Co-Chairs
C. Oliver Kappe
Professor and Scientific Director, University of Graz and RCPE GmbH
C. Oliver Kappe is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Graz (Austria) and Scientific Director of the Center of Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processsing (CCFLOW) at RCPE GmbH. He received his diploma (1989) and his doctoral (1992) degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Graz and after two postdoctoral stays (University of Queensland and Emory University) returned to Graz in 1996 to start his independent academic career and was appointed Full Professor in 2011. Professor Kappe has an extensive general experience and a more than 30 year track record in synthetic/physical organic chemistry, and enabling synthetic technologies communicated in ~600 scientific publications. For the past two decades the focus of his research has been directed towards flow chemistry/continuous processing technology, encompassing a wide variety of synthetic transformations and experimental techniques. Recent emphasis has been put on green and sustainable API manufacturing technologies, including photochemistry, electrochemistry, mechanochemistry and using water as reaction medium.
Andrew Rutter
Consultant and Visiting Professor, Rutterdesign
Andrew Rutter FREng, is a consultant specialising in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, and the economics of supply chains. He advises pharmaceutical companies, governments, and equipment suppliers on programmes to adopt technologies like Continuous Manufacture, and Modularisation. He is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, and is actively researching methodologies for linking Chemistry, Engineering and Supply Chain decisions. Prior to consulting, he spent 20 years leading GSK’s Advanced Manufacturing Programme, and was a member of ICH Q13 Expert Working Group.
