6^th Swiss Industrial Chemistry Symposium, SICS 2026

Website and registration
https://sics26.scg.ch 

Deadlines
24.12.2025 Deadline for abstract submission
18.01.2025  Registration Deadline for regular Participants
Onsite registration is possible, but may cause queue time

Registration Fees
Free of charge for SCS members
100 CHF for non-SCS members

Chair
Stefan Hildbrand, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

___________________

Program

08.30 Registration and morning coffee
09.00 Welcome Message

Session 1 - Chair: Dr. Hayley Binch, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
09.15 Dr. Henrick Moebitz, Novartis
               SCS Senior Industrial Science Award Lecture 2025
               «Adventures in chemical space»
09.45 Dr. Fides Benfatti and Dr. Federico Dapiaggi, Syngenta
               «Target-Based Design and Hit to Lead Optimization of Pyrimidinylpyrazole Insecticides»
10.15 Coffee Break

Session 2 - Chair: Dr. René Wyler, Novartis Pharma AG
10.45 Dr. Lorena de Luca, Givaudan
               «AmbreXolideTM: Synthesis via Olefin Metathesis»
11.15 Dr. Rafael Bermeo Malo, and Dr. John Lopez, Novartis
               «FXX489 – A FAP targeting ligand with best-in-class potential for Radioligand Therapy»
11.45 Dr. Lionel Saudan, dsm-firmenich
               «Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation Reactions for the Synthesis of New Perfumery Ingredients»
12.15 Lunch Break
               Poster Session: max. 50 posters will be accepted. Abstract submission until Dec 15, 2025
               Exhibition and Networking

Session 3 - Chair: Dr. Sarah Sulzer, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
14.00 Dr. Thomas Debnar, Siegfried
               «Sustainability by Process Design – Development of a 3-Step Domino-Sequence en route to buprenorphine»
14.20 Dr. Michal Shoshan, metaLead Therapeutics AG
               «Short peptides as next-generation chelating agents for treating Wilson disease»
14.40 Dr. Alessandro Castrogiovanni and Dr. Francesca Militano, Merk
               «An end-to-end robotic platform for high-throughput formulation development of biologics»
15.00 Speaker from Deasyl
               «Mechanochemical Synthesis and Production Scale-up of Calcium Diglyceroxide (CaDG) as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Sustainable Biodiesel Production»
15.20 Dr. Trung Cao, Cilag
               «Driving Sustainability in the API Early Development Space»
15.40 Coffee Break

Session 4 - Chair: Dr. Stefan Abele, Pharvaris GmbH
16.10 Dr. Dominique Roberge, Lonza
               «Innovative Journey to Continuous-Flow Industrialization»
16.40 Dr. Daniel Hunziker and Dr. Serena Fantasia, Roche
               «Discovery and process development of Mosperafenib: the next-generation brain permeable, paradox breaker BRAF inhibitor»
17.10 Ceremony Best Presentation Awards
               3x 2min pitches of the winners
17.30 Aperitif and networking