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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Mentor Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Quotient Sciences Breakfast Seminar: Integrated Formulation Development: Solubility Enhancement, Modified Release and AI-Informed Drug Development
  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Dissolution Discussion Group Sponsored by Agilent
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Immunogenicity Expectations: Are They Fact or Fear?
    Hot Topic Speaker: Susan Kirshner – Former FDA OPQ
    Hot Topic Speaker: Yow-Ming C. Wang, PhD – FDA OCP
    Hot Topic Speaker: Mita Mookherjee
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Advanced Structural and Biophysical Characterization of Lipid Nanoparticle Systems and Biosimilars
    Moderator: Phillip Ramsey, M.S., M.B.A., R.A.C. (he/him/his) – Sangamo Therapeutics
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Enabling High Drug Load and High‑Viscosity Drug Products: From ASDs to Delivery Systems
    Moderator: Jayachandra Ramapuram, Ph.D. – Auburn University
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Innovating Cancer Therapy: Translational Approaches Across New Modalities
    Moderator: Otilia M. Koo, PhD, FAAPS (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Measuring the Unmeasurable: Bioanalytical Innovation for Emerging Modalities
    Moderator: Jennifer Grant, PhD – Beam Therapeutics
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Model-Informed Innovation: Integrating NAMs Across Translational Workflows
    Moderator: Kent Grindstaff, PhD – BioIVT
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Modern Analytical Strategies for Impurity Characterization and Lifecycle Management
    Moderator: Wenshan W. Zhuang, PhD – AbbVie, Inc.
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Oligonucleotide Bioanalysis: Ring Trial and Emerging Conjugate Modalities
    Moderator: Karan Agrawal, PhD (he/him/his) – Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Precision Delivery Frontiers: Redefining RNA and Advanced Therapeutics
    Moderator: Annette Bak, PhD, MBA, FAAPS – AstraZeneca
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Career Series 2: From Application to Offer: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Job Search
    Career Center Speaker: Stacey J. Tannenbaum, PhD – SJTPharm LLC
    Career Center Speaker: Carina Clingman, Ph.D. – Collaboratory Career Hub
    Career Development
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Hot Melt Extrusion 2.0-From Enabling Solubility to Smart Continuous Platforms
    Hot Topic Moderator: Gavin P. Andrews, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Hot Topic Speaker: Chengzhe Gao
    Hot Topic Speaker: Dana E. Moseson-Tarrh, PhD (she/her/hers) – Eli Lilly and Company
    Hot Topic Speaker: Michael Repka, DDS PhD – University of Missippi
    Hot Topic Speaker: Thomas De Beer, PhD – Ghent University
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    The A.R.T. of Connecting: A New Paradigm for Technical Presentations
    Career Center Speaker: David P. Otey, MA, MBA (he/him/his) – Speaking of Solutions, LLC
    Career Development
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: A Journey Navigating Drug-Drug Interaction in Discovery and Development
    Keynote Speaker: Xinning Yang, PhD (he/him/his) – Food and Drug Administration
    Moderator: Fenglei Huang, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Boehringer Ingelheim
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Converging Platforms and Expanding Biological Insight
    Keynote Speaker: Karan Agrawal, PhD (he/him/his) – Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Enabling Oral Delivery of Next-Generation Drugs: Expanding the Role of Amorphous Solid Dispersions
    Keynote Speaker: Lynne S. Taylor, PhD – Purdue University
    Moderator: Sandip Tiwari, PhD (he/him/his) – BASF Corporation
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: From Mechanism to Market: Transforming Biotherapeutic Delivery — Insights from Two Case Studies
    Keynote Speaker: Mayank Patel, Ph.D. – AstraZeneca
    Moderator: Manmohan Singh, PhD – Beam Tx
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Leveraging Advances in Analytical Technologies for Supporting Biosimilar Development/Characterization
    Keynote Speaker: Maria Guiterrez Lugo, PhD – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
    Moderator: Tian Li, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Measuring the Unmeasurable
    Keynote Speaker: Jim X. Shen, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Moderator: Jennifer Grant, PhD – Beam Therapeutics
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Nanomedicine in Translation: From Design to Therapeutic Outcome
    Keynote Speaker: Annette Bak, PhD, MBA, FAAPS – AstraZeneca
    Moderator: Seeprarani Rath, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Seeing is Believing: Importance of Detailed Characterization in Understanding Complex Parenteral Drug Products
    Keynote Speaker: Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
    Moderator: Tian Li, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Owning Your Science — Intellectual Property, Contracts, and Career Leverage
    Career Center Moderator: Vivek Gupta, PhD, FAAPS – St. John's University
    Career Center Speaker: Aliasger Karimjee Salem, PhD – University of Iowa
    Career Center Speaker: Matyas Kolsofszki, RTTP, CPVA – St. John's University
    Career Center Speaker: Michelle Lavrichenko, PharmD, JD – Venable LLP
    Career Development
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: GLP-1 Agonists and Drug Absorption: Gastric Emptying DDI Risks
    Hot Topic Speaker: Niloufar Salehi, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Hot Topic Moderator: Niloufar Salehi, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Hot Topic Speaker: Jessica Atieh, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic
    Hot Topic Speaker: Jessica Rehmel, MS – Eli Lilly and Company
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Advanced NAMs, Ex Vivo and Tissue Models
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Pankaj Dwivedi
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Modeling & Digital Pharmaceutical Development
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Manish Baviskar, MS, DBM (he/him/his) – Hubot CDMO, South Bend, IN, USA
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Breakthrough Technologies for Drug Product Development and Evaluation
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Li Li, PHD (she/her/hers) – Merck
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Emerging Drug Product and Delivery Technologies
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Sharan Bobbala, PhD (he/him/his) – West Virginia University
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Navigating Bioanalytical Complexity: Assay Performance, Biomarker Platforms, and Microsampling
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Nitrosamine Risk Assessment & Advanced Analytical Characterization
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Heather Neu, PhD
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Pre-Clinical and Clinical Models for Safety Assessment
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Sumanta Goswami
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: When Biology Gets in the Way: Tackling Interference and Immunogenicity Challenges
    Bioanalytics
  • 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 - 7:30 PM CT
    National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE)
  • 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM CT
    American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS) Annual Dinner Meeting
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
    Simulations Plus After Hours Event "Rx to Rock" (by invitation only)
  • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM CT
    IPEC Foundation Awards Ceremony (by invitation only)