AI, Supply Chain, Regulatory Shift in Chemistry and Medicine

 It is our great pleasure to announce that the 2025 Annual Symposium of Chinese American Chemical Society – East Chapter will be held at the Busch Campus of Rutgers University on June 7, 2025. This year we will keep offering more exciting opportunities for face-to-face discussion, networking, and collaboration.

This year's theme, " Embracing a Changing Landscape: AI, Supply Chains, and Regulatory Shifts in Chemistry and Medicine ", emphasizes the crucial role that chemistry and medicine play in improving our quality of life, from the development of life-saving drugs and therapies, to the emerging topics of artificial intelligence and supply chain challenges. 

The morning session of this symposium will feature expert panels in artificial intelligence, supply chain challenges to cope with the new tariff policy, and the evolving regulatory landscape of chemistry, manufacturing and controls. The afternoon session will provide an unlimited networking event to boost your business, career, network and fun! The poster session and career workshop will also be hosted to develop our young future talents.

Great thanks to our vendors and sponsors, we will be providing free breakfast, coffee break，lunch and afternoon snack.

We are excited to offer this opportunity for attendees to engage with their peers, learn about new developments in chemistry and medicine, and connect with potential collaborators and employers.

On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to wish everyone a successful and enjoyable symposium. We look forward to seeing you there!

Mingwen Wang Ph.D., 2025 President-Elect & Symposium Chair

Dujuan Lu, Ph.D., 2025 President

Yuan Cheng, Ph.D., Immediate Past-President 

(Tentative Program Agenda)

8:00-8:45 Name Tag Pick-Up, On-Site Registration & Breakfast

8:45-9:00 

Opening remarks: Dujuan Lu, Ph.D., SGS, E&L manager/global leader, E-CACS president
Welcoming Speech: Longqin Hu, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers University

Opening remarks: Dorothy J. Phillips, Ph.D., ACS president  

Morning Sessions | Lecture Hall

Three key topics will be presented, each featuring short talks, followed by a panel discussion:

9:00-10:15 The Transformative Power of AI in Drug Development, Regulation and Healthcare
• Moderator: 

  Ran He, Ph.D., THC Lawyers, Founder
• Speakers and panelists: 

  Peter Butch, Fox Rothschild LLP, Partner (Short talk, Panelist)
  Melody Dai, Ph.D., Global Molecular Solutions, Founder & CEO (Short talk, Panelist)
  Diwei Shi, Knewly AI, Founder (Panelist)
  Kai Wang, Ph.D., AI Ager, Founder and CEO (Panelist)

10:15-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:30 Building Resilient Supply Chains in a Volatile World
• Moderator:  

  Baohua Yue, Ph.D.

• Speakers and panelists:  

  Baohua Yue, Ph.D., Epic Pharma, CEO
  Shoufeng Li, Ph.D., Aucta Pharma, CEO
  Michael Mrvos Agno Pharma, VP
  Ben McGovern Francis Sterling Advisory Group LLC,  President and Founder 

11:30-12:30 The Evolving Regulatory Landscape of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls

• Organizers: NJ-ACS

• Moderator: 

   Rongfeng Zheng, Ph.D. & Robert Menger, Ph.D.  BMS & NJ-ACS

• Speakers and panelists:  

   Yuan Cheng, Ph.D., Regeneron, Associate Director 

   Yijun Lu, Ph.D., J&J, Director

   Amy Bu, Ph.D., BMS, Director

   Baoqing Ma, Ph.D., Past CACS President

12:30-13:30 Lunch break & Networking

13:00-14:00 Poster session

14:00-16:00 Afternoon Parallel Sessions:
Track A. Career Development & Job Opportunities (Lecture Hall)
Track B. Vendor Show (Exhibit Hall)

16:00-17:00 An open mingle session for attendees to connect, exchange ideas, and engage with speakers, vendors, and fellow participants 

17:00-17:10 Poster Award & Closing remarks by Mingwen Wang, Ph.D., 2025 E-CACS President-Elect & Symposium Chair 

18:00-20:00 Reception Dinner (Invitation Only for speakers, vendors and volunteers)

Job Posting (by 06/01/2025)

We encourage our members and symposium attendees to share job openings at your company. Please submit job openings using the form below by 06/01:

https://forms.gle/WWHtoqb1QCzLeQTD9

Or send your job openings to eastcacs@gmail.com by 06/01 using the format below.

Subject: Job Openings - [Your company] - [Your name].

Body text:

Your name:

Your contact information:

Your relationship to this role (select one):

a. Hiring manager

b. Willing to refer

c. Just sharing information

Please consider including a PDF file or a job link for each job opening. Comment in the email if you are not willing to share any of information listed above (your personal information is not mandatory).