The 4th International Electronic Conference on Processes
The 4th International Electronic Conference on Processes
Sustainable Process Design, Engineering, Control and Systems Innovation
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Processes (ECP) series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
22 June 2025
22 July 2025
17 October 2025
Pharmaceuticals, New Formulation Techniques, Nutraceuticals, Cosmetics, New Bio-materials and Sustainable Packaging, Alternative Energy Sources, New Recycling and Upcycling Processes, New Techniques for Polluted Water Treatments
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 4th International Electronic Conference on Processes - Sustainable Process Design, Engineering, Control and Systems Innovation (ECP 2025), which will be hosted online from 20 to 22 October 2025.
This conference will present the latest studies in process/system-related research in the fields of chemistry, biology, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, materials, energy, environment, food, and engineering. The goal is to highlight the status, challenges and opportunities as well as future trends in process/systems engineering.
All processes/system-related scientists or researchers are welcome to join this event and share their insights on the following general and related topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
S1: Environmental and Green Processes;
S2: Chemical Processes and Systems;
S3: Food Process Engineering;
S4: Process Control and Monitoring;
S5: Materials Manufacturing and Sustainable Packaging;
S6: Pharmaceutical Processing and Particle Processes.
Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. All accepted abstracts will be available online in Open Access form on Sciforum.net during and after the conference. Following the conference, selected contributions will be invited for submission to the Processes journal (ISSN: 2227-9717, Impact Factor: 2.8), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
We look forward to having you join us at this exciting event.
Conference Chair:
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
University of Turin, Italy
Event Chair
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Giancarlo Cravotto is the Editor-in-Chief of Processes (MDPI) and a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Drug Science and Technology at the University of Turin. He served as the Director of the department from 2007 to 2018 and as Vice-Director until October 2024. His research focuses on green organic synthesis and processing, and is supported by more than 580 peer-reviewed scientific papers (H-index 82, with over 29,000 citations on Google Scholar; H-index 71, with 22,000 citations on Scopus) and 22 patents. As an expert in non-conventional technologies for process intensification, ranging from laboratory to semi-industrial applications, he collaborates with several industries, including chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, biomaterials, and food production sectors. Among his numerous national and international awards, he received the Gold Medal "E. Paternò" (2017–2020) from the Italian Chemical Society.
Session chairs
Prof. Dr. Young-Cheol Chang
Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan
He is currently a professor at Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan, and has previously served as a research fellow at the University of Central Florida, USA. His research focuses on the biodegradation of pollutants and the production and degradation of biopolymers. He has received several awards, including honors from Korea's Ministry of Construction & Transportation and Ministry of Science & Technology. He serves on the editorial boards of journals such as Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Assistant Editor) and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Associate Editor). He also reviews projects for NEDO (Japan) and the National Science Centre (Poland).
Dr. Omprakash Sarkar
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Dr. Sarkar specializes in bioenergy and biofuel production from various feedstocks within a biorefinery framework. His research focuses on integrating processes to develop low-carbon fuels, particularly through acidogenic hydrogen and biomethane bioprocessing, alongside bio-ammonium production. He is experienced in bioprocess optimization, regulation, scale-up, and troubleshooting. Additionally, Dr. Sarkar works on the volatile fatty acids (VFAs: short and medium chain carboxylic acids; SCCA+MCCA) from biogenic waste/wastewater through microbial chain elongation. His research also includes pilot-scale production of hydrogen + methane+ VFAs, with a focus on integrating these processes for bioH2-enriched CNG (HCNG) production.
Prof. Blaž Likozar
Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Blaž Likozar is a head of the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC), leading the programme “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, as well as numerous research projects (15 H2020 / 50 in Horizon Europe alone). His expertise lies (among others) in heterogeneous catalysis materials, modelling, simulation and optimization of process fluid mechanics, transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. He worked at the University of Delaware in 2014–2015 as a Fulbright Program researcher. He has authored >400 articles, was cited >10000 times, having a h-index of 61. He is also involved in many industrial projects, amongst others, with TotalEnergies, Evonik Industries, UPM, Novartis, Carbon Recycling International… He is a recipient of Pregl and Zois awards.
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki
Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Since 2011, Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki has held the position of Head of the Department of Thermal Technology at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. His research primarily encompasses various facets of food processing, including drying, milling, baking, pasta production, food fortification. He has contributed extensively to the academic literature through numerous publications on these topics. Furthermore, Prof. Dziki has been the recipient of several prestigious awards from the Rector of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, including recognition for the most-cited publication and for the publication with the highest impact factor.
Dr. Maria Josè Lo Faro
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Maria Josè Lo Faro graduated in Physics of Condensed Matter cum laude at the University of Catania in 2013. She consolidated her experience in the field of nanostructures for integrated silicon photonics during her Ph.D. at the University of Catania. She was a visiting researcher at the Kastler-Brossel Lab (ENS-Paris), where she investigated light propagation in random media by wavefront shaping in S. Gigan’s group. In 2017, she was a Postdoc in the Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes (IPCF- CNR) in Messina working in the field of optical nanostructured biosensors and in 2018 she moved to the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM-CNR) in Catania, where she investigated the use of Si nanostructures for lasing. Since November 2018, she has been a research fellow at the Physics Dept. at UNICT, where she is currently working on synthesizing and characterizing functional luminescent materials.
Dr. Adina Magdalena Musuc
Department of Chemical Kinetics, Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
habil. dr. Adina Magdalena Musuc is a Senior Researcher (2nd degree) and Head of the Chemical Kinetics Department at the Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy. With over 25 years of experience in the field of chemistry, she earned her B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (1999), M.Sc. in Environmental Quality Control (2001), Ph.D. in Chemistry (2007), and habilitation in Chemistry (2023). Dr. Musuc has been honored with prestigious awards, including the “Gheorghe Spacu” prize (2018, 2024) by the Romanian Chemical Society and the “Nicolae Teclu” award (2014) by the Romanian Academy. Dr. Musuc has authored over 102 articles in ISI-indexed journals, presented 118 papers at international conferences, and holds 3 invention patents, with 2 additional patent applications pending. She has co-authored four book chapters published by international publishers and one edited book. Her research focuses on the development of biopolymer-based hydrogels enhanced with natural extracts for biomedical and food industries, pharmaceutical formulations using cyclodextrin chemistry, innovative composite methods for energy applications, as well as the physicochemical characterization of biomaterials and composites and kinetic studies.
Prof. Roberto Pisano
Department of Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Roberto Pisano is a Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and Coordinator of the PhD programme in Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on pharmaceutical processing, particularly lyophilisation, combining computational and experimental approaches. He was a visiting researcher at the Centre de Ressources Technologiques – Institut Technique Agro-Industriel (France, 2008) and the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT (USA, 2016). He serves on the editorial boards of 3 international journals and is a Board Member of the International Society of Lyophilisation/Freeze-Drying. He has published over 130 papers, 14 book chapters, and holds 8 patents.
Event Committee
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Department of Environmental Protection and Development, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Science, Wrocław, Poland
School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, UK
Keynote Speaker
University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory,Lexington, USA
I am currently working as a microbiology supervisor at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, USA. I am a skilled microbiology, fermentation, and bioinformatics researcher with work experience in Asia, Europe, and America. I have more than 15 years of industrial and academic expertise exploring microorganisms that can produce biodegradable plastics and biofuel using fermentation technology. I have received prestigious grants from CSIR-India, Humboldt Foundation-Germany, JSPS-Japan, and Swiss Excellence Academy-Switzerland. Published > 45 research papers in high-impact journals and delivered lectures at> 25 international conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America. My work attracted about 2500 citations with an h-index of 30.
Registration
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 17 October 2025.
Instructions for Authors
Deadline for abstract submission: 22 June 2025.
Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 22 July 2025.
Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 22 August 2025; You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
2. Abstract Submission
1. Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical submission is necessary.
2. The abstract should include an introduction, methods, results, and conclusion sections, and be within 200-300 words in length.
4. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
5. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
6. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on the website after the conference.
7. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We recommend a 12-minute presentation, leaving about 3 minutes for a Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
5. Poster Gallery
a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
Authors who wish to present a poster are invited to upload it to the conference website. Once your submission is accepted, you can upload your poster in the 'My submission' section by selecting the correct conference and submission, then clicking the upload button. If you encounter any difficulties during the upload process, please contact ecp2025@mdpi.com for assistance. All accepted posters will be permanently displayed online in the Poster Gallery.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a research article to the Special Issue, published in Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717, Impact Factor: 2.8), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers.
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to Engineering Proceedings journal (Indexed in Scopus, ISSN: 2673-4591) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the ECP2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Please submit your manuscript from 22 Oct to 6 November 2025. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Title.
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Full author names.
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Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
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Abstract.
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Keywords.
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Introduction.
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Methods.
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Results and Discussion.
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Conclusions.
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Acknowledgements.
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References.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference, with a particular emphasis on the most innovative investigations.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference, highlighting the most innovative investigations.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Pamela Li
Ms. Katrina Zhang
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
Email: ecp2025@mdpi.com
