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2023 Annual Meeting

August 13-17 in San Francisco, California

Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel

Program Chairs

Hadley Sikes

Academic Chair

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T)

Elizabeth Goodrich

Industrial Chair

MilliporeSigma


Key Dates

July 10th: Self-nomination due for W.H. Peterson Awards, 3M Young Professionals Award, and Student travel subsidy awards due! Find more details on our Awards Page.

July 20th: Deadline for hotel bookings with guaranteed ACS discounted rate! We’ll be hosting our programming in the Marriot Marquis.

August 4th: register for complimentary on-site childcare provided by ACS

Up until August 17th: register to attend virtually or in-person


Technical Areas & Sessions

Biomedical Technologies

  1. New Technologies In Cell & Microbiome Engineering: Sun 8-12p (Foothill F)
  2. Delivery and Targeting of Therapeutics I: Sun 2-6p (Foothill F)
  3. Biosensing & Diagnostics – Point of Use: Mon 8-12p (Foothill F)
  4. Biosensing & Diagnostics – Emerging Tools: Mon 2-6p (Foothill F)
  5. Delivery & Targeting of Therapeutics II: Tues 8-12p (Foothill F)
  6. Delivery & Targeting of Therapeutics III: Tues 2-6p (Foothill F)
  7. Biosensing & Diagnostics – Methods and Systems: Wed 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  8. Probing & Imaging Living Matter: Wed 2-6p (Foothill D/hybrid)

Biomolecular Engineering & Biophysical Processes

  1. New Technologies in Biomolecule Design & Engineering: Sun 8-12p (Foothill G1)
  2. Biomolecule Structure and Function: Sun 2-6p (Foothill G1)
  3. Protein Engineering for Therapeutic, Diagnostic & Sensor Applications: Mon 2-6p (Foothill G1)
  4. Enzyme Engineering for Biocatalysis: Tues 8-12p (Foothill G1)
  5. Biotherapeutic Developability and Stability: Tues 2-6p (Foothill G2)
  6. Challenges in Developing Novel Modalities
  7. Emerging Characterization Methods for Protein Therapeutics: Wed 2-6p (Foothill G1)

Bioprocessing 4.0

  1. Case Studies in “Steady State” Manufacturing: Mon 2-6p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  2. Integrated Bioprocess Development – Case Studies in Integrated Process Design, Process Intensification & Tech Transfers: Tues 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  3. Applying High-Throughput Approaches from Discovery Through Launch: Tues 2-6p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  4. Digitization in Bioprocessing and Machine Learning: Wed 8-12p (Foothill E/hybrid)
  5. Breakthrough Technologies for Continuous Manufacturing: Wed 2-6p (Foothill E/hybrid)

BIOT Spotlight

  1. Sustainability in Bioprocessing: Mon 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  2. BIOT Spotlight: Mon 10-2p & 3-7p (virtual)
  3. Drug Products – Fill & Finish: Thurs 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  4. Advances for the Development & Manufacturing of Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Thurs 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)

Cell and Gene Therapies

  1. Viral Vector R&D and Manufacturing: Sun 8-12p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  2. CGT R&D and Manufacturability: Sun 2-6p (Foothill D/hybrid)
  3. Cell Therapy R&D and Manufacturability: Mon 8-12p (Foothill E/hybrid)

Downstream Processing

  1. Chromatographic Separations for mAbs: Sun 8-12p (Foothill G2)
  2. Chromatographic Separations Using Novel Stationary Phases & Approaches: Sun 2-6p (Foothill G2)
  3. Chromatographic Separations for Novel Antibody Structures & Drug Conjugates: Mon 8-12p (Foothill G1)
  4. Novel Separations & Approaches for Viral Vectors: Mon 2-6p (Foothill E/hybrid)
  5. Membrane-based Separations I: Tues 8-12p (Foothill E/hybrid)
  6. Membrane-based Separations II: Tues 2-6p (Foothill G1)
  7. In Silico & Mechanistic Modeling of Bioseparations: Wed 8-12p (Foothill G1)
  8. Downstream Processing – Non-Antibody Modalities: Wed 2-6p (Foothill G2)
  9. Case Studies in Tech Transfer, Scaleup, and Bioanalytical Process Analytical Technologies (PAT): Thurs 8-12p (Foothill G1)

Upstream Processing

  1. Synthetic Biology & Genome Engineering: Sun 8-12p (Foothill E/hybrid)
  2. Engineering Microbes & Microbial Communities I: Sun 2-6p (Foothill E/hybrid)
  3. Innovative Technologies, Intensified Processes & Next-Generation Therapeutics: Mon 8-12p (Foothill G2)
  4. Engineering Microbes & Microbial Communities II: Mon 2-6p (Foothill G2)
  5. Case Studies & Advances in Upstream Processing: Tues 8-12p (Foothill G2)
  6. Mammalian Cell Line Development, Media, & Metabolism I: Wed 8-12p (Foothill G2)
  7. Mammalian Cell Line Development, Media, & Metabolism II: Wed 8-12p (Foothill E)