Key Sessions
Jon Coffman
PLENARY KEYNOTE: Integrated and Continuous Bioprocessing: what’s holding us back, and where do we go from here?
Astra Zeneca
Veera Padmanabhan
KEYNOTE: Transforming Biologics Manufacturing: Leveraging Predictive Analytics and Advanced Process Control for Next-Generation Operations
AstraZeneca
Christian Airiau, Ph.D
KEYNOTE: Accelerating Biologics Development Through Advanced Analytics and Digital Transformatio
Sanofi
Todd McDevitt
Keynote Panel Discussion- Big Pharma’s Cell and Gene Therapies Wish List: Investment Priorities and Emerging Opportunities
Genentech
Wednesday 23rd September - Main Conference Day One - ET (Eastern Time, GMT-05:00)
Wednesday 23rd September - Main Conference Day One
- ET (Eastern Time, GMT-05:00)
8:00am - 9:00am60 mins
Registration Break
Registration and Morning Coffee
9:00am - 9:30am30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
KEYNOTE: The State of CLD - Where We Are and Why It Still Takes Too Long
9:00am - 9:30am30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
KEYNOTE: Where Upstream Value is Shifting: From Titre-Chasing To QbD in the Bioreactor
9:00am - 9:30am30 mins
Downstream Processing
KEYNOTE: Process Intensification Leveraging Integrated Continuous Purification and Pionic - From Vision to Reality
- Kevin Brower - Global Head of Purification Development, Sanofi
9:00am - 9:30am30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
KEYNOTE: Biopharmaceutical Characterization in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Data to Decision
- Jared Auclair, PhD - Dean, College of Professional Studies; Professor of Biotechnology Director, Bioinnovation, Northeastern University
9:00am - 9:30am30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
KEYNOTE: The Molecule Looked Perfect - Why did CMC Pay The Price?
- Matthew Rittler - Strategic Innovative Leader in Biologics Manufacturing Operations, AstraZeneca
9:00am - 10:30am90 mins
Workshop 1: Potency Masterclass
Potency Masterclass
- Christopher Bravery - Consulting Regulatory Scientist, Advbiols
9:00am - 10:30am90 mins
Workshop 2: Mastering CDMO Partnerships & External Tech Transfers for Cell & Gene Therapies
Mastering CDMO Partnerships & External Tech Transfers for Cell & Gene Therapies
- James Blackwell - President and Principal Consultant, The Windshire Group, LLC
9:30am - 10:00am30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Gene to FIH CLD: How to cut months without downstream chaos
- Dylan Frabutt - Research Scientist, Elanco
9:30am - 10:00am30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Seed Train Process Intensification Using Ultra-High Cell Density (UHCD) Banking to Enable Direct Inoculation and Reduce Seed Train Complexity
- Rajlaxmi Deshpande - Associate Scientist II, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
9:30am - 10:00am30 mins
Downstream Processing
Rapid Polishing Chromatography Optimization for Challenging Bispecific Antibodies Using Automated High Throughput Screening
- Lei Wang - Principal Scientist, Gilead Sciences
9:30am - 10:00am30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
KEYNOTE: Transforming Biologics Manufacturing: Leveraging Predictive Analytics and Advanced Process Control for Next-Generation Operations
- Veera Padmanabhan - Global Biopharmaceutical Operations Executive, AstraZeneca
9:30am - 10:00am30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
From Bench to Bioprocess: Overcoming Challenges in the Evolving Landscape of Plasmid Manufacturing for Cell and Gene Therapy
- Alois Jungbauer - Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
10:00am - 10:30am30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Sponsored Presentation
10:00am - 10:30am30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Sponsored Scientific Presentation
10:00am - 10:30am30 mins
Downstream Processing
Sponsored Presentation
10:00am - 10:30am30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Sponsored Presentation
10:00am - 10:30am30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Sponsored Presentation
10:30am - 11:00am30 mins
Break
Morning Break
11:00am - 11:15am15 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Morning Break
11:00am - 11:15am15 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Morning Break
11:00am - 11:15am15 mins
Downstream Processing
Morning Break
11:00am - 11:15am15 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Morning Break
11:00am - 11:15am15 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Morning Break
11:00am - 12:45pm105 mins
Workshop 1: Potency Masterclass
Potency Masterclass
- Christopher Bravery - Consulting Regulatory Scientist, Advbiols
11:00am - 12:45pm105 mins
Workshop 2: Mastering CDMO Partnerships & External Tech Transfers for Cell & Gene Therapies
Mastering CDMO Partnerships & External Tech Transfers for Cell & Gene Therapies
- James Blackwell - President and Principal Consultant, The Windshire Group, LLC
11:00am - 12:45pm105 mins
CGT: C-Level Forum
CGT: C-Level Forum - Invite Only
11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
A high-fidelity, dual site-specific integration system in CHO cells by a Bxb1 recombinase
- Yifeng Xu - Principal Scientist, Pfizer
11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Data Automation and Model Predicted Control for Cell Culture
- Yi Li - Principal Scientist, Amgen, Inc.
11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
Downstream Processing
Scientific, Sustainability and Product Quality Assessment to Reduce Buffer Consumption on Platform Chromatography Steps
- Sarah Scully - Scientist, Purification Process Development, Pfizer
11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Advancing At-Line Analytics Through a Structured PAT Roadmap: An Industrial Case Study
- Yuxiang (Henry) Zhao - Senior Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb
11:15am - 11:45am30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Predicting Manufacturability Risk Earlier - Which Assays Actually Matter?
- Dhanesh Gadre - Associate Director, AstraZeneca
11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Breaking The Rules For End-to-End Acceleration from Gene to FIH Material
- Tania Chakraborty Kelly - Senior Scientist, Merck
11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Achieving product quality targets while maintaining high titer in CHO cell culture processes
- Aditya Walveka - Scientist, Genentech
11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
Process Analytical Technology (PAT): Real-Time Monitoring for Downstream Optimization
- Christina Passno - Senior Staff Engineer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Transforming Biomanufacturing: Why Architecture Must Precede Analytics
- Martin Kockx - Principal Manufacturing Systems Engineer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
11:45am - 12:15pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Managing The Inevitable: Aggregates and Misfolded Species Without Compromising Yield
- Benjamin Ko - Associate Director, Protein Science, Boehringer Ingelheim
12:15pm - 12:45pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
A Daichii Sankyo Case Study
- Tomohiro Makino - Senior Director, Daichii Sankyo
12:15pm - 12:45pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Technologies for next-generation integrated manufacturing process platforms
- Alaina Anand - Scientist, Pfizer
12:15pm - 12:45pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
Digital Twin-Enabled Control of Ion Exchange Chromatography for Robust mAb Purification
- Ran Chen - Associate Director of Process Development Downstream, Henlius Bioscience
12:15pm - 12:45pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Why Tech Transfer Still Breaks In a Digital World?
12:15pm - 12:45pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Optimizing Downstream Processes for Non-Platform Molecules
- Wei Lu - Senior Staff Engineer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
12:45pm - 1:00pm15 mins
Break
Transition To Lunch Presentations
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 1
Lunch Slot 1
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 2
Lunch Slot 2
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 3
Lunch Slot 3
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 4
Lunch Slot 4
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 5
Lunch Slot 5
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 6
Lunch Slot 6
1:00pm - 1:45pm45 mins
Scientific Lunch Presentation 7
Lunch Slot 7
1:45pm - 2:00pm15 mins
Break
Lunch Networking
2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Reimagining Vaccine Production: Automated Cell-Free Biomanufacturing for Distributed Rapid Response
- Jonathan Jones - Manager, Microbial-Upstream, CPI
2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Modernize the legacy upstream platform to enable robust and rapid process development
2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
PANEL DISCUSSION: Scaling Downstream Processes: From Lab to GMP Manufacturing
2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Development of a Mechanistic Model for Predicting Dissolved pCO2 in Mammalian Cell Culture Processes
- Alex Vaca - Senior Engineer II, Biogen
2:00pm - 2:30pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Stability of protein-based therapeutics (i.e. mAbs, ADCs, AOCs, LNPs, peptides, etc.) during freeze-thaw studies
- Mike Lucas - Senior Scientist, AbbVie
2:00pm - 2:40pm40 mins
Cell & Gene Keynote Plenary
Keynote Panel Discussion- Big Pharma’s Cell and Gene Therapies Wish List: Investment Priorities and Emerging Opportunities
- Todd McDevitt - Vice President, Cell Therapy, Genentech
- Tyler Koop - Vice President, Global Commercial, Cell Therapy, Bristol Myers Squibb
2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Faster Growing Hosts: Speed versus Product Quality Trade Offs
- Thomas Jostock, PhD - Associate Director, Novartis
2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
PANEL DISCUSSION: Sensors for Robust Upstream Processes - When Sensors Help and When To Stop
- Alex Williams - Senior Associate Scientist, Biologics Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb
2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
Evaluation of a High-Throughput Convective Chromatography Technology for Developing mRNA Affinity Purification
- Daniel Yur - Senior Scientist, Merck
2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
KEYNOTE: Accelerating Biologics Development Through Advanced Analytics and Digital Transformatio
- Christian Airiau, Ph.D - Global Head, Data Sciences, Sanofi
2:30pm - 3:00pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Fireside Chat: If We’d Known Then What We Know Now: Hard Lessons from Novel Modalities in CMC
2:40pm - 3:20pm40 mins
Cell & Gene Keynote Plenary
Investor Panel Discussion: Funding the Future- Investment Trends and Opportunities for Cell and Gene Therapies and Enabling Technologies
- Daniel Friedman - Managing Director, BroadOak Capital
- Laura Stoppel - Partner, RA Capital Management
- Christian Uhrich - Executive Investment Director, M Ventures
- Sebastien Latapie - Partner, AVANT BIO
3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Sponsored Presentation
3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Sponsored Scientific Presentation
3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
Sponsored Presentation
3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Sponsored Presentation
3:00pm - 3:30pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Sponsored Presentation
3:20pm - 4:00pm40 mins
Cell & Gene Keynote Plenary
Keynote Presentation: Lessons Learnt of the Path to Commercialisation
- Tadayuki Tanimura - Executive Vice President / Board Member, Cuorips Inc.
3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
Downstream Processing
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
3:30pm - 4:00pm30 mins
CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 4:50pm50 mins
Break
Afternoon Break and Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
4:50pm - 5:00pm10 mins
BPI Plenary Keynote
Welcome to BWB Day 1/ Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
4:50pm - 5:00pm10 mins
Exhibit Hall Roundtable Sessions
Afternoon Break
4:50pm - 5:00pm10 mins
CGT Live Labs Tour in Exhibit Hall
Afternoon Break
5:00pm - 5:45pm45 mins
BPI Plenary Keynote
PLENARY KEYNOTE: Integrated and Continuous Bioprocessing: what’s holding us back, and where do we go from here?
- Jon Coffman - Executive Director of Bioprocess Technology and Engineering, Astra Zeneca
5:00pm - 5:30pm30 mins
Exhibit Hall Roundtable Sessions
CGT Exhibit Hall Roundtable Discussions
5:00pm - 5:30pm30 mins
CGT Live Labs Tour in Exhibit Hall
CGT Live Labs Tour in Exhibit Hall
5:45pm - 7:15pm90 mins
Break
Networking Drinks
7:15pm - 7:20pm5 mins
Break
Close of Day One
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