Ilmac 2024
Platform for Chemistry, Pharmacy and Biotechnology
September 18-19, 2024, Beaulieu Lausanne, www.ilmac.ch
Ilmac has its origins in the Swiss trade fair for international laboratory, measurement and automation technology in chemistry, which has been held since 1959. Today, the chemistry and life science brand networks the industry both physically and digitally.
With its value proposition “Inspiring the Future of Chemistry and Life Sciences”, it encourages the development of new ideas and solutions and presents trends and innovations from research and industry.
Every two years, the Ilmac industry event at the important Lausanne site is the largest meeting place for the chemical and life science industry in French-speaking Switzerland.
The SCS, as the initial founder of the fair, is partnering with Messe Schweiz and coordinates the collaboration with society partners and the Universities of Applies Sciences. The SCS and its partners are the organizers of the Ilmac Conference.
Registration for Participants
Register for free as participant with the SCS opromo code: scs-ilmac24.
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Ilmac Conference, Day 1: «Latest Advances in (Semi-) Non-targeted Analysis»
As part of Ilmac Lausanne, the symposium offers insights into non-targeted methods in the analytical sciences and their specific applications in food chemistry.
Non-target-screening has developed in recent years from research into a promising method with a wide range of applications in analytical sciences. In the morning session renowned experts show latest advances of these methods in material science, laboratory medicine, water and agricultural research. The afternoon session will focus on specific applications in food chemistry, such as general spectra interpretation, non-target and semi-non-target contaminant search like PFAS. The symposium is intended for participants from academia, expert laboratories and industry.
09.45 Welcome and symposium opening
Presentation of SCS Division of Analytical Sciences and SwissFoodChem
10.00 Keynote
Oliver Schmidt, Niedersächsiches Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LAVES)
«Recycled food packaging - Compliance from an authority's perspective»
10.45 Prof. Gavin O'Connor, TU/PTB Branschweig
«Challenges in the standardisation of non-targeted quantitative methods of analysis»
11.15 Short break
11.30 Dipl. Ing. Heinz Singer, Eawag Dübendorf
«Unmasking the Unknown: Non-target Analysis in the aquatic environment»
12.00 Valeria Leoni, Dr. Gregory Pimentel, Agroscope
«Non-targeted mass spectrometry in agricultural research: example of the identification of pollen species, and nutritional value of fermented food»
12.30 Lunch and networking
13.30 Start-up Session: 3min Pitches
ApiniLabs AG (Information technology), Manuel Kötter, Basel
ENANTIOS (Lab technologie), Carin Lightner, Zürich
goodBot GmbH (Lab technologie), Julius Wiener, Freiburg
ORYL Photonics SA (Lab technologie), Nathan Dupertuis, Lausanne
Rapid Fluidics Ltd (Process technology), Paul Marshall, Newcastle upon Tyne
EcoDemand LLC (Biotech), Flavio Somanji, Boston
Nonex GmbH (Biotech), Ali Seidi, Bern
14.00 Keynote
Dr. Thomas Letzel, Analytisches Forschungsinstitut für Non-Target Screening GmbH, Augsburg
«Mass Spectometric Non-Target Screening - Interdisciplinary Solutions and Data Handling»
14.45 Dr. Samy Boulos, ETH Zurich
«High-resolution mass spectrometry to explore the reactivity and health-promoting functions of dietary fibers»
15.15 Break
15.30 Dr. Alexander Scherl, Office cantonal de la santé, Service de la consommation et des affaires vétérinaires (SCAV), Genève
«Suspect Screening Food Supplements»
16.00 Dr. Xanthippe Theurillat, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne
«Broadening the scope of PFAS analysis in food: No compromise in data reliability»
16.30 Conclusion, end of the symposium
17.00 Ilmac Reception and Aperitif
Organizing Committee
Hanspeter Andres, METAS, SCS Division of Analytical Sciences
Thomas Gude, Thomas Gude GmbH, SwissFoodChem
Ilmac Conference, Day 2: «BioAlps Forum»
organised in partnership with the Swiss Biotech Association.
This first session will present case studies in lab automation. Showcasing the innovation behind the acceleration of efficiency, sustainability, and precision. In the second session we will focus on case studies from partners developing and making use of AI and ML innovations to optimise and accelerate drug development.
09.30 Welcome and symposium opening /
Presentations from the organizing associations: BioAlps Association and Swiss Biotech Association
09.45 Session 1: Future of Labs – Latest innovations and outlook.
Alain Farine, JAG Jakob
Georges Muller, SEED Biosciences
Adrien Roux, HEPIA – Tissue Engineering Laboratory
Sébastien Walpen, CEIDOS
10.30 Short break
10.45 Session 2: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applied to drug development.
Loïc Roch, Atinary
Jo Varshney, VeriSim Life
Jean-Philippe Fricker, Cerebras
Raphëlle Luisier, IDIAP Research Institute
Marion Bossy, SOPHiA GENETICS
11.30 Networking
12.00 Lunch Break
13.30 Start-up Session: 3min Pitches
- CapCo Bio GmbH (Biotech), Irma Ochigava, Freiburg im Breisgau
- inSEIT AG (Pharma), Gordon Honeyman, Bern
- MedScienceSwiss AG (Biotech), Pierre Vollenweider, Küsnacht
- UniteLabs GmbH (Information technology), Robert Zechlin, München
- Unomr (Lab technology), Til Schlotter, Zürich
- Aerospec SA (Information technology), Nikunj Dudani, Lausanne
- Biomatics (Biotech), Chloé Albietz, La Tzoumaz
- Ceidos SA (Process technology), Sébastien Walpen, Monthey
15.45 Networking
Organizing Committee
Magali Bischof (Ribes), BioAlps Association
Aditya Yellepeddi, Swiss Biotech Association