Keynote speakers

Confirmed Keynote speakers include:

Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson
Duquesne University


The Journey of Process Analytical Technologies in the Pharmaceutical Industry


Michelle Wittmer

Michelle Wittmer
Hellma


PAT in Practice: A Cross-Sector, Cross-Modal Assessment of Where We Are and Where We're Going


Fernando Jose Munoz

Fernando Jose Munoz
Daisy Brand


Transforming Dairy Manufacturing with Raman Spectroscopy: Delivering Real-Time Composition for Smarter Process Control


Marc Trygstad

Marc Trygstad
Aduro Clean Technologies


Enabling Hydrochemolytic™ conversion of waste plastics through hybrid measurement strategies


Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith
Aprecia


PAT for 3D Printing of Pharmaceutics


Matthias Balsam

Matthias Balsam
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft


PAT in Industrial Practice at Bayer: From Implementation Strategies and Case Studies to Future Innovations in Online, Inline and Atline Application


Dr. Matthias Balsam is a senior process analytics (PAT) application engineer at Bayer AG, specializing in implementing modern analytical technologies for pharmaceutical R&D and production. He is an expert in advanced spectroscopic methods, particularly NIR- and Raman spectroscopy, and digital process monitoring, which enables real-time understanding and control of processes under GMP conditions. Prior to joining Bayer, Dr. Balsam conducted research in process analytics and applied biochemistry at TH Köln, focusing on process understanding and online chromatography.