ISPE Singapore Conference and Exhibition 2025
Join us at ISPE Singapore Conference and Exhibition 2025 to gain valuable industry insights and discover how leveraging our technical knowledge can help elevate your operations.
Visit us at booth 205, where we’ll be exhibiting alongside SciMed, to connect with our team and explore our comprehensive range of formulated chemistry offerings—including Surface Disinfectants and Cleaners, as well as Biological and Chemical Indicators—all designed to deliver optimal contamination control and sterility assurance.
Don’t miss our speaking sessions, taking place before and during the event:
Pre-Conference Workshop
Pharmaceutical Process Cleaning Workshop: Understanding Factors Affecting Cleaning Process & How to Maintain the Validated Cleaning State
Presented by: Paul Lopolito and Richard Chai
27 August | 13:30 – 17:30 SGT
Explore the lifecycle approach to cleaning validation, highlighting how equipment and process design affect cleaning effectiveness. We’ll also address factors that impact the validated state and outline preventive actions to minimize contamination risks from cleaning or maintenance issues.
Conference Session
Media Fill – Lessons Learned from Latest Regulatory Observations
Presented by: Richard Chai
29 August | 14:05 – 14:25 SGT
Explore the latest regulatory observations on media fill and learn how to identify common issues before they become findings. Gain practical insights on how to avoid repeating those mistakes in your own aseptic processes.
Meet the Presenters
Paul Lopolito
With over two decades of industry experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory research settings, Paul provides global technical support for process cleaning, cleaning validation and contamination control, which includes field support, site audits, training presentations and educational seminars.
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He holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.
Prior to joining STERIS Life Sciences, Paul spent three years as a Manufacturing Technical Services Manager at Massachusetts Biological Laboratories providing technical support and project management for the vaccine, monoclonal antibody, blood product and filling/packaging groups. He also spent time at TEI Biosciences, where he held positions of Research Associate, Laboratory Manager and Manufacturing Manager.
Paul manages the Process and Cleaner Evaluation (PACE™) program and analytical testing laboratory for STERIS Life Sciences, which simulates a Customer’s cleaning process to make recommendations for improvements and analytical method development and validation. He has expertise in managing cross-functional projects related to process cleaning and critical environment operation with direct experience in the biopharmaceutical and biomedical device industries.
Paul is a frequent speaker at industry events and has published several articles and book chapters related to cleaning validation and contamination control. He is an active member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA).
Richard Chai
Richard has over two decades of experience in manufacturing, validation and technical support.
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He has expertise in managing biopharmaceutical manufacturing, process and cleaning validation, aseptic processing and sterility assurance. Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and production engineering.
Prior to joining STERIS Life Sciences, Richard worked in the biotechnology sterile fill and finish, medical device and biopharmaceutical facilities. He has in-depth knowledge of cleaning and disinfection cleanroom requirements and bioburden control.
While working as a Validation Consultant for three years, Richard provided support to pharmaceutical Customers in equipment validation, cleaning validation for product contact surfaces, disinfectant validation and cleaning procedures for product and non-product contact surfaces.
At STERIS Life Sciences, Richard provides global technical support to Customers for process equipment cleaning and contamination control in cleanrooms. He has published several contamination control articles and is a frequent speaker at industry events.
Richard is an active member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE). He currently serves as Member-at-Large of the PDA Singapore Chapter.
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