The 10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE10) was held in conjunction with the 3rd European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB3) and the 5th EPIC European Process Intensification Conference (EPIC5) in Nice, France, from September 27th to October 1st, 2015. These events were organized by the French Society of Chemical Engineering (SFGP) under the auspice of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) and the European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES).