• Product and Process Design (coordinated by: Prof. Lorenz T. Biegler and Prof. Rafiqul Gani)
  
  • Molecular modelling
  • Task based design
  • Particulate processing, polymers and ceramics
  • Specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals
  • Simultaneous product and process design
  Theme reviewers: Lorenz T. Biegler, Luis Cisternas, Georg Fieg, Rafiqul Gani, Andrzej Górak, Luis Puigjaner, Yu Qian, Gintaras Reklaitis, Andrzej Stankiewicz.

• Process Control and Operation (coordinated by: Prof. Johan Grievink and Prof. Guenter Wozny)
  • On-line and off-line control
  • Process monitoring and instrumentation
  • Scheduling and batch plant operation
  • Process safety
  • Plant flexibility, resiliency and operability
  Theme reviewers: Guido Dünnebier, Sebastian Engell, Antonio Espuña, Johan Grievink, Sten Bay Jorgensen, Guenter Wozny.

• Modelling, Simulation, Optimisation and Process Integration (coordinated by: Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt,  Prof. Natalia Menshutina and Prof. Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos)
  
  • Multi-scale modelling
  • Optimisation techniques with applications
  • CFD and LBM applications
  • Model development and validation
  • Integration at various levels and scales
  • Numerical techniques
  Theme reviewers: Bertrand Braunschweig, Michael Fairweather, Ferenc Friedler, Ignacio Grossmann, Zdzisław Jaworski, Xavier Joulia, Milan Kubicek, Thokozani Majozi, Wolfgang Marquardt, Natalia Menshutina, Claudio Oller Nascimento, Efstratios Pistikopoulos, Valentin Plesu, Heinz A. Preisig, Xue Wang.

• New Frontiers in CAPE (coordinated by: Prof. David Bogle and Prof. Andrzej Kraslawski)
  
  • Nanofluids and nanoscale modelling
  • Supply chain and logistics
  • Data mining and pattern recognition
  • CAPE in biotechnology and genetic engineering
  Theme reviewers: Ana Barbosa-Povoa, David Bogle, Christodoulos Floudas, Andrzej Kraslawski, Zdravko Kravanja, Sauro Pierucci, Rajagopalan Srinivasan.

• CAPE in Sustainable Development (coordinated by: Prof. Peter Glavič and Prof. Bożenna Kawalec-Pietrenko)
  
  • Life cycle modelling and analysis
  • Safety analysis, risk assessment, environmental impacts
  • Waste reduction and management
  • Water savings, allocation and wastewater treatment
  • Education: sustainability and environmental aspects with CAPE
  Theme reviewers: Serban Agachi, Dominic Foo, Peter Glavič, Henrique Matos, Gennadiy Statyukha, Natasha Vaklieva-Bancheva.

• Energy Systems and CAPE (coordinated by: Prof. Jiři Klemeš, Prof. Sandro Machietto and Prof. Toshko Zhelev)
  
  • Energy recovery at site and regional scale
  • Simultaneous heat and power design
  • Energy systems in total plant design and operation
  • Non-traditional energy sources
  Theme reviewers: Georges Heyen, Jiří Klemeš, Sandro Macchietto, Francois Marechal, Ka Ng, Toshko Zhelev.