UPW Pharma 2013 Focuses on Microbials, Pharmaceutical Water Systems Control

LITTLETON, Colo. - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- Registrations are being accepted for this year's ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma conference, which will be June 11-12 in the Chicago area at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lombard.  The meeting will feature two sessions.  

“Microbial Control in Purified Water Systems” will be the session theme on Tuesday, Junes 11.  Tuesday’s session will begin with a presentation entitled, “Biofilm Control in Manufacturing/Water Systems” by Mark Pasmore, Ph.D., from Baxter.  That will be followed by Mukesh Yadav and Remy Olabode of Genentech, who will examine engineering controls in pharmaceutical water.  Other planned speakers for Tuesday include Roderick Freeman of Beckman Coulter, Nik Krpan of Cheme’ Engineering Inc., Erika Hanley-Onken of MKS Instruments, and Antonio Hernandez-Cardoso, of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc.  
The Wednesday, June 12, session will begin with a keynote presentation by Robert McIlvaine, founder and president of The McIlvaine Co.  The theme for Mr. McIlvaine’s talk will be on “Trends and Developments in Pharmaceutical Water Markets”.  He will examine different aspects of the pharmaceutical water business and the respective markets.  

Afterward, Day 2’s theme will be “Control of Pharmaceutical Water Systems.”  Shlomo Sackstein of Biopharmax Group will address the theme of “A Treatment System Based on Electrical Hardness Precipitation and UV Destruction”.  That presentation will be followed by one from Walter Henkel of Concordia ValSource who will look at the topic of “Monitoring/Continued Verification of Pharmaceutical Water Systems”.  

Additional technical paper topics to be addressed on Wednesday will include TOC reduction, calibration methods for conductivity measurements, cosmetic plant water treatment, ozone and chemical sanitization, and TOC sample capture.  Other Wednesday speakers will include Randy Cooper of NeoTech Aqua Solutions, John Groetsch of METTLER-TOLEDO Process Analytics, Chris Gallager of Mar Cor, Nissan Cohen of Rohrback Cosasco Systems Inc., Terry Stange of Hach ULTRA, Roger Schmid of SWAN Analytical, and Chris Crone of Hach ULTRA.  

Co-moderators of the conference will be Anthony Bevilacqua, Ph.D., director of research and development at METTLER-TOLEDO Thornton, and William V. Collentro, a senior consultant with Water Consulting Specialists.  Both have worked for many years with the different aspects of pharmaceutical water treatment.  

In addition to technical papers, the conference will also feature tabletop exhibits by leading water business suppliers and offer attendees the opportunity to network with others active in pharmaceutical water treatment.  The technical program for ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma 2013 is available at http://www.ultrapurewater.com/Conferences/Pharma.aspx.  For conference information or to register, contact 303/973-6700, or visit http://www.ultrapurewater.com, or email to: info@ultrapurewater.com.   On-line registration is available at http://www.ultrapurewater.com/zencart/Index.php.