Meet our Speakers

Geoffrey Pot

General Manager Operations, Site Head

Takeda

Cleo Kontoravdi

Professor

Imperial College London

Julian Hitzler

Senior Expert Science & Technology, Drug Substance Development

Novartis Pharma

Jenny Ann Prange

Head of Production, CTO and Co-founder

MUVON Therapeutics AG

Mr Vighnesh Balan

Global Supply Chain Business Excellence Lead

Takeda

Jens Traenkle

Global Head of Process Control and Lab Automation

Bayer Pharma

Louis Boon, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer and Board Member

JJP Biologics

Konstantin Agolli

Senior Product Manager & BioOptimal TFF Specialist

Asahi Kasei Bioprocess Europe

Thibaut Angevin

Director CMC Proteins

BioNTech SE

David Ausländer, PhD

Associate Director

Novartis Pharma AG

Niall Barron

Principal Investigator

NIBRT

Ms Katharina Bauer

Senior Process Expert DSP Development

Novartis

Dr. Jason Beckwith

Research Group Lead

University of Dundee

Gulcan Benzer

Pharma Consultant

DigiPharma Türkiye

Thomas Berger, MSc

PhD student, Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology

University of Salzburg

A Representative from BioPhorum

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BioPhorum

Marc Bisschops, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Viral Vector R&D

Cytiva

Iris Bodenmann

R&D Director, Cell Biology

NewBiologix

Mr Ignasi Bofarull-Manzano

Industrial PhD Candidate, CMC Data Scientist and Consultant

RWTH Aachen University, Körber Pharma

Josefin Bolik

Global Product Manager – Antibody Platforms

Cytiva

Kerstin Brack

Scientific Director, Global Biosafety

Charles River

Marija Brgles

Principal Scientist, Therapeutic Virus Development

Boehringer Ingelheim

Christian Burger

Business Development Manager

Cytiva

Stephane Busso

CLD Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Product Development

Fresenius Kabi

Michael Butler

Principal Investigator, Cell Technology

NIBRT

Amandine Calvet

Associate Head of Laboratory

Boehringer Ingelheim

Jean-Marc Cappia

Head of Market Development Intensified Chromatography, Separation Technologies

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Sofia Carvalho

Senior Scientist

iBET

Thomas Chattaway

Senior Life Science Consultant

Independent

Veronique Chotteau, PhD

Professor Mammalian Cell-based Bioprocess Technology

KTH - Royal Institute of Technology

Shan-Hua Chung

Principal Scientist and Matrix Lead in Cell Technologies

Roche

Lekan Daramola

Consultant

Freelance

Noémie Deneyer

Associate Director

GSK

Alexander Doerfler

Senior Expert Science and Technology, Biostatistician

Novartis

Gearóid Duane

Principal Scientist, Manufacturing Science & Technology Upstream

Bristol Myers Squibb, Cruiserath Biologics

Dr. Mark Duerkop

Chief Executive Officer

Novasign, Austria

Dr Lasse Ebdrup Pedersen

Associate Professor

The Technical University of Denmark

Prof. Michel Eppink

Senior Director - Downstream Processing

Byondis B.V.

Maria Farcet

Director, Global Pathogen Safety

Takeda

Dr. Ryan Farley

Scientist II

Mesenbio Ltd

Verena Fischer

Lab Head Early Stage Upstream Development

Boehringer Ingelheim

Daniel Fleischanderl

Head of Upstream Development

Boehringer Ingelheim

Mr Simon Fradin

Senior Manager / Lab Head Upstream Process Development, Biopharmaceutical Product Development

Fresenius Kabi

Mr Patrick Garidel

Global Development CMC Biologicals

Boehringer Ingelheim

Mr Bernd Giebel

Founder & CTO

Exosla Therapeutics

Mohammad Golzarijalal

Postdoctoral research fellow, Computer Information Systems department/ Member

University of Melbourne/ ARC Digital bioprocess Development Hub

Amir Goudarzi

Sr. Director, Process Engineering & Technologies

Bayer

Dr. Kyle Grant

Director of Vector Production

Voyager Therapeutics

Benedikt Greck

Doctoral Student, Platformization of Complex Molecules

Amgen

Ignatius Gyepi-Garbrah

Global Product Manager

Cytiva

Dr. Alexander Hackel

Scientist in Medical Research | Founder

Klinik für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), University of Lübeck | Ammy Diagnostics (ammy.ai)

Dr. Lisa-Marie Harlevi

R&T Scientist

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Andrew Harmon, MBA

Associate Manager, Management & Strategy Consulting

Sia

Lynn Harvey

Global Product Manager

Cytiva

Dr. Shahin Heshmatifar

Senior Scientist USP FAS

Cytiva

Deborah Hol-Schop

Principal Scientist Upstream Processes

Byondis

Margit Holzer

Scientific Director

Ulysse Consult

Moo Sun Hong

Assistant Professor

Seoul National University

Kerem Irfan

Principal Upstream Scientist

Cytiva

Weitao Jia, Ph.D.

Director, Pre-Pivotal Biologics Analytical Development and Product Characterization

Gilead Sciences

Thomas Jostock, PhD

Associate Director

Novartis

Omkar Kawalekar

Co-Founder

BlueWhale

Kat Kozyrytska

Founder

Cell Therapy Manufacturability Program

Ms Sandra Krause

M.Sc, Lab Engineer CMC Microbial Platform

Sanofi

Cornelia Lindner

Manager of Bioprocess Development, CMTS Product Development

Sartorius Stedim Cellca GmbH

Yu-Tsan (Richard) Liu

Sr. Scientist

UCB Pharma

Carine Logvinoff

Scientific Manager, Virology

Sanofi

Marian Magdy

Department Head Protein Purification

Minapharm Pharmaceuticals

Olivier Marcq

Senior Vice President - CMC

Tubulis

Guy Matthews

Director Single Use Technology

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific

Florian Mayerthaler

Head DSP non-GMP Pilot Plant

Sanofi

Stefano Menegatti

Associate Professor

North Carolina State University

Mr Jose Miguel Escandell Planells

Principal Scientist

iBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica

Guido Moll

Assistant Coordinator EU-H2020 ATMP & GMP Projects

Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Julia Müller

PhD Student

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Matthias Müllner

CEO

bespark*bio

Claes Nilsson

Senior Cultivation Scientist

Novo Nordisk A/S

Rui Oliveira

Full Professor at NOVA University Lisbon

School of Science and Engineering Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Will Olughu

Senior Principal Scientist

Ipsen

Dieter Palmberger

CTO

bespark*bio

Mr Andrej Pohar

Senior Expert Science & Technology

Novartis

Bjarne Rask Poulsen, PhD

Cell Culture Specialist

Novo Nordisk

Dr Chelsea Pratt, PhD.

Biopharma Segment Marketing Manager

Bio-Rad

Philip Probert, PhD

Biologics Technology Lead

CPI Biologics

Zahra Rattray

Senior Lecturer

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Tiffany Rau, PhD

Adjunct Professor Biochemistry and Cell Biology

University College Cork, Ireland

Lior Raviv

Chief Technology Officer

Pluri Biotech Ltd

Johan Rockberg

Professor

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Lukas Rositzka

Head of Upstream Processing Production

ProBioGen AG

Sean Rotter

Field Application Scientist

Ecolab, Purolite Resins

Dr Ulrich Rümenapp

Senior Biotech Program Lead

Bayer AG

Moritz Schmidt

Head of Laboratory Molecular Biology

Boehringer Ingelheim

Dana Schreffler

Manager of Viral Safety

Regeneron

Sebastian Schwaminger

Associate Professor

Medical University of Graz

Mischa Schwendy

Workflow Development Leader - Viral Vector

Cytiva

Ms Petra Sebastian

Senior Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Product Development Bioanalytical Sciences

CSL Innovation GmbH

Lior Shaltiel

CEO

NurExone Biologic

Jay Sinha

Senior Director, Biologics CMC Development and Manufacturing

Celldex Therapeutics

Florence Suavet

Head of Development & Validation

PathoQuest

Elodie Charbaut Taland

CMC Regulatory Intelligence Associate Director

Merck Healthcare

Sjoerd Van der Ent

Director Innovation

Koppert

Thomas Villiger

Professor of Bioprocess Technology

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Hans-Rainer Voelger

Senior Scientist

Roche Diagnostics GmbH

Fabian Vogt

Head of Laboratory

Boehringer Ingelheim

Imke Vohs

Scientist Engineering USP

MSD

Mr Neil Watson

Principal Scientist

UCB

Ben Weil

Director of Manufacturing

INmune Bio

Vincent Wiegmann

Senior Scientist

MeiraGTx

Stephen Wing

Principal Business Development Manager, Electronic Data Exchange

Merck

Dr. Christian Witz

CEO

SimVantage GmbH

Ms Karen Wohlers

Scientist Bioprocessing Development

Bluu Seafood

Lenny Zaffaroni, PhD

Senior Scientist

Bavarian Nordic

Gerben Zijlstra, PhD

Bioprocess Solutions Expert

Sartorius

David Öling

Director, Molecular Biology and Recombinant Protein Production

AstraZeneca