Anthony Bevilacqua To Help Moderate ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma 2013

Online, May 23, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Anthony Bevilacqua, Ph.D., director of research and product development at METTLER-TOLEDO Thornton (Thornton), will act as one of the co-moderators of ULTRAPURE WATER (UPW) Pharma 2013, to be conducted here June 11-12, 2013, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lombard, which is in the greater Chicago area.

Dr. Bevilacqua has been with Thornton since 1994, and has long been active in the pharmaceutical water area. At Thornton, he has led several areas of research and product development, including improved high temperature conductivity measurements, the impact of carbon dioxide on pure water, and uses of high-purity water as a conductivity solution standard.

His involvement with pharmaceutical water has included work with the United States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc. (USP). Dr. Bevilacqua was elected to the USP Committee of Experts and served as the chair of the USP Pharmaceutical Water Expert Committee for two terms (2000 to 2005, and 2005 to 2010). During that time, he had responsibility for international harmonization of pharmaceutical waters. He is also active in ISPE, PDA, ACS, AIChE, ASTM D19 Water and E55 Process Analytical Technology groups, and ISA. In the mid-1990s, he played an active role in the development and implementation of the and general chapters to the USP.

He will co-moderate the meeting with William Collentro, a senior consultant with Water Consulting Specialists.

UPW Pharma will feature two sessions-one on microbial control in Purified Water systems, and a second on control in pharmaceutical water systems. Registration is open for this year's ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma at www.ultrapurewater.com.

"Microbial Control in Purified Water Systems" will be the session theme on Tuesday, Junes 11. Tuesday's session will begin with a presentation entitled, "Biofilm Control in Manufacturing/Water Systems" by Mark Pasmore, Ph.D., from Baxter. That will be followed by Mukesh Yadav and Remy Olabode of Genentech, who will examine engineering controls in pharmaceutical water. Other planned speakers for Tuesday include Roderick Freeman of Beckman Coulter,. Nik Krpan of Cheme' Engineering Inc., Erika Hanley-Onken of MKS Instruments, Antonio Hernandez-Cardoso, of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc., and Walter Henkel of Concordia ValSource.

The overall theme for Day 2 will be "Control of Pharmaceutical Water Systems." The day will begin with a presentation by Robert McIlvaine, president of McIlvaine Co., on pharmaceutical water markets. He will be followed by Shlomo Sackstein of Biopharmax Group, who will address the theme of "A Treatment System Based on Electrical Hardness Precipitation and UV Destruction".

Other technical paper topics to be addressed on Wednesday will include TOC reduction, calibration methods for conductivity measurements, cosmetic plant water treatment, ozone and chemical sanitization, and TOC sample capture. Other Wednesday speakers will include Randy Cooper of NeoTech Aqua Solutions, John Groetsch of METTLER-TOLEDO Process Analytics, Chris Gallager of Mar Cor, Nissan Cohen of Rohrback Cosasco Systems Inc., Terry Stange of Hach ULTRA, Roger Schmid of SWAN Analytical, Chris Crone of Hach ULTRA, and Hugh Miranzadeh of GE Analytical Instruments.

In addition to technical papers, the conference will also feature tabletop exhibits by leading water business suppliers and offer attendees the opportunity to network with others active in pharmaceutical water treatment. The technical program for ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma 2013 is available at http://www.ultrapurewater.com/Conferences/Pharma.aspx. For conference information or to register, contact 303/973-6700, or visit http://www.ultrapurewater.com, or email to: info@ultrapurewater.com. On-line registration is available at http://www.ultrapurewater.com/zencart/Index.php.

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