Session Features Bill Dugary, Our Own Program Chairman
This month the Education Committee of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) is teaming up with the International Society of Automation (ISA) to present a three-hour workshop covering the “ABC’s” of Bioreactor Process Controls and Automation”.
Presenters from ISA, GSK and Centocor will offer their knowledge, experience, and perspective on this challenging topic.
This event will be priced at $30 for members, including members of ISA, and $50 for non-members. (NB: ISA Members use the term “ISA” as a Member Number when registering online).
For this special education evening, ISPE has reserved the main auditorium at GalxoSmithKlein’s (GSK) Upper Merion site in King of Prussia.
The session will run from 5:30-9:00 pm and dinner will be provided.
If necessary, attendance will be held to the first 200 people to register between the two societies. In other words, you’ll want to register early for this one!
The session, “ABC’s – All about Bioreactor Controls, an Industry/ISA perspective” will run from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at GSK’s Upper Merion campus in King of Prussia.
Please take a look at the webpage with the ISPE ad and pass it to the others if you like. www.ispe-dvc.org/201003ec.html
Topics covered within these sessions include:
Introduction to ISA (International Society of Automation):
Overview of ISA Standards S88 (Batch) and S95 (Enterprise-Control System Integration)
Bioreactors and Biotechnology Industry Overview
R&D Bioreactor Cell Platforms, Technology, Materials, Modes of Operation, BioSafety, Bioreactor Controls Overview:
1. Automation Elements, Level of Automation
2. Control Schemes for R&D Bioreactors:
a. Temperature, pH, Dissolved O2, Dissolved CO2, Feed Pumps, Pressure, Weight, Other
State-Of-The-Art Case Study, Mini-Reactor Flexi Benches:
Key to project: Portability of Equipment & Controls. Facility Issues, Additional Equipment, Updated Instrumentation and New Online Probes, Controls: Memory Capacity, Hardware Footprint & Software Conversion, Process Ergonomics, and Process Storage
Connecting Pharmaceutical R&D to the Manufacturing Partner
1. Recent business realities and new challenges
2. Data Management Challenge and background of an R&D Company in the Pharmaceutical Sector
3. Turning to the standards and how applying ISA standards helps
Directions: Directions to Upper Merion:
709 Swedeland Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
610-270-4800
FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT & POINTS SOUTH:
Take I-95 South to I-476 North (Plymouth Meeting)
Follow I-476 North 15 miles to Exit 16B (I-76 West/King of Prussia)
Take I-76 West, keep right for 100 YDS. ONLY to Exit 330 (Gulph Mills)
Turn left at the bottom of the ramp (stop sign) onto Balligomingo Road
Go to stop sign (25 yds.) and turn right onto 320 North
Cross stone bridge and bear right to stay on Route 320 North
GSK West Campus entrance is approximately ½ mile on the right
Continue straight on Route 320 North past the West Campus entrance
Enter at the East Campus entrance, approximately ¼ mile further down on the right
FROM CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA (FRANKLIN PLAZA/FOUR SEASONS):
Take I-76 West (Valley Forge) approximately 17 miles to Exit 330 (Gulph Mills)
Turn left at the bottom of the ramp (stop sign) onto Balligomingo Road
Go approximately 25 yds. and turn right onto Route 320 North
Cross stone bridge and bear right to stay on Route 320 North
GSK West Campus is approximately ½ mile on the right
Continue straight on Route 320 North past the West Campus entrance
Enter at the East Campus entrance, approximately ¼ mile further down on the right
FROM NEW YORK & POINTS NORTH:
Take New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 6 (PA Turnpike, I-276)
Follow I-276 West to Exit 20 (Mid-County) – follow signs for Chester / Philadelphia / Allentown
Take Route 476 South (Blue Route) to Exit 16 (I-76 West, Valley Forge)
Take I-76 West (Valley Forge) approximately 50 yds. To Exit 330 (Gulph Mills)
Turn left at the bottom of the ramp (stop sign) onto Balligomingo Road
Go approximately 25 yds. and turn right onto Route 320 North
Cross stone bridge and bear right to stay on Route 320 North
GSK West Campus is approximately ½ mile on the right
Continue straight on Route 320 North past the West Campus entrance
Enter at the East Campus entrance, approximately ¼ mile further down on the right
ISPE – Delaware Valley Chapter
1797 Chapel Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103
Phone – 610/351-3874
Fax – 610/351-9136
www.ispe.org/delawarevalley
Chapter Manager: Ron Dunn
