Great feedback for HEL's Conference on Flow & Batch Process Development

“Very well run conference and event”, “I enjoyed the conference very much “, “The conference was very interesting and I think I'll be back next year”, “New material which I would not have otherwise seen which was especially valuable”, “Good mix of people”, “Well organised, excellent communication”;  just some of the comments that delegates from 10 countries who joined HEL’s 12th Conference on flow and batch chemistry in Cambridge last week !!

Representatives of  different organisations including Astrazeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Novartis, UCB Pharma, Sanofi-Aventis, Dr Reddy’s, BP, Johnson Matthey and Carbogen  were joined by senior academics from Universities such as Cambridge, Cranfield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Leiden as well as German Fraunhofer Institute and Spanish Institut Català d'Investigació Química.

The social gathering at St Catharine’s college extended into the local pub and proved a great networking opportunity for all.  Some photos in our Picasa Album… !

Flow and batch process development focus for HEL 12th Conference

Join us at Cambridge University for a series of lectures and presentations from leading scientists.

Speakers and titles confirmed so far include :

• Introduction and Keynote Lecture , by Dr Ian R. Baxendale, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Cambridge University (UK)
• Flow Hydrogenation: Enhanced Diastereoselectivity, Purity Control, and Catalyst Activity relative to Batch operation, by Dr Joel Hawkins, Pfizer (Groton, USA)
• Development of catalytic oxidation flow process (tentative), by John Studley,Vertex Pharmaceuticals (UK)
• Pd/diphosphane-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitrobenzenein methanol – some surprises, by Dr T Mooibroek, Prof. E. Bouwman and Prof. E. Drent, Leiden University (Netherlands)
• Development of new oxidation catalysts (tentative), by Dr Mark J Muldoon, Queens University Belfast, (UK)
• Reactive distillation in continuous mode, by Prof Allen Wright, University of Newcastle (UK)
• Hydrogenation and other Continuous Processes in supercritical fluids, by Prof Martyn Poliakoff and Dr Richard Bourne, University of Nottingham (UK)
• Engineering aspects of batch and flow heterogeneous reactors based on performance data, by Dr Jasbir Singh, HEL Group (UK).

The conference will take place on Tuesday September 27th, and participants are invited to join us for a complementary Drinks reception and  a three course dinner at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge on Monday 26th September.  Early Bird Discount available until June 30th.  Contact  marketing@helgroup.com, or visit our website to find out more.

It's Just Not Cricket... !

Our 9th User Conference is now behind us, and we are happy to say that everything went well....

Comments from delegates were positive, and included :
"Good overview presented with a good explanation of complex issuess"
“Useful angles on use of calorimetry both for hazards and other purposes"
“Very enjoyable event.Well organised and beneficial both in terms of networking and learning"
“Balanced mix of academic and industrial research.”

HEL User Conference 2008 photos

We are now planning the next event in 2009 - focused on High Pressure Applications - suggestions for venues, subjects etc will be welcome...

We're everywhere ...!!!

This month (September) you can see HEL's sales staff in many locations - just look at this list of conferences and events:

2-4 September
Particulate System Analysis 2008
---New Product Launch----
Stratford-upon-Avon UK

3 September
PCI Research Development & Innovation Working Group Workshop
University of Limerick, Ireland

7-9 September
British Association for Crystal Growth Conference 2008
Loughborough University, UK

8-9 September
Pharmaceutical ChemOutsourcing
NJ, USA

15-17 September
The Scale-Up of Chemical Processes
Rome, Italy

14-18 September
XIX National Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry
Verona, Italy

30 September 2008
9th HEL Hazard Conference
Trends in Calorimetry and Hazard Assesment
Lords Cricket Ground, London, UK

But the 2 highlights of this month will be Jasbir Singh's course on process safety the the Scientific Update scale-up conference in Rome and of course our very own user confenrence at the end of this month at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London. We have some new products and development to present at the conference and the booking forms are still coming in... ! watch this space for some photos from the conference.

Lord's Cricket Ground and other marketing issues

Someone has to be the first to write something in this blog... so I guess it will be me, as it is my idea to start it.

What did I start this Blog for ? well, its all about HEL. About our day to day and also perhaps to improve our own internal communication by sharing our various work experiences. It will be nice to read some anecdotal entries, but also to hear about each other's work, achievements, professional problems, etc. We could get some research results and application notes published here, and let our customers comment and even post their own opinions.

So, what have I been up to ? I just spoke to one of the event organisers in the Lord's Cricket Ground, and arranged for a tour of the grounds at the end of our User Conference on September 30th. She said that there is a very good chance to be able to see both the Long Room and the Players Changing Rooms ! bookings for this event are coming in fast currently. We still have a few more places but the space is limited so hurry if you want to join.

We are also venturing into a new market - and will be exhibiting for the first time at ArabLAB 2009, January 2009 in Dubai, so I have been busy arranging this. Our website is being overhauled and you should be able to see some changes within the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can see some information on some of our new products already there, such as AutoMATE II, Phi-TEC I, and FlowCAT.

Visit again soon for more...