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Sessions will be held at the University of Massachusetts Club unless otherwise noted.

Monday, June 20th 2016

3:00p- 5:00p	Walking Tour through Historic Boston: Sponsored by Huxley Bertram
5:00p- 7:00p	Welcome Reception: University of Massachusetts Club, One Beacon Street, Boston. Sponsored by Huxley Bertram

Tuesday, June 21st 2016

CSF Day 1

8:15-9:00	Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:10	Welcome: Kevin Bittorf CSF President
Keynote Speakers: Chair Joe Bullard
9:10-10:00	Keynote: James Elliott, University of Cambridge Computational Prediction of Powder Tablettability: from Molecular to Continuum Scales
10:00-10:50	Keynote: John Strong, Abbvie: Prediction of Drucker-Prager-cap model parameters for mixtures from single component data
10:50-11:15	Break
11:15-12:05	Keynote: Antonios Zavaliangos, Drexel: On the Use of the Compaction Simulator for Understanding Sticking Propensity
12:05-1:15	Lunch
Characterization: Chair Joe Bullard
1:15-1:55	Alberto Cuitino, Rutgers: Toward Predicting Tensile Strength of Pharma Tablets by Ultrasound Measurement in Continuous Manufacturing
1:55-2:35	Thomas Baxter, Jenike: When powders flow like water: two-phase flow modeling of a press feed system
2:35-3:15	Peter Wildfong, Duquesne: Investigation of the Compaction-Induced Structural Changes to Theophylline Using PXRD and Total Scattering Analysis
3:15-3:40	Break
3:40-4:20	Serena Schiano (Winner of last year’s poster presentation), University of Surrey: The Effect of Roll Compaction On Flowability and Tableting Behavior of Granules
4:20-5:00	William Ketterhagen, Pfizer: Prediction of Lubrication-Based Tensile Strength Reduction via DEM and Compartment Model Approach
5:00	Concluding remarks
5:00 –6:45	Poster Presentation and Cocktail Hour
7:00-9:00	Awards Dinner: Kinsale

Wednesday, June 22nd 2016

CSF Day 2

8:30-9:00	Registration & Breakfast
Keynote Speaker: Chair Sree Chalasani
9:00-9:10	Welcome to Day 2
9:10-10:00	Keynote: Pingjun Tan, Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Understanding of tooling effects on powder mechanical behavior during the uniaxial compression process
10:00-10:20	Break
User Presentations: Chair Kevin Bittorf
10:20-11:45	1) Sean Garner, AbbVie
	2) Debbie Hooper, Greenwich/Pfizer
	3) Vivienne Gray, BMS
	4) Marco Bellini, Berlin Free University
	5) Jovana Radojevic, Drexel
	6) Balazs Demuth, Budapest/Janssen
11:45-1:00	Lunch
Applications: Chair Sudhir Verma
1:00-1:40	Gerard Klinzing, Merck: Optimizing the Design of Tablets from Mechanical Properties to Shape
1:40-2:20	Jeff Katz, Amgen: Full Out-of-Die Compressibility And Compactibility Profiles From 2 Tablets
2:20-3:00	Vincent Mazel, Bordeaux: Evolution of the Die-Wall Pressure During The Compression of Biconvex Tablets: Experimental Results and Comparison
3:00-3:20	Break
3:20-4:00	Jeff Hemenway, Gilead: Application Of Compaction Simulation As A Response Factor In Formulation And Process Development Does: A Case Study For A High Drug Loading Roller Compacted Product
4:00-4:40	Balázs Démuth, Budapest Univ. of Technology & Economics: Downstream process of an electrospun solid dispersion
4:40-5:00	Concluding Remarks