2023 PDA Contamination Control Strategy Workshop (New Orleans)

06 Apr - 07 Apr 2023
New Orleans, LA

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Join us in New Orleans for the 2023 PDA Contamination Control Strategy Workshop – PDA’s most interactive workshop ever!

Key to this workshop is more than eight hours of hands-on small group activities and discussions facilitated by recognized industry experts. Learn not only the theory of developing a great contamination control strategy (CCS), but also how to translate that theory into actual practice. Gain the skills you need to create holistic contamination control strategies covering all aspects of the manufacturing operation, including facility design and utilities, environmental control, validation and monitoring, quality systems, people, and processes. This workshop is based on PDA’s newest Technical Report, PDA Technical Report No. 90: Contamination Control Strategy Development in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (TR 90), which will be provided free to each participant as a tool to prepare for the workshop. Jumpstart your CCS understanding and how to apply it to your manufacturing facilities and processes in this world-class interactive workshop – your hands-on solution to developing and implementing a successful CCS!

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

  • Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi and Workshop Chair
  • Frederic B. Ayers, Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Marcia C. Baroni, MBA, VP Enterprise GxP Compliance & Systems, Emergent BioSolutions
  • Richard Denk, Senior Consulting Aseptic Processing & Containment, SKAN AG
  • Marc Glogovsky, MS, Business Unit Manager/Senior Consultant – Microbiology, Valsource, Inc.
  • Madison Hoal, Global Technical Consultant, Ecolab Life Sciences
  • Chris Knutsen, PhD, Technical Fellow, Microbiology, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Patrick Mains, Senior Consultant, ValSource, Inc.
  • Amanda M. McFarland, MS, Senior Consultant, ValSource, Inc.
  • Christopher A. Murdock, PhD, CQA, Senior Director, Global Quality Systems, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Nidhi Shah, MBA, Director Aseptic Process SME FFIP, Sanofi
  • Donald C. Singer, MA, ASQ Fellow, CPGP, Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, Ecolab Life Sciences
  • Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK
  • James Wamsley, Consultant, ValSource, Inc.
Program Highlights

Make sure to save your seat – the first offering of this workshop was sold out!

All Workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the new PDA Technical Report No. 90: Contamination Control Strategy Development in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (TR 90)!

Agenda

Discover What's Happening Each Day
Day 1 06 Apr Day 2 07 Apr
Thursday, 6 April

THURSDAY, 06 APRIL

08:00 – 17:30 | Registration Open

08:00 – 09:15 | Continental Breakfast

09:15 – 10:45 | P1:Developing a Contamination Control Strategy Workshop
Moderator: Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

In this session, the presenters will review PDA’s approach to the development of a contamination control strategy. Using a case study, they’ll also discuss how to identify contamination risks, embed quality risk management (QRM) risk principles, and implement appropriate controls.

09:15 | Welcome Remarks from Workshop Co-Chairs and TR Introduction
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi
Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

09:50 | QRM as a Foundation to CCS
Amanda M. McFarland, MS, Senior Consultant, ValSource, Inc.

10:10 | CCS Case Study
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, 
Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

10:30 | Q&A

10:45 – 11:15 | Break in Exhibit Area

11:15 – 12:30 | Small Group Breakout
Moderator: Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

In this session, participants will use a hands-on tool to begin evaluating their own contamination control strategies. There will be ample time for discussion with their facilitator and peers.  Each topic will open with a short overview of considerations from the TR, then time for individual evaluations followed by table discussion.

11:15 | Introduction to the Breakout Activity
Madison Hoal, Global Technical Consultant, Ecolab Life Sciences

11:35 | TR90 Overview: Personnel/Training
Marc Glogovsky, MS, Business Unit Manager/Senior Consultant – Microbiology, Valsource, Inc.

11:45 | Individual Work

11:55 | Breakout Discussion

12:30 – 13:30 | Networking Lunch

13:30 – 14:45 | Small Group Breakout
Moderator: Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

In this session, participants will use a hands-on tool to begin evaluating their own contamination control strategies. There will be ample time for discussion with their facilitator and peers.

13:30 | TR90 Overview: Process Design
Frederic B. Ayers, Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company

13:40 | Individual Work

13:50 | TR90 Overview: Vendor/Material
Chris Knutsen, PhD,
Technical Fellow, Microbiology, Bristol Myers Squibb

14:00 | Individual Work

14:10 | Group Discussion

14:45 – 15:15 | Break in Exhibit Area

15:15 – 16:30 | Rotating Stations
Moderator: Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

Participants will rotate through four different stations, each led by SME facilitators, focusing on a key section of TR90. Upon joining each station, participants will select which sub-topic they would like to start the discussion with and then facilitators will guide the conversation through the rest of the topics. All participants will be randomly assigned to a group and will have the opportunity to rotate through all four stations (two station on Day 1 and two station on Day 2).

  • Station 1: Facility/Utility (topics include environmental monitoring performance qualification, environmental monitoring, maintenance, utility, start-up, facility flow, validation, etc.)
  • Station 2: Raw Material/Process (topics include opening processing, viral risk, in-process testing strategy, advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), container closure integrity testing (CCIT), aseptic process simulation (e.g., media fills, etc.)
  • Station 3: Personnel/Training (topics include awareness, culture, governance, training/qualification, gowning, aseptic process simulation (“media fills”), etc.)
  • Station 4: Equipment/Barrier Technologies (topics include cleaning validation, gloves, barrier technologies, single-use technologies, robotics, etc.)

15:15 | Activity Orientation
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

15:25 | Rotation 1

  • Group A – Station 1
  • Group B – Station 2
  • Group C – Station 3
  • Group D – Station 4

15:55 | Station Switch

16:00 | Rotation 2

  • Group A – Station 2
  • Group B – Station 1
  • Group C – Station 4
  • Group D – Station 3

16:30 – 17:00 | P2: Day 1 Report Outs and Q&A
Moderator: Amanda M. McFarland, MS, Senior Consultant, ValSource, Inc.

Day 1 will close out with a Q&A Panel with the day's presenters

16:30 | Q&A and Wrap Up
Frederic B. Ayers,
Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi
Marc Glogovsky, MS, Business Unit Manager/Senior Consultant – Microbiology, Valsource, Inc.
Madison Hoal, Global Technical Consultant, Ecolab Life Sciences
Chris Knutsen, PhD, Technical Fellow, Microbiology, Bristol Myers Squibb
Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

17:00 – 18:00 | Reception in Exhibit Area

Friday, 7 April

FRIDAY, 07 APRIL

07:00 – 12:30 | Registration Open

07:00 – 08:00 | Continental Breakfast

08:00 – 08:45 | P3: Creating a CCS Document
Moderator: Frederic B. Ayers, Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company

This interactive session will cover the CCS structure proposed in TR90 and give some practical guidance on how to structure the CCS document hierarchy for multi-product facilities.  

08:00 | Creating a CCS Document and CCS Lifecycle Management
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

08:25 | Q&A

08:45 – 10:00 | Small Group Breakout
Moderator: Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

In this session, participants will use a hands-on tool to begin evaluating their own contamination control strategies. There will be ample time for discussion with their facilitator and peers. 

08:45 | TR90 Overview: Equipment/Barrier Tech
Patrick Mains, Senior Consultant, ValSource, Inc

08:55 | Individual Work on Own

09:05 | TR90 Overview: Facility/Utility
Donald C. Singer, MA, ASQ Fellow, CPGP, Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, Ecolab Life Sciences

09:15 | Individual Work on Own

09:25 | Group Discussion

10:00 – 10:20 | Break

10:20 – 11:35 | Rotating Stations
Moderator: Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

Participants will rotate through four different stations, each led by SME facilitators, focusing on a key section of TR90. Upon joining each station, participants will select which sub-topic they would like to start the discussion with and then facilitators will guide the conversation through the rest of the topics. All participants will be randomly assigned to a group and will have the opportunity to rotate through all four stations.

10:20 | Welcome Back and Activity Reorientation
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi

10:30 | Rotation 3

  • Group A – Station 3
  • Group B – Station 4
  • Group C – Station 1
  • Group D – Station 2

11:00 | Station Switch

11:05 | Rotation 4

  • Group A – Station 4
  • Group B – Station 3
  • Group C – Station 2
  • Group D – Station 1

11:35 – 12:30| P4: Day 2 Report Outs and Q&A
Moderator: Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

The Workshop will close with a final report out from the SME station facilitators and a final opportunity for questions from attendees.  

11:35 | Station Report Outs

11:55 | Q&A and Panel Discussion with Station Leads

12:25 | Closing Remarks from Workshop Co-Chairs
Cheryl E. Essex, MS, Head of Quality Operations R&D Genomic Medicines, Sanofi
Kim Sobien, MBA, MSAT Contamination Control Lead and GSK Fellow, GSK

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The 2023 PDA Contamination Control Strategy Workshop will take place at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans!

Rate: $255 USD for single/double occupancy, plus state and local taxes
Cut-Off Date: Friday, 03 March 2023 (after this date the discounted PDA rate is no longer guaranteed)
Check-In: 16:00
Check-Out: 11:00

Reservations

Online: Click on the reservation link above
Phone: +1 (504) 561-1234, make sure to give the PDA Group Code, G-PDAA, to receive the discounted conference rate

Individual Cancellation

72 hours prior to 23:59 local time of the day of arrival to check-in to avoid one night fee. Obtaining and canceling hotel reservations is the responsibility of the meeting participant. Individuals will be responsible for payment of their own cancellation fees.


Discover the culture of the Crescent City at Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Centered downtown near Champions Square, Smoothie King Center, and minutes from the historic Mississippi Riverfront. There's no better place from which to explore the eclectic vibrancy of New Orleans.

Hyatt Regency New Orleans is conveniently located near many popular attractions. They’re only a few minutes walk from the French Quarter and the Arts District. Or hop on the city’s famous streetcars — the Loyola line stops directly outside the hotel.

How to Get Here
By Air Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is approximately 15 miles (24km) from the hotel and all major carriers service this airport. Taxi fares from MSY are approximately $36 one way, not including tip, and will take about 20 minutes.
By Car Hyatt Regency New Orleans is located at 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113. Valet parking is offered at the hotel and there are several nearby parking lots, including the 1301 Girod Parking Garage that connects directly to the hotel. Contact Merit Parking to confirm pricing; +1 (504) 561-0575.

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Member Price

$2,095

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$895

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$895

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$1,395

StudentMember Only

$595

AcademicMember Only

$895

Non-Member

$2,495

See Qualifying Criteria for Member Types.

GROUP REGISTRATION DISCOUNT: Register 3 people from the same organization as a group (at the same time) for the event and receive the 4th registration free. Other discounts cannot be applied.

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CANCELLATION: If a cancellation request is received 30 days before the event, a credit (registration fee paid minus a 200.00 USD/EUR processing fee) will be given. No credits will be given for cancellation requests received less than 30 days before the event. Cancellation requests must be emailed to registration@pda.org.

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