Speakers

Thomas Seewoester, PhD

Vice President Site Operations

Amgen, Inc.

Wolfram Carius

Executive Vice President Pharmaceuticals Product Supply (Chemicals, Pharma, Biotech, Devices)

Bayer AG

Stefanos Grammatikos

VP - Head of Biotech Sciences

UCB Pharma

Oliver Hesse

Director, Lab Automation and Data Management, Biological Development

Bayer

Vishal Agrawal

Senior Tech. Scientist 2 ( Associate Director), Research & Drug Discovery

Biomarin

Karthik Balakrishnan

CEO

Nodexus Inc

Randal Bass, Ph.D.

Vice President of Process Design

Just - Evotec Biologics

Benjamin Bayer, Msc

Data Scientist at Novasign and PhD student at the Department of Biotechnology

Novasign/ University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Richard Beardsley

Associate Director

Genentech

Jean Bender

Vice President

Visterra, Inc.

Sandra Bennun Serrano, PhD

Staff Engineer

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Mike Bobbie

Senior Field Applications Specialist

Asahi Kasei Bioprocess America

David Bohonak, Ph.D.

Vaccine and Gene Therapy Market Segment Manager

MilliporeSigma

Marshall Bowden III

Engineer, Upstream and Pilot Development

Biogen

Erich Bozenhardt

Process Manager

IPS - Integrated Project Service LLC

Mike Brewer

Director, Global Principal Consultant, Regulatory

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Helmut Brod, Ph.D.

Director Upstream Technologies

Bayer AG

Matthew Brown

Scientist II

Boehringer Ingelheim

David Brown, PhD

Scientist II, Downstream Process Development

KBI Biopharma

Kristi Budzinski

Principal Product Stewardship Program Manager

Genentech

Ricarda Busse

Product Manager Membrane Chromatography | Separation Technologies

Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH

Loe Cameron

Senior Director - Research and Development

Pall Corporation

Melisa Carpio

Application Professional, Cell Culture Technologies

Sartorius Stedim NA

Andreas Castan, PhD

Strategic Technology Partnerships Leader

GE Healthcare

Alessandro Luigi Cataldo, MSc.

Scientific Project Staff, Economic Evaluation of Biotechnological Processes

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

Kasey Chalmers

Sr. Engineer I, Gene Therapy Technology Transfer

Biogen, USA

Thomas Chattaway

Senior Life Science Consultant

Independent

Veeren Chauhan

Nottingham Research Fellow in Bio-inspired Therapeutics

University of Nottingham, USA

Svea Cheesman

Product Manager PAT

Sartorius

Yan Chen

Innovation Leader, Technical Development Principal Scientist

Genentech

Haifeng Chen, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Avirmax, Inc.

Colin Clarke, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

National Institute for Bioprocessing

Craig Curless

Senior Director of Manufacturing

Macrogenics, Inc.

Sanket Dahotre

Engineer I, iLabs

Genentech

Susan Dana Jones, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Product Development

Harpoon Therapeutics

Richard Denk

Senior Consultant Aseptic Processing & Containment.

SKAN AG

Susan Dexter

Managing Director

Latham BioPharm Group

Juliane Diedrich, Dipl.-Ing

Sr. Associate Scientist

Amgen

Miguel Dominguez

Director, Sales & Support

Mirus Bio LLC

Zorica Dragic

Unit Head Cell Line Screening and Development

Novartis

Yves Durocher, PhD

Section Head, Mammalian Cell Expression - NRC Human Health Therapeutics Research Center

National Research Council Canada

Thomas Fletcher

Scientific Director

Fujifilm Irvine Scientific

Lynne Frick

CEO

4th Dimension Bioprocess, Inc.

Brian Furness

Global Consulting Finance Lead

PwC

Himanshu Gadgil, Ph.D

CSO and Whole-Time Director

Enzene Biosciences Ltd.

Jishna Ganguly

Associate Research Scientist

GSK

Guangping Gao, Ph.D.

Professor, Gene Therapy Center

University of Massachusetts Medical School

John Gill IV

Director, Cell Line Development

Samsung Biologics

Adam Goldstein

Senior Director, R+D SUT

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Uwe Gottschalk, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Lonza

Robert Gronke, PhD

Senior Principal Scientist, Technical Development

Biogen, Inc

Xuejun (Sherry) Gu, PhD

Vice President, CMC Management

WuXi Biologics

Claes Gustafsson, Ph.D.

Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder

ATUM

Matt Hammond

Principal Scientist

Amgen

Christoph Herwig

Head Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering

TU Wien, Austria

Tony Hitchcock

Technical Director

Cobra Biologics

Sung Ho Hahm

CEO

Rophibio Inc.

Marc Hogreve

Principal Engineer Integrity Testing

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Andrew Holloway

Senior Research Associate

Seattle Genetics

Brian Horvath

Director of Upstream Process Development

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Sarah Hove

Head of Customer Engagement

MilliporeSigma

Judy Hsii

Senior Director, Downstream Processing

Sutro Biopharma

Ping Huang, PhD

Director

Abbvie

Cheryl Huie

Co-Executive Director

BioInnovation Group

Jeffrey Hung

Chief Technology Officer

Vigene Biosciences, Inc.

Yelena Ilin

Scientist II, Upstream Process Science

Sanofi

Saeed Izadi, Ph.D.

Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development

Genentech

Stuart Jamieson

Principal Scientist and Head of the Technical team

Centre for Process Innovation Limited

Radhika Jayakar

New Product Introduction Leader

GE Healthcare

Bo Jiang

Principal Scientist

Merck

Ellen Johnson

Enterprise Solutions Technology Leader

GE Healthcare Life Sciences

Burkhard Joksch

Product Manager

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Brett Jorgensen

Director

Teneobio, Inc.

Alois Jungbauer

Professor and Chair, Laboratory of Protein Technology and Downstream Processing, Austrian Center of Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

David Kahn, Ph.D.

Vice President of Biopharmaceutical Development

Macrogenics

Bethany Kerr

Scientist

CPI

Bethany Kerr

Scientist – Upstream Biologics

Centre for Process Innovation Limited

Gennady Khirich, PhD

Scientist

Genentech

Joelle Khouri

Scientist I, Protein Science, Process Science

Boehringer Ingelheim

Bonnie Kim

Business Development Manager

SGI-DNA

Jonathan Kingsbury

Head of Developability & Pre-formulation

Sanofi

Vadim Klyushnichenko

VP Pharmaceutical Development and Quality

Calibr at Scripps Research

David Kolwyck, M.S., MBA

Director, Manufacturing Sciences

Biogen

Brian Kwan, Ph.D.

Associate Principal Scientist, Biologics Upstream Process Development

Merck

Tae Kwang Ha

Specialist

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU

Hannes Landmann

Product Manager

Sartorius Stedim

Shawn Lawrence, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Cell Culture Development, Preclinical Manufacturing and Process Development

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Kim Le

Senior Scientist & Group Leader

Amgen

Huong Le, PhD

Process Development Senior Scientist

Amgen, Inc

David Lee

Research Associate III

Seattle Genetics

Kate Lee

Senior Engineer

Genentech/Roche

Sarah Lee

Associate Director, Early stage vector CMC lead

Juno Therapeutics

Jeong Lee, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist, Cell Culture and Fermentation Sciences

AstraZeneca

Kenneth Lee, PhD

Scientist II

MedImmune

Howard Levine, PhD

National Leader

BioProcess Technology Group

Nathan Lewis, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

University of California, San Diego

Jing Li

Research Investigator II

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Hongshan Li, PhD

Marketing Applications Manager

ForteBio

Zizhao Liu, Ph.D.

Process Scientist, Process Sciences

Regeneron

Shawn Liu, PhD

Chief Scientist & Department Head

Bayer Healthcare LLC

Amos Lu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering

MIT

Doug MacDonald

Principal Scientist

Seattle Genetics

Padmadhar Madupu

Technical Manager

Pfizer

Behzad Mahdavi, Ph.D., MBA

VP Strategic Innovation & Alliances

Lonza

Brandon McKethan, PhD

Field Application Specialist

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Shahram Misaghi, PhD

Senior Scientist

Genentech, Inc

Ali Mohamed

VP, CMC

Immatics, USA

Rafi Mohammad, PhD

Staff Development Scientist

Bayer U.S. LLC

Jurgen Mullberg

Viral Safety Expert

BMS

Mustafa Munye

Lead Scientist

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

Sasidhar Murikinati

Regional Marketing Manager

GenScript ProBio

William Napoli

Scientist

Sanofi

Nicole Nunez

Process Development Scientist

Eureka Therapeutics, Inc.

Raquel Orozco, PhD

Senior Bioprocess Engineer

Boehringer-Ingelheim

David Page

Director, MS&T (Manufacturing Sciences & Technology)

KBI Biopharma

Madhav Paranandi

Sr. Director, MSAT

Kemwell Biopharm

Shyam Patel

Director Business Development

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Vijay Patel

Process Validation

bluebird bio

Melissa Patterson

Director, Alliance Management

AbSci

Josefine Persson, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Purification Development

Genentech

Matthew Peters

Senior Application Engineer

3M

Mark Petrich

Director, Single-Use Systems Engineering

Merck & Co., Inc.

Christoph Pistek

Global Head, Technology Sciences

Takeda - R&D

Kristina Pleitt

Senior Scientist, Downstream Process Development

Patheon

Barbara Potts

Senior Consultant

Potts and Nelson Consulting

Philip Probert, PhD

Senior Upstream Scientist

Centre for Process Innovation Limited

Igor Quinones-Garcia, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Biologics Development

Mersana Therapeutics

Dot Reilly, MS

Senior Technical Development Leader

Genentech

Kathy Remington

Principal Scientist, Field Development Services

MilliporeSigma, USA

Kathryn Remington, PhD

Principal Scientist, Field Development Services

MilliporeSigma

Frank Ritacco, PhD

Director, Scientific and Technical Affairs

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pharma Services

Natalia Rodionova, Ph.D.

Senior Application Scientist

PerkinElmer

Luis Rodriguez-Borlado

Vice President of Regenerative Therapies

Capricor

Jeremy Rowlette

Sr. Director | Scientific and Life Sciences Product Line

DRS Daylight Solutions

Jens Rupprecht

Project Manager

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

William Rushton

Chromatography Support Scientist

Bio-Rad

Richa Sarin

Scientist, Analytical Development

Biogen

Oscar Segurado, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

ASC Therapeutics Inc.

Joe Sexton

Principal Technical Specialist

Genentech

Amy Shen

Technical Development Principal Scientist and Group Leader

Genentech Inc.

Bonnie Shum

Senior Engineer

Genentech

Ricardo Silva

Downstream Process Development

iBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Andrew Sinclair

President and Founder

BioPharm Services Ltd, United Kingdom

Anupam Singhal, PhD

Product Manager, Antibody Therapeutics

Berkeley Lights, Inc.

Renuka Sivendran

Director, Analytical Development

Five Prime Therapeutics

Alan Smith, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Technical Operations

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

Ting Song

QC Specialist

Amgen

Rick St. John, Ph.D.

Head of Digital Sciences

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group

Bob St. Onge

Research Scientist

Stanford University

Mark Stockdale

Amalgamator of Business and Biology

Solentim

Christopher Taylor

Head of Consulting

Exputec

Barbara Tevelev

Senior Scientist, Molecular Discovery, Cell Line Development, Bioprocess Research and Development

Pfizer

Mark Tié

Scientist II, Cell Line Development

Biogen

Fateme Tousi, Ph.D.

Scientist, Biologics Development – BioAnalytics

Sanofi

Amanda Trent

Director of Assay Development & Migration

Accellix

Elisabeth Vachette

Head of PM Bags/Mixing/Tanks

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Nobel Vale

Research Scientist II

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Marc Verhagen

Sr. Director Biologics Development

Sanofi

Avril Vermunt

Connected Biomanufacturing Program Manager

GE

James Dean Vogel

Founder and Director

The BioProcess Institute

Moritz von Stosch

Senior Manager, Process Systems Biology and Engineering Center of Excellence, Technical R&D

GlaxoSmithKline

Leah Wang

Principal Scientist

Pfizer

Dhanuka Wasalathanthri

Senior Scientist

Bristol Myers Squibb

Bingchuan Wei, Ph.D.

Technical Development Scientist, Protein Analytical Chemistry

Genentech

Dalit Weinstein-Fischer

CTO

VAYU Sense

David Wolton

Operations Consultant

PM Group

Joshua Woods

Principal Scientist, Analytical Research and Development

Pfizer

Haiou (Hio) Yang

Principal Scientist, Process Development

Avid Biosciences, Inc.

Samet Yildirim

Technology Innovation Manager

Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc.

Denizhan Yilmaz

Senior Scientist

Sanofi

Rachel Yost

Senior Process Engineer

Juno Therapeutics Inc.

Yulei Zang, Ph.D.

Student, Chemical Engineering

University of Michigan

Lin Zhang

Research Fellow

Pfizer

Yongchun Zhang

Lead Engineer, SUT Platform

Bayer

Green Zhang, PhD

Associate Director, Large Molecule Purification

Incyte Corporation

Marieke Zhao

Director, Cell Line Development

Mersana Therapeutics

Yingying Zheng

Data Scientist

Amgen

Ji Zheng, PhD

Associate Director

Celgene

Yizhou Zhou, PhD

Scientist II, Protein Cell Line Development

Biogen

Jie Zhu, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Cell Culture and Fermentation Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca

Ying Zhu, Ph.D.

Head of CMC

Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics, Inc.

June Zou

Process Scientist

Bayer Healthcare LLC

Qin Zou, Ph.D.

Associate Research Fellow

Pfizer