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[Announcement] [Program]
[Exhibitors]
organized
by
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers
Northern California Section
Announcement
The Northern California section of AIChE will host its 41st Annual
Symposium, "Emerging Trends in Biotechnology," at the South
San Francisco Conference Center on Tuesday, April 29, 2003. Now at
a larger venue, this year's symposium provides a unique opportunity to
learn about biotechnology and emerging trends in the Bay Area.
Join speakers and professionals from Alza, Bayer, Chiron, Abgenix,
Genentech, Caliper Technologies, Bioseek, and other leading
biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in conveniently located
South San Francisco.
This symposium is intended to provide an
introduction to the emerging trends in biotechnology. Technical leaders
in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries will present and
share the technology and opportunities for engineers. At this symposium, you will learn about fermentation, drug
delivery, bioinformatics, chromatography, and much more.
PROGRAM
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Time
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Activity (click for Abstract and
Presenter Biography) |
Presenter |
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7:45 am
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Registration and Refreshments
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All Day
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Vendor Exhibits
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Over 45 biotech companies will be exhibiting. For a list of all the
Exhibitors, click
here.
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8:20 am
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Dr. Maryam Shariati, Co-chair of Symposium, CFD Research Corporation |
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8:30 am
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"A Case Study in Securing Commercial Scale Cell Culture
Manufacturing Capacity"
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Jim
Panek,
Senior VP of Manufacturing Operations, VaxGen |
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9:00 am
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"Modeling and Simulation of Biotech Devices"
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Dr. Metin
Ozen, Director of West Coast Branch, CFD Research Corporation |
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9:30 am
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"Integrated Microfluidic Devices for
Performing Biochemical Processes"
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Dr. Bahram Fathollahi, Senior
Research Assistant, Caliper Technologies Corp. |
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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"Leveraging
Complex Systems Engineering for High Throughput Biology" |
Dr.
Vangelis Hytopoulos, Director of Scientfic & Corporate
Informatics, Bioseek Inc. |
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11:00 am |
"Abgenix Production Facility: Meeting the Capacity Needs for
Monoclonal Antibodies" |
Greg
Yedinak, Director of Manufacturing, Abgenix Inc. |
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11:30 am |
Break |
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12:00 pm |
Remarks on NorCal AIChE's Activities |
Dr. Andre
DaCosta, Chair of NorCal AIChE, Membrane Technologry Research
inc. |
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12:15 pm |
Student Awards |
Jason
Speck, NorCal AIChE Director of College/HS Awards, Kosan
Biosences |
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12:30 pm |
Engineering Awards |
Dr. Habib
Amin, NorCal Chair, ChE Excellence Awards Committee, Contra
Costa Health Services |
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12:45 pm |
"Biotechnology - Where is it Going?" |
Dr. Carol
Cherkis,
Life Sciences Consultant, NewCap Partners |
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1:30 pm |
"Techniques for evaluating column
performance in production scale liquid chromatography" |
Jeff
Davis, Staff Engineer, Genentech |
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2:00 pm |
"Industrial Chromatography Column Packing and Evaluation" |
Richard
Carrillo, Senior Staff Scientist, Bayer |
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2:30 pm |
"Use of
Mini-industrial Bio-refineries to Produce New Foods, Alternative
Fuels, Bioplastics, Biochemical and Green Electical Power" |
Sammy
Pierce, Founder and Chairman, EnerGenetics, Inc. |
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3:00 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm
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"Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Impact on Drug
Development and Manufacturing"
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Dr. Greg
Frank, Director of Engineering, Promega Biosciences |
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4:00 pm
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"Macroflux: A Novel Transdermal Drug Delivery System"
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John
Dohner, Senior Director of Engineering, Alza Corporation |
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4:30 pm
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Concluding Remarks
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Dr.
Maryam Shariati, Co-chair of Symposium, CFD Research Corporation |
Exhibitors
| Alfa
Laval |
Alfa
Tech |
Allegheny
Bradford |
Amersham
Biosciences |
Applikon
Biotechnology |
| Bay-Tec
Engineering |
B.
Braun Biotech |
Beckman
Coulter |
Bio-Rad
Laboratories |
Biotechnology
Solutions |
| Broadley-James |
CEM
Engineering |
CFD
Research Corp. |
Coker
Pump and Equipment Company |
Consolidated Polymer Tech.,
Inc. |
| Dresser-ebro Instruments |
Eastern Rivers, Inc. |
Eichleay
Engineers |
Entegris |
Filtrex,
Inc. |
| Flow
Solutions, Inc. |
G.F.I.
Stainless |
HyClone |
International
Process Solutions |
Kendro
Lab Products |
| Kitz
Corp. |
Letek Co. |
LevTech |
Matrix
Technologies |
Millipore
Corp. |
| Milton
S. Frank, Co |
NPE
Systems |
Optimum
Processing |
OSI
Software |
Process Engineers, Inc. |
| R.F.
MacDonald |
Sartorius
BioProcess |
SciLog,
Inc. |
Stedim,
Inc. |
Sterogene
Bioseparations |
| TC
Tech Corp. |
TechniKrom,
Inc. |
Therma
Corp. |
VBS
Industries, Inc. |
Westfalia
Separator |
| Wright
Engineered Plastics |
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