ACD/Labs ASMS Seminar Marriott Chateau Champlain, Montréal, PQ, Canada June 8, 2003 1, Place du Canada Montreal, QC H3B 4C9 T: (514) 878-9000 Room: Masionneuve A, 36th Floor

Agenda

June 8^th 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

"This is not Ma-Koosh - This is Markush"

  8:30 -   8:50    Registration & Breakfast

  8:50 -   9:00    Welcome & Opening Address - Ian Dugdale (Director of Sales)

  9:00 -   9:30    "This is not Ma-Koosh - This is Markush" - Advanced structure
                        representation for structural interpretation by Mass Spectrometry -
                        Mark Bayliss

Presentation to include:

• Using shaded incomplete structure representations as a means of structure representation in MS-applications including Metabolism studies, Impurity Studies, Degradation studies, and Natural Products

 9:30 - 10:15   Data Processing and Spectral Elucidation using ACD/Labs -
                     Solutions for the desktop

Presentation to include:

• Data extraction tools for finding the components of interest in complex samples
• MS/MS spectrum elucidation tools to aide in the determination of structure

10:15 - 10:30    Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00    What's New in ACD/Labs MS Manager Version 7.0 -
                       Mark Bayliss & Vitaly Lashin

Presentation to include

• New features in the version 7.0 release of MS Manager
• Introducing the latest capabilities in fragment prediction - MS Fragmenter

11:00 - 11:30    Optimizing Software Usage with Training and Technical Support - Arvin Moser

Presentation to include

• The value of training for improved impact, usage, and efficiency of the ACD/Labs software toolsets
• ACD/Labs commitment to you through our technical support group

11:30 - 12:30    ACD/Labs - ChemFolder & SpecDB as combined databasing solutions for
                       structures, analytical data from different spectroscopic sources, related
                       information, and "work in progress structure elucidations" - Speaker TBA

Presentation to include

• Tools that allow for short and long term storage of completed structures, work in progress structures, analytical data, and other textual or numerical information
• Enabling semi-automated report generation through advanced search capabilities

12:30 -   2:00    Lunch (provided)

  2:00 -   4:00    Open Forum - Discussion "Meeting the needs of tomorrow"

Suggested Topics

• Metabolism, Impurity, Degradation Studies - data processing needs
• Databasing as a means of storage for "Work in progress" structure elucidation, chromatograms, spectra, data, information, and links to other software platforms
• Meeting the needs of 21 CFR Part 11 in Mass Spectrometry
• Structure elucidation
• Fragmentation studies