The programme will cover the following areas of interest:

• Advanced process automation  
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Data management and integration  
• Digital risk management strategies
• Digital twin technology  
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)  

• Share your knowledge and experience to inspire others and help them learn
• Take advantage of a personal development opportunity and enhance your professional reputation
• Make new contacts and exchange ideas and experience with your peers
• Generate impact for your research and present it to an industrial audience

Presentation slots are approximately 25 minutes long and include a recommended five minutes for Q&A. Presentations will be grouped by topic/theme (typically 3–4 presentations per session). There will be further question/discussion time at the end of the session which you will be expected to participate in.

You will be strongly encouraged to submit a detailed paper accompanying your presentation that will be included in the conference proceedings. However, submitting a full paper is not an essential requirement of presenting.

You will also be asked to submit a video of your presentation ahead of the conference. This is so that we can make recordings available to attendees on ‘catch-up’ after the event.

Presenters will have full access to the conference so are required to pay to attend. They will however benefit from a significantly discounted author rate.

• All submissions will be reviewed by our technical committee. The highest quality abstracts considered relevant to Advances will be offered a presenting slot in the programme.
• If your abstract is successful, you will be strongly encouraged to submit a full paper that will be reviewed again by the technical committee and included in the conference proceedings. However, submitting a full paper is not an essential requirement of presenting. 
• You will also be asked to submit a video recording of your presentation, and PowerPoint slides, ahead of the conference.
• Presenters will also have the opportunity to submit a full paper for publication in a special issue of Digital Chemical Engineering journal. Submissions are subject to peer review and held to the editorial standards of the journal.

• Deadline for abstract submissions: 2 May 2025
• Deadline for poster presentations: TBC
• Abstract review completed, presentation slots offered, programme published: wc 2 June 2025

Deadlines for submitting draft papers, receiving feedback from the technical committee and submitting a final version of your paper, a MP4 recording of your presentation, and PowerPoint slides will be confirmed in due course.