2008 Process Development Symposium (PDS) - Conference Program

Sunday, June 22

Tuesday, June 23

Monday, June 24

Wednesday, June 25

Sunday, June 22                                    

Welcome Reception

6:00pm-8:00pm

Monday, June 23  

Breakfast

7:30am-8:30am

Session: Introduction to Chemical Product Engineering
Chair:  Michael Hill, M. Hill & Associates

8:30am-12:00 noon

Opening Remarks

8:30am-8:40am

“Chemical Product Engineering: The Third Paradigm ”
Michael Hill, M Hill & Associates

8:40am-9:25am

“Designing Chemical Products ”
Kevin Joback, Molecular Knowledge Inc., USA

9:25am-9:55am

Coffee Break with Exhibitor Display & Poster Session

9:55am- 10:25am

"Microstructural Engineering of Foods "
Serafim Bakalis, Ian Norton, University of Birmingham, UK

10:25am-10:55am

Panel Discussion (Moderated by Karl Krause, DuPont)

10:55am-11:25am

Review of Posters and Exhibitions

11:25am-11:55am

Closing Remarks

11:55am-12:00pm

Lunch

12:00 noon-1:00pm

Afternoon Break

1:00pm-3:30pm

Exhibitors’ Displays & Poster Session (with refreshments)

3:30pm-4:30pm

Session: Methodologiesfor ProductDesign
Chair: Kevin Joback,Molecular Knowledge, Inc., USA

4:30pm-9:00pm

Opening Remarks

4:30pm-4:40pm

Tinoush Sheikhzeinoddin, The University of Manchester, "Innovative use of TQM techniques to support product-centred processing in pharmaceuticals"

4:40pm-5:15pm 

Rafiqul Gani,  Technical University of Denmark, "A Model-Based Systems Approach for Integrated Chemical Product-Process Design"

5:15pm-5:50pm

Dinner Break

5:50pm-7:10pm

 Pete Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Molecular Modeling and its Utility in Product Design "

7:10pm-7:45pm

Marko Saban, Xerox Research Centre of Canada, "Scale-Up of Materials for Xerographic Industry"

7:45pm-8:20pm

Panel Discussion including all presenters

8:20pm-8:55pm

Closing Remarks

8:55pm-9:00pm

Happy Hour, Exhibitor Displays and Poster Session

9:00pm

Tuesday, June 24

Breakfast

7:30am-8:30am

Session: Case Studies – I
Chair: Rafiqul Gani, Technical University of Denmark, DK

8:30am-12:00 noon

Opening Remarks

8:30am-8:40am

Chemical product engineering optimization of the biological and physical properties of herbicide formulation  - Gordon Bell, Syngenta, UK

8:40am-9:25am

Designing a non-soap cleansing bar  - Michael Hill, M Hill Associates, USA

9:25am-9:55am

Coffee Break with Exhibitor Display & Poster Session

9:55am- 10:25am

Structuring the design and development of structured products: Rubber for car tire and formaldehyde free wood adhesive -A A Broekhuis, University of Groningen, Netherlands

10:25am-10:55am

Lessons learned from designing chemical products - Kevin G Joback, Molecular Knowledge Systems, Inc., USA

10:55am-11:25am

Panel Discussion

11:25am-11:55am

Closing Remarks

11:55am-12:00pm

Lunch

12:00pm-1:00pm

Afternoon Break

1:00pm-3:30pm

Exhibitors’ Displays & Poster Session (coffee and soda)

3:30pm-4:30pm

Session: Essential Business Topics
Chair: Laurence Weatherley, The University of Kansas, USA

4:30pm-9:00pm

Opening Remarks

4:30pm-4:35pm

William C. Youngblood, Esq., Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd., USA, "Patent Law Fundamentals - From Application to Prosecution to Litigation" 

4:35pm-5:15pm 

Susan Paquette, 3M Healthcare, St. Paul, MN, "Innovative New Products at 3M - the Key Elements of Success".

5:15pm-5:55pm

Dinner Break

5:55pm-7:25pm

Dr. Andrew W. Torrance,  The School of Law, The University of Kansas, "The Patent Game".

7:25pm-8:25pm

Panel Discussion

8:25pm-8:55pm

Closing Remarks

8:55pm-9:00pm

Happy Hour, Exhibitors’ Displays and Poster Session

9:00pm

Wednesday, June 25                     

Breakfast

7:30am-8:30am

Session: Case Studies - II
Chair: Karl Krause, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA

8:30am-11:100m

Opening Remarks

8:30am-8:35am

" The Changing Role of Patent Opinions in Product/Process Development - Neal Seth, Baker & Hostetler LLP

8:35am-9:10am

9:10am-9:45am

9:45am- 10:20am

"Development and Implementation of PAT Methods in a Pharmaceutical Process " - Jim Vernille, Bristol-Meyers Squibb

10:20am-10:55am

Closing Remarks

10:55am-11:00am

Session: Future Directions
Chair: Karl Krause, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA

11:00am-12:15pm

Open Discussion on Future Directions for Product Engineering

11:00pm-12:10pm

Symposium Final Remarks and Adjourn

12:10pm-12:15