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Event schedule
*Please note that the detailed schedule is still under construction and may be subject to change
Day 1
1:00 pm: Welcome & registration
2:00 pm: Scientific program
6:00 pm: Evening program & poster session
10:00 pm: End of evening program.
Bus transfer to hotel.
Day 2
8:00 am: Bus pick-up from Lyon
8:30 am: Welcome coffee
9:15 am: Scientific program
12:30 pm: Lunch break & networking
2:00 pm: Scientific program
6:00 pm: Evening program
10:00 pm: End of evening program
Day 3
8:00 am: Bus pick-up from Lyon
8:30 am: Welcome coffee
9:15 am: Scientific program
12:30 pm: Lunch break and networking time
2:00 pm: Scientific program
3:30 pm: Wrap-up and end of User Group
*Transportation and dinner costs courtesy of MEDELPHARM
Scientific program
Find below the details of the preliminary program.
Keynote lectures
Calvin SUN - PERDUE UNIVERSITY
Digital tablet design enabled by tabletability prediction and compaction simulation
Vincent MAZEL - BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY
Lamination during tabletting: a focus on the case of air entrapment
Tze Ning HIEW - IOWA UNIVERSITY
From compression to release: What the compaction simulator reveals about amorphous solid dispersion tablets
Peyman AMINPOUR - ELI LILLY
Stepwise compaction simulation-guided formulation development to overcome roller compaction challenges for a poorly flowing acicular API
Presentations
Lise VANDEVIVERE - XEDEV
Tabletting of spray dried ASD powder: from early phase screening to optimized downstream processing
Robin MEIER - L.B. BOHLE
Continuous wet granulation: impact of process parameters on final tablet quality attributes
Keigo HANYUU - MEIJI
Compression speed control method to achieve high production capacity of formulated milk powder tablets
Friederike GÜTTER - KORSCH
MUPS under pressure: how compression dynamics shape final tablet quality...
Nils ROTTMANN - BASF
...Formulation under control: Formulation & process for robust pellet design!
Short talks
Jolien AERTS - JANSSEN
Continuous to batch process transfer: (Un)similarities revealed
Geoffrey BOSCO - THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
From incompatibility to innovation: a robust trilayer strategy
Ben KOHLHAAS - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BRAUNSCHWEIG
An update on die filling on STYL‘ONE Evo Compaction Simulator
Madalena GUEDES - HOVIONE
STYL‘ONE Nano feeder performance testing and optimization for improved efficiency
Michael GHIJS - ELEGENT
Machine-learning-based screening of direct-compression tablet formulations
Vishal SHINDE - I HOLLAND
Predicting dwell-time sensitivity to guide selection of I Holland's XDF punch heads for sticking mitigation
The program will also include a series of presentations delivered by KORSCH and MEDELPHARM experts, offering additional insights into compaction, formulation development, and process development with a particular focus on STYL‘ONE equipment and methodology.
Methodology & innovation
Krishna KISHOR - KORSCH
Decoding the architecture of multilayer tablets
Quentin BOULAY - MEDELPHARM
Paddle Force Feeder, Heated Die, DryCon® & WipCon® concepts
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