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PPXRD-11
The 11th Pharmaceutical Powder X-ray Diffraction Symposium
Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa
Fort Myers, Florida, USA
15 � 18 May 2012
Sponsored by the International Centre for Diffraction Data

http://www.icdd.com/ppxrd/

The ICDD is pleased to present this unique symposium focusing on
cutting-edge topics surrounding the combined fields of Pharmaceuticals
and X-ray Powder Diffraction. The symposium includes an optional one-
day workshop, and two half-day sessions. Abstracts are currently being
accepted for both oral and poster sessions, and the deadline to submit
an abstract is 20 February 2012. Visit our web site: www.icdd.com/PPXRD
to submit an abstract and view more details regarding the event.

SPECIAL SESSIONS, 16�18 MAY 2012
Subject to change depending upon abstracts submitted. Please check our
web site regularly for updates.

AMORPHOUS, ACTIVATED AND NANOMATERIALS
Chair: Peter Varlashkin, GlaxoSmithKline, Durham, NC
Invited Speaker: Lian Yu, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

XRPD STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES (ACQUISITION AND USE OF XRPD DATA,
INDEXING, STRUCTURE DETERMINATION, RIETVELD REFINEMENT)
Chair: Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
Invited Speaker: Marc Garland, ICES, Jurong Island, Singapore

FORMULATION & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Detlef Beckers, PANalytical, Almelo, The Netherlands
Invited Speaker: Peter Wildfong, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION
Chair: Tim Fawcett, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA
Invited Speaker: James A. Kaduk, Poly Crystallography, Inc. and
Illinois Institute of Technology, Naperville, IL

POLYMORPH & SALT SCREENING
Chair: Greg Stephenson, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Invited Speaker: Pingyun Chen, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Morrisville,
NC

NEW FRONTIERS IN XRD IN PHARMACEUTICAL R&D
Chair: Cyrus Crowder, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES
Chair: Fangling Needham, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA

REGULATORY AND PATENT ISSUES
Chair: Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New Brunswick, NJ
Invited Speaker: Andrew Raw, FDA � Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Rockville, MD

OPTIONALWORKSHOP, 15 MAY 2012

UNDERSTANDING AMORPHOUS PHARMACEUTICAL MATERIALS�FORMULATION &
CHARACTERIZATION
Organizer: Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New Brunswick, NJ
Instructor: Lian Yu, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI


POSTER SESSION, 16 MAY 2012

An evening reception and poster session of submitted papers will be
held in the exhibit hall. See guidelines for submission of poster
abstracts on our web site: www.icdd.com/ppxrd.com

EXHIBITION, 16 � 17 MAY 2012
Concurrent with the symposium, evening poster session and reception
will be a commercial exhibition of analytical instrumentation and
related products and services. To learn more about exhibit
reservations and sponsorship opportunities, please see complete
details about exhibiting in our Exhibitor Open Bid Packet.