Program

Day 1: June 13, 2024

Welcome and Opening of the Seminar
Dr. Claudio Battilocchio, Chair Swiss FlowChem

10.30

Lecture 1: Flow chemistry use case I
Dr. Dominique M. Roberge, Lonza AG
«How to select a proper continuous-flow reactor for organic synthesis?»

11.20

Lecture 2: Flow chemistry use case II
Prof. Gianvito Vilé, Politecnico di Milano
«Our Journey in the Use of Continuous Flow Methods for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis»

12.15

Lunch Break

13.30

Workshop 1: Grignard Reaction - from Batch to Flow
Dr. Marc-André Müller, Solvias AG

14.30

14.45

Supplier Talks: New Tools and Approaches from our Partners

Henry Rosier, HiTec Zang GmbH
«Self-Optimizing Process Control for the synthesis of fluorescent carbon quantum dots»

Harald Todt, Magritek
«Coupling of a benchtop NMR spectrometer to a flow reactor for a fast optimization of hydrogenation reactions»

David Trummer, Bruker
«Exploring the Bruker PAT Portfolio»

16.00

Visit HEIA-FR, School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg / ChemTech (pilot plant & flow lab)
Host Prof. Roger Marti, HEIA-FR

18.30

Poster Session & Aperitif, Supplier Booths

20.00

Symposium Dinner

Day 2: June 14, 2024

08.00

Lecture 3: New Trends in FlowChem: Mechanochem
Dr. Duncan L. Browne, University College London
«Reactive Extrusion: A Continuous Technique Where Solids are not the Arch-Nemisis»

08.50

Lecture 4: New Trends in FlowChem II: Flow Application in MedChem
Prof. Antimo Gioiello, Università degli Studi di Perugia
«Flow-enhanced medicinal chemistry: Opportunities for accelerating drug discovery and development»

09.45

Coffee Break

10.15

Workshop 2: Application of PAT in Flow Chemistry
Prof. Roger Marti, HEIA-FR, Dr. Claudio Battilocchio, Syngenta and all lecturers

12.15

Lunch Break

13.30

Lecture 5: Industry Lecture - Sustainability
Dr. Benjamin Martin, Novartis Pharma AG
«Sustainable Pharmaceutical Process R&D Enabled by Continuous Manufacturing»

14.30

Lecture 6: Flow Chemistry & Automation – Scaling up processes
Dr. Jean-Philippe Krieger, Syngenta Crop Protection
«Leveraging Automation and associated Workflows for Accelerated Process Development»

15.30

Closure and conclusion

16.00

End of the seminar