Thursday, 23 January 2014


Agenda

08:00

Registration

09:15

Inauguration

09:30

Ferenc DarvasKeynote Presentation

Inaugural Address
Ferenc Darvas, Chairman, Flow Chemistry Society, Switzerland

10:10

Memento Presentation

10:30

Inauguration of Exhibition

10:40

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 1: Flow Chemistry for Industrial Scale & API Synthesis

11:00

Paul WattsKeynote Presentation

Has the Flow Changed? From Micro Reactor Research to Meso Reactor Synthesis
Paul Watts, Distinguished Professor and Research Chair, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

11:40

Process Intensification - A Recent Trend in API Pharma Industries
Amin Ismaili, Technical Director, Alembic Ltd, India

12:10

Sustainable Options – Lab & Industrial Scale
Vijay Kirpalani, Director, Sharon Bio-Medicine Ltd & CEO-Pi, India

12:40

Up-Scaling Problems-Flow Chemistry Solutions
Mahender Siripragada, Senior Vice President, Panacea Biotec Ltd, India

13:10

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area (13:10 pm to 14:10 pm)


Session 2: Process Intensification Using Flow Reactors

14:10

Vivek RanadeKeynote Presentation

MAGIC [Modular, Agile, Intensified & Continuous) Reactors and Processes
Vivek Ranade, Professor of Chemical Engineering , Queens University Belfast, Ireland

14:50

Scaling up Flow Reactors for Commercial Use
Robert Ashe, Managing Director, AM Technology, United Kingdom

15:20

Organolithium Chemistry Using Flow Microreactors
Aiichiro Nagaki, Senior Lecturer, Kyoto University, Japan

15:50

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 3: Flow Reactors and Systems

16:10

Sustainable Industrial Applications of Flow Chemistry
Kumar Oza, Chief Chemistry Officer, Pi Process Intensification Experts LLP, India

16:40

Micro Flow and Systems – A Sustainable Path towards High Efficiency, Economy and Eco-Balance
Usha Virendra, Sr Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India

17:10

Nano- and Nanoporous Materials: Applications In Catalysis
P Selvam, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

17:40

End of the Day

Friday, 24 January 2014


Session 4: Advances in Flow Synthesis

09:15

C. Oliver KappeKeynote Presentation

Flow chemistry for the generation of API building blocks
C. Oliver Kappe, Professor and Scientific Director, Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing, University of Graz, Austria

09:55

Application of Flow Chemistry for the Syntheses of Conjugated Polymers with well defined Molecular Structures
Anil Kumar, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

10:25

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 5: Flow Synthesis - Case Studies

10:45

Case Studies of API Manufacturing using Continuous Flow Reactors
Paul Watts, Distinguished Professor and Research Chair, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

11:15

Continuous Flow Synthesis using New Generation Flow Reactors
Amol Kulkarni, Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, India

11:45

Continuous Processing- Perspective from API Process Development
Vikram Bhide, Director/Principal Scientist, Dr Reddys Laboratories, India

12:15

Corning Technologies India Pvt LtdTechnology Spotlight:
Innovation Drives Green Growth: Corning Advanced-Flow™ Reactor Technology Applications in Pharma & Fine Chemicals
Praveen Gosain, Regional Director, Corning Technologies India Pvt Ltd


Panel Discussion

12:45

Paul WattsPlenary Presentation

Implementing Flow Chemistry at Industrial Level
Paul Watts, Distinguished Professor and Research Chair, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

13:00

Poster Session

13:10

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area (13:10 pm to 14:00 pm)


Session 6: Novel Applications of Flow Chemistry

14:00

Numerical Simulations of Miscible Channel Flow with Chemical Reactions
Kirti Sahu, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

14:30

Enhancing Mixing in Microfluidics Applications using the Instability of Fluid Flows Past Flexible Surfaces
V Kumaran, Professor, Indian Institute Of Science, India

15:00

Flow Chemistry of the Self-propelling Microbots Decorated with Catalytic and Magnetic Nanoparticles
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

15:30

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 7: Microwave Assisted Synthesis & Catalysis

15:50

Emerging Trends in Catalyst Development
P Prasad, Chief Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India

16:20

Microwave Assisted Novel Synthesis of Carbazole and Phenentherenes by Three Successive Sequential Coupling Reaction
Akhilesh Verma, Associate Professor, University of Delhi, India

16:50

Oral Presentation: Paper-pencil based self pumping membraneless microfluidic fuel cell
Ravi Arun, Scientist, CSIR Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, India

17:20

Award LogoPoster Award Presentation and Closing Remarks

17:30

End of the Conference