APACT 25 Programme
Please note that this programme is subject to change - Last updated 24/4/25.
08:30 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 09:40
Welcome and opening of the conference
09:40 - 10:20
Keynote 1: The metrology mindset in a digital age: quantifying confidence in advanced analytics
Louise Wright, National Physical Laboratory
10:20 - 11:00
Keynote 2: Chemometrics as a basic skill for chemists - Why is it not happening?
Thomas Vent-Schmidt, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
11:00 - 11:25
Leverage the lessons learned during development to optimize measure systems for trending and control
Martin Warman, Martin Warman Consultancy
Chemometrics versus machine learning
Brian Rohrback, Infometrix, Inc.
11:25 - 11:50
Bubbles, noise, and data: Smart techniques for detecting air entrainment
Ben Watson, Johnson Matthey
Enhancing bilayer OSD manufacturing with AI/ML-driven process monitoring
Juan Rosas, Organon
11:50 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Flash Poster Presentations
14:30 - 15:00
Posters (presenters attending), exhibition and tea/coffee
15:00 - 15:25
Investigation of the feasibility and challenges of simultaneous specific quantitative analysis of a broad range of amino acids in solution with an eye toward In-line monitoring and control
Mark Kemper, Tornado Spectral Systems, a Bruker Company
Advancing lean chemometrics: Iterative Optimization Technology as a process analytical technology tool for reducing calibration burden
Jonique Samuels, Optimal Industrial Technologies
15:25 - 15:50
Raman spectroscopy of dispersions withscattered light measurements to correct forlosses due to light refraction
Erik Spoor, Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
From complexity to clarity: Interpretableensemble strategies in semi-AutoML
Manny Palacios, Eigenvector Research Inc
15:50 - 16:15
Computer vision approach for kinetic analysisof lab- and process-scale mixing phenomenaand toward verifying CFD models
Calum Fyfe, University of Strathclyde
A physics-based data simulation andaugmentation method for enhancingcalibration model development on a visible spectrometer
Simon Pinault, INDATECH -Chauvin Arnoux.
16:15 - 17:30
Exhibitor Showcase session 1 (inc. refreshments)
17:30 - 18:30
Free time
18:30 - 20:00
Dinner
20:00
Whisky tasting by William Grant & Sons
09:00 - 09:40
Keynote 3: Options for process analytical technology in continuous wet granulation manufacturing
David Wilsdon, Pfizer
Keynote 4: Thinking in higher dimensions and modes: Addressing multivariate multimodal data within framework of partial least-squares
Puneet Mishra, Wageningen Food
10:20 - 10:50
Tea/coffee and exhibition and posters
10.50 - 11.15
The speed and sustainability of transmission Raman spectroscopy for real-time release testing
Nathan Cumberbatch, AstraZeneca
Driving towards sustainable manufacturing with advanced process control and optimisation
John Mack, Applied Materials
11:15 - 11:40
Optimising PAT for continuous direct compression using the feed frame simulator
Eleonora De Giorgi University of Birmingham/AstraZeneca
Development of a self-optimization platform for enhanced process control in continuous flow systems
Gonzalo Araya Vargas, FraunhoferInstitut für Chemische Technologie
11:40 - 12:05
Spectroscopy shootout: A comparative analysis of spectroscopic techniques for oral solid dosage forms
Jeppe Hagedorn, Novo Nordisk A/S
Real time optimization and control of processes by combining online spectroscopy monitoring, chemometrics and artificial intelligence algorithms
Manis Gheghiani, Axel'One
12:05 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Exhibition and posters
14:00 - 14:25
Implementation of novel spectroscopic and chromatographic PAT within a commercial continuous Biologics manufacturing process.
Andy Kavanagh, MSD BioNX
Hybrid modelling for reaction network simulation in syngas methanol production
Harry Kay, University of Manchester
14:25 - 14:50
Enhancing biopharmaceutical purification: Realtime column regeneration monitoring with ATEEM.
Eric Teboul, HORIBA
Can we develop data-driven models to guide lipid nanoparticle design?
Nima Hojat, CPI
14:50 - 15:15
Performance of cross-clone Raman calibration models in CHO cultivations.
Izabella Surowiec, Sartorius Digital Solutions
Applying neuroevolution and adaptive neural networks to control challenges in the process industries
Matthew Carr, Luffy AI
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:10
Advanced real-time monitoring of nanoparticle size in bioprocessing: Applications in upstream and downstream processes
Albert Grau-Carbonell, InProcess-LSP
Enhancing pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing through integration of process modelling and process analytical technology
Florian Zehentbauer, AstraZeneca
16:10 - 16:35
Using process Raman spectroscopy as aprocess analytical technology tool for upstream processing – continuous perfusionruns, and downstream processing
Lin Chen, ThermoFisher Scientific
At-line real-time release testing on the absence of drug crystallinity by terahertz process analytical technology
Chi Ki Leung, University of Cambridge
16:35 - 17:00
Exploring standard-based and standard-free methods using ATR-FTIR technique to predict lignin’s molecular weight, ß-O-4 content and glass transition temperature
Abdoulah Ly, University College Dublin
Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy for drying monitoring in an agitated filter-dryer
Samuel Santos, University of Strathclyde
17:00 - 18:00
Exhibitors' showcase session 2 (inc. refreshments)
18:00 - 19:30
19:30
Conference Dinner
Keynote 5: On the path to fair autonomous high throughput bioprocess development
M. Nicolas Cruz B, Technische Universitat Berlin
Keynote 6: Digitalization challenges in food manufacturing: Application of PAT and APC in a traditional industry
Caroline Welch and Gareth Coffin, Mondelez International
Advances in fibre optic probes for in-line process control in harsh conditions
Alexander Novikov, art photonics GmbH
Integrating AI-driven hybrid modelling and transfer learning for predicting bioprocess upscaling operations
Harvey Al-Ramadhan, The University of Manchester
Combination of an in-line ultrasonic trap and a Raman probe for the monitoring of crystallization
Christoph Gasser, usePAT
Development of a novel mechanistic model for describing the growth and infection/transfection of HEK cells
Kim Kuchemuller, Sartorius
11:50 - 12:15
Gas bottle quality monitoring with Raman spectroscopy
Jessica Gabb, ISInstruments
Towards accurate prediction of cell culture dynamics in bioreactor digital twins
Sarah Fadda, Siemens Industry Software Ltd.
12:15 - 12:30
Poster prize presentation
12:30 - 12:45
Closing remarks
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch & departure