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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • 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 – 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, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Pfizer Inc
    Hot Topic Speaker: Kirk Roffi
    Hot Topic Speaker: Nima Yazdanpanah, Ph.D. – 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
    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 – 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 (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: Zack Zhiqiang Guo, Ph.D. – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Moderator: Carl Allenspach, Ph.D. – 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, Ph.D. – 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
  • 9:30 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 – Pharmalytik
    Career Center Speaker: Honghue Shen – Merck
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Creating Community Connections to Enhance Clinical Research
    Keynote Speaker: Nikki McKoy
    Moderator: Ishwor Poudel, MS (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: Excipient Phase Behavior in Frozen and Freeze-Dried Systems – Potential Implications on Drug Stability
    Keynote Speaker: Raj Suryanarayanan, Ph.D. – 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
    Moderator: Juan Guan
    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 – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Pharmaceutical Novel Modalities: Opportunities and Challenges
    Keynote Speaker: Otilia M. Koo, Ph.D., FAAPS (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk
    Moderator: Carl Allenspach, Ph.D. – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    The Changing Landscape of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Career Center Moderator: Carl Allenspach, Ph.D. – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Career Center Speaker: Amit Desai, Ph.D. – Astrellas
    Career Development
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 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
    Rapid Fires: Bioanalytics 1
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Bioanalytics 2
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Discovery and Basic Research
    Discovery and Basic Research
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Formulation and Delivery 1
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Formulation and Delivery 2
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization 1
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization 2
    Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Preclinical, Clinical and Translational Sciences 1
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fires: Preclinical, Clinical and Translational Sciences 2
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    2025 AAPS High Impact Manuscript Award Rapid Fire Presentations
  • 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)
  • 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)