11th Microencapsulation Training School

Loughborough, U.K. - April 9-12, 2019

Training School Program

Monday April 8, 2019 - Registration - Welcome
18:00 - 20:00 Registration and Welcome Cocktail at Burleigh Court Hotel and Leisure, located on Loughborough University's stunning campus. See Accommodation section.
Tuesday April 9, 2019 - Basic principles of capsule production
08:00 - 08:20 Registration
08:20 - 08:30 Welcome Marijana Dragosavac,
Loughborough University, UK
08:30 - 09:10 Review of encapsulation materials and methods Ronald Neufeld,
Queen's University, Canada
09:10 - 09:50 Spray drying/Cooling Andrew Stapley,
Loughborough University, UK
09:50 - 10:30 Dripping technology Denis Poncelet,
EncapProcess, France
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break & poster session
11:00 - 11:40 Membrane emulsification Marijana Dragosavac,
Loughborough University, UK
11:40 - 12:20 Microencapsulation in microfluidic systems Goran Vladisavljevic,
Loughborough University, UK
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Demonstrations Responsible
1. Microfuidics
2. Membrane emulsification
3. Vibrated dripping
4. Encapsulation by spray drying		 Goran Vladisavljevic
Marijana Dragosavac
Buchi
Andy Stapley
15:30 - 15:50 Coffee break & poster session
15:50 - 17:00Demonstration linked to a practical assignment - See description below
17:00 - 17:304 presentations on the learning from the practical assignment
17:30 - 18:30 Optional rehearsal for group 1 selected short talks
20:00 - 22:00 Event dinner at Browns Lane Restaurant
Wednesday April 10, 2019 - Methods and material for microencapsulation
08:30 - 09:10 Gelation/Coacervation Stephan Drusch,
TU Berlin, Germany
09:10 - 09:50 Polymerisation Nathalie Le Sauze
IUT Toulouse, France
09:50 - 11:30 Adapting encapsulation systems for delivery
of actives of various molecular weights		 Olivier Cayre,
University of Leeds, UK
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break & poster session
11:00 - 11:40 How to get the drug to the place of action -
GI-targeting with EUDRAGIT® polymer		 Ilaria Forlizzi, Evonik, Germany
11:40 - 12:20 8 oral presentations groupe 1 Participants groupe 1
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Demonstrations Responsible
1. Polymerisation
2. Coacervation
3. Ionic gelation
4. Tableting		 Nathalie Le Sauze
Stephan Drusch
Paul de Vos
Mark Leaper
15:30 - 15:50 Coffee break & poster session
15:50 - 17:00Demonstration linked to a practical assignment - See description below
17:00 - 17:304 presentations on the learning from the practical assignment
17:30 - 18:30 Optional rehearsal for group 2 selected short talks
Free evening
Thursday April 11, 2019 - Material and Capsule characterization
08:30 - 09:10 Mechanical resistance Zhibing Zhang
Birmingham University, UK
09:10 - 09:50 Controled release Richard Holdich
Loughborough University, UK
09:50 - 10:30 Microscopy/ATM To be confirmed
Loughborough University, UK
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break & poster session
11:00 - 11:40 Design of block copolymers for encapsulation Sara Ronca
Loughborough University, UK
11:40 - 12:20 8 oral presentations groupe 2 Participants groupe 2
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Demonstrations Responsible
1. Size distribution
2. Release evaluation
3. Interfacial tension and rheology measurements
4. Membrane Emulsification scale up 		Steve Ward-Smith, Malvern Panalytical
To be confirmed
Anna Trybala
Sam Trotter, Micropore
15:30 - 15:50 Coffee break & poster session
15:50 - 17:00Demonstration linked to a practical assignment - See description below
17:00 - 17:304 presentations on the learning from the practical assignment
Free evening
Friday April 12, 2019 - Applied aspects of microencapsulation
08:30 - 09:10 Pellet Layering and Coating Processes Anne Ettner,
Glatt, Germany
09:10 - 09:50 Biomedical applications Paul De Vos,
UMCGroningen, Netherlands
09:50 - 10:20 Coffee break & poster session
10:20 - 11:00 Encapsulation of bioactives for food application Andre Brodkorb
Teagasc Food Res. Centre, Ireland
11:00 - 11:40 Engineering aspects Denis Poncelet,
EncapProcess, France
11:40 - 12:20 Meet experts Ask your questions
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch & end of the training school
Demonstration linked to a practical assignment
  • The participants are divided in 4 groups before the training school.
  • One week before the training school, all participants will receive instructions to organize themselves in advance and share the tasks.
  • Group 1 attends demonstrations 1, 2, 3, coffee break, attends demonstration 4 and performs some experiments related to demo 4, collects the data and makes a report;
  • Group 2 attends demonstrations 2, 3, 4, coffee break, attends demonstration 1 and performs some experiments related to demo 1, collects the data and makes a report;
  • and so on for the next groups.
  • The reports consist of a 5 minute presentation in front of all the participants at the end of the afternoon session.