ExcipientFest Educational Session Schedule

For 2009 ExcipientFest Americas has selected industry experts, with the help of our education task force, to provide insight on current trends for excipient manufacturers. These educational sessions are 45 minutes each and are included with your full-day registration fee.

Times and programs subject to change.

Wednesday, April 22
	Education Tract	Session	Presenter
11:15am - 12:00pm	Sourcing Tract	Supplier Relationship Management	Skip Krals, Mgr., Continuous Improvement, Schering-Plough
11:15am - 12:00pm	Scientific Tract	Functionality and Formulation for Film Coating Excipients	Stephen Levine, Emerson Resources
12:00pm -1:15pm	Lunch for all attendees and exhibitors
2:30pm - 3:15pm	Scientific Tract	Kanban; Operational Excellance: Best Practices	Alex Pena, Purchasing Manager, Schering-Plough
4:00pm - 5:00pm	General Session	IPEC: Present and Future	Janeen Skutnik, Chair of IPEC Americas, Director of Quality and Regualtory Policy-Global Regulatory CMC, Pfizer
Thursday, April 23
	Education Tract	Session	Presenter
11:15am - 12:00pm	Sourcing Tract	Excipients and Quality by Design	Janeen Skutnik, Chair of IPEC Americas, Director of Quality and Regualtory Policy-Global Regulatory CMC, Pfizer
11:15am - 12:00pm	Sourcing Tract	Topic to be Announced!	Speaker to be Announced!
12:00pm -1:15pm	Lunch for all attendees and exhibitors
2:00pm - 3:00pm	Sourcing Tract	FDA-Residual Solvents letter; Customs and Imports	Edwin Rivera-Martinex, Chief, Manufacturing Assessment and Pre-Approval Compliance Branch, Office of Compliance, CDER, US Food & Drug Administration [Invited]
2:00pm - 3:00pm	Scientific Tract	Co-processed or Pre-Processed: Highly Functional or Convenient Excipients	Alen Guy, Ph.D., Director, Pharmaceutical Business Development, Balchem Encapsulates
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Sourcing Tract	Supply Chain Risk Assessment; Economy of Excipient Suppliers	Speaker to be announced
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Sourcing Tract	Risk Mitigation Strategies in Excipient Sourcing – IPEC’s View on the Coming Legislative and Regulatory Changes	Dave Schoneker, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs, Colorcon