With 35 external participants representing 20 companies from 13 countries, the 2011 version of CERE's Discussion Meeting set a new record in industry participation. The annual event is where the centre's industrial Consortium – counting more than thirty international and Danish member companies with interests within energy, pharmacy and chemistry – join CERE researchers to share experiences and exchange ideas.
International industry participation reached a new peak at CERE's Discussion Meeting 2011.
"The Discussion Meeting is top of the world in thermodynamic modelling", says physicist Dr. Klaus Potsch of Austrian based oil corporation OMV.
A fellow Discussion Meeting veteran, Dr. Susan Little, Senior Chemist at BP, says: "I come here because CERE is actively engaged in finding real solutions to industrial problems".
Dr. Bret Beckner of ExxonMobil was one of the new faces at the 2011 meeting: "I would say that chances of us returning next year are good. The conference offers a comprehensive review of the science presented and you have an opportunity for going into depth with the issues".
Sinopec of China joined the CERE industrial Consortium in 2009. The company, today one of the world's largest energy corporations, maintained a strong presence at the 2011 event with five representatives. According to Dr. Zengmin Lun of Sinopec research centre PEPRIS in Beijing especially CERE's work within carbon capture and storage (CCS) is of interest to his centre, as China currently has ambitious plans for CCS with several demonstration projects ongoing. His colleague Dr. Yingchen Li of Sinopec research centre SRIPT in Shanghai is focussing on CERE's research within Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).
The CERE Discussion Meeting 2011 was held from June 8th – June 10th 2011 at Pharmakon conference centre, Hillerød. Read more