September 10-13, 2012
Ocean Place Resort - Long Branch, NJ

2011 Preliminary Speaker List

Speaker List As Of Feb 22, 2012

Stephen Raillard Executive Director, Chemical Development XenoPort, Inc.
Vince Kalish VP, Chemistry Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals
Robert Blanks VP of CMC Flexion Therapeutics
Jean-Luc Girardet Vice President, Research Ardea Biosciences
Leping Li Vice President of Chemistry Presidio Pharmaceuticals
Richland Tester Principal Scientist Avila Therapeutics
Chitra Sharma Principal Independent CMC Consultant
Corrie Hulten Project Manager, Process Chemistry Biogen Idec
Ed Olhava Scientist/Program Manager - Medicinal Chemistry EpiZyme
Gene Merutka Vice President of CMC Zelos Therapeutics
Jeannie Celiberti Director, Operations and Facilities Genocea Biosciences
John Walling Vice President, Manufacturing Operations Reata Pharmaceuticals
Maxwell Reeve Associate Director, Chemistry Manufacturing Management Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
Merrick Almond VP Research Chimerix, Inc.
Michael Sofia Vice President, Chemistry Pharmasset
Roger Bakale Senior Director, Worldwide Chemical Process R&D Cephalon Inc.
Scott Miller Director, Process Chemistry Adolor Corporation
Scott Zook Senior Director CMC API Neurocrine Biosciences
Steven Weissman Associate Director/Process Chemistry Concert Pharmaceuticals
William Leong Senior Director, Process R & D Celgene
Winston Wu Director, Process Chemistry Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Sriram Nanganathan Director, Chemical Process Development Exelixis, Inc.
Daniel Kassel Vice President, Analytical Sciences and DMPK Takeda San Diego, Inc.
Scott Dax Vice President, Chemistry Galleon Pharmaceuticals
Srinivasan Babu Senior Scientist/Sourcing Genentech
Violeta Marmon Senior Director, CMC OSI Prosidion
Christelle Renou Medicinal Chemistry Outsourcing Manager Millennium Pharmaceutials
Yong-Jae Kim Research Operations Senior Manager Amgen
Conrad Hummel Associate Director, Business Operations Array BioPharma Inc.
Stefan Proniuk Sr. Director Product Development Arno Therapeutics
Michael Semo Consultant, Virtual CMC Team Eli Lilly
Stefan Oberboersch Head Combinatorial Chemistry Grunenthal GmbH
Eric Martin R & D Procurement, Global Account Manager AstraZeneca
Balu Balasubramanian Head of India BMS R&D Center Bristol-Myers Squibb
Kay Brickmann Global Programme Manager Compound Collection Enhancement AstraZeneca
Nina Dahlstrom Account Manager for CVGI, GSA and DECS, R&D Procurement AstraZeneca
Kevin Fang Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry Sunovion Pharmaceuticals
Stefan Walke Director Collaborative Research Boehringer-Ingelhheim
Joe Rainville Sourcing Lead, API Strategic Sourcing Pfizer
Ian Cottrell Director, External Services Merck & Co.
Richard Toupence External Discovery and Preclinical Sciences Merck & Co.
Michael Humora Principal Investigator Biogen Idec Inc.
Younes Bekkali Global Strategic Sourcing, Associate Director, R&D Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Bob Discordia Group Director, Process R&D & Head, External Partner Management Bristol-Myers Squibb
Frank Roschangar Sr. Associate Director, External Chemistry & Technology Management Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Thomas Niemeyer API Sourcing Lead Pfizer
Ken Wells Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry Drug Discovery Johnson & Johnson
Jeffrey Marra Principal Investigator Purdue Pharma LP
Rattan Gujadhur Senior Manager, Chemical Development, Strategic Outsourcing Gilead Sciences
Scott Hecker VP, Chemistry Rempex Pharmaceuticals
Ellen Crawford Manager, Chemistry Sourcing Novartis
Thomas Sowin Associate Director II, Advanced Technology Abbott Laboratories
Cheryl Li Director, External Technology and Innovation Johnson & Johnson
Neil Sawant Associate Director, Development Strategic Sourcing Novartis
Mark Krook Senior Director, API Development US Johnson & Johnson
Enrique Dilone Vice President Technical Operations Amicus Therapeutics
Darlene Hall Principal Scientist Pfizer
Alison Sandoval Sourcing Lead, Global External Supply Pfizer
Michael Thompson Senior Director, Chemical Development FibroGen, Inc.
Scott Duncan Senior Manager API Development Alkermes
Chris Teleha Research Fellow Johnson & Johnson
Albert Friesen President & CEO CanAn Bioresearch
Mary Bossard Senior Director, Science & Technology Nektar Therapeutics
Lindsay Purdie Sourcing Project Manager Astrazeneca
Paul Deutsch Head, Chemical Process Development UCB Pharma SA
Xu Ruo Principal Scientist, External Sourcing Operations Merck & Co.
Jeff Raggon Senior Principal Scientist Pfizer