ACD/EUM 2002
ACD 3rd European Users' Meeting Hôtel du Parc, Obernai, France October 23-24, 2002

ACD Users' Meeting Information

Planning for ACD's 3rd annual European Users' Meeting is already well underway and we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us in Obernai, France on October 23-24, 2002.

Here's what we have planned for the Users' Meeting so far. Please note that this agenda may change depending on the level of user participation.

Agenda

Day 1

Kickoff

  8:15 - 9:00  Registration
  9:00 - 9:15  Welcome and Introduction - Guy Desmarquets,
                    ACD Director of European Operations

First Session: Spectroscopic Validation of Structures

Chairman: TBD
  9:15 -   9:45  Spectroscopic Validation of structures assisted by prediction and
                      autoassignment algorithms (PDF, 4.83 Mb) - Speaker TBD
  9:45 - 10:15  Spectroscopic validation of structures using Mass Spectrometry
                      (PDF, 5.61 Mb) - Mark Bayliss (ACD)
10:15 - 10:45  Automated Processing of Plates of Compounds (PDF, 2.46 Mb) - Speaker
                      TBD
10:45 - 10:50  Conclusions of the Chairman
10:50 - 11:15  Coffee Break

Second session: Chromatographic Separation

Chairman: Mike McBrien - ACD Chromatographic Product Manager
11:15 - 11:45  Method Development Suite (PDF, 1.5 Mb) - Rudy Sneyers (Janssen
                     Pharmaceutical)
11:45 - 12:15  Automated method selection for fast LC/MS: Introducing ChromGenius
                     (PDF, 195 Kb) - Richard Taylor (Celltech)
12:15 - 12:35  Three Steps to Reliable CE Methods (PDF, 929 Kb) - Bernd Muemmler,
                     Director QC APIs, Heumann Pharma (Pharmacia)
12:35 - 12:45  Conclusions of the Chairman
12:45 - 14:00  Lunch

Third Session: Patenting and Publishing

Chairman: TBD
14:00 - 14:20  The role of systematic naming in the publication industry (PDF, 5.1 Mb) -
                      Contributed talk - Dr. M. Fiona Shortt de Hernandez, Managing Editor,
                      Science of Synthesis/Houben-Weyl Editorial Office
14:20 - 14:40  Quality first in systematic naming (PDF, 1.15 Mb) - Antony Williams (ACD)
14:40 - 14:45  Conclusions of the chairman

Fourth Session Analytical Informatics

Chairman: TBD
14:45 - 15:15  Case Study: Analytical Data Management - Dr. Wim Luijten
                     (Technology Servier)
15:15 - 15:45  Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45  ACD to cover the Analytical informatics needs at the enterprise
                     level (PDF, 6.42 Mb) - Guy Desmarquets (ACD)
16:45 - 17:05  Web based or desktop, Flat or SQL, balancing the usage of the ACD
                     software at the enterprise level (PDF, 603 Kb) - Antony Williams (ACD) and
                     Guy Desmarquets (ACD)
17:05 - 17:10  Conclusions of the chairman
17:15 - 18:30  Parallel Break out sessions
                     A1 - Two new product directions for ACD/Chromatography (PDF, 1.24 Mb)
                           
  • AutoChrom
  • ChromGenius

    •                      A2 - The "IT corner":
                               
  • Configuration
  • Licensing system
  • SQL
  • Web interface
  • Integration tools (MolX, SpecX, Mol2Gif)

    • Of course... The traditional visit to "La Cloche".

    Day 2

    Fifth Session: Medicinal Chemistry

    Chairman: TBD
      9:00 -   9:30  Using ACD/PhysChem to make Drug Discovery Decisions
                         (PDF, 3.15 Mb) - Robert DeWitte (ACD)
      9:30 - 10:00  Measuring and Predicting (PDF, 767 Kb) - Speaker TBD

    Sixth Session: Elucidation of Unknowns

    Chairman: TBD
    10:00 - 10:40  Metabolite Identification by Mass Spectrometry - Mark Bayliss (ACD)
    10:40 - 11:00  Coffee Break
    11:00 - 11:55  Structure Elucidator (PDF, 912 Kb) - Gary Martin (Pharmacia) and
                         Antony Williams (ACD)
    11:55 - 12:00  Conclusions of the Chairman
    12:00 - 12:45  Break out session
                         B1 - User forum for Spectroscopy part I
                               
  • Structural Validation
  • Structure Elucidation
  • Analytical Data Processing and Management - includes Web
        Librarian
    • 12:45 - 14:00  Lunch

    Seventh Session: Preformulation

    Chairman: TBD
    14:00 - 14:20  Predict before you measure (PDF, 274 Kb) - Robert DeWitte (ACD)
    14:20 - 14:45  Preformulation studies with CurveManager, NMR Manager, UV-IR
                         Manager (PDF, 274 Kb) - Robert DeWitte (ACD)
    14:45 - 14:50  Conclusions of the chairman
    14:50 - 15:45  Break out session
                         B2 - User forum for Spectroscopy part II
                               
  • Purity and Metabolites analysis
  • Combi MS
  • Content databases

    • 15:45 - 15:50  General conclusions, departure

    Presentations

    We welcome your participation in our Scientific/Informatic symposium. Topics to be covered include:

    1. Spectroscopic Validation of Structures
    2. Elucidation of Unknown Substances (Metabolites, Process impurities, and Degradants)
    3. Chromatographic Separation
    4. Preformulation of Novel Drug Agents
    5. Medicinal Chemistry
    6. Chemical Patenting and Publishing
    7. Analytical Informatics

    Speaking slots are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Please submit an abstract of an oral presentation (20 minutes) or a poster for our poster session to Robert DeWitte at rob@acdlabs.com before Oct. 10th, 2002.

    We look forward to meeting you in Obernai to learn more about your research and information management needs. We are also excited to showcase the new developments in our own software, and share our vision of future development with you.