“…Since this first gathering in Europe, seven IMRET conferences have been organized on an alternate basis by the AIChE in North America ,,, and by DECHEMA in Europe, ,, with the latest one being IMRET-9 . In addition to these conferences, recent progress on microcomponents, microprocesses, and mathematical modeling is described in a number of excellent review articles, − various monographs, ,,,, and in the proceedings of dedicated workshops. − It is also generally agreed that microscale systems represent a definitive methodology for process intensification. , The latter is also consistent with the often-cited advantages of microreaction systems when compared to conventional reactor systems, which include (i) safer operation; (ii) simplified scale-up; (iii) improved heat and mass transfer characteristics; and (iv) application flexibility. ,, …”