Lisbon will host the International Conference on Bioenergy and Bioeconomy (IBBC 2025), organized in partnership with ISEC Lisboa and the IEA-IETS Task XI Committee on Industry-Based Biorefineries Towards Sustainability. Under the theme “Shaping the Future of Bioenergy and Bioeconomy”, the event will gather global experts to discuss cutting-edge innovations, policy frameworks, and technological solutions for advancing a sustainable bio-based economy.

The conference program includes keynote sessions, technical talks, workshops, and exhibitions, offering participants opportunities to share knowledge and engage in discussions on the benefits and challenges of bioenergy and bioeconomy. These concepts are central to reducing fossil fuel dependence and addressing climate change, while continuing to promote economic development.

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The next ECCE/ECAB will take place together with CIBIQ in Lisbon/Portugal on 8 – 10 September 2025.

Chemical engineering, biotechnology and bioprocessing are the key to providing innovative solutions for food supply, mobility, energy, health and well-being while striving for a sustainable economy. At ECCE 15 & ECAB 8, scientists from industry, universities and research institutions from Europe and beyond will meet in Lisbon to discuss the latest research and industrial applications in all fields of chemistry, process engineering, biotechnology and related fields.

This year’s conference will be held in conjunction with the 3^rd CIBIQ – Iberoamerican Congress on Chemical Engineering. The CIBIQ congresses were born with the goal and the spirit of building bridges within the Ibero- American, chemical engineering community to join forces, to work as a team, to share experiences, and to attain even higher goals for the benefit of the Society that we serve.

The conferences unite chemical and process engineers, biotechnologists, bioprocess experts, chemists, material scientists and related disciplines with a focus on applied research and development.

The 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) will be held between July 6 and July 9, 2025 at the Technology Campus Ghent, KU Leuven as a part of KU Leuven’s 600th year celebrations. It will be organised jointly by KU Leuven and University of Liege. 

The ESCAPE series is an annual series initiated in 1991 by the CAPE Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. The 2025 conference theme “Closing the loop 2.0” emphasises on use of process systems engineering (from “good old feedback control” to advanced methodologies using AI, quantum computing, etc.) to accelerate the drive towards a circular economy with applications in energy, life sciences, and materials domains. 

Under the theme “CO₂ for a Circular Economy”, ICCDU 2025 will follow the success of the previous annual editions of ICCDU series, in providing a vital platform for exchanging knowledge, innovative approaches, and driving pioneering solutions and sustainable technologies to accelerate the drive towards an effective circular carbon economy.

ICCDU 2025 aims to play a crucial role not only in disseminating the results of innovative cutting-edge research approaches for CO₂ capture and utilization, but also in showing that in the present moment several of these approaches and solutions have reached high levels of maturity and TRLs through pilot-scale and real industrial-scale applications. The focus is on harnessing the power of science and technology to develop sustainable pathways for using carbon dioxide in various industries for production of energy, chemicals, materials, and fuels.

ICCDU 2025 will be held at the Congress Center of IST-University of Lisbon in the city’s center.

ICCDU is the premier conference in the global research community of CO₂ utilization including CO₂ capture and CO₂ conversion, CO₂ utilization without conversion and emerging topics related to hydrogen energy, climate change, as well as and techno-economical and policy aspects. This annual conference insures its international nature by its International Scientific Committee (ISC) consisting of senior scholars in the field from many Asian, European and American countries and by rotating the venue between Asia, Europe, and America. The ICCDU 2024 conference follows ICCDU 2023 in Bari, Italy, and ICCDU 2022 in Princeton, USA.

ICCDU 2024 in Dalian, China will provide a great platform for scientific discussion and exchange of basic scientific information for promoting CO₂ capture and CO₂ utilization to mitigate global Climate Change and promote sustainable development. Very important progresses have been achieved, and regional and national initiatives have been recently launched in many countries around the Globe. It would also be useful to international community to see the research activities and type of research and development in CO₂ capture and utilization as well as industrial R&D and commercialization efforts in China in 2024. This is because the researchers in China have become very active in CO₂ utilization area, since the Chinese government launched 30-60 Dual Carbon Goal in 2020 [Carbon (CO₂) Peaking by 2030 and Carbon Neutrality by 2060], and remarkable progresses have been achieved in research, development and commercialization in the past several years. ICCDU 2024 will serve as a multi-disciplinary forum, offering a valuable opportunity that allows us to contribute to and develop a better understanding on the state of the art in CO₂ utilization research worldwide and to meet with friends and professional colleagues from man y parts of the world.

The joint Symposium combining the 34th European Symposium on Computer -Aided Process Engineering and the 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE) will be held in Florence, Italy on June 2-6, 2024.

The PSE series of triennial conferences was initiated in 1982, rotates between venues in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe and has proved to be an attractive global platform for PSE academics, researchers, and practitioners from all corners of the world to share advances in PSE education, research, and application.

The ESCAPE series is an annual series initiated in 1991 by the CAPE Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering which is convened at sites rotating through the member countries of the European Federation.

A joint symposium occurs in the years when the PSE rotation brings the event to Europe. The 2024 Symposium is only the fourth time that this joint event has been held (Copenhagen 2015, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2006 and Trondheim 1997) and will combine the innovative PSE research conducted in Europe with exciting PSE developments occurring on a global scale.

The keynotes, presentations and discussions will extend over 4 stimulating days and will cover the progress made in the broad range of the methodologies of the PSE toolkit, including AI, data analytics and digitalization, as well as impactful applications in the energy, food, healthcare, materials and sustainability domains. The venue in Florence, one of the premier cultural centers of Europe, will also provide the opportunity for participants to further enrich their understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the fine arts and cuisine of Italy.

On February 22, 2024 the Mission Innovation Net-Zero Industries Mission (MI NZI) and the IETS TCP jointly hosted a workshop focusing on non-technical barriers and drivers in the journey toward industry decarbonisation. The workshop was well received with 70+ participants from over 15 countries.

Acknowledging that non-technical factors play a crucial role in industry decarbonisation, the workshop places a specific emphasis on these aspects. These non-technical factors can be “external”, such as power prices, policy instruments, and infrastructure, which cannot be directly controlled by industry actions. Conversely, “internal” non-technical factors are within the realm of industry influence. The workshop aimed to focus on “internal” aspects, sharing experiences and lessons learned to catalyse new tasks within the IETS TCP. Aspects discussed included new business models for commercial viability, system integration and interplay between technologies, stakeholder cooperation (industry, academia, consultants, public authorities), scaling up from pilot to full-scale, workforce development, legal aspects and time planning challenges and public acceptance. (+ info here)