2022 Speakers

Take a sneak peek at a few of the speakers we have confirmed for the January 2022 show!

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Alex Goraltchouk

Chief Operating Officer • Remedium Bio
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Amol Ketkar

Vice President, Cell and Gene Therapy Product Development • GlaxoSmithKline
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Andrea Zobel

Senior Director, Personalized Supply Chain • AmerisourceBergen
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Andres Bratt-Leal

Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of R&D • Aspen Neuroscience
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Andres Bratt-Leal

Senior Vice President and Founder • Aspen Neuroscience
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Angela Justice

Chief People Officer • TCR2 Therapeutics
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Anthony Davies

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Antonio Torloni

Director of Apheresis • Banner MD Anderson Center
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Arnaud Deladeriere

Director of Process Development • Triumvira Immunologics
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Becky Cap

Chief Operating Officer, GenCure, Senior Vice President • BioBridge Global
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Benjamin Minow

Vice President, Cell & Gene Therapy Industrialisation • Bayer
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Bryan Poltilove

Operational Partner • Broadoak Capital Partners
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Bryan Potilove

Operational Partner • Broadoak Capital Partners
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Chris Reardon

Associate Scientist • Dyno Therapeutics
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Chris Wegener

Director, Cell Therapy R&D • Fresenius Kabi
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Christa Feasley

 • Cytovance Biologics
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Christopher Ballas

Senior Vice President, Manufacturing • Innovative Cellular Therapeutics
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Dan Stanton

Founder and Editor • Bioprocess Insider
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Dan Strange

Consultant, Cell and Gene Therapy • TTP
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Daniel Gincel

Senior Vice President • Longeveron
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Daniel Shelly

Vice President • Prescient Therapeutics
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David Fontana

Chief Business and Strategy Officer • Umoja Biopharma
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David Hodl

Head of Business Development • Invetech
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David Peritt

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer • Lupagen
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David Sheehan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer • Nucleus Biologics
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Delara Motlagh

General Manager, Cell Therapy Technologies • Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
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Dhvanit Shah

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer • Garuda Therapeutics
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Dominic Clarke

Chief Technology Officer • Discovery Life Sciences
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Donna Rill

Chief Technology Officer • Triumvira Immunologics
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Edita Botonjic-Sehic

Director of Analytics, Digital Innovation • Pall Biotech
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Eliot Bourk

Vice President, Business & Corporate Development • Chimeric Therapeutics
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Emily English

Director of Quality • Cartesian Therapeutics
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Emily McGinnis

Chief Patient Officer • Taysha Gene Therapies
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Emily Titus

Vice President, Process Sciences • Notch Therapeutics
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Fabien Gerlinghaus

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer • Cellares
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Félix Montero-Julian

 • bioMérieux
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Gabriella Perell

Cell and Gene Therapy Product Manager • Bio-Techne
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George Smith

Vice President, Cell Therapy Operations • Turnstone Bio
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Géraldine Guérin-Peyrou

Director of Marketing and Scientific Support • Polyplus-Transfection
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Hanna Lesch

Chief Technology Officer • Exothera SA
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Haro Hartounian

Senior Vice President and General Manager • BioCentriq
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Holly May

 • AVROBIO
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Ian Gaudet

Senior Director, Site Head • Miltenyi Biotec
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Ian McNiece

Chief Scientific Officer • BioCardia
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J Kelly Ganjei

President and Chief Executive Officer • AmplifyBio
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Jacob Becraft

Chief Executive Officer • Strand Therapeutics
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Jak Knowles

Chief Executive Officer • Affini T
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James Wang

Chief Technology Officer • Juventas Cell Therapy
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James Warren

Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development • Ultragenyx
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Janet Lynch Lambert

Chief Executive Officer • Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
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Jason C. Foster

Chief Executive Officer • Ori Biotech
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Jeff Boyd

Partner and Life Sciences Tools & Services Sector Co-Leader • Heidrick & Struggles
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Jeff Liter

Chief Executive Officer • Luminary Therapeutics
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Jennifer Chow

Chief Operating Officer • Chimeric Therapeutics
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Jill Elliott

Vice President, Cell Therapy Commercialisation • Novo Nordisk
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Jo Anne Valentino

Chief Operating Officer • Minaris Regenerative Medicine
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Joachim Fruebis

Chief Development Officer • BlueRock Therapeutics
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John Manis

Associate Director, Transfusion Medicine & Assistant Professor of Pathology • Harvard Medical School
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John Maslowski

Chief Commercial Officer • Forge Biologics
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John Mikitsh

Senior Scientific Associate • Century Therapeutics
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John Moscariello

Executive Director, Viral Vector & Gene Editing Process Development • Bristol Myer Squibb
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John Rossi

Senior Vice President, Head of Translational Medicine • CERo Therapeutics
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John Schick

Vice President, Global Market Access and Policy • Instil Bio
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Josh Ludwig

Global Director, Commercial Operations • ScaleReady
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Karen Kozarsky

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer • SwanBio Therapeutics
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Kei Kishimoto

Chief Scientific Officer • Selecta Bio
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Kent Christopherson

Senior Director, Medical Affairs • Orchard Therapeutics
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Kent Thorup

Regional Vice President of Business Development • QuickSTAT Global Life Science Logistics
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Kevin Alessandri

Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President USA • TreeFrog Therapeutics
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Kim Nguyen

Chief Technology Officer • Affini T
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Kim Raineri

Chief Manufacturing and Technology Officer • AVROBIO
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Kinnari Patel

President & Chief Operating Officer • Rocket Pharma
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Krishendu Roy

Robert A. Milton Chair Professor, Director, NSF ERC on Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) • Georgia Tech
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Kwok Pang

Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder • Autolomous
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Laurent Humeau

Chief Science Officer • INOVIO
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Lisa McClain-Moss

Vice President, Manufacturing • Longeveron
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Lizette Caballero

Regional CAR T Site Liaision • Janssen
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Lucas De Breed

Founder and Managing Director • August Care
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Magali Taiel

Chief Medical Officer • GenSight Biologics
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Marcia Blackmoore

Director, CMC – NK Cell Therapy • Sanofi
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Marco Fadda

ATMP Solutions Manager • Comecer S.p.A
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Mari Mitrani

Chief Science Officer • Organicell Regenerative Medicine
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Mark Sawicki

Chief Executive Officer • CryoPort Inc
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Mark Throsby

Chief Scientific Officer • Gadeta
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Mathias Svahn

Chief Executive Officer • NextCell Pharma
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Matthew Durdy

Chief Executive Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Matthew Lakelin

Vice President, Business Development and Scientific Affairs • Trakcel
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Matthew Li

Associate Director, Head of Cell Therapy Manufacturing Innovation • Vor Biopharma
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Melissa Sebok

Executive Director – Product, Client & Business Development, Direct Patient Care & Emerging Offerings • American Red Cross
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Miguel Forte

Chief Executive Officer • Bone Therapeutics
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Nina Bauer

Senior Director, Head of Commercial, Gene Therapy • MilliporeSigma
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Ohad Karnieli

Founder & CEO • Adva Biotechnology
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Oliver Bartelsen

Global Head of Business Development and Industrial Services  • Miltenyi Biotec
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Palani Palaniappan

Chief Technology Officer • Aruvant
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Pascal Touchon

President and Chief Executive Officer • Atara Biotherapeutics
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Patrick J. Hanley

Chief & Director, Cellular Therapy Program • Children’s National Hospital
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Patrick Lucy

Chief Executive Officer • Lykan Bioscience
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Peter Danforth

Business Development Manager • Wacker Chemie
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Peter Olagunju

Chief Technology Officer • TCR2 Therapeutics
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Peter Walters

Director, Advanced Therapies • CRB
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Phil Morton

Chief Technology Officer • Albumedix
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Pinar Cicalese

Director, CMC Commercial Strategy • Immatics
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Rachel Legmann

Director of Technology, Gene Therapy • Repligen
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Richard McFarland

Chief Regulatory Officer • ARMI
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Robert Lechich

Principal Consultant • Global OT/IT Quality Services
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Robert Newman

Chief Scientific Officer • Fujifilm Irvine Scientific
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Ryan Cawood

Chief Scientific Officer • WuXi Apptec
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Ryan Hicks

Senior Director, Head of Bioscience Cell Therapy, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Research and Early Development Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism • AstraZeneca
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Ryan Pruchnic

Managing Vice President • Cook MyoSite
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Sadaf Naz Khan

Regional CAR T Site Liaision • Janssen
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Sadik Kassim

Chief Technology Officer • Vor Biopharma
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Samik Basu

Chief Scientific Officer • Cabaletta Bio
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Sander Van Deventer

Chief Scientific Officer • Porton Bio
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Sarah Thomas

Vice President of Quality • REGENXBIO
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Sean Werner

President • Sexton Biotechnologies
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Sheila Mikhail

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer • Asklepios BioPharmaceutical
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Shephard Mpofu

Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer • Novartis Gene Therapies
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Silvio Weber

Head of Industrial Process Development • Miltenyi Biotec
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Stefan R Kappeler

Senior Director, Biopharma and Regulatory • Exyte Central Europe GmbH
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Stefanos Theoharis

Chief Business Officer • Bone Therapeutics
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Stephen Sullivan

Programme Manager • GAiT
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Stephen Ward

Chief Manufacturing Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Susan Nichols

President and Chief Executive Officer • Propel Biosciences
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Sven Kili

Chief Executive Officer • Antion
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Tara Crnkovich

Senior Director, Site Lead – Clinical Biologics & Cell Therapy Manufacturing • AstraZeneca
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Thomas Bollenbach

Chief Technology Officer • ARMI
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Tiffany Rau

Owner and Principal Consultant • Rau Consulting
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Tim Farries

Principal Consultant, Senior Director • BioPharma Excellence
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Timothy Miller

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Forge Biologics
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Tony Ward

Chief Technology Officer • GPB Scientific, LLC
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Troels Jordansen

Chief Executive Officer • GlycoStem
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Whitney Ijem

Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development • Krystal Biotech
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Xiaokui Zhang

Chief Scientific Officer • Aspen Neuroscience
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Yina Santiago-Rodriguez

Process Development Manager • Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics