Speakers

Irina Ramos, Ph.D.

Senior Distinguished Scientist, CMC and Innovation Lead

J&J Innovative Medicine

Paul Hanson, Ph.D.

Head (VP) of Lifecycle Management, Innovation, and Strategy

Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Thomas Jostock, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Novartis

Yuanyuan Cui, Ph.D.

DSD Modeling Manager

Sanofi

Prasad Pathange, Ph.D.

Director, CMC, Bayer U.S.

Bayer U.S.

Michael Coolbaugh

Head of Advanced Manufacturing Implementation

Sanofi

Kathryn Beal, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist: Process Development

Pfizer, Inc.

Aby J. Mathew, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Adam Goldstein

Sr. Director, R&D Innovation

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Ajay Kshatriya

CEO

Aizen Therapeutics

Alana McNulty

Board Member

Janux Therapeutics

Aleah Li

Senior Scientist

Pfizer

Aleksandra (Sasha) Denisin, Ph.D.

Principal Product Manager for Automation, Data and Solutions Engineering

Genentech, Inc.

Alexander Armstrong, Ph.D.

Process Development Senior Scientist

Amgen Inc.

Alicia Kitagawa

Executive Director

Life Science Cares San Diego

Amanda Cinquin, Ph.D.

Senior Manager

FUJIFILM Biosciences (on behalf of BioPhorum)

Andrea Mislak, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Analytical and Formulation Sciences

KBI Biopharma

Andreas Castan, PhD

Strategic Technologies Leader

Cytiva

Andrew Bender

Neural & Machine Learning Scientist

Atlas

Andrew Harmon, MBA

Manager, Life Sciences Strategy Consulting

Sia Partners

Andrzej Zylicz

VP Business Development US CAN UK IRL

PQE Group

Anthony Chikere, Ph.D.

Director, Process Development

Sangamo

Anthony Davies, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO

Dark Horse Consulting

Antoine Heron

Head of Market & Portfolio Development, Stem Cell Bioprocessing Group

Merck Millipore, Germany

Arathi Krishnakumar, Ph.D.

Scientific Associate Director

Bristol Myers Squibb

Arianna Minzoni

Graduate Research Assistant - Ph.D. Candidate

North Carolina State University

Arun Kumar

Associate Professor

UC San Diego

Ashley Kongs

Environmental Sustainability Director – Supply Biologics

AstraZeneca

Ben Mills

Senior Director, Operations (Joint Audit Program/Quality)

Rx-360

Carlos Arbelaez

Associate Director

Johnson & Johnson

Cassidy Cantin

Associate Partner

Latham BioPharm Group, Sia/LBGLatham

Celia Jenkinson

Executive Director, Translational Pharmacology

Travere Therapeutics

Chris Afdahl

Associate Director

AstraZeneca

Christian Berg

Senior Life Sciences Solutions Consultant

Emerson (on behalf of BioPhorum)

Christina Tsai, Ph.D.

CMC Lead

Aureli Biologics Solution

Christoph Herwig

Senior Scientific Advisor

Körber Pharma Austria GmbH, Austria

Cindy Chelius, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Bristol Myers Squibb

Courtney Young

CEO and Founder

MyoGene Bio

Dan Oliver

CEO and Founder

Rejuvenate Bio

Daniella Patton, Ph.D.

Solution Consultant

Benchling

David Scherr, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

AstraZeneca

David Wood

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Ohio State University

Dawn Speidel

Vice President

Inventprise

Dianne Cantara

Associate Manager

Latham BioPharm Group, part of Sia Partners

Dimple Chavan

Senior Scientist

AstraZeneca

Elizabeth Masterjohn

Scientist, Cell Line Development

Sanofi

Elizabeth H. Scheideman, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Vaccine Production Program, VRC, NIAID,

NIH

Eric Sackmann, Ph.D.

Director of Product Management

Bruker Cellular Analysis

Erin Weisenhorn

Senior Scientist II

Just Evotec Biologics

Filomena Pirozzi

CEO and Founder

PURPLExCELL

Flaka Radoniqi

Process Development Principal Scientist

Amgen

Garima Sinha, Ph.D.

Research and Technology Manager

Croda Pharma

Gaurav Kaushik

Global Associate Director of Marketing, Bioprocessing PBT

Lonza

George Barringer

Product Manager - Bioprocessing and Sterile Transfer

Getinge

Gino Stolfa, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Glenda Didienne

Senior Manager, Facilities & OUTbio SD Board Member

Travere Therapeutics, OUTbio San Diego

Guodong Chen

Associate Director

Zoetis

Hannes Bretschneider, Ph.D.

Chief AI Officer

Katalyze AI

Harish Venkatachalapathy, Ph.D.

Process Development Senior Scientist

Amgen

Hilary Lafoe

Senior Commissioning Editor, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Taylor & Francis Group/CRC Press/Informa PLC, USA and UK

Dr Hillary Miller

Principal Scientist, Cell Engineering & Analytical Sciences

Johnson & Johnson

Hillary Miller, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist, Cell Engineering & Analytical Sciences (CEAS)

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Hiren Panchal

Principal Investigator

Incyte

Hirsh Nanda

Director of Analytical Sciences

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Hooriya Hussain

Board of Director Member

OutCare Health

Hui-Lan Hu

Associate Principal Scientist

AstraZeneca

Huilan Lin, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Capricor Therapeutics

Isaura (Alex) Villalba

Associate Scientist

Tr1X, Inc.

Jack Crawford

CEO

Demeetra

Jackiee Williamson

Manager, Group Purchasing & OUTbio SD Board Member Biocom

OUTbio San Diego

James Bornholdt

Ecosystem Executive, Process Manufacturing

Autodesk

Jara Lin, Ph.D., MD

Executive Director

BeOne Medicines

Jasmine Singh

Field Application Scientist-West Coast

Gyros Protein Technologies

Jenny Holt

Chief Development Officer

Ray Therapeutics

Jie Wei, Ph.D.

Director of Bioanalytical Sciences

Tr1x, Inc.

Jill Paddock

Principal Scientist

Pfizer

Jing Wang, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Regeneron

Jinghan Li

Applications Scientist

Croda Inc.

Jochen Scholz, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist PAT

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Jon Gunther

VP Business Development Biologics US West Coast

Just - Evotec Biologics

Joseph Pekny

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Purdue University

Josh Abbott

Editor, BPI Insider

Informa

Joshua Speidel, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Commercial Practice Lead

Latham BioPharm Group, Inc., PMP

Juan Parra

Process Development Senior Scientist

Amgen

Justin Skoble, Ph.D.

Vice President of Technical Operations

Caribou Biosciences, Inc.

Kareem Fakhfakh

Senior Scientist, Bioprocess Technologies and Engineering

AstraZeneca

Katherine Resch

Senior Cell Culture Process Scientist

Regeneron

Ken Lee

Director, Bioprocess Development Sciences

AstraZeneca

Landon Mott, Ph.D.

Process Development Principal Scientist

Amgen Inc.

Lateefat Kalejaye

Graduate Research Assistant

Stevens Institute of Technology

Leo Dworkin

Visiting Scholar

UC San Diego

Leslie Sam

President

Leslie Sam & Associates

Liam Nattrass

Downstream Scientist

Centre for Process Innovation

Lianchun Fan, Ph.D.

Research Fellow, Head of Cellular & Molecular Biology Science, Biologics Development Launch

Abbvie Bioresearch Center

Lihua Yang, Ph.D.

Senior Principal Research Scientist

AbbVie

Lukas Bialkowski, PhD

Global Market Development Manager, Bioprocessing

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Madalene Crow

Principal Digital Product Manager

Genentech

Magdi Elsallab, Ph.D., MD

Director of Process Development

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mahendra Rao, Ph.D., MD

Chief Scientific Officer

Vita Therapeutics/Forza

Mahesh Bule, Ph.D.

Director

AstraZeneca

Manos Tzortzakakis

Scientist, Drug Substance Development

AstraZeneca

Matthias Funke

Associate Director

Lonza

Maximilian Hoerner, Ph.D.

Head of Optogenetics

Prolific Machines

Maximilian Krippl, Ph.D.

Head of Consulting

Novasign GmbH

Megan Menzel

Process Development Engineer I

Regeneron

Mia Wang

Senior Director, CMC Team Leader

Gilead

Michael Chen, Ph.D.

CEO & Co-founder

Great Bay Bio

Michael W. Young

Principal and Founder

biomedwoRx: Life Sciences Consulting

Mukesh Mayani

Senior Director

Ultragenyx

Mukunda Krishna

Director

Arcturus Therapeutics

Nadine Ritter, Ph.D.

President and Analytical Advisor

Global Biotech Experts, LLC

Nate Freund

Director

Kite Pharma (Gilead)

Neil McCracken, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Elanco Animal Health

Dr. Nian Liu

Principal Data Scientist

Sanofi

Nicholas Sanek, Ph.D.

Group Leader

Catalent Pharma Solutions

Niklas Jungnelius

Process Modeling Leader

Cytiva

Nuno Pinto, Ph.D.

Director,

Merck & Co., Inc.

Pascal Krotee, Ph.D.

Principal

RiverVest Venture Partners

Patrick Burke

Associate Director, Global Technology Transfer

Lonza

Philip Probert, Ph.D.

Director of Biologics and RNA CoE

CPI

Raffaella Rossi

Consultant

FTM - AD

Ramakrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.

Senior Manager

Fujifilm Biotechnologies

Ramesh Kashi, Ph.D.

Senior Scientific Advisor - Biologics Development

former Senior Scientific Director, Bristol Myers Squibb

Ray Sison

Executive Director President

Society of Professional Pharmaceutical Consultants (SOPPhC)

Riley Elmer

Host

Inside Biotech Podcast & Neuroscience PhD Candidate

Roger Lias

Executive Advisor

Kymanox

Rohan Kulkarni, Ph.D.

Scientist II, Group Lead, Upstream Process Development

Bionova Scientific

Rose LaRue Slater

Director of Sales

Steri-Tek

Ryan Lee

Staff Data Scientist

Invert

Ryan Murray

Senior Consultant

ValSource

Ryan Smith

Global Head of Sales

Astoriom

Sage Aronson

CEO and Founder

Kymo Co

Sakthi Balaji

Senior Scientist II

AbbVie

Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D.

Senior Subject Matter Expert

Lonza

Saratram Gopalakrishnan

Assistant Research Scientist

The University of Georgia

Satish Kallappagoudar, Ph.D.

Associate Principal Scientist

Merck

Satsuki Shumate

DEI and Human Resources Professional

OUTbio San Diego

Shelly Meeusen

CEO

RheostatTx

Shivani Desai

Scientist I

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Shu Wang, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Incyte

Siwen Wang, Ph.D.

Product Specialist

ACRO Biosystems

Srivatsan Ramesh, Ph.D.

Process Development Scientist

BridgeBio Gene Therapy

Stephanie Pasas-Farmer, Ph.D.

President and Founder

BioData Solutions, LLC

Steve Fuller

Founder of Race in STEM, Director of Communities

The IN GROUP

Steve Miller

Market Development Manager - Process Automation

Sartorius

Sun Chau Siu, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Head of Regulatory Affairs & Project Management

Altruist Biologics

Susan D'Costa, Ph.D.

Chief Technical and Commercial Officer

Genezen, USA

Tari Suprapto, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Head of Search

Novo Nordisk

Tatiana Mello

Director, Early Phase Process Development

Avid Bioservices

Taylor Twiddy

Senior Applications Engineer

Single Use Support GmbH

Tim Gryseels

Principal Scientist

Pfizer

Trina Mouchahoir, Ph.D.

Research Chemist

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ujwal Patil

Associate Director, Bioprocess Development Sciences

AstraZeneca

Vaibhav Deokar, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Lupin Limited (Biotech Division)

Venkata Tayi, Ph.D.

Senior Principal Scientist, Director

Merck

Vicki Pearson

Strategic Marketing Manager

Schneider Electric

Vilas Shukla, Ph.D.

Director, Large Molecule Global Engineering Projects

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Volker Sandig, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

ProBioGen AG

Whitney Liu

Principal Scientist

Bristol Myers Squibb

Xuan Han, Ph.D.

Process Development Senior Scientist

Amgen

Yajing Zhao

Associate Scientist

Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Yash Patel, Ph.D.

Product Manager - CHO CLD Service

Sartorius

Yogesh Brahmecha

Sr Director, Clinical Biomarker Sciences

Janux Therapeutics

Yoichi Kumada, Ph.D.

Professor

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Yuncan (Olivia) Zhu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Zhaoxing Joe Wang

Sr Process Characterization & Technology Engineer

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Zheng Zhang, Ph.D.

Head of Cell Line Development

BeOne Medicines

Zhihua Xiao, Ph.D.

CEO

OPM Biosciences

Zvi Kelman, Ph.D.

Director, Biomolecular Labeling Laboratory

NIST