Wednesday 25th April 2012 - Friday 27th April 2012
The Hilton Hotel, Gateshead, Newcastle

The financial, safety and environmental benefits of process analysis and control (PAC) technologies have never been more important to modern manufacturing in the pharmaceuticals, chemicals, materials, petrochemicals, biotechnology and food industries, and many others.

The benefits of in-process measurements, real-time data mining and predictive modelling include:

• Improved process efficiency or conversion
• Reduction of waste products
• Better safety
• Improved fundamental understanding of your process
• Reduced “time-to-market”

APACT is an open forum for the presentation and discussion of recent scientific and engineering advances relevant to process analytics and control technologies. Plenary and keynote speakers will report recent advances in the development and application of novel process analytics, predictive modelling and control technologies, and will review the benefits achieved.

Following the success of previous conferences, APACT 12 will be a 3 day meeting featuring plenary and parallel sessions on topics crucial to the achievement of manufacturing excellence.

The conference is aimed at:

• Senior managers, scientists and engineers in the process industries
• Academics specialising in analytical science, control technologies and other related disciplines
• Companies that develop and market PAC technologies

The programme will feature invited and contributed lectures, poster presentations and a vendor exhibition, including the unique APACT Exhibitor Showcase.

The meeting is an ideal forum for networking and information gathering on PAC. Those new to process analysis or process control will benefit from the friendly atmosphere that typifies an APACT conference.

Pre-conference Courses

The following courses will take place prior to the conference:

• Introduction to process analysis
• Process control for chemists, pharmacists & formulation scientists
• Course on CPACT toolboxes - (CPACT members only)

The courses will run in parallel on Tuesday 24th April, and will be open to both conference delegates as an additional option, or may be attended on a "course only" basis.

Exhibition

Equipment and software from vendor companies will be exhibited during the conference. In addition, there will be a number of sponsorship opportunities for participating companies.

Any interested companies should contact the CPACT Administration Office for further details. (Email: natalie@cpact.com Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4836)

Important Deadlines

Abstracts

• Deadline for submitting abstract: Monday 12 December 2011
• Notification of acceptance: Friday 13 January 2012
• Final programme issued: Friday 3 February 2012

Registration deadlines

• Early registration discount: before Monday 27 February 2012
• Last date for registration: Monday 16 April 2012
• Accommodation to be reserved: by Monday 27 February 2012

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