Tuesday 3rd November – Pre-Conference WorkshopsTuesday, 3 November 2026 - GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, GMTZ)

This interactive workshop will run from 9am – 4:30pm.

Technology transfer, the transfer of a manufacturing capability between two sites, is one of the most common but challenging requirement facing the biopharmaceutical industry. In the case of cell and gene therapies, this is exacerbated by the complexity of the technology and its relative novelty.

This course aims to provide a robust foundation for tech transfer execution as well as exploring specific difficulties faced by participants. Through a series of presentations, case studies, interactive discussion and exercises the general principles and main challenges of tech transfer will be covered.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

• Ensuring seamless tech transfer: Best practices and strategies
• Developing a tailored tech transfer programme
• Internal transfers: From development to commercial manufacturing
• External tech transfer and working with CDMOs
• Changes and scale up
• Establishing comparability
• How to apply risk assessments
• Transferring analytical methods
• Communicating effectively, building partnerships, cross functional teams and clear communication channels

Participants are encouraged to bring their thoughts and experience as well as their live cases (to be share in a non-confidential manner)