AGENDA
| 8:00am-9:00am |
Registration and Morning Coffee
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| 9:00am-9:45am |
The Combinatorial/High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Industry
- Industry Background and Evolution
- The Components of a Combinatorial Materials Practice
- Technological/Commercial Practices: State-of-the-Art
- Current Suppliers and Customer Interests
- Unmet Needs - The Industry Today & Tomorrow
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| 9:45am-11:00am |
Key Industry Suppliers - Offerings, Target Applications and Business Models
- Leading Practitioners in Technology Development and Offerings
- Symyx, Avantium, hte GmbH, others
- Leading Practitioners in Instrumentation and Equipment
- Argonaut, Kairos, Mettler-Toledo, Zeton, others
- Leading Practitioners in Informatics and Software
- Accelrys, NovoDynamics, others
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| 11:00am-11:30am |
Morning Break
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| 11:30am-12:30pm |
Leading Industrial Applications and End Users
- Application and End Users in the Catalysis Industries
- Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Others
- Application and End Users in the Materials Industries
- BASF, Rohm & Haas, Others
- Application and End Users in Other Industries
(1) Case Study - Polymer Catalysis
(2) Case Study - Materials Synthesis
(3) Case Study - Biocatalysis
(4) Case Study - Fine/Specialty Chemical Catalysis
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| 12:30pm-1:30pm |
Group Lunch
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| 1:30pm-2:30pm |
Important Activities at Academic Laboratories
- Leading Developers/Institutions and Areas of Pursuit
- Notable Collaborations - University/Industry relationships
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| 2:30pm-3:00pm |
Afternoon Break
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| 3:00pm-4:00pm |
Unresolved Issues, Strategic Considerations and Industry Outlook
- Patent Review & Intellectual Property
- Business Models - Current/Future
- Strategic Options
- Core Development vs. "Tool Box" Approach,
Alliance vs. Go-It Alone, Others
- From Decision to Implementation
- The Industry in the Future - Outlook to 2010
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| 4:00pm-5:00pm |
Panel Discussion
- Supplier Perspectives
- End-User Perspectives
- Academic Perspectives
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