Process intensification - history, philosophy, principles, A. Stankiewicz and A.A.H. Drinkenburg; chemical processing in high gravity fields, David L. Trent; the spinning disk reactor, C. Ramshaw; compact multifunctional heat exchangers - a pathway to process intensification, B. Thonon and T. Tochon; process intensification through microreaction technology, Wolfgang Ehrfeld; structural catalysts and reactors - a contribution to process intensification, Jacob A. Loujin, Freek Kapteijn, and Andrzej Stankiewicz; in-line and high intensity mixers, Andrew Green; reactive separations in fluid systems, E.Y. Kenig, A. Gorak and H.-J. Bart; debottlenecking of reaction and separation processes, David Agar; process synthesis/integration, Patrick Linke, Antonis Kokossis and Henk van den Berg; process intensification in industrial practice - methodology and application, R.A. Bakker; process intensification for safety, Dennis C. Hernshot; process intensification contributions to sustainable development, G. Jan Harmsen, Gijsbert Korevaar and Saul M. Lemkowitz.