CPAC has an established track record in fostering academic/industrial/national laboratory interactions, which aims at bridging the gap between basic research and full-scale process/product development.  CPAC's Summer Institute (SI) will provide continuing education opportunities in the areas of advances in measurement science linked to process control.  The CPAC 2008 Summer Institute Meeting Agenda is being finalized.   

CPAC will hold its annual Summer Institute (July 15-17) with a theme of Product and Process Optimization using Micro-Instrumentation and Process Intensification. There will be an emphasis on how historical approaches in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries can improve Bio-processing. A series of presentations will address the challenges in Bio-processing. This will involve optimization needs within the Bio-technology, Bio-energy, and Bio-sustainability industries. A variety of case studies will be presented and discussed. A key part of the outcome of this Summer Institute will be new approaches to education and training in these Bio-processing fields.

Recently, the National Science Foundation funded The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program that is being managed by the College of Forest Resources and the College of Engineering at the University of Washington.  This program is entitled ‘The Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies’.  It is designed to provide graduate students grounding in the resource sciences and engineering technology relevant to understanding forest energy systems, and to provide them with the tools and insights required to balance the technological, environmental, and social dimensions of a sustainable energy economy.  The life cycle assessment approach will be used to quantitatively describe how energy and materials are used and wasted when developing a product.  This covers the product from its inception as raw materials through its manufacture, use, and retirement or when it is recycled. Discussions at the Summer Institute will help formulate this program for educational development as well as  the basis for future workshops for industrial participation.

The bulk of the conference will contain selected talks on technology advances in both unit operations (reactions, mixing, separations, and fluidics) and in measurement sciences, with a focus on improvements in miniaturization and related process intensification efforts. Recently there have been significant advances in measurement strategies that compliment micro-unit operations developments and new sampling approaches.

The impact of these technology advances on the challenges within the Bio-processing industries and other industrial segments will be discussed and action plans developed. Past action plans have resulted in successful collaborations between participants, including a multi-author book published by John Wiley Publishing and a successful series of Satellite Workshops in Rome, Italy.

OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

The theme of miniaturization, initiated at the first Summer Institute in 1996, emphasized the concept of the versatile micro-analytical system (VMAS) and the feasibility of developing VMAS for process control. The SI objectives are to explore the needs of the end-users for new micro-measurement technologies and the potential impact of these technologies on product discovery and process control. Since 1996 the SI discussions have progressed through various concepts related to the miniaturization of measurement instrumentation, while refining user needs and process control impacts. Past participants have helped guide the direction of the Summer Institute toward today's topic: Micro-Instrumentation supporting High Throughput Experimentation (being used in many phases of product development and process optimization) and Process Intensification. “Process Intensification,” an increasingly important area utilizing miniaturization, involves approaches for drastic reductions in resource use and waste generation per unit mass of product. This is achieved by reducing the footprint of the production unit operations often by employing micro-reactor concepts. CPAC is now developing measurement strategies that complement this micro-reactor approach. In support of these efforts the New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI™)  is being deployed for implementing new measurement tools, including various CPAC technologies. 

ATTENDEES

Workshop attendees include: industrial ‘end-users’, government scientists and engineers, instrument manufacturers, and researchers from the UW and other universities. Enrollment is open to all industries and organizations.

FORMAT

The three day schedule ends on Thursday afternoon. Morning lectures serve as the basis for afternoon open discussions with a futuristic outlook toward the technology presented. The final afternoon will summarize the technical areas and meld the conclusions into a broader look at the future impact of Process Analytical Technology (PAT).

CONFERENCE SITE

The seminars will be held in two locations.  Tuesday and Wednesday, July 15 and 16, will be held in the University of Washington Club, UW Campus, Thursday, July 18, at a Club House in the nearby Cascade Mountains.  Please note that the UW site is within walking distance of Hotel Deca.

ACCOMMODATIONS & MEALS

Conference Rates are available at the Hotel Deca, (206) 634-2000. Hotel Deca is located next to campus and provides easy access to the UW meeting location. Please call the hotel (206) 634-2000 and ask for the CPAC Meeting rate. Additionally, we are suggesting another location based on sponsor requests to provide rooms in a large hotel chain - Courtyard Marriott, Seattle/Lake Union area.  This location provides access to the UW Shuttle for easy campus access.  Please call Jeff Martin, (206) 213-0100 and mention CPAC to make your reservation.  Lodging, dinner, and parking are at the expense of the attendee.