Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are very pleased to invite you to the 9th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE9) to be held in Seoul, Korea from August 18 to 23, 2013. The Congress, on this occasion, also serves as the 15th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE2013). We have decided “Chemical Engineering: Key to the Future” as the central theme of the Congress.

The scientific program will provide an opportunity for participants to exchange new ideas and information on many important issues in chemical engineering. High-standard plenary and keynote lectures will be provided by outstanding scholars invited both from academia and industry. The Congress will be an occasion for...