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CO-LaN is pleased to announce the CAPE-OPEN 2024 Annual Meeting, scheduled for October 8-9, 2024. This event continues our tradition of providing valuable insights into CAPE-OPEN, its applications, and its ongoing development.

We are excited to host this year’s meeting at the Technical University Berlin, a renowned institution known for its commitment to innovation and excellence.

This edition will bring together a diverse group of participants to engage in meaningful discussions and share their experiences. The agenda will feature contributions on the use and implementation of CAPE-OPEN technology, ensuring a rich exchange of knowledge and ideas.

To register to attend in person or remotely, please complete the form here.

For more information please see the Cape Open Annual Meeting 2024 – Programme and logistics

Additionally, we will offer a training course on CAPE-OPEN from midday on 9 October , providing attendees with hands-on experience in developing applications using CAPE-OPEN technology and applying it in process simulation.

Use this .ics file to mark your calendars and make plans to join us in Berlin for this event. For additional information please contact .

Please note that this programme is subject to change, and CO-LaN reserves the right to amend the agenda if necessary.

PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | October 8, 2024

8:30 Registration of Participants

09:00 |  Welcome address and Orientation | Erik Esche, Technische Universität Berlin

09:20 | A quick walk through the programme | Kyle Abrahams, CO-LaN, University of Cape Town

09:30 | Full Deployment: COBIA is production ready | Jasper van Baten, AmsterCHEM

You can find the presentation here

10:10    Break + Networking and Ice breaker

10:50 |  Bio4Fuels: Efficient and sustainable use of biomass as renewable feedstock | Filippo Bisotti, SINTEF       

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11:10 |  Digital Copy of Air Preheaters integrated into Process Simulation Software | Jens Kitzhofer, Apex Group

11:30 |  Potential of New DEXPI standards to support better data integration with process simulation | David Cameron, University of Oslo

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11:50 |  CAPE-OPEN and the future of superstructure optimization | Lukas Scheffold, Technische Universität Berlin

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12:10 |  Thermo SIG progress report | Sergej Blagov, BASF

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12:30    Lunch

13:30 |  CAPE-OPEN Test Suite for PMCs | Malcolm Woodman, MR Woodman Consulting

14:10 |  CAPE-OPEN Test Suite for PMEs | Malcolm Woodman, MR Woodman Consulting

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14:30 |  Moving from FAIR data principles to XAIR | Martin Thomas Horsch, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The presentation can be found here

15:00    Break

15:20 |  Experiences with CAPE-OPEN compliancy testing in Petrosim | Ben van der Merwe, KBC

15:40 |  Methods & Tools SIG progress report | Bill Barrett, US EPA (remote)

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16:00 |  Sabatier System Design Study for a Mars ISRU Propellant Production Plant | Paul E. Hintze, NASA (remote)

End of Day 1

18:30    Beer tasting / Site seeing

19:45    Conference dinner – at Lemke am Schloss

DAY 2 | October 9, 2024

09:00    Start Day 2

09:00 |  Annual General Meeting of CO-LaN | Richard Baur, Shell and Philippe Arpentinier, Air Liquide.

10:00 |  CAPE-OPEN Award Ceremony

10:20 |  UNIT SIG Progress Report | Krishna Murthy Penukonda, AVEVA

10:40    Break

11:00 |  Common Source CAPE-OPEN Documentation | Kyle Abrahams, CO-LaN, University of Cape Town

11:20 |  WorkshopIn 2026 CO-LaN will be 25 years     

12:30    Lunch

13:30 |  MOSAICmodeling Training Workshop (Please indicate attendance on the registration form – In person attendance only)

End of Day 2