• Prof. A. Mujumdar: Global Perspectives in Innovative Drying Technologies

• Prof. B. Thorat: Heat Pump Freeze Drying of Pharmaceuticals

• Prof. X.D. Chen: Fundamentals of Drying

• Prof. E. Totsas, Dr. M. Peglow: Discrete and Continuous Models to Describe the Kinetics of Particle Formation in Fluidized Beds

• Prof. T.M. Eikevik: Challenges in Atmospheric Freeze Drying and Potential Application of Hybrid

Heat Pump Technologies

• Heat and mass transfer in fluidized bed and drying processes

• Energy savings and exergy evaluation in closed and open drying systems

• Drying related to climate and ecological issues

• Atmospheric freeze drying

• Material treatment related drying rate

• New trends in accelerated drying

• Innovative drying

• Drying of marine, food and biological materials

• Drying of pulp, cellulose, paper and wood products

• Quality and property interactions with drying processes

• Challenges in transferring R&D into Industrial Drying