The Mini-APACT Conference features the exciting and beloved Exhibitors Showcase, a long-standing favorite format where vendor organizations present the highlights of their latest product developments to the entire audience in a limited time slot. This dynamic event not only offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase new products to a captivated audience but also adds an element of fun with a prize for the best performance! 

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09:00 - 09:50

Registration & Tea/Coffee

Sponsored by AstraZeneca

09:50 - 10:00

Welcome and Safety briefing by David Littlejohn, CPACT & Flavien Susanne, AstraZeneca

THEME 1 - Pharmaceutical applications of PAT (organised by the PAT CoP)

Chair - Andrew Anderson, Johnson & Johnson

10:00 - 10:35

Keynote 1 (From PAT CoP Community)

Enhanced Control Strategies - Rebranding or Revolution

10:35 - 11:00

Implementation journey of handheld SORS Raman for raw material identify verification - lessons learned

11:00 - 11:25

Development and implementation of a multivariate scheme to monitor input material properties at a pharmaceutical manufacturing site

11:25 - 11:50

Roller Compaction: Developing and Implementing Terahertz Spectroscopy for Ribbon and Tablet Solid Fraction Measurement

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch

THEME 2 - Data Analysis, Modelling and Control ( co-organised with the PAT CoP)

Chair - Ewan Mercer, Applied Materials & Alison Nordon, CPACT

13:00 - 13:35

Keynote 2

AI-Enhanced Optimal Robust Operational Space Identification under Process Uncertainty

13:35 - 14:00

Technical presentation from PAT CoP Community

Multivariate Statistical Process Monitoring (MSPM) for Real-Time Fault Detection and Diagnosis at GSK's Ware Site

14:00 - 14:25

The role of data analysis in new process analysis technologies

14:25 - 15:15

Flash Poster presentations

Chaired by Alison Nordon, CPACT

15:15 - 15:45

Poster Session & Tea/ Coffee

15:45 - 16:10

Digital Communication – Essential Control for Continuous Manufacturing

16:10 - 16:35

Developing spectroscopic calibrations in a bench simulator that transfer to manufacturing equipment

16:35 - 16:50

Comfort break & light snack

16:50 - 18:30

Exhibitor Showcase

Chaired by David Littlejohn

18:30 - 19:30

Free time

19:30 - 20:00

Drinks Reception at Shrigley Hall Hotel & Spa

20:00

Conference Dinner & Fun Casino at Shrigley Hall Hotel & Spa

THEME 3 - DEVELOPMENTS IN APPLICATION OF OPTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR PAT

Chair - David Littlejohn, CPACT & Elizabeth Dickinson, CRODA

09:00 - 09:35

Keynote 3

Advanced Fiber Spectroscopy for Process Analysis in-line

09:35 - 10:00

On-Line Monitoring of Nitric Acid Concentration in Advanced Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

10:00 - 10:25

Developments in Low Wavenumber (“THz”) Raman Spectroscopy

10:25 - 11:00

Poster session & Tea/Coffee

11:00 - 11:25

Transmission Raman Spectroscopy, Supporting Pharmaceutical Manufacturing to achieve efficiencies and process understanding in continuous drug product manufacturing

11:25 - 11:50

UV spectroscopy in combination with multivariate modelling for downstream applications

11:50 - 12:15

Scalable Continuous Photochemical, Electrochemical and Thermal Reactions: Reactors and PAT Challenges: Exploring Unlocking Molecular Landscapes with Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) Fluorescence Spectroscopy

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch

THEME 4 - ADVANCED PROCESS MODELLING

Chair - Dongda Zhang, University of Manchester

13:00 - 13:35

Keynote 4

When flowcharts meet reality: Implementing the GAMP 5 Machine Learning Framework for regulated processes

13:35 - 14:00

Integrating hybrid modelling and transfer learning to accelerate the development of bioprocess digital twins

14:00 - 14:25

Interpretable data-driven model predictive control for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing

14:25 - 15:00

Poster Session & Tea/coffee

THEME 5 - ADVANCES IN DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESS ANALYSIS

Chair - Martin Warman, Martin Warman Consultancy Ltd.

15:00 - 15:25

Advancing Continuous Process Monitoring and Optimization with Benchtop NMR in PAT

15:25 - 15:50

None-destructive measurement technique for on-line concentration measurements of organic solvents using a thermal approach

15:50 - 16:15

Real-Time Process Control in Nanoparticle Production Using Spatially resolved Dynamic light scattering (SR-DLS) Technology

16:15 - 16:40

Using Density Changes to Monitor Blending with Magnesium stearate by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy

16:40 - 16:45

Award Poster Prize

16:45 - 17:00

Closing remarks by David Littlejohn & end of the conference