The Accelrys User Group Meeting and IMACS Conference Agendas are outlined below. Click on the talk title or breakout session title for a detailed abstract for that talk/session.
Monday, May 7th - Optional Training Workshops & Welcome Reception
Optional workshops are included in the 2.5-day registration fee.
8:00 am
9:00 am |
Breakfast & Registration |
9:00 am
10:00 am |
Accelrys UGM and IMACS Opening Plenary Session
Max Carnecchia, Accelrys & Ken Rapp, VelQuest |
10:00 am
10:30 am |
How Information Management is a Key Enabler for Scientific Innovation
Jason Bronfeld, BMS |
10:30 am
11:30 am
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Coffee Break, Product Gallery & Partner Spotlight Presentations from:
Werum
IBM |
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Breakout Sessions |
| Analytical Development & Quality Track (IMACS) |
Informatics & Lab Management for Development Track |
Informatics & Lab Management for Research Track |
Modeling & Simulation - Discovery Studio Track |
Workflow & Automation - Pipeline Pilot Track |
11:30 am
12:15 pm |
cGMP Compliance, Operational Excellence and Infrastructure Harmonization from Lab to Plant
John Helfrich, VelQuest |
Evolution of Accelrys Lab Management Environment for Life Science Development
Dominic John, Accelrys |
Informatics Strategy and Roadmap
Rob Brown, Accelrys |
Discovery Studio: A Modern Modeling Mackage for Life Science Molecular Research
Francisco Hernandez-Guzman, Accelrys |
Pipeline Pilot Ovierview and Roadmap
Andy Leuthe, Accelrys |
12:15 pm
1:00 pm |
ALEXIS Efficiency Gains and Global Lab System Harmonization
Jon Perlow, Forrest Laboratories |
Applications of in-silico Modeling for Solving Pharmaceutical Development Challenges
Nick Reynolds, Accelrys |
Preview of the new web-based scientific data exploration application
Andrew LeBeau, Accelrys |
Biomolecular Motors: Insights from Simulations
Martin Karplus, Harvard University |
Beyond the Cloud: How Cloud Services Can Drive Performance in Pharma R&D
Yury Rozenman, British Telecom |
1:00 pm
2:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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Breakout Sessions |
| Transformational Procedure Development and Execution for Life Sciences |
Informatics & Lab Management for Research Track |
Modeling & Simulation - Discovery Studio Track |
Workflow & Automation - Pipeline Pilot Track |
2:30 pm 3:00 pm |
An Integrated Electronic Workflow - From Method Development to Method Execution
Judy Lin, BMS |
Using Pipeline Pilot to Develop a Chemistry Outsourcing Management Tool
Xueliang Fang, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
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Strategies to Optimize the Affinity of Antibodies
Juan Carlos Almargo, Pfizer |
Chemistry Harmonization: The Merging of Accelrys Direct and Pipeline Pilot Chemistry
Keith Taylor, Accelrys |
3:00 pm
3:30 pm |
ELN Recipe Execution Engine: A novel lightweight solution for electronic batch execution
Ryan Bass, Johnson & Johnson |
Computational Chemistry Toolbox (CCT) and Integration with Pipeline Pilot
Jacquelyn Klug-McLeod, Pfizer |
Molecular Computational Tools for Designing and Screening of Stable Antibodies
Neeraj Agrawal, MIT |
Advanced Reporting Customizations and Applications
Andrew LeBeau, Accelrys |
3:30 pm
4:00 pm |
The Role of the Accelrys Lab Execution System and Accelrys Inventory Manager in a CRO cGMP Environment
Kathy Shanks, PPD Inc |
Accelrys BioRails DM a Modern Assay and Study Management System
Andrew Lemon, The Edge
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Predicting Off Target Hits in Drug Discovery
Jiaan Yang, Micro Pharmatech |
Using Pipeline Pilot to Deal with Chemical Regulations (DEA, REACH, TSCA, etc.)
Robert Schwartz, Optonline |
4:00 pm
5:00 pm |
Coffee Break, Partner Spotlight Sessions & Product Gallery
Discngine
Thomson Reuters |
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Breakout Sessions |
Analytical Development & Quality Track (IMACS) |
Informatics & Lab Management for Development Track |
Informatics & Lab Management for Research Track |
Modeling & Simulation - Discovery Studio Track |
Workflow & Automation - Pipeline Pilot Track |
5:00 pm
5:30 pm |
Industry Forces Impacting the GxP World
Michael Shanler, Gartner, Inc |
Use of Symyx Notebook in a GLP environment
Jennifer Trumbore, Johnson & Johnson |
DNA-Encoded libraries: Pipeline Pilot usage in production and interrogation
John Feinberg, Roche
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Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation (SILCS): Pre-conditioned Free-Energy Based Approach for Rational Ligand Design
Alex MacKerell, University of Maryland |
Pipeline Pilot Tips and Tricks
Pam Seida, Accelrys |
5:30 pm
6:00 pm |
Implementation of a Lab Execution System: And Now the Rest of the Story
Deborah Baker, Perrigo Company |
So you have an ELN; what can you do with it?
Stephan Taylor, Development21 |
Integration of the HEOS cloud platform with corporate system and processes
Fred Bost, Scynexis |
Structure-based design technology, Contour, and its application to the discovery of a clinically useful renin inhibitor
Suresh Singh, Vitae |
Win Matt's Money
Accelrys |
6:00 pm
6:30 pm |
IMACS Panel Discussion Session |
Where are We Three Years Later? Post Deployment Review of the eLN Implementation of Symyx Notebook by Accelrys at Pfizer
Angela Chabot, Pfizer |
Chemistry Harmonization: The Merging of Accelrys Direct and Pipeline Pilot Chemistry
Keith Taylor, Accelrys
(repeat from the PP track) |
Computer Simulation Application to GPCRs
Ken Butenhof, Accelrys
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6:30 pm
10:00 pm |
Networking Event
Boston Harbor Cruise abord the Odyssey Yacht |
8:00 am
9:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Breakout Sessions |
Analytical Development & Quality Track (IMACS) |
Informatics & Lab Management for Research & Development Track |
Modeling & Simulation - Discovery Studio Track |
Workflow & Automation - Pipeline Pilot Track |
9:00 am
9:30 am |
Two Roads Diverge – Lab Execution System (LES) or LIMS or Both
Judy Hancock & Paresh Patel, Johnson & Johnson, Inc |
Forces Shaping the R&D Laboratory of the Future
Michael Shanler, Gartner |
Pseudo-docking for Flexible Targets
Diana Drennan, Unilever |
Spaghetti Seas and Filter Forests: Navigating Pipeline Pilot Protocol Creation with Maintenance in Mind
Jennifer Heymont, Eisai |
9:30 am
10:00 am |
Business Challenges in a Global Deployment of Accelrys Lab Execution System and the Consumable Information Management System
Teresa Lawrence, Eli Lilly & Company
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ELN Pilot, Scientist Adoption and Lessons Learned 18 Months Removed from Launch
Brian Carman, Heinz
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Combining Nearest Neighbor and Property Based Modeling Methods: Application to In-silico predictions of HT-ADME Data
Rishi Gupta, Abbott |
SAR Contour Landscapes (SARCLs). Useful for Compound Organization and Activity Prediction?
Jim Metz, Abbott Laboratories |
10:00 am
10:30 am |
Lessons Learned: Implementing Methods Requiring a Mobile Lab Workflow
Anil Rattan, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company
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Translational Imaging
Deiva Ramachandran, IBM
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Pharmacophore in Decision Making
Nancy Deng, Pfizer |
Nuclear Translocation and Other Phenotypes with the Pipeline Pilot Imaging Collection
Marie-Aude Guié, Yale University
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10:30 am
11:30 am |
Coffee Break, Partner Spotlight Sessions & Product Gallery
Intel
Linguamatics |
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Breakout Sessions |
Analytical Development & Quality Track (IMACS) |
Informatics & Lab Management for Research & Development Track |
Modeling & Simulation - Discovery Studio Track |
Workflow & Automation - Pipeline Pilot Track |
11:30 am
12:00 pm |
Data Utilization Across Operations. What Opportunities Exist Within the Current Platforms?
Mike Stroz, AstraZeneca |
Aggregating Disparate Clinical Data Using Pipeline Pilot and Accelrys Enterprise Platform
Bob Daoust & Steve Rieth, Pfizer |
Safety Pharmacology Alerter: Utilizing Prospective Safety Data in Drug Design
Marian Brodney, Pfizer |
Optimizing Protocol Performance
Jeannine Stuzka, Accelrys |
12:00 pm
12:30 pm |
The Path to Data harmonization: Accelrys/VelQuest Platform Technology Integration – Instruments, R&D ELN and QC Lab Execution, LIMS Applications, Analytics and Visualization
Gene Tetreault, VelQuest |
Accelrys Query Service
Andrei Caracoti, Accelrys |
DS Roundtable Discussion Session |
Pipeline Pilot Pet Peeves Session
Ton van Daelen, Accelrys |
12:30 pm
1:00 pm |
IMACS 2012 Wrap-Up and Review
Ken Rapp, VelQuest |
Multi-site Assay Request System - Automating Compound Progression from Synthesis Through in Vivo Data
Adrian Hobson and Christopher M. Harris,Abbott |
1:00 pm
2:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
2:30 pm
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Meeting Adjourned |
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