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Driving Sustainability in Pharma and Allied Industries

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  • Date: 13 March 2025
  • Time: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
  • Location: Macclesfield, UK
  • Registration Cost: Free

Join the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable and leading industry and academic scientists for a day of scientific discussion and networking at the AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK. Discover practical green chemistry tools and metrics used by industry and learn from current research and case studies covering topics such as biocatalysis, peptide synthesis, and discovery chemistry (small molecules and other modalities, chemical technologies). Sign up to present your research in our poster session and help the Roundtable celebrate its 20th anniversary. Lunch, afternoon tea/coffee, and reception included. Participation from students, academia, and industry is welcome. 

Registration is now CLOSED.

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Poster session

Present Your Research

At the close of the workshop, we will hold a poster session and reception to turn the spotlight on you! Just indicate you would like to submit an abstract for consideration during registration, and we will follow up with submission instructions. Poster presenters do not have to have experience with green chemistry to present. In fact, one advantage of presenting your research at this venue is to engage in discussions about how to measure and improve the sustainability of your work. Space is limited, so register today. The deadline for submission is 13 February 2025.

Agenda

9:00–9:45 AM

Check in and Networking Tea and Coffee

Please bring photo ID

9:45–10:00 AM

Safety Presentation

(Required)

10:00–10:10 AM

Welcome

Isamir Martinez, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

10:10–10:40 AM

The Role of Green Chemistry in Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Steve Swallow, AstraZeneca

10:40–11:10 AM

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable: 20 Years of Driving Green Chemistry—And What’s Next

Paul Richardson, Pfizer; Michael Kopach, Lilly

11:10–11:50 AM

Frontiers of Biocatalysis

Professor Nicholas Turner, University of Manchester

11:50 AM–12:30 PM

Designing Sustainable Processes Utilizing the ACS GCIPR Toolbox and Metrics

Professor Helen Sneddon, University of York

12:30 –1:30 PM

Lunch Provided

1:30 –2:00 PM

Sustainability in Peptides and Oligonucleotides

Martin Kenworthy and Anna Watson, AstraZeneca

2:00 –2:30 PM

Discovery Chemistry: New Technologies, Solvent Use, and Reagent Choices

Álvaro Enríquez García, Lilly; Shazia Keily, Vertex

2:30 –3:00 PM

Interactive Session

3:00 –3:15 PM

Networking Tea & Coffee Break

3:15 –3:45 PM

Sustainable Commercial Manufacture of BMS-986278 Leveraging an ERED/KRED Biocatalytic Cascade

Shane McKenna, Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb

3:45 –4:15 PM

Sustainable Technologies in Process Chemistry

Olivier Dapremont, Head of Process Engineering, SK Pharmteco Small Molecules US

4:15 –6:00 PM

Poster Session & Reception

Agenda

Speakers

Olivier Dapremont

Olivier Dapremont

Head of Process Engineering
SK Pharmateco Small Molecules US

Alvaro Garcia

Álvaro Enríquez García

Senior Advisor Research
Lilly

Shazia

Shazia Keily

Senior Research Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Martin Kenworthy

Martin Kenworthy

Associate Principal Scientist
AstraZeneca

Mike Kopach

Michael Kopach

Associate Vice President
Lilly

Isamir Martinez

Isamir Martinez

Assistant Director of Industry Programs
ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Shane McKenna

Shane McKenna

Principal Scientist
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Paul RIchardson

Paul Richardson

Director, Medicinal Chemistry & Analytical Technologies
Pfizer

Prof. Helen Sneddon

Director, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence
Professor of Sustainable Chemistry
University of York

ALan Steven

Alan Steven

Principal Scientist
EuroAPI

Steve Swallow

Steve Swallow

Principal Scientist
AstraZeneca

Nick Turner

Prof. Nicholas Turner

University of Manchester

Anna Watson

Anna Watson

Associate Director of Process Engineering
AstraZeneca

Location

Hosted at AstraZeneca
Charter Way, 
Silk Road Business Park,  
Macclesfield,  
Cheshire SK10 2NA 

Questions?

Email gcipr@acs.org with your questions.