Plenary Speakers | Opening and Closing Receptions | Posters | Solution Center | Official Hotel Info | PharmSci 360 App | Students/Postdocs | Women in Pharmaceutical Science | Exhibiting Partners
2019 PharmSci 360 Plenary Speakers
Opening Plenary, Sunday, November 3
Peter Agre, M.D.
Corecipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for elucidating how water is transported into and out of the cells of the body. It was long suspected that cell membranes must contain specific water channels, but it was not until 1988 that Agre isolated a membrane protein that he later demonstrated to be the channel. Agre shared the 2003 Nobel with Roderick MacKinnon who used X-ray crystallography to determine the structure and function of ion (salt) channels. Together Agre’s and MacKinnon’s discoveries explain how biological fluids are generated from salt and water.
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime talk at our opening session on Sunday, November 4!
Closing Plenary, Wednesday, November 6
Vivek Murthy, M.D.
19th Surgeon General of the United States from December 2014 to April 2017. As The Nation’s Doctor, he brought both passion and innovation to the challenges of leading America’s national health care initiatives. During his tenure, he issued the first-ever Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling the nation to action. He launched the national TurnTheTideRx campaign to address the opioid crisis, and he was the first Surgeon General to issue a letter to health professionals across America calling them to action to reduce opioid addiction and overdose deaths. Throughout his career, Murthy has led the way in medical education, social action, and health care dialogue, cofounding several health care community organizations and grassroots citizen movements. Prior to becoming Surgeon General, Murthy practiced and taught internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Katherine A. High, M.D.
An accomplished hematologist with a long-standing interest in gene therapy for genetic disease, High began her career studying the molecular basis of blood coagulation and the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of bleeding disorders. Her pioneering bench-to-bedside studies of gene therapy for hemophilia led to a series of studies that characterized the human immune response to adeno-associated viral vectors in a variety of target tissues. High’s work has evolved to encompass clinical translation of potential gene therapies for multiple inherited disorders. As the director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, High assembled a multidisciplinary team of scientists and researchers working to discover new gene and cell therapies for genetic diseases and to facilitate rapid translation of preclinical discoveries into clinical application.
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Join Us at the Opening and Closing Receptions!
Meet up with your colleagues for a drink, bite to eat, and a little entertainment! The opening reception on Sunday, November 3, is the perfect place to kick off your week at PharmSci 360.
Finish the conference by attending the closing reception on Wednesday, November 6, and send the 2019 meeting out with a bang!
Both receptions are directly following the opening and closing plenary sessions. Check the program for more details.
Posters at AAPS PharmSci 360
1,400+ scientific posters under one roof!
The 1,400+ scientific posters will be sorted into neighborhoods in the Solution Center based on their track and topic. You can view a poster when it is scheduled, or look it up at any time the Solution Center is open in the Poster Café. Poster terminals are available until 9:30 am each day. You can use any terminal during the first hour of the morning to look up any poster.
How to Use a Poster Forum
Each neighborhood in the Solution Center has at least one poster forum, where posters related to that track are displayed. Poster forums are clearly defined, intimate conversational spaces. It is your chance to talk casually with authors and other attendees! Each poster forum contains digital monitors, and each monitor displays a specific poster for 60 minutes.
Poster Forums by Track
- Formation and Quality—Forums 1–7
- Manufacturing and Bioprocessing—Forum 8
- Preclinical Development—Forums 9 and 10
- Bioanalytics—Forums 11 and 12
- Clinical Pharmacology—Forum 13
Add a poster forum to your schedule in the PharmSci 360 app!
How to Find a Specific Poster
Each poster forum will have new authors each hour beginning at 9:30 am on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. To find a specific poster, look for its poster number on the AAPS PharmSci 360 app. The poster number contains the following information:
Day(s) = M (Monday), T (Tuesday), W (Wednesday)- Start time = The time the session begins in 24-hour time.
- Forums = 01–13
- Monitor # = The number of the monitor from 1–97
Poster Café: See Any and Every Poster
No time to visit a forum? Need to see EVERY poster? Visit the Poster Café, which has table-top terminals you can use to look up any poster at any time. You can easily search by track or skim the entire collection.
Join Our Partners for Scientific Sessions on the Solution Center Floor
Learn from AAPS’ exhibiting partners as they present case studies and speaker panels in their area of expertise, and ask in-depth questions about their products and services, face to face.
Partner Presentations:
November 4, 2019
Noon – 1:00 pm
Comprehensive Analysis into Disintegration Mechanisms: How Reliable Are Textbook Recommendations?
Presented by
November 5, 2019
9:00 am – noon
Innovative Approaches Addressing Challenges in Formulation Development and Manufacturing
Presented by
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Considerations for Drug Product Developments Using Two-Piece Hard Capsules
Presented by
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Seeing Like a Polymer Scientist: Crafting Hydrogels for Ophthalmic Applications
Presented by
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Recent Chromatographic Advances in Pharmaceutical Analysis
Presented by
Noon - 1:00 pm
Risk Assessment, Characterization, Control of Critical Reagents in Biomarker Assays
Presented by
November 6, 2019
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Excipients for Human Skin Permeation Enhancement of Topical Drugs
Presented by
NEW! Tech Challenges: A competition for the best presentation of new and innovative technologies through an application-based case study. Vote on your favorite, and the top technologies will face off before the Solution Center closes on Wednesday.
November 4, 2019
Noon – 12:30 pm
Applying MPN to Method Equivalency Studies for Microbiology
Presented by
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
Digital Assistant to Support Product Development
Presented by
NEW! Software Lab: Bring your laptop to this hands-on, interactive event as companies demonstrate their latest software technology. Preregistration is required.
November 4, 2019
Noon – 2:00 pm
Certara’s Phoenix WinNonlin Lunch and Learn
Presented by 
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Find more partners’ scientific sessions.
Other key areas include:
NEW! Startup Pavilion:
Find novel science you have not seen before and discover the next big thing.
Community Night
Network with like-minded colleagues and meet those you have been connecting with on AAPS’ online community. This event will take place Tuesday night starting at 5:15 pm in the Rapid Fire presentation rooms.
Rapid Fires: Back by popular demand! From 3 pm to 5 pm every day, each track will feature a series of quick, informal presentations on almost any topic.
Learn more
Meet Exhibiting Partners in the Solution Center’s Neighborhoods!
The PharmSci 360 Solution Center is divided into neighborhoods that mirror the five program tracks:
- Preclinical development
- Bioanalytics
- Clinical pharmacology
- Manufacturing and bioprocessing
- Formulation and quality
Don’t forget to visit the General Neighborhood for partners who have expertise across multiple program tracks. You can visit any neighborhood or spend your time in the one that focuses on the topics that matter most to you.
Solution Center Hours
Monday, November 4 8:30 am — 5:00 pm
Tuesday, November 5 8:30 am — 5:00 pm
Wednesday, November 6 8:30 am — 1:30 pm
NEW!
Daily Non-Compete 11:00 am — 1:30 pm
Learn more about the Solution Center
Why Stay in an Official AAPS Hotel?
Lower room prices are GUARANTEED! AAPS convention rates are significantly lower than online rates.- It’s free: No booking or service fees!
- Convenience: Real-time online service 24/7.
- Proximity: All hotels are within walking distance to the convention center.
- Community: Spend quality time with colleagues before and after sessions in the relaxed atmosphere of the official hotels.
- Reward points: Earn points toward your personal hotel rewards program.
- You are in control: Edit or cancel your reservation at any time.
- Fully manage your group booking, large or small.
- For a full list of hotels, visit the PharmSci 360 app.
Questions?
Experient is the official housing provider for the 2018 AAPS PharmSci 360. For questions, please contact Experient’s customer service department:
Email or phone: +1.800.611.2720 or 1.240.439.2922
(M–F, 8 am – 5 pm Central Time)
AAPS PharmSci 360 App—On-site Tool for Mobile Devices
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Why Use the AAPS Meeting App?
- Rate the speakers with the presentation surveys.
- Download speaker handouts while the speakers are presenting.
- Set up a personalized agenda.
- Search for speaker biographies and presentation abstracts.
- Receive up-to-date information and messages during the conference.
- See the full poster schedule and abstracts.
- Search for exhibiting partners within the Solution Center.
- Reference facility maps.
- Participate in live Twitter discussions.
Download the AAPS PharmSci 360 App by searching for “PharmSci 360” in the Apple Store or on Google Play. For Blackberry, Windows phone, or others, use the Web app.
AAPS Recording/Photography Policy
All participants must abide by the AAPS Recording/Photography Policy, which states that recording/photography are not permitted in sessions, and only with prior approval from AAPS in the Solution Center. Should participants disregard this policy, they risk being ejected from the meeting.
Just for Students and Postdocs
Student Chapter Leaders Forum
Sunday, November 3
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Room 205
This event offers student chapter leaders a great opportunity to meet their fellow chapter leaders, exchange ideas, share best practices and challenges, network across schools, and learn about AAPS offerings for students. Whether you are a chapter chair, chair-elect, secretary, treasurer, or faculty advisor, you will want to participate!
AAPS Mentoring Breakfast
Tuesday, November 5
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
Lone Star AB
Are you a student or emerging professional interested in gaining career advice from a seasoned scientist? Or, are you a professional with words of advice to pass along? If you fit in either category, please join us at the Mentoring Breakfast to engage in informal, one-on-one conversations related to career development and, if desired, to find an appropriate mentor-mentee match. Continental breakfast will be served.
Mentors are required to preregister prior to PharmSci 360. No advance sign-up is needed for mentees.
Student Lounge
Students must wear their student ribbon for admittance to the lounge.
Student Lounge hours:
Monday, November 4 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, November 5 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, November 6 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Women in Pharmaceutical Science Networking Breakfast
Wednesday, November 6
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
2019 AAPS PharmSci 360 Exhibiting Partners
See a full list of Exhibiting Partners