CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SPEAKER PROPOSALS

Eighth Annual
OPTIMIZING CELL CULTURE TECHNOLOGY
Enhancing Knowledge for Growing Mammalian Cells
August 20-21, 2012

Reaching ever higher titers remains the paramount goal when culturing mammalian cells, along with quality and manufacturability.  Insights into optimizing conditions as well as cell biology helps bench scientists reach goals more consistently and more often.  The omic sciences, such as metabolomics and genomics, open up emerging pathways for improving cell culture, as do performance excellence approaches (QbD, PAT, DoE).

This leading cell culture meeting will explore today’s evolving strategies and technologies for improving the robustness of mammalian cell cultivation, including a session specially focused on CHO (Chinese Hamster Ovary cells). Along with case studies that highlight yield improvement, industry experts will also address where cell culture is heading in order to meet ever greater production demands while maintaining product quality.

Optimizing Cell Culture Technology is designed to provide helpful information to optimize the job of growing mammalian cells in an atmosphere that encourages sharing, learning, and networking. The agenda will again feature small-group breakout discussions that provide the opportunity to discuss important topics with your peers in an enjoyable, collegial setting. Be part of the information sharing. Grow Knowledge along with your Cells.

Pre-Conference Short Course:  Optimizing Media–Achieving Super Soup

Seeking Speaker Proposals from cell culture experts who will share their case studies that address how they have ‘optimized media’ in order to achieve higher titers of healthy cells.

Preliminary Topics: 

• Optimizing cell culture conditions
• Cell culture engineering
• Process development
• Metabolomics
• Genome expression profiling
• Cell culture analysis
• Cellular responses to process conditions
• Glycosylation
• Cross-contamination
• Primary cells
• Cell growth
• Productivity
• Increasing yield
• Automation
• Industrialization
• Modeling
• Fed-batch
• Perfusion
• 3-D cell culture
• Increasing titers
• How to treat mammalian cells
• Technologies

Mammalian Cell Culture experts who wish to present their knowledge and expertise to their colleagues are asked to submit an abstract.  Remember to specify the conference that you are interested in and please provide your full contact information.

All proposals are subject to review by the Scientific Advisory Committee to ensure the highest quality of the conference program.

Please click here to submit your proposal.

The deadline for submission is February 20, 2012. 

For more details about the conference, please contact:
Mary Ruberry, Conference Director
Phone: 781-972-5421 • E-mail: mruberry@healthtech.com 

For partnering and sponsorship information, please contact:
Suzanne Carroll, Manager, Business Development
Phone: 781-972-5452 • E-mail: scarroll@healthtech.com 

For media partnership opportunities, please contact:
Kaushik Chaudhuri, Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: 781-972-5419 • E-mail: kchaudhuri@healthtech.com