CENTER FOR PROCESS ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE CPAC’s 25th Anniversary Meeting Save the date. CPAC Spring Meeting, May 4-7, 2009, Hotel Deca, Seattle, WA.

CPAC is a Consortium of Multi-Industry Sponsors, and Government Agencies  The Objective of the Center is to Address Challenges in Real-Time Analysis and Process Optimization Provides a Global Forum for Multi-disciplinary and Multi-University Participation in Developments in Process Analytical Technology

CPAC Activities Semiannual Sponsor Meetings (May & Nov) Tutorials and Technical Workshops Summer Institute – Seattle (July) Satellite Workshop – Rome, Italy (March) Industry Driven Initiatives Graduate Education IFPAC, FACSS, AIChE, Pittcon, etc. FDA (PAT, QbD), USP

THERE IS A GLOBAL INTEREST IN PRODUCT AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION Many Issues and concerns are emerging that affect governments, industries, and the general public. QUALITY COST ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SAFETY SECURITY

Today’s Key Topics include: Quality by Design - QbD Process Analytical Technology - PAT Food Quality and Safety Bio-Processing Green Chemistry Nanotechnology Micro-instrumentation Process Control and Data Handling

CPAC INITIATIVES INCLUDE: BIO-PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS (FERMI) MEASUREMENT TOOLS FOR FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY MICRO-INSTRUMENTATION FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION NEW SAMPLING AND SENSOR INITIATIVE (NeSSI) CHEMOMETRICS ON-LINE INITIATIVE (COPA)

TODAY - THREE CPAC PI’S WERE SELECTED BRIAN MARQUARDT UW, Applied Physics (Spectroscopies and Micro-Instrumentation) MIKE McCARTHY UC Davis, Food Sciences (NMR Advances) ROB SYNOVEC UW, Chemistry (Analytical Separations) These topics and their applications will be the basis for a tutorial at the May CPAC meeting

Additional CPAC PI’S will present research project reports and proposals at the May 4-7 Meeting Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemistry Health Sciences Forest Resources Applied Physics Food Sciences