Future-Ready Pharma Summit

Join us to uncover key risks, testing strategies, and best practices for developing Get a glimpse into the practical tools and ideas helping small‑molecule labs work smarter and move faster. This symposium brings together real‑world insights on automation, AI, and lab efficiency to help you strengthen your workflows and prepare for what’s next.

Register Free: https://www.pharmtech.com/pt_w/future-ready

Event Overview:

These sessions offer a focused look at the innovations reshaping analytical workflows in small-molecule pharma, covering automated sample linking, AI‑driven LC method optimization, and Integrated laboratory service solutions – plus practical guidance on lab relocation and sustainability. Designed for analytical scientists, lab managers, laboratory operations teams, and other decision‑makers in the lab, this event offers clear, actionable strategies to increase efficiency, reduce manual effort, and future‑proof LC operations.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Practical strategies to future-proof your lab
• How to design collaborative, automated dissolution workflows
• How AI-driven LC method optimization boosts productivity
• How to optimize productivity for cost-effective decision making
• How to prepare your lab for a greener future

Who Should Attend:

• Analytical scientists and LC instrument users in small-molecule pharma
• Lab managers and team leads
• Department heads and technical decision-makers
• Anyone influencing method development or instrument purchasing

Full Event Agenda:
10:00 am CEST Overview of the Day / Introduction to Agilent
Owain McKenzie, EMEA Dissolution Product Specialist, Agilent

10:10 am CEST Highlight Talk: In Pharma, Science Can't Stop — Even When the Lab has to Move
Tom Wickstead, Service Sales Specialist, UK & Ireland, Agilent
10:20 am CEST Regulation Can Be Green: USP <621> and the Power of Controlled Flexibility
Aline Bayerle, Application Specialist, LC Based Solutions, Agilent

11:20 am CEST Automated AI-driven LC Method Optimization
Christian Haas, R&D Scientist, Liquid Phase Division, Agilent Technologies
Jim Boelrijk, Senior Data Scientist, Evonik

11:55 am CEST Smarter Labs: Driving Productivity and Procurement Decisions Through Lab-Wide Services and Digital Intelligence
Rouan Tulloch, Digital Services Sales Specialist, Agilent Technologies
Charles van Dortmond, Lab-Wide Services Sales Specialist EMEA, Agilent Technologies

12:40 pm CEST Building Collaborative Automated Dissolution Workflows
Owain McKenzie, EMEA Dissolution Product Specialist, Agilent
Nejc Zorko Horvat, Product Manager, Merel 

Speakers:

Tom Wickstead
Service Sales Specialist
UK Ireland, Agilent

Tom Wickstead is a Product Specialist for UK & Ireland within Agilent's SSD division. Prior to Agilent Tom lead a relocation team within a laboratory relocation company, delivering large scale laboratory relocations across US, Europe and Africa for a variety of different customers.

Aline Bayerle
Application Specialist, LC Based Solutions
Agilent

Aline Bayerle works as an application specialist for LC-based solutions at Agilent. Within 10+ years of working as an analytical chemist in both the pharmaceutical industry, a GLP/cGMP environment, and at Agilent, she has gained experience in a wide range of applications.

Christian Haas
R&D Scientist
Liquid Phase Division
Agilent Technologies

Christian Haas is an R&D Scientist at Agilent Technologies, leading innovation in liquid chromatography by integrating data science with chemical applications. He has extensive experience in automated analytical chemistry, having worked on technology transfer and process optimization at Bayer, and on autonomous synthesis platforms coupled with online LC at MIT. Christian holds a PhD in Chemistry from Philipps-Universität Marburg, where he specialized in automated flow chemistry and analytical instrumentation.

Jim Boelrijk
Senior Data Scientist
Evonik

Jim Boelrijk is a Data Scientist at Evonik, where he applies machine learning to chemical and analytical processes, focusing on improving data-driven decision-making in R&D and production environments. Jim obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam within the Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab (AMLAB), where he developed automated and closed-loop optimization strategies—particularly using Bayesian optimization—for liquid chromatography, enabling more efficient and autonomous experimentation. Other research focused on multi-objective and multi-task optimization, as well as chemometrics for structure–property relationships in analytical chemistry.

Rouan Tulloch
Digital Services Sales Specialist
Agilent Technologies


Rouan has almost 30 years’ experience from analytical laboratories to instrument vendors across many different sectors as a chromatography specialist, focusing on gas analysis. He made a change three years ago when he joined Agilent Technologies to work with Digital Services to help customers optimize their lab operations using monitoring analytics. Outside the laboratory world Rouan is a member of his local sustainability group actively working to reduce the fossil fuel consumption of his local community.

Charles van Dortmond
Lab-Wide Services Sales Specialist EMEA
Agilent Technologies

Charles is a seasoned Enterprise Services Domain expert with over 30 years of experience in laboratory services, informatics and analytical technologies. Currently serving as Services Sales Specialist at Agilent Technologies, driving EMEA enterprise services and strategic customer success. Proven track record in helping customers make the right decisions and supporting sales teams achieve their goals. Combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen to optimize lab operations and accelerate innovation.

Owain McKenzie
EMEA Dissolution Product Specialist
Agilent

Since 2000 Owain has performed analytical testing, supervised pharmaceutical laboratories, run sales teams, and managed customer support teams with GSK, Danaher, Varian and Agilent. Primary responsibilities have been in the fields of product release, stability, product development and support; dissolution method development and validation; instrument qualification and calibration; technology transfers and training. Current activities since 2010 have focused on providing method and technical application support for dissolution and small molecule drug release workflow testing in the pharmaceutical industry. Owain provides numerous talks, seminars and publications on Pharmaceutical related techniques across the world. He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry from the University of Leeds, UK, and has actively been involved in global Pharmaceutical and Chemistry events and societies ever since.

Nejc Zorko Horvat
Product Manager
Merel

Nejc has over 15 years of experience in dissolution testing, UV-Vis-NIR, and fluorescence spectroscopy. He manages both domestic and international projects, covering installation, qualification, and customer training on advanced and complex systems. With a strong track record of supporting clients in GMP-regulated environments and extensive compliance training, his work is primarily focused on the pharmaceutical sector.

His background in IT enables him to deliver integrated solutions spanning hardware and both local and networked software. Since 2024, he has been responsible for managing the full Merel Instruments portfolio in international markets. His role includes presenting at seminars, trade fairs, and specialized events worldwide, conducting online product demonstrations, managing distributor networks, and visiting customers directly.

He specializes in leading laboratory automation projects in dissolution testing and other analytical fields, with a focus on method integration and bespoke engineering. By tailoring automation solutions to complex laboratory workflows, he ensures seamless operation, high precision, and regulatory compliance.

Register Free: https://www.pharmtech.com/pt_w/future-ready