019

Delaware Innovation Space • Wilmington, DE

May 6–9, 2019 • Offshore Technology Conference

NRG Park • Houston, TX

May 13–14, 2019 • Commercializing Industrial Biotechnology 2019 (Sponsor: SBE)

Double Tree by Hilton Downtown • Los Angeles, CA

May 18–19, 2019 • 6th International Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop

Northwestern Univ. • Evanston. IL

May 26–31, 2019 • Fluidization XVI

Guilin Shangri-La Hotel • Guilin, China

May 28–31, 2019 • 8th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Sponsor: SBE)

Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor • Baltimore, MD

May 30 – June 3, 2019 • 14th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering

Guilin, China

June 2–6, 2019 • 12th Natural Gas Conversion Symposium

Grand Hyatt • San Antonio, TX

June 11–13, 2019 • 2019 Process Development Symposium

Houston Marriott Westchase • Houston, TX

June 23–27, 2019 • 2019 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED)

New York Hilton Midtown • New York, NY

July 1–3, 2019 • 8th International Congress on Sustainable Science and Engineering (ICOSSE ’19)

Double Tree by Hilton • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

July 15–18, 2019 • 2019 Carbon Management Technology Conference

Magnolia Hotel • Houston, TX

July 15–18, 2019 • Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Hyatt Regency Bellevue • Bellevue, WA

Sept. 8–12, 2019 • 64th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium

Hyatt Regency • San Francisco, CA

Sept. 12–14, 2019 • 3rd Epigenetics and Bioengineering Conference

Hotel Barcelona Center • Barcelona, Spain

Sept. 16–18, 2019 • 3rd International Conference on CRISPR Technologies

Würzburg, Germany

Oct. 22–23, 2019 • 5th CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety

Singapore

Oct. 29–31, 2019 • OTC Brazil

Sulamérica Convention Center • Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Nov. 10–15, 2019 • 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting and Annual Student Conference

Hyatt Regency • Orlando, FL

AIChE Academy Public Courses

For more information, and to register, visit www.aiche.org/academy.

Feb. 11–14, 2019 • San Diego, CA

Process Safety Bootcamp

Course # CH900 • Instructors: Jerry Jones, Steve Eason

Mar. 4–8, 2019 • Houston, TX

Combo Course: HAZOP Studies AND Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis (Courses # CH157 & CH754)

Course # CH759 • Instructor: Robert W. Johnson

Mar. 12–14, 2019 • San Diego, CA

Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers

Course # CH710 • Instructor: Jack Hipple

Mar. 13–14, 2019 • Houston, TX

Heat Exchanger Design and Operations

Course # CH294 • Instructor: Greg Starks

Apr. 9–11, 2019 • Houston, TX

Distillation in Practice

Course # CH004 • Instructor: John Farone

Apr. 23–25, 2019 • Houston, TX

Combo Course: Flow of Solids AND Pneumatic Conveying (CH032 & CH033)

Course # CH757 • Instructor: Eric Maynard

Apr. 23–26, 2019 • New Orleans, LA

Process Safety Bootcamp

Course # CH900 • Instructors: Robert Rosen, Ellen Lenz

May 6–10, 2019 • Boston, MA

Combo Course: HAZOP Studies AND Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis (Courses # CH157 & CH754)

Course # CH759 • Instructor: Robert W. Johnson

AIChE Academy Webinars

Register and view webinars at www.aiche.org/academy.

Mar. 27, 2019 • 2:00–3:00 PM ET

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