Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing
(Online prerequisite course required)
Obtain knowledge and hands-on experience with industry-relevant process control instrumentation, hardware, and software, and documentation for control/automation of biomanufacturing operations. Engage in hands-on experiences with process sensors/equipment and their integration with a control system for enacting control strategies. Learn how to connect process equipment and I/O interfaces for use with a commercial control software package.
| Dates | Course | Cost | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12-13, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence in FDA-Regulated Manufacturing: From Foundations to Implementation | $1,500 | Register |
| May 20–21, 2026 | Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing | $2,050 | Register |
| May 27–29, 2026 | Preparative Chromatography Column Packing: Lab to Process Scale | $2,500 | Register |
| June 3–4, 2026 | Applied Cleaning Validation Practices: A STERIS Master Class | $2,000 | Register |
| June 9–10, 2026 | Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Lyophilization | $1,975 | Register |
| June 11, 2026 | Essentials of Spray Drying and Powder Analysis | $995 | Register |
| June 16–18, 2026 | Fundamentals of Mammalian Cell Line Development | $3,100 | Register |
| June 23–25, 2026 | Biopharmaceutical Assay Essentials | $3,100 | Register |
| June 23–25, 2026 | Fermentation Engineering | $3,100 | Register |
| June 30–July 2, 2026 | Hands-On Principles of mRNA Technology | $2,500 | Register |
| July 8–10, 2026 | Downstream Biopharmaceutical Processes: Fundamentals and Design | $3,100 | Register |
| July 14–16, 2026 | AAV Quality Attributes: Theory and Practice | $2,975 | Register |
| July 14–17, 2026 | Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing Operations | $4,200 | Register |
| July 28–31, 2026 | Hands-On Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy | $4,500 | Register |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Design of Experiments for Biomanufacturing | $500* | Register |
| Sept 29–Oct 1, 2026 | Cell Culture Engineering | $4,200 | Register |
| Oct 13–16, 2026 | Applied Principles and Techniques of Depth Flow Filtration (DFF) and Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) for BioPharm Purification | $3,995 | Register |
| Nov 10–12, 2026 | PAT for Real-time Culture Monitoring and Closed-Loop Process Control | $2,975 | Register |
| TBD | Microbial Contamination Control in Bioprocessing Operations | $2,975 |
Register by May 5
Attend and you will learn
- How to progress through a typical automation project sequence
- Become familiar with typical instrumentation/automation documentation such as Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), Loop diagrams, specification documents (URS, FRS, etc), commissioning and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
- The difference between various control strategies applicable to bioreactor automation, including split-range control and cascade control
- Hands-on experience with a distributed control system (DCS) and its architecture/hardware/ DeltaV software and how to use it to control process equipment for a lab scale bioreactor
Prerequisite Online Course
A prerequisite online course offered through the International Academy of Automation Engineering (IAAE) must be completed before attending this course. Please refer to the IAAE website for the online course prerequisite fee.
Delivery methods
35% Lecture
65% Hands-on equipment and software experience
Course content
30% Fundamentals and concepts
70% Industry applications
14 hours of instruction
Who should attend
This course is specifically for those partaking in the Education and Certification Programs offered by IAAE, specifically this course is part of a hybrid (online/hands-on) offering for the Essentials of Automation for Life Sciences Manufacturing course. Individuals interested in pursuing a career in the area of automation in the Life Sciences field and looking to obtain familiarity with process control, automation concepts, instrumentation and software related to the industry should enroll in this hybrid course offering.
This course was developed with a project award from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (70NANB17H002).