About WCCE, ECCE & ECAB congresses

The World Chemical Engineering Council (WCEC) is responsible for the World Congresses of Chemical Engineering. So far, 9 world congresses have been organized all over the globe.

No.	Year	Dates	Venue	No. of Participants
1st	1976	Jul. 27 - Aug. 01	Amsterdam, Netherlands	650
2nd	1981	Oct. 04 - 09	Montreal, Qc, Canada	2.806
3rd	1986	Sep. 21 - 25	Tokyo, Japan	1.000
4th	1991	Jun. 16 - 21	Karlshure, Germany	2.000
5th	1996	Jun. 14 - 18	San Diego, Ca, USA	2.000
6th	2001	Sep. 23 - 27	Melbourne, VIC, Australia	1.700
7th	2005	Jul. 10 - 14	Glasgow, Scotland	1.946
8th	2009	Aug. 23 - 29	Montreal, QC, Canada	2.587
9th	2013	Aug. 18 - 23	Coex, Seoul, Korea	1.670

The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) organizes ECCE congresses. This will be its 11th edition and part of the well known ECCE series as well as an important milestone every two years for all scientists and chemical engineers.

The European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES) organizes ECAB conferences in collaboration with the ECCE conferences.The European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB) is a well known series of conferences organized bi-annually by ESBES as a major activity to present, debate and discuss relevant topics and technologies related to industrial biotechnology and its contribution to sustainability.