52nd Organic Process Research and Development Conference
Event overview
We are so delighted to bring our 52nd OPRD Conference to Prague, Czech Republic
Join us in this fantastic location and you will enjoy hearing cutting edge Scientific Content alongside our renowned Networking Receptions. You will have the chance to connect with other like-minded chemists and benefit from Questions & Answer sessions and scientific discussion after each presentation.
Whether you are looking to learn about the latest scientific updates from industry or to meet and network with other chemists – our OPR&D Conference is the place to be.
Take advantage of our global network and extensive reach.
We invite key industrial experts from around the globe to share their discoveries with you. Each speaker is hand-picked and we work hard to ensure that a wide variety of topics are covered to ensure our programme is comprehensive and relevant. You will be re-invigorated and boosted once back in the lab.
Come and improve your efficiency and learn how to be more innovative in your synthetic route design, development and optimisation.
The chemical and pharma industries are fast moving and ever changing and the efficient conversion of a chemical process into a process for manufacture on tonnage scale has always been of importance. However, in the current economic and regulatory climate, it has become increasingly vital and challenging to do so efficiently and sustainably. OPR&D focusses on all these essential aspects of the chemical industry and has a reputation for quality and excellence.
We provide a safe, comfortable environment where you can meet new partners face-to-face, network with peers, and source innovative solutions in our exhibition area.
Please contact us if you are interested in Exhibiting or Sponsoring this event: [email protected]
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Benefits & Keeping you Safe at the Event
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Process Research & Development Chemists
- Chemical Engineers in Industry
- Heads of Departments & Team Leaders
HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING?
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD ) keeps you up to date on current and emerging developments.
- Learn from a wide range of industrial case studies given by hand-picked industrial speakers.
- Take home relevant ideas and information that are directly applicable to your own work
- Save time. Our intensive, commercial-free programme means less time away from work.
- Network with the key people in the industry during the networking events
KEEPING YOU SAFE
As we continue to move forward with hosting our events in-person in 2022, we have added a series of Health & Safety guidelines and precautions in order to prepare for event safety, we ask that all our delegates read and adhere to the following:
Before the event, we ask you to…
- Adhere to the travel restrictions and guidance from both your home and destination countries – please refer to your government guidelines
- Evaluate your own health and that of those you are in close contact with.
Do not attend if you…
- Are showing symptoms or signs of sickness or have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive of COVID-19 within 10 days of the event date.
- Have tested positive of COVID-19 within the last 10 days from the start of the event date.
On Site Health & Safety Measures….
- Requiring attendees and exhibitors to follow the guidance of the WHO for everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses
- We suggest a “No Handshake” policy during the event
- We will provide sanitisers for use throughout the event and ensure the venue has plenty of cloakroom facilities.
- Although is it no longer mandatory, there will be PPE available for those who decide wear a mask and we ask you respect each other’s choice to do so.
IMPORTANT
It is preferable that all attendees are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 when attending our events, however we understand that personal circumstances may mean that this is not always feasible. If you have any concerns please contact us at [email protected].
Scientific Update Ltd cannot fully eliminate all risks or guarantee your safety – especially risks posed by COVID-19 or its variant strains – but ultimately we do ask all our delegates to read and adhere to our procedures before and during the event. We will closely monitor the official guidance from health authorities, local governments, and the World Health Organisation (https://www.who.int/) and update our guidelines accordingly.
Sponsorship Opportunities
We have several sponsorship opportunities still available for this conference. These include networking and reception sponsorship.
Your company logo with link to your website would appear here and for premium sponsorship such as networking and reception, adjacent to the conference pages as well.
If you are interested in sponsoring this conference, please contact Dr Claire Francis: [email protected]
MEDIA SPONSORS
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Event speakers
1968: Born in Rothenburg, Germany
1993: Diploma degree in chemistry at university Würzburg
1996: Dissertation at university Würzburg at Prof. Bringmann
incl. research exchange to US (National Cancer Institute, Maryland)
Total Syntheses of anti-HIV active Michellamines and related analogs
Summa cum laude as well as awarded by the “curatorship of Franconian memorial foundation” due to TOP-dissertation of whole university.
Scholarship by “Fonds of chemical industry”.
1996: Start industrial career at BASF
Research Scientist within Crop Protection Research
1999-2001: Assistant Plant Manager (Multi-Purpose Plant Fine Chemicals)
2001-2003: Plant Manager (Multi Purpose Plant Plant Fine Chemicals)
2003-2006: Technology Manager
Technological responsibility for several active ingredients at different production locations with respect to process & synthesis optimization, yield increase, waste reduction, reduction of Cost of Goods, Capacity increase
2006-2011: Head of Global Responsible Care within Global Operations
Ensurance of safe operations as well as quality for active ingredients as well as formulated products
2012-today: Leading department Chemical- and Process Development within
Crop Protection Research at BASF
Development of new production processes for new active ingredients with focus on safe, robust and sustainable processes by minimum costs
2016: Awarded as “Senior Executive Expert Process Development” within BASF
Official announcement within BASF Group: “Over the past 20 years, Roland has held positions in R&D, technology and manufacturing, supporting several key projects during development and production. During his tenure with BASF, Roland has gained broad expertise in process development and operations, and he is recognized as an expert within BASF, in the industry and in academia”
2014-2017: Teaching assignment at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Teaching and examining of bachelor students. Subject on Technical Chemistry with focus on Process Development within study course “Applied organic chemistry”
2017-2021: Lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Reading “Industrial process technology with focus chemical process development”
2022/2023: Lecture as Guest Instructor at the IIT Bombay within “Techno-commercial Aspects within Fine Chemicals”
Patents / Publications (only industrial career, without activities at university)
Holding more than 250 patents or applications respectively globally.
Prof. Hashmi et al., Roland Goetz – Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 11, 1794-1800
Prof. Hartwig et al., Roland Goetz – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 399
Prof. Reisman et al., Roland Goetz – Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 21, 3802–3806
Prof. Hashmi et al., Roland Goetz, Green Chemistry 2021, 23, 8169-8180
Prof. Kappe et al., Roland Goetz – Org. Process Res. Dev. 2017, 21, 1, 125
PS: Further publications during PhD-work not considered here
Invitation to expert conferences and holding lectures
2023 Shanghai (The XXIII International Conference on Organic Synthesis): “Fenmezoditiaz – Synthesis & Process Development of a structurally complex, chiral, mesoionic Insecticide”
2022 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: “Sustainability in Process Chemistry”
2022 Basel (Organic Process Research and Development): “Sustainability in Process Chemistry”
2017 University of Münster (FoChin): “Crop Protection Research & Process Development”
2016 Prague (Organic Process Research and Development): “Challenges and Solutions within Process Development of a Large Scale New Fungicide”
2015 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: “Industrial Process Development at BASF Crop Protection“
2015 Pune (Organic Process Research and Development): “Process Development within Crop Protection”
2015 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry: „Crop Protection Research at BASF with focus on Process Development“
2014 Brussels (Organic Process Research and Development): “Process Development of Active Ingredients for Crop Protection“
| Steve studied at the University of York, UK, completing his MChem degree in 2006 and MSc in Liquid Crystals and Nanoscience in 2007. This was followed by an EPSRC funded PhD in heterogeneous PGM catalysts, completed in 2012 at the University of York. He then joined Syngenta as a Physical Chemist for 2 years researching co-crystals of APIs.
In 2014, Steve joined Johnson Matthey as a Development Chemist, focusing on developing new industrial heterogeneous PGM catalysts for petrochemical and bio-renewable applications from inception, through scale-up and manufacture.
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In his current role as Product Specialist, Steve is responsible for a portfolio of heterogeneous catalysts, supporting the development and manufacture of new and existing catalysts within the business.
Vita
2021 – Distinguished Science Fellow, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division
2011 – 2022 Head of Process Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division
2002 – 2011 Group Leader, Process Research Frankfurt, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division
2000 – 2002 Group Leader, Process Research Frankfurt, Aventis CropScience
1993 – 2000 Team Leader, Process R&D, AgrEvo, Frankfurt
1990 – 1993 Biochemical Synthesis / Herbicide Research, Schering Agrochemicals, Cambridge
1988 – 1990 NATO Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. S.V.Ley, Imperial College, London
1985 – 1988 PhD., Dr. R.T.Brown, University of Manchester
Expertise/Interests:
Biocatalysis and biocatalyst / strain optimization
Agrochemical process research
(Multi-nuclear) metal catalysis
AI and QM supported reaction optimization / modelling
Simon Wagschal currently works within Lonza’s Advanced Chemistry Technologies team.
Prior to this, he worked within Janssen External R&D team, focusing on compounds in early development and delivering GxP batches at CRO partners.
Simon also worked in Janssen’s Chemical Process R&D group and was involved in a dozen late-stage projects, developing and introducing new processes in the pilot and production plants.
He received the Vice Presidents’ Research Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in 2020.
Simon earned his Ph.D. in 2010 from École Polytechnique, Paris, France, under the supervision of Prof. El Kaïm and Prof. Grimaud.
He then delved into organometallic chemistry during his postdoctoral stay with the Kündig group in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Media Sponsors
Interested in sponsoring an event?
If you are interested in Sponsoring this event we still have some great sponsorship opportunities available at the conference. See our sponsorship section on the advantages that sponsorship can bring to your business or contact Dr Claire Francis at [email protected]
Exhibitors
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Technobis Crystallization Systems
Zaiput
Why exhibit?
- Meet delegates from key international companies
- Interact directly with senior scientists, department heads and key decision-makers
- Ability to demonstrate your company’s products or services
The conferences are designed to provide exhibitors with the maximum time to network with delegates.
Other Information
Benefits of Attending
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD ) keeps you up to date on current and emerging developments.
- Learn from a wide range of industrial case studies given by hand-picked industrial speakers.
- Take home relevant ideas and information that are directly applicable to your own work, with the full proceedings in colour and a CD of the talks.
- Save time. Our intensive, commercial-free programme means less time away from work.
- Network with the key people in the industry via the networking receptions
General Information
Registration for each conference includes:
- Attendance at all the sessions
- Access to a mobile events app connected to the conference
- Lunch & refreshments daily
- Unlimited access to the exhibition
- Place at the networking reception
Why Exhibit?
- Meet delegates from key international companies
- Interact directly with senior scientists, department heads and key decision-makers
- Ability to demonstrate your company’s products or services
The conferences are designed to provide exhibitors with the maximum time to network with delegates.
Sponsorship
Promote your company at one of our prestigious conferences with sponsorship packages to suit your budget.
Please contact Dr Claire Francis
FREE POSTER BOARD
Registered academic delegates can present a scientific technical poster FREE and have this published in the conference proceedings.
Please send an abstract of your poster by email.
Venue info
110 00 Florenc,
Czechia
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