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  • Monday, October 26, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Executive Track: What Actually Drives Development Speed? An Executive-Level Autopsy of Drug Development Delays
    Executive Education Speaker: Tanya Karakyriakou, MSc (she/her/hers) – UCL (University College London)
    Executive Track
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Career Series 1: Unwritten Rules: What Women Should Know to Advance Their Careers
    Career Center Speaker: Stacey J. Tannenbaum, PhD – SJTPharm LLC
    Career Center Speaker: Carina Clingman, Ph.D. – Collaboratory Career Hub
    Career Development
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Enabling Peptides: From Crystallization to Formulation and In Silico Modeling
    Hot Topic Speaker: Jing Teng, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Hot Topic Speaker: Anette Müllertz, Ph.D. – Bioneer: FARMA
    Hot Topic Speaker: Stephen D. Stamatis, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Hot Topic Moderator: Deanna M. Mudie, PhD (she/her/hers) – Simulations Plus, Inc.
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advancing Biologics Manufacturing Through Robust Process Design, Standards, and Lifecycle Management
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Bioanalysis At the Edge: NAM Bioanalysis and Complex Bioanalytical Issues
    Moderator: Mark Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – Biotech
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Biodistribution and Persistence as the New Exposure Science for Gene & Cell Therapies: From Vectors to Living Drugs
    Moderator: Steven W. Louie, M.S. (he/him/his) – Bristol-Myers Squibb
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Building Regulatory Confidence in Molecular Assays
    Moderator: Amanda L. Hays, PhD – BioAgilytix
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Engineering Complex Drug–Device Manufacturing Systems: From Process Understanding to Commercialization
    Moderator: Vivek Gupta, PhD, FAAPS – St. John's University
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Integrating AI, Biomarkers, and Modeling to Advance Translational Drug Development
    Moderator: Narendra Chirmule, PhD (he/him/his) – Symphonytech
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Intentional and Unintentional Credibility Challenges, and First Steps to Solve Them
    Moderator: Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Open Science
    Innovator Curated Track
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Next-Gen Pharmaceutical Formulation: From Machine Learning to Mechanistic Modeling
    Moderator: Pauric Bannigan, PhD (he/him/his) – Intrepid Labs
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Rational Design of Small Molecule Formulations: From Modeling to Clinical Translation
    Moderator: Naveen K. Thakral, PhD – Schrodinger, Inc. USA
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Beyond Animal Models? Pros-Cons, and Regulatory Implications of NAM-Based Strategies
    Hot Topic Speaker: Jenny Valentine, PhD (she/her/hers) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
    Hot Topic Speaker: Vibha Jawa, PhD, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – EpiVax Inc.
    Hot Topic Moderator: Vibha Jawa, PhD, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – EpiVax Inc.
    Hot Topic Speaker: Mita Mookherjee
    Bioanalytics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Managing Difficult Stakeholders or Coworkers in a Workplace Environment
    Career Center Speaker: Kim Huynh-Ba, M.S., PMP, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – Pharmalytik
    Career Center Speaker: Allison Elizabeth Radwick, PhD (she/her/hers) – USP
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    From Passion to Practice: Global Health Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: 3D Printing: Driving Digital Transformation from Dosage Form Design to Product Development and Manufacturing
    Keynote Speaker: Xiaoling Li, PhD – University of the Pacific
    Moderator: Jie Shen, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Artificial Intelligence for Drug Delivery: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    Keynote Speaker: Defang Ouyang, Ph.D. – University of Macau
    Moderator: Sanjay Konagurthu, PhD (he/him/his) – Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Building Regulatory Confidence in Molecular Assays
    Keynote Speaker: Russ S. Weiner, Ph.D., FAAPS – Alexion
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: LNP and Delivery of RNA Products
    Keynote Speaker: Russel Johnson
    Moderator: Tian Li, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Manufacturing Challenges in Inhalation Delivery :Concept to Commercial: The Inbrija® Journey from Invention and Development to Approval and Recent Scale-up
    Keynote Speaker: Alan Watts, PhD – Catalent, Inc.
    Moderator: Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD FRSC CChem (he/him/his) – USP
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Navigating Change: PK/PD and Bioanalytical Strategies in NAM-Based Preclinical Development
    Keynote Speaker: Mark Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – Biotech
    Moderator: Jennifer Grant, PhD – Beam Therapeutics
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Promoting Openness, Integrity, and Trustworthiness of Research Findings
    Keynote Speaker: Brian Nosek, Ph.D. – Center for Open Science
    Innovator Curated Track
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Sandwich-Cultured Hepatocytes, Multicellular Hepatic Spheroids, and Liver-on-a-Chip Systems
    Keynote Speaker: Kim L.R Brouwer, PharmD, PhD – UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Moderator: Abhisheak Sharma, PhD – University of Florida
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: The Present and Future of Quantitative Pharmacology in Clinical Drug Development - Pushing Scientific Boundaries for Patient Impact
    Keynote Speaker: Jin Y. Jin, PhD – Genentech, Inc.
    Moderator: Donald E. Mager, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo, SUNY/Enhanced Pharmacodynamics, LLC
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Strategic Career Mapping in a Dynamic Pharmaceutical Labor Market
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Hot Topic: Promoting Open Science Policies to Accelerate Research Translation
    Hot Topic Moderator: Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Open Science
    Hot Topic Speaker: Florian Montel
    Hot Topic Speaker: Fred Padilla
    Hot Topic Speaker: Robert Thibault
    Innovator Curated Track
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Accelerating Formulation Development via Predictive Modeling
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Yihong Qiu, Ph.D. – QPD Solutions
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Advancing Bioanalysis for Next-Generation Therapeutics
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Xiaojiao Xue, PhD – Regeneron
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Bioassay and Immunogenicity Decision Tools
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Pankajini Mallick
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Continuous Manufacturing, Process Innovation & Biopharmaceutics
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Zhiqiang Guo – Merck and Co Inc
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Emerging Manufacturing Technologies & Process Optimization
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Irena Tomaszewska, Ph.D. – Merck
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Leveraging AI/ML in Formulation and Delivery Landscape
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Zhao Liu, PhD – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Novel Modalities, Targeted Delivery and Disease Focused Translational Applications
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Susan Zondlo, PhD – QPS, LLC
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Pushing the Boundaries of Hybrid LC-MS Bioanalysis
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Jim X. Shen, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: Navigating CMC Strategy in the Current Landscape
    Hot Topic Moderator: Swita Singh – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Hot Topic Speaker: Alfred Rumondor, PhD – Abbvie, Inc.
    Hot Topic Speaker: Ryan Soderquist
    Hot Topic Speaker: Parag Kolhe, PhD – Pfizer Inc.
    Hot Topic Speaker: Raj Hooli
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    University of Michigan Alumni & Friends Reception (by invitation only)
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    UT Austin College of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends Reception