"ELECTRONIC LAB NOTEBOOK AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN R&D"

Offered at various conferences (ACS, LIMS Institute, Pittcon, Barnett, IQPC, and others), as well as onsite.
Inquire for date and location of next public course or to host it at your site. Hosted courses are tailored to your organization's needs.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Scientists, managers, engineers, MIS and computer support, librarians and notebook administrators, knowledge managers, patent attorneys, and industry regulators in the chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biotech, food and beverage, and related industries, universities or government labs. This course will be of interest to anyone needing to know the legal, regulatory, technical, and social aspects of electronic notebooks, recordkeeping, groupware, document management, knowledge management, or other collaborative systems used in R&D or technical organizations.

KEY TOPICS COVERED

• What are "electronic lab notebooks" and "R&D team computing systems?"
• What is "knowledge management", its practices, and technologies?
• Bottom-line business benefits and costs of systems and applications
• "Best practices" for R&D and testing laboratory recordkeeping
• The 13 fundamental properties of electronic records management systems and organizations
  
• Electronic signature and notary systems and products available
• Satisfying the latest Patent Office, FDA, and EPA recordkeeping regulations with electronic records and signatures
• Design and usability features that ‘make or break" your projects
• How to move through potential cultural barriers to electronic notebooks and other electronic collaboration systems
• Case studies and end-user experiences with home-brew and commercial systems
• How to critically evaluate vendors & commercial products for fit
• A sampling of tools, technologies, and approaches for building systems

HOW YOU'LL BENEFIT FROM THIS COURSE

• Stay current with the latest technologies, regulations, and legal imperatives for laboratory recordkeeping
  
• Lead your company into the electronic recordkeeping age by understanding critical requirements
• Quickly assess your company’s infrastructure and cultural readiness to use electronic lab notebooks; learn how to prepare them if they are not
• Learn how to enroll your Legal and Regulatory Affairs Departments as partners rather than adversaries
• Learn when to buy versus build systems; how to grow them into full-blown R&D team computing systems for managing organizational knowledge
• Get practical tips for evaluating and selecting vendors and systems
• See key products evaluated and demonstrated without vendor hype
• Receive references to deepen your understanding of concepts and systems in this course

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Rich Lysakowski has more than 18 years of experience in analytical and physical chemistry and lab automation engineering using LIMS, groupware document, and records management systems. Dr. Lysakowski is the Executive Director of the Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association, an international industry association dedicated to market development of electronic notebook systems and related systems for laboratory and R&D automation.

PROGRAM AGENDA
Check-in will begin at 8:40 a.m. the first day. The course will be taught from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. If you have technical questions about the course, contact Dr. Lysakowski at (781) 395-3004 or at rich@censa.org.

INTRODUCTION TO COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC LAB NOTEBOOKS AND R&D TEAM COMPUTING SYSTEMS
Legal and patent aspects
Regulatory requirements and procedures
Technical design concepts
Social and cultural aspects

ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Good recordkeeping practices,
The 13 fundamental properties of electronic records
Electronic records, signatures, notary and security systems for protecting intellectual property
Acceptable optical and magnetic storage media for electronic records

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
What are knowledge management systems?
Fundamental principles of knowledge management
Best practice networks, knowledge bases, etc., and other knowledge management applications

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGIES
Understanding the costs and benefits of electronic notebooks and team computing systems in your lab
Implementing systems to meet legal, regulatory, technical, and social needs
Technical requirements: basic and advanced design & usability issues
Connecting existing instruments, LIMS, other automation systems
End-user experiences and case studies
Methodologies to ensure successful pilot projects and system rollouts for small to large organizations
Augmenting team intelligence with team computing systems
Knowledge management—buzzwords or reality?
Facts about the state of the art for scientific applications
Demonstrations of existing products and systems.

FEEDBACK FROM PAST ATTENDEES:

"The course provided broad, in-depth information on the computer hardware, software, regulatory, and cultural issues. I gained a clear perspective on the many technological aspects of electronic record keeping. The instructors did an excellent job communicating the complexity and specific details of the subject. I highly recommend this course to everyone involved with this technology or dealing with the implicit cultural changes."

John Thornton
Associate Research Scientist
Bristol Myers Squibb

SITE
Boston Park Plaza Hotel

FEE
ACS Members: $945
Nonmembers: $1,095

COURSE CODE: ELNS