Thursday, May 1, 2008

Discovery Track

CHEMICAL REGISTRATION SYSTEMS & ELN CASE STUDIES

9:40 Chairperson’s Remarks
John McCarthy, Vice President, Applications Product Management, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

9:50 Process-Centric Integration: Lessons from Simultaneously Deploying ELN, Registration, Assay Routing, and Compound Management Technologies
Ramesh V. Durvasula, Ph.D., Director, Chemistry Informatics, R&D Informatics Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
In the effort to accelerate scientific innovation in Discovery, our organization has embraced a more process-centric view of our technology portfolio.  In the past a number of applications were cast as siloed technologies, with individual priorities for application enhancements.  Increasingly we are weaving together applications as stepping stones in holistic support of  scientific processes, and thus coordinating enhancements across multiple applications to deliver a new or improved business capability.  Certainly this is a common vision for our entire industry, but deconstructing the vision into actionable plans is the primary challenge of Informatics professionals.  This talk will present a case study of a set of business processes used by chemists at BMS, and how the re-engineering of these processes was achieved through a choreography of technology investments.  Specifically, I will discuss the implementation and integration of a new set of applications (ELN, Registration, compound management, assay requests, etc.).  Lessons learned from the process mapping, technology build-out, end-to-end systems integration, and rollout to the user community will be shared.

10:20 The DuPont Chemical Information Management System: Challenges and Evolving Solutions for Chemical Information Management and Integration in a Diversified Science Company
Mark A. Andrews, Senior Information Associate, Information and Computing Technologies Division, DuPont Central Research and Development, The DuPont Company
This talk will describe DuPont’s new Chemical Information Management System, an integrated semi-customized 3-tier architecture system that employs Symyx’ ISIS™/Draw, Direct Oracle Cartridge, Cheshire, and ChimePro together with DeltaSoft’s ChemCart Registration. The talk will highlight illustrations of how these tools have enabled the implementation of the novel structure representation methods, robust duplicate-checking algorithms, comprehensive structure-standardization rules, versatile data modeling techniques, and rapidly deployed customized web interfaces required to handle the complex materials and wide-ranging analytical properties encountered in a diversified science company like DuPont. The talk will also show how the system is integrated with other information management resources, enabling a single system to serve as both a research productivity enhancement tool and a corporate chemical data standard for regulatory and sourcing/sales databases.

10:50 DiscoveryGate and Reference Database Web Services
Russ Hillard, Ph.D., Senior Product Manager, Symyx Software, Symyx Technologies, Inc.
Recent enhancements to the DiscoveryGate online content platform will be described. Use cases will be presented that illustrate how DiscoveryGate provides direct answers to research questions including: preparation or procurement of known compounds, reported properties of known compounds, and synthetic methods suitable for making novel compounds. Web service access to the Symyx Available Chemicals Directory database will be described. Progress toward extended web service access to all Symyx Reference Databases will be demonstrated and a roadmap for new online content services will be presented.

Discovery Track

ADDING VALUE THROUGH SYMYX SOFTWARE IN DISCOVERY

2:45 Chairperson’s Remarks
John McCarthy, Vice President, Applications Product Management, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

2:55 Integration of Lab Execution and Analysis in the High-Throughput Experimentation Information Management System
Johan Aubert, L’Oreal Advanced Research
In 2007, the Lab Execution and Analysis suite has been installed for High-Throughput Experimentation for Materials, in the HTE Department. LEA had to be connected to our existing information management system including compound registration, sample and workflow management, data registration and retrieval, requiring the development of specific add ins and software in order to facilitate data exchange. As Lab Execution and Analysis software fits nicely to our HTE process, we plan to extend the use Symyx Software in the new fields of HTE.

3:25 Experiences from Global Rollout of a Customized SYMYX Logistics Application at Boehringer Ingelheim
Georg G. Otto, Ph.D., System Analyst, Department of Information Technology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, and Scott Whalen, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
An efficient workflow to search, retrieve and maintain chemical reagents is a key asset for every Pharma Company. To improve efficiency, reduce costs and satisfy upcoming regulatory needs Boehringer was looking for a next generation Logistics System that would replace the legacy CIMS applications and cope with changes of interfacing hardware. This presentation will summarize how Boehringer Ingelheim has successfully implemented Symyx Logistics in various sites globally. Site specific customizations at Biberach, Germany and Ridgefield, USA, as well as data migration, technical setup of the Isentris Architecture, performance aspects and end user training are covered. In particular the challenges in a global Pharma environment, like interface to various purchasing systems, custom prices and automated vertical storage robotics and their implementation will be explored.

4:15 The Evaluation and Implementation of Symyx Direct 6.0 Chemical Cartridge
Donald Hamp, Ph.D., Program Manager, Merck Research Laboratories – IT & Vaniambadi Venkatensan, Global Manager, Merck Research Laboratories – Technology Application Services

4:45 ISIS to Isentris- Case Studies of Isentris Transition Projects
John McCarthy, Vice President, Applications Product Management, Symyx Technologies, Inc.
Research organizations are adopting Isentris for various critical business needs and goals. This session highlights several Isentris transition case studies where organizations have adopted Isentris. The talk will highlight transition goals, the delivered project and results. Case studies will include customers who have adopted Isentris for improved decision support and collaboration, as well as projects to integrate registration and logistics into the scientist’s workflows.

Friday, May 2, 2008

8:30am - 12:00pm Software Advisory Board (by invitation only)

Executive Session | Development Track | Product Demonstration | Birds of a Feather Breakout Discussions