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CESPE Conference 2026 sessions

29/09 AM: EuPAT 1st Session

Theme:
Next-Generation Sensors, Advanced PAT Tools and Innovative QbD Strategies

09:15 – 09:55 Talk by Axel Zeitler
Professor at University of Cambridge

Title: ‘Terahertz Porosity Sensing for Disintegration Prediction’

09:55 – 10:35 Talk by Tom Van den Kerkhof
Principal Investigator at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Title: ‘Control Strategies and Real-Time Release for Continuous Manufacturing: Case Studies’

10:50 – 11:30 Talk by Jan-Sebastiaan Uyttersprot
Head of Oral Dosage Form Development
& Tuur Vandeputte
PAT & Modelling Subject Matter Expert at UCB

Title: ‘From PAT Signals to Process Decisions:
Designing Closed-Loop Controls forDrug Substance Biopharma Manufacturing’

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11:30 – 12:30 Short Pitch Presentations:

Kei Shimura
Principal Engineer at Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

Title: ‘Robust API Quantification by Terahertz Frequency-Domain Spectroscopy Against Tablet Design Variation’

Freddy Vandenbroucke
Head of Research at Pharma Technology SA

Title: ‘Performances of API fraction predictions with NIR-SRS and with Transmission FT-NIR: A Comparative Case Study‘

Fabien Chauchard
General Director at Indatech Chauvin-Arnoux

Title: ‘Blend monitoring of a Low-Dose Formulation in a Tablet Press Feed FrameUsing Spatially Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy’

Domenica Braile
Senior Process Engineer at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Title: ‘From Compression to Coating: FEM and DEM Simulations Supporting Process Understanding in Continuous Tablet Manufacturing’

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