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  • Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Women in PharmSci Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM CT
    Coat Check
  • 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Future-Ready Pharma Careers: AI Fluency, Cross-Disciplinary Skills, Market Awareness
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Adaptive Dosage Modifications - MIDD Opportunities & Challenges
    Moderator: Ana Ruiz-Garcia, Pharm.D, PhD – Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: AI-Enabled Predictive Manufacturing and Product Intelligence
    Moderator: Yi Gao, Ph.D. – AbbVie Inc.
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Biomarker-to-Decision: Biomarker Contexts of Use and Fit-for-Purpose Strategies
    Moderator: Amanda L. Hays, PhD – BioAgilytix
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Digital Transformation Through Mechanistic Modeling, QbD, and Collaborative Innovation
    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: Emerging Strategies for Oral Macromolecular Delivery
    Moderator: Wenzhan Yang, PhD – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: From Excipients to Outcomes: Optimizing Drug Performance Across Patient Populations
    Moderator: Niloufar Salehi, PhD – Eli Lilly and Company
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Innovations in Clinical Sampling and BA Lab AI/Automation
    Moderator: Maria Radu, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Bioanalytics
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Symposium: Translational Pharmacology and Quantitative Strategies for Next-Generation Anti-Cancer Biologics
    Moderator: Gautham Gampa, PhD – Genentech
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Hot Topic: Are Regulators on the Same Page for Pediatric Drug Data?
    Hot Topic Speaker: alysha Croker – health canada
    Hot Topic Moderator: Yasuhiro Tsume, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co.
    Hot Topic Speaker: Smita Salunke, PhD (she/her/hers) – University College London/European Paediatric Formulation Initiative
    Hot Topic Speaker: John J. Alexander, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Molecule to Market: Developing a Business Plan for Effective Fundraising
    Career Center Speaker: Karthik Raman, PhD (he/him/his) – Persist AI
    Career Center Speaker: Vivek Gupta, PhD, FAAPS – St. John's University
    Career Center Speaker: Vivek Mangalore Ghate, PhD – Yenepoya Technology Incubator and Shukra Laboratories
    Career Center Speaker: Seungik Cho
    Career Development
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Building Artificial Intelligence Skills in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Validation
    Career Center Speaker: Manish Baviskar, MS, DBM (he/him/his) – Hubot CDMO, South Bend, IN, USA
    Career Development
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Advancing Patient Focused Drug Product Design Through Intravitreal and Long Acting Delivery Innovation
    Keynote Speaker: Stephanie Barrett, Ph.D. – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Moderator: Seema Thakral, PhD – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Inc
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Context Matters: Why Biomarker Strategy Starts with Purpose
    Keynote Speaker: Amanda L. Hays, PhD – BioAgilytix
    Moderator: Mark Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – Biotech
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Developments in Lipid Formulations as Targeted and Personalized Approaches for Oral Delivery from Pediatrics to Geriatrics
    Keynote Speaker: Ben Boyd, PhD (he/him/his) – Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Moderator: Roger H. Pak, PhD – Pfizer, Inc.
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: From Research to Impact: An Academic Perspective on Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development (MID3)
    Keynote Speaker: Stephan Schmidt, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
    Moderator: Shanghao Li, PhD – WuXi AppTec
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Navigating the Digital Event Horizon: Enabling Digital Transformation in Pharma with Standardization and Consistency through Cross-Collaborative Partnerships
    Keynote Speaker: Douglas Kiehl, MS – Purdue University
    Moderator: Tian Li, Ph.D. – US Food and Drug Administration
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Potential Paradigm Shift in Basic Concepts of the Effects of Sunlight on Human Health and Its Regulatory Implications
    Keynote Speaker: Win L. Chiou, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Moderator: Sudip K. Das, PhD (he/him/his) – Butler University
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Seeing Inside the Dose: Predictive Drug Development with Microstructure Intelligence
    Keynote Speaker: Shawn Zhang, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – digiM Solution LLC.
    Moderator: Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD FRSC CChem (he/him/his) – USP
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Keynote: Transforming the Regulated Lab of Today for the Digital World of Tomorrow
    Moderator: Maria Radu, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Keynote Speaker: Joe Rajarao, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Merck
    Bioanalytics
  • 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-Out
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic: From Viscosity to Stability: Formulation Technologies for Concentrated Biologics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Advanced Modalities, Biologics & Next-Generation Characterization
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Heather Neu, PhD
    Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Beyond Conventional Samples: Approaches in Tissue Bioanalysis and Biosensing
    Bioanalytics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Product Development with Patient in Mind
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Thomas Durig, Ph.D. – Barentz
    Formulation and Delivery
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rapid Fire: Quantitative Modeling and MIDD Approaches
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Abhisheak Sharma, PhD – University of Florida
    Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Closing Plenary with Dr. David Berry
    Plenary Speaker: David Berry
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Closing Reception