Join us in Lambertville, NJ from September 14th to September 16th for our second US Sentronic NIR PAT meeting. The meeting will feature discussions of applications of NIR PAT from industrial users, academics, and veteran consultants. Additionally, we'll have an afternoon featuring hands-on demonstrations of Sentronic's NIR PAT equipment in process simulators or miniaturized processes.
Venue:
| Lambertville Inn, Lambertville NJ
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| Date: | September 14 - 16, 2026 | |
Participation fee: | $450 (Early-bird rate of $350 for registrations received before July 31, 2026!) | |
Includes: full conference, snacks and drinks, conference dinner, and evening social event on September 15th
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| Accommodation: | We placed on option for rooms at a reduced rate at the event venue. | |
| The details will be provided with the confirmation of registration. |
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Please find below the schedule for the meeting per day! This will be continuously be updated!
In the PM of the first day we plan demonstrations of PAT in combination with unit operation simulator systems. Currently planned are:
- SentroPAT DA in a SentroBlender
- SentroPAT Compact in a Gericke Mini Blender
- SentroPAT FO and SentroProbe DRLS in a Feed Frame Simulator
Please note that the above is tentatively and the final confirmation of availability is pending.
The Tuesday is fully dedicated to presentations on NIR based PAT for OSD. This includes talks from industrial users, academic research, well recognized consultants for PAT, software providers, and much more.
The day will be completed by an evening activity which needs to be determined and followed by a conference dinner!
The last day of the Sentronic US PAT Meeting will be again fully dedicated to talks. We will formally close in the early afternoon.
Register now and don't miss the Sentronic PAT US Meeting 2026! Please don't hesitate to contact us if there is any question!
A diverse lineup of expert speakers made this an insightful event, and we’re excited to now share the talks that we’re allowed to publish.
Browse the videos below or head over to our YouTube channel to explore more.
Uwe Kirschner
CEO Sentronic GmbH
Uwe opens the Sentronic PAT Meeting 2024 with an introduction to the company, its history in PAT, and the evolution of the user group meetings into open PAT meetings.
Manel Bautista
Senior PAT Expert at Roche
Manel presents on his work establishing PAT concepts to showcase Drug Product Uniformity in bin blending as well as in a CDC line.
Phil Doherty
CEO of Acuitis Process Analytical Technologies
Phil presents practical considerations for data acquisition and modelling when applying NIR-based PAT to bin blending processes.
Stefan Busche
PAT Expert at Merck Darmstadt
Stefan provides detailed insights and explains why PAT is seen as backbone of a small-scale continuous production line.
Stephan Sacher
Principal Scientist at RCPE
In his presentation Stephan explores digital real-time release testing in the context of continuous tablet manufacturing.
Owen Rehrauer
President Sentronic US Corp.
Owen presents on technologies and techniques that make NIR PAT easier to use. The focus is on features of SentroPAT systems as well as simpler methods for multivariate data analysis.
Steve Hammond
SHC - Steve Hammond Consulting
Steve, an independent consultant for PAT with nearly four decades of experience, presents strategies for optimizing NIR fiber-optic sampling in dynamic powder flows.
Brad Swarbrick
Founder and CEO at KAX Group
Brad discusses key aspects of data quality, governance, and integrity aligned with regulatory and operational demands in PAT-based manufacturing.
Adam Rish
Scientist at Sentronic US Corp.
Adam presents on Bias Correction in Iterative Optimization Technology Algorithms via Wavelength Weighting. A great detail to improve results acieved based on IOT.
Johan Hultman
Head of Product and Marketing Management at Sartorius
Johan presents on recent progress in simplifying calibration transfer to facilitate knowledge sharing and accelerate deployment.
Martin Warman
Martin Warman Consultancy
Martin, a highly experienced consultant and pioneer in implemeting PAT in the pharmaceutical industry, presents on PAT innovations that were driven by applications.
Louis Bouckaert
PhD student at Ghent University
Louis presents his comprehensive work on applying in-line NIR spectroscopy in a semi-continuous blender for the production of low-dose formulations.
Eleonora De Giorgi
Engineering Doctorate candidate at the University of Birmingham
Eleonora provides detailed insights into her work on optimizing PAT for continuous direct compression, using a feed frame simulator and a SentroPAT FO NIR spectrometer.