Audience:

Biomanufacturing Educators from two and four year colleges and universities and technical high schools.

Purpose:

To exchange best practices and ideas to support and enhance biomanufacturing education and training and the workforce for the 21st century.

Sponsor:

The National Science Foundation's ATE Regional Center for Biomanufacturing, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC²).

Host
Institution:

Montgomery County Community College
340 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422
CONTACT:
Linda Rehfuss, Dean of Math, Science and Technology
215 619 6643 Voice
lrehfuss@mc3.edu
215 619 7170 FAX

Program
Agenda:

All Conference Attendees

Reception/Dinner/Lecture at Montgomery County Community College Advanced Technology Center (5:30pm to 9:00pm): Sunday, July 13th

Breakfast (8:00am to (9:00am):
Monday, July 14th through Thursday, July 17th

Keynoters (9:00am to 10:00am):
Monday, July 14th through Thursday, July 17th

Vendor Show and Interest Tables (10:20am to 12:15pm):
Tuesday, July 15th

Lunch (12:30pm to 1:30pm):
Monday, July 14th through Thursday, July 17th

Wrap-Up and Evaluation  (11:30pm to 12:30pm): Thursday, July 17th

Conference Attendees Choose
When proceeding to the "Registration" page - make your choices for the following morning and afternoon hands-on workshops and panels (first come first served). Workshop options will be listed again on registration page.

Morning Concurrent Sessions

Monday 10:20am to 12:15pm:

Panel on “How to Write an NSF ATE Grant” with Celeste Carter, NSF  and Sonia Wallman, NBC²
Click to View Sample NSF ATE Grant Proposal
Click to View PowerPoint Presentation Slides
           OR
Panel on “How to Set Up Short Courses for Incumbent Worker Training” with Tom Burkett, NBC²

Wednesday 10:20am to 12:15pm:

Panel on “How To Start An Industrial Biotechnology Program” with Sonia Wallman, NBC² , Sengyong Lee, IvyTech and Bill Woodruff, Alamance CC.  
Click to View Sengyong Lee PowerPoint Presentation slides
           OR
Panel on “How to Teach Biomanufacturing at the High School Level” with Mary Jane Kurtz, NBC² 
Click to View PowerPoint Presentation slides

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

Monday  1:30pm to 4:30pm:

Workshop:  “QC Biochemistry: Protein Methods” by Melanie Lenahan, NBC² and Laura Roselli NBC²
Click to View PowerPoint Presentation slides

            OR

 Workshop:  “Instrument Validation” by Tom Burkett, NBC²

                     OR

 Workshop:  “Process Control” by William Brownlowe, MCCC and “Purification of Antibodies using Protein A" by Josephine Pino, Christina Befumo, NBC2

Tuesday 1:30pm to 4:30pm:

 Workshop:  “Environmental Health & Safety: Root Cause Analysis and FMEA” by Jim Hewlett, NBC²

                        OR

 Workshop:  “Introduction to Biomanufacturing Techniques” by Mary Jane Kurtz, NBC²

                         OR

 Workshop:  “Metrology: Pipette Calibration and Maintenance” by Bob O’Brien, NBC²
Click to View Metrology PowerPoint Presentation slides

Wednesday 1:30pm to 4:30pm:

Workshop:  “A Biomanufacturing Facility on Second Life” by Sonia Wallman, NBC²

                          OR

Workshop:  “Quality Assurance: Popcorn GMP Exercise” by Deb Audino, NBC² and Linda Rehfuss, NBC²

                         OR

Workshop:  Use of Pichia pastoris Secreting HSA to Teach Process Development Theory and Skills by Eszter Birck-Wilson, NBC²
Click to View PDF presentation file

Special Sunday Night Lecture/Reception
5:30pm to 9:00pm

Keynote
Speakers:

 Arnold Demain, Drew University –  Antibiotics to Biologics: A History of Bioprocessing to Produce Therapeutics
Click to View PowerPoint Presentation slides

Reception, dinner and lecture at Advanced Technology Building, College Hall, Faculty/Staff Dining Room, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell PA

Overview of the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative
– Sonia Wallman, NHCTC

Taking Creative and Assertive Actions to Draw Students into the Biotech/Biomanufacturing Education Pipeline
–  Linda Rehfuss, MCCC
Click to View PowerPoint Presentation slides

Educating Students to Work in the Field of Organ Regeneration
– Jason Krentz, Tengion

Maintenance Evangelist
- Joel Leonard
Click to View PDF Articles

Registration:

The registration fee is $300 for Northeast Region (6 New England states plus NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, & DC) educators and $600 for educators out of region.  Registration fee also covers the opening reception on July 13, continental breakfast and lunch on July 14, 15, 16 and 17. For individuals needing to use a Purchase Order please contact Sonia Wallman at 603-559-1581 or swallman@ccsnh.edu for billing information.

Lodging:

Your registration fee also covers your lodging accomodations at "The Normandy Farm Hotel". You MUST make reservations yourself and REQUEST a room reserved for the BIOMAN conference. Your charge card will only be used to 'hold' your reserved room and you will not be charged upon checkout. Please call the hotel after you have completed your online conference registration. The phone number is 215-616-8500. Their website may be accessed at: www.NormandyFarm.com
Options for travel from Airport to Normandy Farm Hotel are:
Jeff's Sedan Service: (215 802 7371) We believe the rate to be $95.
Rent A Car: Click to view driving directions. Do NOT use MapQuest!
Taxi: Cost Prohibitive