(Sent to BME Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students) On behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals Alliance (AMP) led by Eric Munson, Alina Alexeenko, and Garth Simpson, you are invited to participate in the inaugural Purdue Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals Expo, on Tuesday, November 23, from 12.00 to 5.00 pm, in the new Convergence Center<https://discoveryparkdistrict.com/the-convergence-center/>, in Discovery Park (101 Foundry Dr, West Lafayette) Need for event This will be an in-person event, with the goal to better understand the depth and breadth of the advanced pharma manufacturing work at Purdue. This awareness will help us organize and prepare for large funding opportunities, such as a National Center of Excellence in Advanced and Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. Your input will be critical to determine which opportunities to pursue, form core teams to strategize ahead of funding announcements, and gain critical mass to obtain support from industry, Indiana, and other relevant sponsors. Program The format will include an update from Lewis and Burke, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentations on your most relevant research directions, followed by guided faculty discussions to identify cluster of interests, priorities, and action items. Anyone can present: graduate students, post docs, research staff, faculty, but only graduate students will be eligible to win awards, and their Faculty advisor must be present in order to qualify for awards. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch for everyone 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm - Lewis-Burke Associates update on pharmaceutical funding opportunities, followed by Q&A 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm - Opening remarks and AMP goals 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm - 3MT first round 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm - Break 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm - Faculty discussion of opportunities, funding, facilities 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm - 3MT second round 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm - Break 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm - Continued Faculty discussion of opportunities, funding, facilities 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm - Conclusions, next steps, presentation of awards 3MT presentations and prizes Awards ($500, $300, $200) will be given to graduate students for the best 3MT presentations; faculty advisors must be present for the 3MT presentations in order for their group members to qualify for awards. Presentations should be accompanied by one slide with a high level overview of the work done, name of collaborators, sponsors, results, plans, and impact. A slide template is attached. RSVP To RSVP, please follow this link<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0rl7tJ4W46FxE2O>. Graduate students must register as well at the same link and email the slide to Jennifer Gray gray160@purdue.edu<mailto:gray160@purdue.edu> by November 18, 2021. For questions, please contact Jennifer Gray gray160@purdue.edu<mailto:gray160@purdue.edu>. We look forward to your participation in this pivotal initiative. Alina Alexeenko, Eric Munson & Garth Simpson Eric J. Munson, Ph. D. Dane O. Kildsig Chair and Head Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Purdue University Robert E. Heine Pharmacy Building 124D 575 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2091 Ph: (765) 494-1450 Mobile: (785) 218-7194 Fax: (765) 494-6545 E-mail: munsone@purdue.edu<mailto:munsone@purdue.edu> STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail or at (765) 494-1450 and delete this message and its attachments, if any.