The next PPEPPD conference will be held in Bad Gögging (close to Munich), Germany, May 11-15, 2025. Save the dates!

About the Conference Series

The PPEPPD Conference provides an effective forum for academic and industrial researchers to meet and communicate on the status and future trends in properties and phase equilibria, important to the design of products or processes. Thermodynamics is the main source of inspiration.

What’s Special About PPEPPD?

Unusual breadth in scope

There is fertile exchange of ideas among people doing research in very different scientific disciplines, or working in different branches of industry. The unifying thread is the language of thermodynamics and an interest in the measurement, calculation, and prediction of properties.

The goal of all work being discussed is the design of new and better products and processes for healthier, longer, safer, and happier living. The object of design may vary widely in nature and scale, e.g., from new molecules to chemical plants.

Well-balanced participation of academia and industry

This is achieved by striking an optimal balance between fundamentals and applications, between theory and practice, and by maintaining very high standards of quality.

Emphasis on both product and process design

This follows the shifting paradigms in the chemical engineering profession worldwide.

Adherence to innovation and excellence as the basic selection criteria

Every effort is made to attract top-notch invited speakers and to screen posters and contributed talks for originality and quality. As a consequence, the conference is not only broad, but also deep. Everyone leaves the conference having learned a great deal and eager to embark on new investigations.

Coherence in format and emphasis on interaction

There will be invited plenaries and parallel sessions of contributed papers and the size of the conference is limited to 250 participants. There are intense discussions among participants, which are greatly aided by the abundant poster sessions and workshops.

Optimal combination of renewal and continuity

The participation of “new blood” is encouraged. Rarely is the same speaker invited to speak at consecutive conferences and members of the International Organizing Committee do not give talks.

In setting up the program, organizers are keen to highlight promising new areas of technology. At the same time, important advances in traditional areas are also covered.

Open, informal atmosphere that encourages participation by everyone

In PPEPPD conferences one finds senior members of the profession alongside novice graduate students. Common meals, the conference excursion and dinner are designed to promote mixing of participants. Participation of young researchers is encouraged by reducing their fees.