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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, November 8, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-In
  • Sunday, November 9, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-In
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Opening Plenary with Dr. Richard T. Thakor
    Plenary Speaker: Richard T. Thakor, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Welcome Reception
  • Monday, November 10, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM CT
    Guest Tour: River Barge & San Antonio Icons Experience (additional fee required)
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Free Professional Headshots
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    LinkedIn Profile Critiques & Resume Reviews
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Mock Interviews
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Who's Reading Your Resume? Ask Me Anything
    Career Center Speaker: Carina Clingman
    Career Center Moderator: Stacey Axler (she/her/hers) – AAPS
    Career Development
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advances and Case Examples of In Silico Modeling for Drug Development
    Moderator: Agostinho Rocha – Smithers - Pharmaceutical Development Services
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advancements in Manufacturing and Characterization of Pharmaceuticals/ Biopharmaceuticals 1
    Moderator: Pallavi P. Pawar – Gilead Sciences
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advancements in Manufacturing and Characterization of Pharmaceuticals/ Biopharmaceuticals 2
    Moderator: Yi Gao, PhD (she/her/hers) – AbbVie Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: AI/ML in Bioanalysis
    Moderator: Sanjeev Bhardwaj, PhD (he/him/his) – Moderna Therapeutics
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Changing Landscape of Regulated Bioanalysis
    Moderator: Ang Liu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johnson & Johnson
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: New Frontiers of Drug Development Through the Use of Non-Animal Models and Imaging
    Moderator: Karin Allenspach
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Out-of-the-Box Approaches for Innovation
    Moderator: Shijie Cao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Patient-Centric Formulation Development: Implications on Performance and Stability
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Through Peaks and Valleys: Advancing the Frontiers of Long-Acting Therapies
    Moderator: Ryan Donnelly, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Rise of Machines and Biosensors in Drug Delivery
    Hot Topic Speaker: Minjun Kim, PhD – Southern Methodist University
    Hot Topic Moderator: Vibhuti Agrahari, PhD – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Hot Topic Speaker: Karthik Raman, PhD (he/him/his) – Persist AI Formulations Corp
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    LinkedIn: Your Essential Tool for Career Success
    Career Center Moderator: Ines Santos, PhD (she/her/hers) – Bristol-Myers Squibb
    Career Center Speaker: Caroline Sangal, PhD, SHRM-CP (she/her/hers) – Next Success
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Upskill your AI Game for Job Search & Professional Growth
    Career Center Moderator: Snehal Shukla, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer.Inc
    Career Center Speaker: May Li, PhD – Mix Talent
    Career Center Speaker: Karthik Raman, PhD (he/him/his) – Persist AI Formulations Corp
    Career Development
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Drug Delivery Systems for Translational Immunotherapy
    Keynote Speaker: James J. Moon, PhD – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Shijie Cao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: From Algorithms to Action: Harnessing Predictive Models in the Era of Precision Medicine
    Keynote Speaker: Anna Kondic
    Moderator: Jim Shen, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: High Concentration Biologic Products: Manufacturing Challenges and Mitigation Strategies
    Keynote Speaker: Nicole Buist, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co.
    Moderator: Andre Hermans, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Human Organ Chips as Tools for Clinical Mimicry
    Keynote Speaker: Girija Goyal
    Moderator: Krishna Veerubhotla, PhD (he/him/his) – Pfizer Inc
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Ionic Liquids for Formulation and Delivery of Biologics
    Keynote Speaker: Samir Mitragotri, Professor – Harvard University
    Moderator: Seema Thakral, PhD – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Inc
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Lipid Nanoparticles for Overcoming Biological Barriers to mRNA Delivery
    Keynote Speaker: Michael Mitchell, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Manufacturing Innovations in Oral Solids and Inhaled Products - Current Status and Future Vision
    Keynote Speaker: Paul Wan Sia Heng, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Moderator: Bhavishya Mittal, PhD (he/him/his) – BioDuro
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Reflections on Transformations in Drug Development, Bioanalysis and Regulations
    Keynote Speaker: Mark E. Arnold, PhD – Bioanalytical Solution Integration
    Moderator: Faye Vazvaei, M.S. – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: The Evolution of PK/PD Models for Clinical Practice and Drug Development
    Keynote Speaker: Murray P. Ducharme, DPH, PharmD, FCCP, FCP – Learn & Confirm, Inc.
    Moderator: Pankajini Mallick, PhD (she/her/hers) – Neurocrine
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Regulatory career options for students with science and engineering backgrounds
    Career Center Speaker: Xiaofei Liu, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Career Development
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Hot Topic: Emerging Role of Nanomaterials in Medicine
    Hot Topic Moderator: Sudip K. Das, PhD (he/him/his) – Butler University
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by INTERPHEX
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    How to Connect, Convey, and Convince When You Converse
    Career Center Speaker: David P. Otey, MA, MBA (he/him/his) – Speaking of Solutions, LLC
    Career Development
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: AI/ML in Bioanalysis
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Changing Landscape of Regulated Bioanalysis
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Deep Dive: Characterization, Regulation & Innovation in Advanced Therapeutics
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Lenora Dieyi
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Manufacturing Evolved: Continuous Processes, Precision Analytics & Complex Formulations
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Zhao Liu, PhD – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Novel In Silico and In Vitro Approaches in Drug Development 1
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Ananth Kumar Kammala, Ph.D. – The University of Texas Medical Branch
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Novel In Silico and In Vitro Approaches in Drug Development 2
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Ishwor Poudel, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Out-of-the-Box Approaches for Innovation
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Yaguang Xi
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Patient-Centric Formulation and Personalized Drug Delivery Strategies 1
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Vivek Gupta, Ph.D. – St. John's University
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Patient-Centric Formulation and Personalized Drug Delivery Strategies 2
    Rapid Fire Moderator: James Polli, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Maryland
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Margarita Station Sponsored by Worldwide Clinical Trials
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by ROQUETTE
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: CMC and Manufacturing Strategies for Lipid Nano-Particles Enabled Medicines
    Hot Topic Moderator: Manmohan Singh
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by Agilent Technologies
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by Celerion
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    KU Pharm Chem Alumni Reception (Invited Guests Only)
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Minnesota Alumni Reception
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    UT Austin College of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM CT
    SCIEX Mixer – Meet the New ZenoTOF 8600 System - Invited Guests Only
  • Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Mentor Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    Industry Tour: BioConnect San Antonio Industry Immersion Experience (additional fee required)
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Free Professional Headshots
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    LinkedIn Profile Critiques & Resume Reviews
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Mock Interviews
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Predictive Scale-Up/Scale-Down for Pharmaceuticals/Biopharmaceuticals
    Hot Topic Moderator: Sheetal S. Pai-Wechsung, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer Inc
    Hot Topic Speaker: Kirk Roffi, M.S. – Pfizer
    Hot Topic Speaker: Nima Yazdanpanah, PhD (he/him/his) – Procegence
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Negotiating Your Contract -- Ask Me Anything
    Career Development
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Biomarker, Platform and Support
    Moderator: Shoshana Oberstein (she/her/hers) – Takeda
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Clinical Trials for Pediatric Populations
    Moderator: Sesha Rajeswari Talluri, M Pharm – Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Emerging Technology as a Game Changer in Drug Discovery
    Moderator: Juan Guan, PhD – University Of Texas At Austin
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Enabling Technologies and Materials for Formulation Innovation 1
    Moderator: Haichen Nie, Ph.D. – Teva Pharmaceuticals
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Enabling Technologies and Materials for Formulation Innovation 2
    Moderator: Pengbo Guo, PhD (he/him/his) – Cybernax Bio
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Navigating the Complexities of Novel Modalities and Delivery Systems 1
    Moderator: Carl Allenspach, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Navigating the Complexities of Novel Modalities and Delivery Systems 2
    Moderator: Zack Zhiqiang Guo, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Special Considerations for Patient Populations in Clinical Trials
    Moderator: Viera Lukacova, PhD – Simulations Plus, Inc.
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Using Mass Spec to Support PD/PK
    Moderator: Jennifer Cunliffe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Career Connections
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Bridging Science and Business: Essential knowledge for the Modern Scientist
    Career Center Moderator: Kim Huynh-Ba, M.S., PMP, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – Pharmalytik
    Career Center Speaker: Honglue (Holly) Shen, PhD – Merck
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Is Your Career Ready for What’s Next?
    Career Center Speaker: Carl Allenspach, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Career Center Speaker: Amit Desai, PhD – Astellas Pharma
    Career Development
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Creating Community Connections to Enhance Clinical Research
    Keynote Speaker: J. Nikki McKoy, MPH, MBA (she/her/hers) – RTI International
    Moderator: Ishwor Poudel, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Designing, Formulating, and Manufacturing Molecules for Long-Acting Therapies
    Keynote Speaker: William Rowe, BS, PhD (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
    Moderator: Pallavi P. Pawar – Gilead Sciences
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Evolving Decentralized Clinical Research: Lessons from Five Years of Progress
    Keynote Speaker: Jean Branttie, PhD (she/her/hers) – Eli Lilly and Company
    Moderator: Amita Datta-Mannan, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Excipient Phase Behavior in Frozen and Freeze-Dried Systems – Potential Implications on Drug Stability
    Keynote Speaker: Raj Suryanarayanan, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Jayasree Srinivasan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Simtra BioPharma Solutions
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Harnessing MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Biomarker Development in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis and Prognosis
    Keynote Speaker: Anand Mehta
    Moderator: Ryan De Palma
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Illuminating Dynamic Architecture of Living Systems to Discover Biology and Identify Therapeutics
    Keynote Speaker: Xiaokun Shu, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
    Moderator: Juan Guan, PhD – University Of Texas At Austin
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Lipid Nanoparticles-Based mRNA Delivery for the Treatment of Genetic Diseases
    Keynote Speaker: Gaurav Sahay, PhD – Oregon State University
    Moderator: Bowen Li, PhD – University of Toronto/Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Navigating the Biomarker Spectrum: From Pharmacokinetics to Companion Diagnostics in a Complex Regulatory World
    Keynote Speaker: Sarah Hersey
    Moderator: Lina Luo, MS (she/her/hers) – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Pharmaceutical Novel Modalities: Opportunities and Challenges
    Keynote Speaker: Otilia M. Koo, PhD, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk
    Moderator: Carl Allenspach, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    2025 AAPS High Impact Manuscript Award Rapid Fire Presentations
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: Ensuring Safety, Advancing Science: Bridging to the Future with NAMs
    Hot Topic Moderator: Seeprarani P. Rath, PhD – Rutgers University
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    How to Become A Successful Consultant
    Career Center Speaker: Stacey J. Tannenbaum, PhD, FISoP – SJTPharm LLC
    Career Center Speaker: Shingai Marjuru
    Career Center Speaker: Katy Moore
    Career Development
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Biomarker, Platform and Support
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Designing and Delivering Effective Clinical Trials for Specific Populations 1
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Shoshana Oberstein (she/her/hers) – Takeda
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Designing and Delivering Effective Clinical Trials for Specific Populations 2
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Hiroshi Sugimoto, PhD – Takeda
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Emerging Technology as a Game Changer in Drug Discovery
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Shanghao Li, PhD – WuXi AppTec
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Enabling Technologies and Materials for Formulation Innovation 1
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Enabling Technologies and Materials for Formulation Innovation 2
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Gaia Colombo, Ph.D. – University of Ferrara
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Shaping Biologics: From Molecules to Manufacturing Excellence
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Lenora Dieyi
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Smart Science for Complex Formulation: From Nano to Manufacturing
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Zhao Liu, PhD – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Using Mass Spec to Support PD/PK
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by 10x Genomics
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Happy Hour Sponsored by Croda Pharma + Avanti Polar Lipids
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Fellows Networking Reception (by invitation only)
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Sustaining Sponsor Reception (by invitation only)
  • 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
    American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS) Annual Banquet Meeting
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) 20 Year Anniversary
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    University of Mississippi Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
    IPEC Foundation Awards Ceremony (Invited Guests Only)
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
    Simulations Plus After Hours Event (Invited Guests Only)
  • Wednesday, November 12, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Women in PharmSci Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM CT
    Coat Check
  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Free Professional Headshots
  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    LinkedIn Profile Critiques & Resume Reviews
  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Mock Interviews
  • 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Pitching a Start-Up: Ask Me Anything
    Moderator: Stacey Axler (she/her/hers) – AAPS
    Career Center Speaker: Brian Bettencourt, Ph.D. – Torque Bio
    Career Center Speaker: Sanjeev Thohan, PhD – SARx Consulting
    Career Development
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Accelerating Drug Development Through Digital Innovation 1
    Moderator: Naveen Thakral, PhD – Schrodinger, Inc. USA
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Accelerating Drug Development Through Digital Innovation 2
    Moderator: Jaydip Vasoya, PhD (he/him/his) – Schrodinger, Inc.
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advanced Basic Research as the Bedrock of Pharmaceutical Science
    Moderator: Wei Yue, PhD – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Novel Instrumentations in Bioanalysis
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Oligo Bioanalysis, Platforms and Methods
    Moderator: Long Yuan, PhD – Biogen Inc.
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Predictive Tools and Applications in Manufacturing and Product Quality 1
    Moderator: Kashappa Goud Desai, PhD – GSK
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Predictive Tools and Applications in Manufacturing and Product Quality 2
    Moderator: Sanjaykumar Patel (he/him/his) – Merck and Co Inc
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Translational Development of Cell and Gene Therapies
    Moderator: Rodrigo Cristofoletti, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Translational Development of Diverse Drug Formulations
    Moderator: Shanghao Li, PhD – WuXi AppTec
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Business of Bioscience – Entrepreneurial Skill Development for Trainee Scientists
    Career Center Moderator: Vivek Gupta, Ph.D. – St. John's University
    Career Center Speaker: Aliasger K. Salem, PhD – University of Iowa
    Career Center Speaker: Ariella Trotsenko (she/her/hers) – City University of New York (CUNY)
    Career Center Speaker: Loren Busby
    Career Development
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles: An Emerging Multifaceted System
    Hot Topic Moderator: Alekha K. Dash, PhD – Creighton University
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Science Meets Strategy: Building Business Development Careers from Research Roots
    Career Center Moderator: Allison Elizabeth Radwick, PhD (she/her/hers) – USP
    Career Center Speaker: Joe Flynn, BS (he/him/his) – COMMEX Consulting
    Career Center Speaker: Ami Patel, MS – BOYDS
    Career Development
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: Identifying Gaps and Pushing Boundaries in Mechanistic Dissolution Modeling
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development with Advanced Computational Modeling
    Keynote Speaker: Robert Abel, PhD (he/him/his) – Schrödinger
    Moderator: Naveen Thakral, PhD – Schrodinger, Inc. USA
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Development of Non-Invasive Wearable Physiological Sensors for Quantifying Treatment Outcomes
    Keynote Speaker: Conor Evans, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Balint Sinko, Ph.D. – Pion Inc.
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Digital Twin Technologies to Accelerate Development, Reduce Wet Work and Optimize Process Performance
    Keynote Speaker: Brian Rhodes – GSK
    Moderator: Parind M. Desai, PhD – GlaxoSmithKline plc
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Glaucoma Therapy: An Unmet Need
    Keynote Speaker: Catherine Opere, BPharm, MBA, PhD, FARVO – Creighton University
    Moderator: Somnath Singh, PhD (he/him/his) – Creighton University
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Machine Learning for Small Molecule Drug Development and Delivery
    Keynote Speaker: Daniel Reker
    Moderator: Bowen Li, PhD – University of Toronto/Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: New Frontiers in High Performance Mass Spectrometry for Bioanalysis of Therapeutics
    Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Brodbelt, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Moderator: Scott Robotham, PhD (he/him/his) – Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: The Evolving Bioanalytical Strategies and Considerations for Advancing Gene and Cell Therapy Drug Development
    Keynote Speaker: Yanmei Lu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sangamo Therapeutics
    Moderator: Honglue (Holly) Shen, PhD – Merck
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Unsupervised AI-based Image Analysis of Cell Therapy Products: A New Non-Invasive Characterization Approach for QC
    Keynote Speaker: Chris P. Calderon, PhD – Ursa Analytics, Inc. & U. Colorado, Boulder
    Moderator: Zack Zhiqiang Guo, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-Out
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Hot Topic: The Role of AI/ML in Accelerating Development of Nanomedicines
    Hot Topic Moderator: Yahya Choonara, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Witwatersrand
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Accelerating Drug Development Through Digital Innovation
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Harsh Shah, PhD – J-Star Research Inc.
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: How Can We Advance Basic Research as the Bedrock of Pharmaceutical Science?
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Prasanna A. Yakkala, Ph.D. – Ohio State University
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Novel Instrumentations in Bioanalysis/Oligo Bioanalysis, Platforms and Methods
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Predictive Power: Modeling, AI & Regulatory Design in Drug Development
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Tian Li, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Translating Animal PK, Toxicology, and Biomarkers to Clinical Success
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Janey Ronxhi, MS (she/her/hers) – Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Closing Plenary with Dr. Daniel G. Anderson
    Plenary Speaker: Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D. – Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Closing Reception