Seminar Program

Day 1: June 11, 2026

Welcome and Opening of the Seminar
Dr. Claudio Battilocchio, Syngenta Crop Protection and Chair of Swiss FlowChem

10.30

Lecture 1: Flow chemistry basics, use case I
Dr. Dominique M. Roberge, Lonza AG
«Flow chemistry basics, use case I»

11.20

Lecture 2: Flow chemistry basics, use case II
Prof. Francesca Paradisi, University of Bern

12.15

Lunch Break

13.30

Workshop 1: Grignard Reaction - from Batch to Flow
Dr. Marc-André Müller, Solvias AG

14.30

15.00

Supplier Talks: New Tools and Approaches from our Partners:

Shahab Eghbali, COMSOL Multiphysics GmbH
«A Digital Laboratory for Flow Chemistry – How Multiphysics Simulation Drives Research and Process Innovation»

Alain Georg, Fluitec
«Fluitec Contiplant flow reactors and scale-up»

16.00

Visit HEIA-FR, School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg / ChemTech (pilot plant & flow lab)
Host Prof. Roger Marti, HEIA-FR

18.30

Poster Session & Aperitif, Supplier Booths

20.00

Symposium Dinner at Le Domaine Nôtre-Dame

Day 2: June 12, 2026

08.00

New Trends in flow chemistry I
Dr. Gabriele Laudadio, University of Graz
«Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry: A Sustainable Technology for any Scale»

08.50

New Trends in flow chemistry II:
Prof. Heidrun Gruber-Woefler, TU Graz
«Next-Generation Reaction Calorimetry for Continuous Flow Chemistry»

09.45

Coffee Break

10.15

Smart flow chemistry

Prof. François-Xavier Felpin, University of Nantes
«Optimization of Chemical Reactions on a Robotic-Flow Platform Guided by decision-making algorithms»

11.15

Workshop 3: Downstream
Prof. Heidrun Gruber, TU Graz

12.15

Lunch Break

13.30

Workshop 2: Application of PAT in Flow Chemistry
Prof. Roger Marti, Prof. Christoph Allemann, HEIA-FR

14.30

Flow Chemistry & Automation – Scaling up processes
Dr. Jean-Philippe Krieger, Syngenta Crop Protection
«Leveraging Automation and associated Workflows for Accelerated Process Development»

15.30

Closure and conclusion

16.00

End of the seminar