spica2006

October 15, 2006 - October 18, 2006, Innsbruck/Austria

International Symposium on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography and Allied Techniques

15.-18.10.2006

The conference will take place in Innsbruck/Austria.

A selection of papers presented at SPICA 2006 will be published in the Journal of Chromatography A.

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The Scientific Committee cordially invites you to Innsbruck in October 2006 to participate in SPICA 2006, the 11^th biannual meeting in this prestigious series of International Symposia on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography and Allied Techniques started 1986 in Paris. SPICA focuses on isolation, purification and fractionation of value-added products (e.g. fine chemicals, natural products, pharmaceuticals, biomolecules, agrochemicals, aroma and food additives) by applying chromatographic and allied techniques like membranes, crystallisation and liquid-liquid-extraction. The conference provides an ideal forum for the presentation of the latest developments in preparative separation science and a platform for exchange of ideas between academia and industry. The areas of interest range from novel theoretical/fundamental insights of separation science processes to the practical application of the latest cutting-edge innovations and technologies in the laboratory, pilot plant and industrial environments. Chemists and engineers involved in product discovery, process design and development, production and manufacturing will find the forum for discussing issues of common interest and establishing new relations.

Motivation for SPICA 2006
                             ??? moving ahead with separation science & technology...
                                                                 ??? assess past performance
                                                                                                   ??? address current challenges
                                                                                                                                     ??? identify future opportunities

Separation technologies have proven their value over the past decades. Key examples for their enabling character have been contributions in the field of continuous process chromatography, esp. in the form of SMB for enabling the economic purification of chiral molecules in pharmaceutical applications or in the product isolation of bioactive compounds from fermentation.
The contributions of liquid phase separation science & technology are becoming more and more critical for solving existing problems in many areas requiring pure compounds. For example, the demand for innovative protein therapeutics is growing by 30% per year; however prices for many new biotherapeutics are too high to be absorbed by the healthcare systems. This contradiction creates the dual challenge of meeting demands and at the same time reducing costs significantly.
In addition there are ample opportunities emerging, where separation technology is mandatory in the process of advancing to new areas of application, opening new market opportunities on the material side.
Of general interest are case studies relating to pharmaceutical, food, and fine chemicals processes. Especially in a pharmaceutical environment paradigms are shifting again, so the corresponding adjustments in separation technologies need to be assessed and discussed (e.g. from discovery to process ???, shortening ???time to process??? rather than ???time to market???)
Regulatory and socioeconomic aspects of separation technologies are both part of the current challenge but present future opportunities too. For example, the recent FDA move towards PAT (Process Analytical Technologies) created some challenges with regard to process understanding, which will translate into more research necessary to generate and document the required new level of knowledge. However, developing this knowledge will pave the way to more efficient process design and thereby to faster, safer and thereby more economic processes.

Under the Auspices of
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Soci??t?? Fran??aise de Chimie
Neue Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

DATES TO NOTE

November 2005:	Distribution of Call for Papers
24 March 2006:	Deadline for Paper Submission
Delayed: End of May 2006:	Notification of Acceptance and Instructions
Begin of July 2006:	Mailing of Final Programme