Formulation and Solubility Keynote Speakers

Jennifer Laurence Associate Professor, University of Kansas Dr. Laurence is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Louise Byrd Graduate Educator at Kansas University. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from Purdue University and received postdoctoral training in Structural Biology. She has 15 years of experience working with proteins, focusing on analysis of their structure, function, and stability. Dr. Laurence serves on the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Science, the Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is Guest Editor for a 2012 special issue of Molecular Pharmaceutics on Advances in Biophysical and Bioanalytical Protein Characterization.
Sven Stegemann Director, Capsugel Sven Stegemann is Director for Pharmaceutical Business Development at Capsugel, the world leader in capsules and capsule technologies. Within the pharmaceutical community he is serving different organizations as president, chairman or committee member. Beside his professional tasks he is substantially engaged in Education & Training in academy and through high level conferences across the world. His scientific interest is in improving drug therapy in elderly through multidisciplinary and patient centered science. Recently he founded the Geriatric Medicines Society e.V., which is supported by industry, academia and regulatory authorities. Another area of scientific interest is the delivery of affordable medicines through simplified product design and manufacturing.