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Spectroscopy in
the Hot Seat
SciX 2018 – held in Atlanta

• showcases cutting-edge
  research in the spectroscopic
  arena and demonstrates the
  impact of the technology
  on diverse fields. Here,
  several SciX chairs “pull up
  a pew” and share their tips
  for getting the most out of
  the conference – and their
  insights into the future of
  spectroscopy.

Process Analytical Technology

Chair: Jim Rydzak, Founder, Specere
Consulting, New York, USA.

Must-see sessions
I anticipate that “Enabled Flow Chemistry
and Continuous Manufacturing,”
and “Modeling for Continuous
Manufacturing” will be highlights of the
PAT sessions. These offer the cutting-
edge application of in-process on-line
spectroscopy to continuous manufacturing
practices, which is beginning to gain
traction in the pharmaceutical area.
I am also really looking forward to the
Speed Mentoring session (Monday 22,
12:15-1:30, Room A602) – a fun, fast-
paced session that allows young scientists
to talk to over a dozen spectroscopists
from various industry, academia, and
government labs to get an understanding
of what it’s like to work in those areas.
These interactions will be a wonderful
networking opportunity for job hunting
or just getting a better understanding of
life as a spectroscopist, and could even
be the basis of an ongoing mentoring
relationship. Register at members.
coblentz.org to take part and receive a
free boxed lunch.

I’ll also be attending:

• Workshop on PAT: Out of the Lab
  and into the Line.


• Charles Mann Award session on the
  Driving Forces Behind the Growth
  of Raman Spectroscopy


• Celebrating 60 years of Spectroscopy
  by the Society of Applied
  Spectroscopy

After hours

Be sure to bring your favorite sci-fi costume

to wear to the Wednesday night Gala –

who said spectroscopists were boring?

Chair: Xiaoyun (Shawn) Chen, Research

Scientist, The Dow Medical Company,

Midland, Michigan, USA.

Topics to watch

This is the fourth year we have organized

a session on Industrial Applications of

Vibrational Spectroscopy. Our original

motivation was very simple. There were

many SciX talks from academic groups,

but the limited number of talks from the

industry tended to be heavily focused on

(bio)pharmaceutical companies. Despite

their important role, you could count the

number of talks from the chemical industry

on the fingers of one hand. Organizing

these sessions allows industrial speakers

to showcase their research work to the

outside world and learn from each other

and the wider community.

These sessions are tough to organize

as those industrial speakers who do

breakthrough research often cannot get

approval for external release, but over the

years we have been lucky enough to feature

spectroscopists from industry-leading

companies including Eastman, Stepan,

DuPont, Infineum, and Dow Corning.

Must-see sessions

On Thursday, October 25, we will have

speakers from Dow, 3M and Chevron to

present on topics ranging from machine

learning, to quantification of hydrocarbon

in soil, to real-time reaction monitoring.

Raman Spectroscopy

Chair: Duncan Graham, Head of

Department, Department of Pure

and Applied Chemistry, University of

Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

Topics to watch

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) –

there’s a real opportunity for SRS to take

over where fluorescence has been used.

Must-see sessions

The Analyst Emerging Lectureship

Award lecture by Wei Min is something

I’m looking forward to a great deal. Min

has been producing excellent data for many

years now, pioneering the use of small,

inert tags for use in cell imaging with

stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), which

is quite stunning to see. The accompanying

award session dedicated to him will also

be of interest.

Chair: Ian R. Lewis, Director, Marketing,

Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc, Ann Arbor,

Michigan, USA.

Must-see sessions

This will be the 22nd year I have organized/

co-organized a session or symposium at

FACSS/SciX. With such a vibrant and