12-15 May 2025
Congress Center Hamburg, GermanyHamburg, GermanyKey Sessions
Steffen Lang
KEYNOTE: Innovation in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Novartis
Nigel Titchener-Hooker, Ph.D.
Keynote Address: 40 years of Drug Development
University College London
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Wellness Activities
06:30 - 07:30
BPI Europe Attendee Run/Walk
All attendees are welcome to participate in our 5k (3.1 miles) walk/run throughout the park adjacent to the Messe Wien Congress Center!
For full details and to sign up, please visit https://get.informaconnect.com/bpi-europe/fun-run/
08:00 - 08:25
Welcome Coffee and Registration
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Keynote Plenary
08:25 - 08:30
Chairperson Remarks
08:30 - 09:00
New Concepts to Expedite and de-risk Establishment of Biologics Development and early-stage Manufacturing Capacity: Sartorius ProcessGo
- Gerben Zijlstra, PhD - Process Technology Manager, Sartorius
09:00 - 09:35
KEYNOTE: Innovation in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Novartis is leveraging the latest technology platforms to ensure medicines reach our patients faster, in highest quality and with greater efficiency. Operations plays a pivotal role in ensuring that we stay at the forefront of the rapid technological advances in our industry and continue to bring innovative medicines to patients.
- Steffen Lang - President, Operations, Novartis
09:35 - 10:05
Innovation never stops – manufacturing for next-generation medicines
- Marc Bisschops, Ph.D. - Viral Vector R&D Leader, Cytiva
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Break
Poster Viewing & Presentation Session
10:05 - 10:55
Morning Refreshment Break in Exhibition & Poster Hall
10:10 - 10:50
Poster Presentation & Viewing Session in the Exhibit Hall
Head down to the Exhibit Hall to view our Scientific Posters and hear from the authors!
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Cell Line Development & Engineering
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Recovery & Purification
Manufacturing Strategy & Bioprocessing 4.0
Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
10:55 - 11:00
Chairperson's Opening Remarks: Cell Line Development & Engineering
- Patrick Schulz - Director, Cell Line Development, Boehringer Ingelheim
11:00 - 11:30
Using Stable producer cell lines for manufacturing of lentiviral vectors
- Nikki Lal - Scientist, CSL Behring Innovation GmbH
11:30 - 12:00
Cell-free alternative for the production of highly potent neurotoxins: An Economic assessment
- Will Olughu - Senior Principal Scientist, Ipsen
12:00 - 12:30
Overcoming cell line development inefficiencies and streamlining the clone selection process for protein biologic production with the Solentim ICON™
- Adam Causer - Associate Product Manager, Advanced Instruments
10:55 - 11:00
Chairperson's Opening Remarks: Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
11:00 - 11:30
Incorporating new feed components in process development: a strategic approach based on the impact of dipeptides on clone selection
- Gesthimani Barmpouteli - Scientist, UCB
11:30 - 12:00
Scaling-up therapeutic bioproduction with CELLiST BASAL CHO MX medium
- Alix Lecomte - Scientist, Upstream Process Development, KBI Biopharma
12:00 - 12:30
Innovations in perfusion bioprocessing: Tailoring media, enhancing productivity, and scaling strategies
- Andreas Castan, PhD - Strategic Technologies Leader, Cytvia
10:55 - 11:00
Chairperson's Opening Remarks: Recovery & Purification
- Alois Jungbauer - Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
11:00 - 11:30
Keynote Address: 40 years of Drug Development
- Nigel Titchener-Hooker, Ph.D. - Professor and Dean of Engineering, University College London
11:30 - 12:00
Enabling lowest COGS Through the Latest GMP-Scale Continuous Manufacturing Technology
- Nigel Shipston - Associate Vice President, Just-Evotec Biologics
12:00 - 12:15
Less Filtration, more Yield - exploring the Future of Upstream Cell Clarification by implementation of GEA kytero® Single-Use Pharma Separator
- Lukas Rositzka - Head of Upstream Processing Production, ProBioGen AG
10:55 - 11:00
Chair’s Welcome Remarks: Manufacturing Strategy & Bioprocessing 4.0
- Weitao Jia - Director, CMC Analytical Development Technical Operations, Ultragenyx
11:00 - 11:30
Strategic outsourcing of biologics CMC development and manufacturing
- Ulrich Ruemenapp - Head of Launch Preparation, Bayer AG
11:30 - 12:00
Closed systems and A risk-based approach to filter integrity testing requirements for biologics drug substance manufacturers
- Richard McCarthy - Representative, BioPhorum
12:00 - 12:30
Manufacturing Processes of nomacopan and PAS-nomacopan using ESETEC®
- Dietmar Strehlow - Head of Analytical Development, Wacker Biotech GmbH
10:55 - 11:00
Chair’s Welcome Remarks: Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
- Angela Vollstedt - Director, Cell & Gene Therapies Portfolio Management, Novartis
11:00 - 11:30
Gene Therapy Development: from process design to process intensification at warp speed
- Nic Preyat - Associate Director, Gene Therapy CMC Development, UCB Pharma
11:30 - 12:00
rAVV Capsid Stability During Chromatographic Purification
- Vijesh Kumar - Lead Scientist, Spark Therapeutics
12:00 - 12:30
Cool Cells, Cooler Results | Innovative Preservation Solutions For Cell Therapy
- Rukmini Ladi - External Collaborations Manager, Cell Culture Technologies, Sartorius Stedim Biotech
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Networking Break
Live Labs
12:30 - 13:55
Lunch in Exhibtion & Poster Hall
13:00 - 13:10
Equilibar Live Lab: Improving WFI Point-of-Use with Single-Use Flow Control
13:10 - 13:20
Astrea Bioseparations Live Lab: Solutions for Complete Bioseparation Workflows
13:20 - 13:30
Thermo Fisher Scientific Live Lab: Streamlining Genetic Testing in Biopharma Quality Control
13:30 - 13:40
Benchling Live Lab: Reduce time to milestone with Benchling Bioprocess, a digital process development platform
13:40 - 13:50
Refeyn Live Lab: Antibody and protein biophysical analysis with Mass Photometry
- João Rosa - Technical Sales Specialist, Refeyn
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Cell Line Development & Engineering
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Recovery & Purification
Manufacturing Strategy & Bioprocessing 4.0
Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
13:55 - 14:00
Chairperson Remarks: Cell Line Development & Engineering
- Wolfgang Sommeregger - CEO, QUBICON AG
14:00 - 14:30
Microbial based systems for production of diverse vaccines platforms, from complex nanoparticles and VLPs, to enabling proteins for RNA based therapies
- Gabriela Henriques - Senior Scientist II, CPI
14:30 - 15:00
Challenges in cell line development for the cultivated seafood
- Gaye Cetinkaya Campari - Team Lead Cell Line Development, BLUU GmbH
15:00 - 15:15
Banking the Intensified Seed Train: How High Cell Density Enhances Bio-Process Productivity & Efficiency
- Brian Moloney - Director, New Products and Innovations, Single Use Support GmbH
15:15 - 15:30
Towards Bench-Scale Manufacturing- Stirred-tank Bioreactors for Cell Cultivation
13:55 - 14:00
Chairperson Remarks: Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
- Michael Butler - Professor and Principal Investigator, Cell Technology Group, NIBRT
14:00 - 14:30
FUNDALOOP®: cyclical Cake Filtration for enhanced Cell Harvest
- Davide Stucchi - Product and Sales Manager, DrM, Dr Mueller AG
14:30 - 15:00
Tech transfer considerations for introduction of perfusion technology at large scale manufacturing
- Patrick Harnedy - Senior Principal Engineer, Eli Lilly
15:00 - 15:30
Intensifying Upstream Processes and scaling to 50L DynaDrive
- Maren Grün - Field Applications Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Jan Ott - Research Associate, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
15:30 - 15:45
Key Strategies for Efficient Endotoxin Removal in Biotherapeutic Purification
- Artur Stanczak MSc - Field Application Specialist EMEA, Bio-Rad Laboratories
13:55 - 14:00
Chairperson Remarks: Recovery & Purification
- Alois Jungbauer - Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
14:00 - 14:30
CSLs concept of the Lab of the Future – Accelerating Product Development through Automation and Smart PD
- Lars Robbel - Director Bioanalytical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Product Development, CSL Behring Innovation GmbH
14:30 - 15:00
Harmonised approach to product carbon footprint data for the BioPharma industry
- Matteo Alaria - Head of Product Sustainability, Sartorius
15:00 - 15:30
Viral Clearance breakthrough: Enhancing efficacy and protein stability with a regulatory compliant, novel detergent
- Willy Hesselink - Senior Technical Application Project Manager, Avantor
13:55 - 14:00
Chairperson Remarks: Manufacturing Strategy & Bioprocessing 4.0
14:00 - 14:30
The merger of automated LC fractionation and in-depth characterization by MS workflows in biopharmaceutical development – Lessons learned & the road ahead
- Dan Bach Kristensen - Scientific Director, Symphogen
14:30 - 15:00
Strategies for distributed mRNA and saRNA manufacturing
- Harris Makatsoris - Academics Professor of Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, King's College London
15:00 - 15:30
Utilizing In-line Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring Critical Quality Attributes in Glycosylation Processes
- Johan Cailletaud - PAT Implementation & Support Engineer, Merck Life Science
13:55 - 14:00
Chairperson Remarks: Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
- Angela Vollstedt - Director, Cell & Gene Therapies Portfolio Management, Novartis
14:00 - 14:30
Development of iPSC derived NK cell therapy for immune oncology
14:30 - 15:00
Streamlined process for AAV purification and analytics
- Wei Zhang - Principal Scientist & DSP Group Head (Biotherapeutics Purification and Analytics), A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore
15:00 - 15:30
Improving lentiviral vector production using the next generation of transfection reagent FectoVIR®-LV
- Nadia Mazzaro - Scientific Support Specialist, PolyPlus
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Break
Poster Viewing & Presentation Session
15:45 - 16:30
Afternoon Break in Exhibition Hall
15:50 - 16:25
Poster Presentation & Viewing Session in the Exhibit Hall
Head down to the Exhibit Hall to view our Scientific Posters and hear from the authors!
Showing 5 of 5 Streams
Cell Line Development & Engineering
Cell Culture & Upstream Processing
Recovery & Purification
Manufacturing Strategy & Bioprocessing 4.0
Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
16:30 - 17:00
Enhancing Cell Line Development workflow efficiency using the Beacon
- Julie Frentzel - Scientist, Merck
17:00 - 17:15
C.STATION: End-to-end automation for generating stable cell lines for the development of advanced therapeutics
- Harrison Garner - Field Application Specialist Biopharma UK, CYTENA GmbH
16:30 - 17:00
Keynote Address: Unveiling success factors in developing a scalable manufacturing process for an oncolytic virus.
- Ingo Gorr - Head of Therapeutic Virus Development, Boehringer Ingelheim
17:00 - 17:30
Panel Discussion: Optimizing Expression of Novel Biologics
- Nikki Lal - Scientist, CSL Behring Innovation GmbH
- Will Olughu - Senior Principal Scientist, Ipsen
- Gabriela Henriques - Senior Scientist II, CPI
16:30 - 17:00
Mastering hollow fiber-based cell retention: Solutions to the sieving challenge in perfusion
- Patrick Romann - Bioprocess Specialist, Biotech, Levitronix GmbH
17:00 - 17:30
Product Sieving Understanding in Different TFF Operation Modes in Dynamic Perfusion Cultures
- Dominik Schieman - Expert Science & Technology, Novartis Pharma AG
16:30 - 17:00
Employing criticality to establish strong process control strategies for commercial filings
- Christina Calabrese - Principal Process Controls and Validation Scientist, Regeneron
17:00 - 17:30
Online Presentation: Pharma 4.0, FDA/FRAME and Digital Twins: Enabling Advanced Manufacturing and Digital Transformation in Pharma through Cross-Collaborative Partnerships
- Douglas Kiehl - Senior Director, Bioproduct Research & Development, Eli Lilly and Company
16:30 - 17:00
Downstream processing and in process control of viral vectors
- Alois Jungbauer - Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
17:30 - 19:40
Offsite Reception
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