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Conference Venue – Royal Olympic Hotel

After a complete renovation that finished in 2009, the Royal Olympic was transformed to an art hotel very elegantly decorated and more important very well looked after in every detail.

Royal Olympic is one of the best equipped conference hotels in Athens, offering in total 18 recently renovated meeting rooms. They are all flooded with natural light, while each of them has its own distinctive character and unique decoration.

An ultra-high speed (optic fiber) Wi-Fi connection is available throughout the hotel complimentary, since it is of great importance and a key issue in successful business. The unique location of the hotel in the heart of historical Athens and the unique privilege to enjoy the breathtaking view during a conference break will make a huge difference, leading to a most memorable conference and business meeting trip!

Accommodation at Venue Hotel

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Note: Room reservations platform opens on 15 Sep 2022

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  • Select the dates of your stay and the number of guests/rooms at the top of the reservation page AND read carefully the Cancellation and Payment Terms.
  • Select the rate and follow the instructions suggested by the system.

Please note that:

  • Hotel rooms are limited and are subject to availability on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  • Prices are per night, including breakfast

Discover Athens

Start your culture tour in Athens from the The Acropolis and the new Acropolis Museum located in the historical area of Makriyianni just 300 meters away from the venue hotel.

Continue by strolling around the Monastiraki area. Sited under the shadow of the Acropolis, Monastiraki is a unique neighborhood that has been inhabited for six thousand consecutive years! It is among the oldest, most historic and important neighborhoods in Western Culture.

Do not miss also the opportunity to visit the Panathenaic Stadium (the stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games) as well some of  the top museums in Athens (such as the  National Archaeological Museum , the National Gallery, the Museum of Cycladic Art and Benaki Museum of Greek Culture).

Visiting the islands near Athens

If visiting a Greek island is what you have your heart set on then you can easily combine it with your stay in Athens. You can spot some of the Saronic Gulf islands from the Athens coastline and there are island day-trips that take you to a selection Aegina, Hydra & Poros).

Athens Visitors Guides

http://www.thisisathens.org
http://www.discovergreece.com/en/mainland/attica/athens

Useful Mobile Applications

  • THE BEAT, an easy way to get a taxi wherever you are in Athens and reach your destination safely. Payments are made with card, no cash needed
  • Clio muse, shares the best cultural stories for indoor and outdoors tours
  • ATH Airport, is useful for checking your flight status, as well as any information that has to do with the Athens International Airport

Transportation from and to Athens International Airport (AIA) “Eleftherios Venizelos”

Athens International Airport services flights from all around the world as well as more than 30 domestic (island & mainland) destinations.

From the Airport get into the city center by:

Metro
Take Metro Line 3 (Agia Marina – Douk.Plakentias – Athens International Airport), which connects the Athens airport with the city centre (Syntagma Station). Trains run every 30 minutes, 7 days a week from 6:30 to 23:30. The trip between the Airport and Syntagma Station (Athens center) lasts approx. 40 minutes and costs 10 Euros. Tickets and passes (Ath.ena tickets) for public transport are sold at ticket booths and machines in all Athens Metro and tram stations.

Royal Olympic Hotel (venue) is close to the Acropolis station (red line). You can switch from the blue to red line at the Syntagma Station.

Taxi
Taxis are available at the designated Taxi waiting area located at Exit 3 of Arrivals Level. A taxi from the airport to the city centre (inner ring) costs a flat rate of 38 EUR from 5:00 to midnight, and 54 EUR from midnight to 5:00. The charge is determined by the time of arrival at the destination and includes all applicable surcharges and extras.

https://www.athensairporttaxi.com/


ESCAPE’33 will be proud to release an early announcement of the George Stephanopoulos Process Systems Engineering Award. The announcement is scheduled at the Welcome Reception on Sunday at 5.15pm at the Olympia Hall of the conference venue.

The award honors Prof. Stephanopoulos whose work includes seminal contributions influential to the community that provided the broadest coverage of PSE approaches and methodologies in process synthesis and design (continuous and batch); computer-aided modeling languages; process control; fault detection and diagnosis; operations planning; product design; synthesis of reaction and metabolic networks; synthesis and design of petrochemical sectors; synthesis and design of biorefineries; synthesis and design of pharmaceutical processes; AI in process engineering (products, processes, control, operations), and most recently in systems applications for the circular economy. He has received all major distinctions for a person in PSE.

The George Stephanopoulos Award is co-sponsored by the National Technical University of Athens, Greece; the EFCE-CAPE Working Party; and the AIChE-CAST Division. Winners will be selected from next year between European and North American nominees in rotating years. Winners among European nominees will be selected by the EFCE-CAPE Working Party; winners among North American nominees will be selected by the AIChE-CAST Division.

The announcement will be made by the President of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers with representatives from NTUA (the Rector of the university), AIChE and the Chairs of the CAPE WP and CAST Division.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Athens Panoramic Tour – Mon 19 Jun

Join to discover how this vivid city combines some of Greece’s greatest ancient treasures and the modern way of life!

This coach guided English speaking tour of top Athens sites, including the Greek Parliament, the Panathenaic Stadium, the Academy, the National Library, the National Archaelogical Museum, and many more, will give you the opportunity to explore Athens while enjoying the sunset in the Athenian sky.

  • Monday 19 Jun
  • Pick up time from Royal Olympic Hotel : 18:45 hrs
  • Duration 90 minutes approximately
  • Ticket: 24 EUR

Click here to book your voucher

We are happy to announce the 2024 edition of the Eurecha Student Contest Problem (SCP), sponsored by AVEVA.
The contest is organized by the European Committee for the Use of Computers in Chemical Engineering Education (EURECHA), with support by the CAPE Working Party and the Energy section of EFCE.
It is open to students from Bachelor through PhD level. The participating groups have to design and analyze a novel process converting carbon dioxide and renewable energy into chemical products, in the context of the host country of the next ESCAPE conference, Italy.
The awards include monetary prizes, invitations to present at ESCAPE or the CAPE Forum in 2024, and publication on the Eurecha website.
For further information, visit www.wp-cape.eu/index.php/student-contest-problem/ or contact Eurecha at eurecha.secretariat@gmail.com.

The Organizing Committee has organized guided tours for the Acropolis Museum.

Tickets are limited. Ticket cost is covered by the conference budget.

Login here! to check for availability and book your voucher.

Notes:

  • 30 minutes before your tour time you should be at the entrance of the conference hotel (Royal Olympic).
  • An escort will walk you to the museum (about a 15 minute walk) to join your tour guide.
  • Duration of the tour: 90 minutes

Participants need to register in advance using the registration link:
https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops

  • Note that this workshop runs in parallel with this Machine Learning and Process Simulation workshops. Only one of them can be selected
  • Workshop Date: Sunday 18th of June.
  • Workshop Starting Time: 10:00 AM.
  • Participants Limit: 60.
  • Registrations Deadline: Monday 12 June 2023.
  • Workshop Coordinator: Prof Carl Laid, Carnegie Mellon University

Those wishing to participate should register at:

Registration Link: https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/icheme/Site/Register

 IRISS Thematic Session οn SSbD

Tuesday, June 20, 2023
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CONF. ROOM II

The IRISS session in ESCAPE-33 aims to bring together IRISS, EFCE and ESCAPE communities, as well as, national and regional stakeholders, to discuss the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework and initiatives, their role and prospects in delivering sustainable processes and products. Under this perspective, the up-to-date results and achievements of the IRISS project, as well as the upcoming activities and events will be presented.

Who is it for

Lack of data has been publicly identified as a constraining bottleneck for an SSbD approach in research and innovation in the Chemical and Material Industry. In silico models are one of the most important tools to generate such data. This session addresses both worlds. For Systems practitioners: Full deployment of SSbD stands to benefit critically from systems-level design and re-design thinking, as exposed in ESCAPE-33. SSbD emerges as a priority application for systems tools. For SSbD practitioners: ESCAPE-33 hosts four themes with relevance to SSbD (Themes 1, 2, 3 & 7). These will open a window to a portfolio of tools and approaches for the SSbD community of IRISS.

Attendance is free, but registration is required for the session

Use the free registration form https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/reg to reserve your place, as the session 's capacity will be 50 participants.

Machine Learning Workshop

  • Workshop Date: Sunday 18th of June
  • Workshop Starting Time: 10:00 AM
  • Workshop duration: 5 hours
  • Participants Limit: 70
  • Workshop Coordinator: Prof Antonio Rio
    a.del-rio-chanona@imperial.ac.uk

Registration Link: https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops

A Workshop on Course Development – Final Announcement

Workshop promoters: Daniel Lewin, Technion, and Edwin Zondervan, Twente

Workshop outcomes: Participants working in teams will complete a master plan for a complete course on one of three themes motivated by an invited talk from the conference. Each team will be mentored by the corresponding plenary/invited speaker:

  • Topic 1: AI in Chemical Engineering, led by Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Columbia
  • Topic 2: Optimization Methods for Energy Systems, led by Christos Marvelias, Princeton
  • Topic 3: Sustainable Circular Economy, led by Bhavik Bakshi, Ohio State

The master plans will include:

  • Step 1. learning objectives, syllabus, and schedule for the entire course.
  • Step 2. Learning objectives and syllabus for at least one week of activity in the course.
  • Step 3. Generation of suitable student activities for each week of activity outlined in Step 2.

Course participants are invited to review a short video describing how the flipped class is used to teach PSE subjects (recommended before attending ESCAPE-33):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6w6mqSPxp0 (28 min)

The workshop capacity will be 30 participants (Up to 10 participants in each of the three teams).

Those wishing to participate should register at:
https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops