The following schedule is tentative. Check back often for updates and revisions.

Monday, June 9th, 2014

5:00p- 7:00p	Walking Tour Sponsored by Huxley Bertram
7:00p- 9:00p	Welcome Reception at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Sponsored by Huxley Bertram

Tuesday, June 10th 2014

CSF Day 1

8:00 – 8:50am	Breakfast and Registration
8:50 – 9:00	Welcome from the CSF Programming Committee
	Modeling and Simulation
9:00 – 9:40	Keynote: Antonios Zavaliangos, Ph.D, Drexel University, Successes and roadblocks for effective use of modeling in tableting applications
9:40 – 10:05	Alberto Cuitino, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Modeling compact strength of granular materials
10:05 – 10:30	Sherif Badawy, Bristol Myers Squibb Application of the Drucker-Prager Cap model to assess the risk in tablet compaction
10:30 – 10:50	Break
10:50 – 11:15	Jerry Klinzing, Ph.D., Merck, Computational design of tablet microstructures
11:15 – 11:40	Valantis Tsinginos, Ph.D., Drexel University, Discrete Element Model: toward a suitable method for modeling the compaction process and compact properties
11:40 – 12:05pm	Cetin Cetinkaya, Ph.D., Clarkson University, Real-time in-die compaction monitoring
12:05 – 12:30	Lunch
	Materials Characterization
1:30 – 2:10	Keynote: Changquan Calvin Sun, Ph.D, University of Minnesota, Challenges and opportunities in pharmaceutical powder compaction
2:10 – 2:35	Rahul V. Haware, Ph.D., Campbell University DM2 approach for the evaluation and prediction of powder compaction properties
2:35 – 3:00	Pingjun Tang, Ph.D., Vertex Pharmaceuticals Application of Compaction Simulation towards a Multi‐Dimensional Understanding of Compression Behavior
3:00 – 3:20	Break
3:20 – 3:45	Jeffrey Katz, Duquesne University A material-sparing method for assessment of powder deformation characteristics using data collected during a single compression decompression cycle
3:45 – 4:10	Sayantan Chattoraj, Ph.D., GSK Manufacturability comparison of granules from batch vs. continuous wet granulation assessed by API sparing approaches
4:10 – 4:35	Frederick Osei-Yeboah, University of Minnesota, The development of compressible beads for manufacturing controlled release tablet
4:35 – 5:00	Round Table
5:00p – 7:00	Poster Presentations and Cocktail Reception Hosted by Drexel Sponsored by Colorcon
7:00 – 9:30	Dinner and Poster Presentation Awards Sponsored by Colorcon & MEDELPHARM

Wednesday, June 11th 2014

CSF Day 2

8:30-9:00	Breakfast
	Process Engineering
9:00 – 9:45	Keynote: Adam Procopio, Ph.D., Merck, From Particle Properties to Process Engineering
9:45-10:15	Ilgaz Akseli, Ph.D., Boehringer- Ingelheim Integrated materials profiling and computational modeling in drug product development
10:15-10:35	Break
10:35-11:10	Bhavishya Mittal, PhD. & Sree Haritha Chalasani, Takeda Evaluating High Shear Wet Granulation Design Space Using Compaction Simulator
11:10 – 11:40	Joseph Kushner, IV, Ph.D., Pfizer Evaluating lubrication sensitivity of pharmaceutical powders to improve lubricant mixing process scale-up
11:40 – 12:05	Round Table: Process Engineering
12:05 – 12:30	Round Table: Manufacturer Discussion
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
	Non-Pharmaceutical Applications
1:30 – 2:15	Keynote: Prof. Virendra Puri, Pennsylvania State University The Cubical Triaxial Tester (CTT) - CTT overview & recent results
2:15 – 3:00	Warren C. Oliver, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, Nanomechanics Inc., Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee Nanoindentation Testing: Background and Recent Advances
3:00 – 3:15	Break
3:15 – 4:00	Antonios Kontsos, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Director, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Group, Drexel University Advances in multimodal NDE methods and technologies for industrial applications
4:00 – 4:45	Round Table: Compaction Perspectives from Outside Pharma
4:45 – 5:00	Concluding Remarks

Program Committee

• Bhavishya Mittal, PhD. (Chair), Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co.; Bhavi.Mittal@takeda.com
• Dr. Adam Procopio, Merck; adam_procopio@merck.com
• Prof. Changquan Calvin Sun, University of Minnesota; sunx0053@umn.edu
• Prof. Antonios Zavaliangos, Drexel University; azaviia@coe.drexel.edu