8:00 – 9:20

Registration/breakfast/networking

9:20 – 9:30

Dr. Sue Zultanski (Merck)

Welcoming remarks

9:30 – 10:20

Professor Lee Cronin (University of Glasgow)

The Chemputer: A Universal Programmable Chemical Synthesis Engine

Introduced by Dr. Mike Smith (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

10:20 – 11:10

Dr. Subharekha Raghavan (Merck)

High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Capabilities at Merck Enabling New Paradigms in Drug Discovery

Introduced by Dr. Chunrui Sun (Merck)

11:10 – 11:40

AM Coffee Break

11:40 – 12:30

Professor Song Lin (Cornell University)

Catalyzing Synthetic Electrochemistry

Introduced by Professor Yalan Xing (William Paterson University)

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:20

Professor Amie Boal (Penn State University)

New Experimental Approaches to Understand Control of Reaction Outcome in Aliphatic Halogenases

Introduced by Professor Enver Izgu (Rutgers University)

2:20 – 3:10

Dr. Matthew Bio (Snapdragon Chemistry)

Mighty Machines: Integrated Design of Chemical Processes and Flow Reactor Systems

Introduced by Dr. Ken Fraunhoffer (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

3:10 – 3:40

PM Coffee Break

3:40 – 4:30

Professor Tom Rovis (Columbia University)

Controlling Catalysis with Visible Light

Introduced by Professor Joe Badillo (Seton Hall University)

4:30-4:40

Dr. Sue Zultanski (Merck)

Concluding remarks