Chemical Process Simulation 
Half-Day event

September 20, 2023,
Van Nelle Fabriek (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Addressing chemical industry challenges through simulation, operator training and digital twin operations

We are pleased to invite you to join us at our Chemical Process Simulation Innovation Breakfast in Rotterdam next September 20, 2023, at Van Nelle Fabriek.

We’re gathering leading industrial innovators such as Witteveen Bos and BASF to tell you how they address some of the challenges the chemical industry is facing right now:

  • Sustainability is driving demand for new products, processes and operating standards
  • Energy costs are high, while transitioning to new energy sources has not happened yet.
  • Process innovation is critical to fast responses to the market
  • Economical optimum plants operations are increasingly complex
  • Experienced operators are aging, while new generations are demanding digital training and simulation-based knowledge transfer
This event will give you the opportunity to see how our growing range of technologies can help transform your business for sustainable success. From design, engineering and construction through to real-time operations management and asset performance, all underpinned with ‘best in class’ industrial information management – our products and solutions span the entire asset and operational lifecycle.

The event has been fully designed to help you experience what’s working, and what’s next in industrial software. You will get all the experts, business cases and insights you need in one single place.

Join us to learn how other peer companies are using our technology and services to progress and accelerate digital transformation across their own organisations.

Register now by filling in the form on the right!

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Coffee and Registration

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Welcome and introduction to AVEVA

  • Gebbe Meffert & Olaf De Waal (AVEVA)

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Presentation 

  • Simulation & Learning: vision and strategy - Jesús Gil Vilda (AVEVA)

10:30 – 11.00 AM

Presentation

  • Operator training at BASF Antwerp site with AVEVA, Tom Boelen (BASF)

11:00 – 11:30 AM
Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Presentation

  • Green hydrogen modelling with APS, Eliana Veloso Franco (Witteveen Bos)

12:00 – 12:30 PM

Presentation 

  •  BASF experience with AVEVA Process Simulation, Rolf Becher (BASF)

12:30 – 12:45 PM

Closing and QA 

12:45 – 2:00 PM

Lunch and Networking 

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Speaker:

Eliana Veloso Franco

Teamlead industry Strategy, Witteveen Bos

Eliana has over 17 years extensive international experience as senior process engineer. She started her professional career at the petrochemical sector, then moved on to offshore oil and gas production facilities in Norway and, in the last 7 years, has made the jump to the field of renewable energy and energy transition in the Netherlands where has been working with all kinds of projects-including green hydrogen- to decarbonize the industry. During all these years, she has developed all kind of engineering projects from feasibility studies to EPC projects. At Witteveen+Bos, she is the senior user of Aveva Process Simulation (APS) software which is used to simulate processes in steady and dynamic state for the industry.


Speaker:

Tom Boelen

Team lead APC, BASF Antwerpen

I started my career as Process Control Engineer at IPCOS, an APC service provider for the Oil & Gas and (petro)chemical industry. Acted as APC engineer globally in numerous baselayer control and advanced process control projects.
I joined APC team at BASF Antwerp in 2010. As we were frontrunners with our team within the BASF group, we introduced APC technology globally within the company.
Upon increasing the install basis of APC's, our team experienced more demand for OTS to be able to keep the experience level for operators sufficiently high. Maintenance of HiFi OTS as well as development of MiFi OTS is now part of our team's daily activity. Our APC team now focusses 50/50 on process control and OTS topics.

Speaker:

Rolf Becher

Head of the Conceptual Process Engineering, BASF

Rolf Becher is an accomplished professional with a strong background in process engineering. His career has been predominantly associated with BASF SE, where he has been working since 1997. He has held various positions within the company, spanning Engineering, Process Development, Marketing, and Production. His expertise and diverse experience have allowed him to contribute significantly to the growth and success of BASF in both the Ludwigshafen and Antwerp locations.
In 2017, Rolf Becher assumed the role of Director of Conceptual Process Engineering within the Global Engineering Services division at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen. In this position, he has been responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of innovative and efficient process engineering concepts on a global scale.

Speaker:

Gebbe Meffert

Sales Director, Benelux, AVEVA

Gebbe is the Sales Director for the Benelux region with responsibility over the commercial success of AVEVA in this Region. With a mechanical engineering background by education, Gebbe has worked in the software industry for 20+ year in varying roles starting with Engineering software solutions and gradually moved towards Operations software solutions. This knowledge now perfectly comes together in Digital Twin solutions where AVEVA has a unique position due to the broad software portfolio, spanning the entire lifecycle of plants and assets and ranging from Engineering to Operations software products.

Speaker:

Jesús Gil Vilda

Sales Director, Product Sales Specialist Simulation & Learning, AVEVA

Jesús is responsible for business development of AVEVA's Simulation and Learning solutions in Europe. Jesus received his bachelor's degree and MSc in Chemistry from University of Zaragoza (Spain) and began his career as a process engineer in the chemical industry. Over the past 20 years, he has helped customers to turn process simulation into business value in areas such as steady state and dynamic simulation, real time optimisation and operator training. Jesús joined AVEVA on 2022 to contribute to process simulation innovation.

Speaker:

Olaf De Waal

Strategic Account Manager, Benelux, AVEVA

Engineering background with 25+ years’ experience with working for Oil & Gas, Chemical industry.
Olaf has a wide experience in different companies ranging from engineering, software, industrial equipment, and industrial automation.
Last couple of years he has focused on projects related to energy transition.

Van Nelle Fabriek 

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Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC, Rotterdam

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