The 40th annual meeting will take place on Monday, June 21, 2004. As last year, the meeting will be in the Exhibition Grounds (Ganei Hataarucha) in Tel-Aviv. The chair of the conference is Dr. Dorith Tabor, from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering in the Academic College in Beer-Sheva.
The emphasis this year is on the new faces of the chemical engineering Industry in Israel. The meeting is tailored to attract the widest participation of chemical engineers (plus related fields): Practicing engineers, Graduate students and Faculty as well as Undergraduate students from universities and colleges around the country.
Winners of this year's student awards are:
First
place (national): Mirit Ram and Shani Hershkovitz; Technion.
and
From
BG University: Orit Siton.
From Ariel: Ana
Homenko
From Beer-Sheva
College: Oz Luke.
On this page you can find:
Program at a
glance
Details on the
parallel sessions
Due dates
Registration fees and form
Pictures of the meeting
| 8:30-9:00 | Gathering and registration |
| 9:00-9:20 | Opening ceremony |
| 9:20-10:00 | Plenary session - Dr. Miki Haran, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of the Environment |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15-12:35 | Morning parallel sessions |
| 12:35-13:15 | Posters Session |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:40 | Plenary session - Dr. Ehud Ganani, President and CEO of the Israel Military Industries Ltd (IMI) |
| 14:40-16:45 | Afternoon parallel sessions |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00-17:20 | Honorary membership
presentation to Prof. Mordechai Shacham, Chem. Eng. Dept., Ben Gurion University |
| 17:20-18:10 | Poster introduction |
| 18:10-18:15 | General meeting of the IIChE |
| 18:15-18:45 | Awards for excellent student projects |
The parallel sessions are:
|
1. |
"Green" Processes | Chairs: Yaron
Paz, Technion Yigal Antonir, Makhteshim |
|
2. |
Biotechnology in Chemical Engineering | Chairs: Shoshana
Arad, BGU Roza Azhari, Ort Bra'ode |
|
3. |
Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering | Chairs: Fernando
Dela Vega, Nanopowders Gideon Grader, Technion |
|
4. |
Chem-Tech and Ventures | Chairs: Chairs: Alon
Tavor, Tosaf, Margalit Goldreich, Gold Patents |
|
5. |
Poster Session | Chairs: Yoed
Zur, Technion, Anne Bernsheim-Groswasser, BGU, Adi Wolfson, NACE |
|
6. |
Filtration workshop | Chair: Gregory Shapiro, Brom Industries |
| March 25, 2004 | Abstract submission deadline |
| April 1, 2004 | Notification of acceptance for presentation |
| June 15, 2004 | End of early registration |
Registration fees are:
|
Early
registration |
After
June 15, 2004 (NIS) |
|
| Registered members (2004) | 350 | 500 |
| Non-members | 450 | 600 |
| Graduate students | 250 | 350 |
| Pensioners | 300 | 400 |
| Pensioners (members 2004) | 250 | 350 |
| Undergraduate students and soldiers | 50 | 100 |
Note - Registration forms for joining the IIChE can be found here. Members of the IIChE receive discounts registration fees to this and other international conferences. Also, a member can elect and be elected to the various institutes in the IIChE, and thus influence the future of chemical engineering in Israel. Learn more about us.

Top - Honorary membership
presentation to Prof. Mordechai Shacham,
Chem. Eng. Dept., Ben Gurion University;
Middle - Students receiving award
Bottom - Poster Session