Indian Chemical News (ICN), an online news media covering Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Energy sector is organizing an E-conference on "Lab Digitalization - Delivering Efficiency & Sustainability" on May 24, 2022 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM IST.

The virtual E-conference is supported by Dassault Systemes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company that provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations.

One can register as a delegate for the event by clicking on the link   

The speakers for the E-conference on Lab Digitalization are: Bijal Mathkar, R&I Director, Solvay Research and Innovation Center India; Dr. Frank Schaffer, Industry Process Consultant, Dassault Systemes; Dr. Jayant D. Umarye, AVP - R&D, Godrej Agrovet Limited; Ganesan Balakrishnan, GM – R&D and Special Projects, Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited; and Pravin Prashant, Editor, Indian Chemical News.

The conventional paper-based laboratories are often error-prone, making knowledge transfer even more difficult. However, with the rise of technology and remote work, managing a digital laboratory offers many benefits. The inefficient paper-based processes for recording, managing and executing recipes, processes and methods are being replaced by digital ones. The company data is stored reliably and consistently in a single centralized system, minimizing the risk of human error.

Going digital makes it easier to access information from anywhere and organize and store information. By removing papers and files from your lab, you can also reduce clutter, giving you more space for lab equipment and experiments. By switching to a digital lab, one can take one step towards being more productive and help to prevent research delays due to missing access to needed info.

There are many challenging scenarios in the industry that companies have to face every day. These include manual data processing that often leads to loss of data and contributes to pending planning or decisions. The disconnected and unstandardized data silos is another challenge apart from long experimental cycle times, non-standardized procedures and the lack of compliance.

Automation makes it easier for lab managers to focus on more specialized tasks and responsibilities. Automated tools can take care of data entry tasks like documenting experiment hypotheses, analytical data and other metrics, freeing up your time to focus on higher order tasks at hand. Automation doesn’t just eliminate human error but also helps your scientists spend their valuable time and energy in the right direction and be more productive.

Ongoing research suggests using Big Data and AI (Artificial Intelligence) could be a game-changing strategy for finding new drugs and increasing their chances of regulatory success. In this context, the specialist companies such as Dassault Systemes offer solutions such as collaborative science cloud, streamlining lab execution, formulating for sustainability, materials management for sustainability, materials for performant design, and scientific data analysis, and Machine Learning (ML).

In this E-conference, one will learn how the digital transformation to a productive and collaborative laboratory succeeds. The digital transformation towards the laboratory of the future helps companies to speed up tech transfer, automate laboratory processes, standardize product specifications.

Key discussion points to be covered in the E-conference are: Management challenges in a conventional paper-based laboratory; Exploring laboratory IT solutions for error free outcomes; Optimizing laboratory processes to enable consistent productivity; Current trends and case studies on successful adoption of digital tools; and Re-imagining digitally integrated and automated laboratory of tomorrow.

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