2023 Speakers

Take a look at the speakers who joined us in Miami in 2023!

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Adam Mcleod

Senior Scientist • Cytiva
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Aditi Singh

Global Senior Marketing Manager  • Sony Biotechnology Inc
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Alaina Schlinker

Senior Manager, Field Application Support Team • ScaleReady
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Alex Bloom

Chief Technology Officer • AviadoBio
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Alex Dahmani

Director of Business Development • Adaptive Biotechnologies
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Alexandra Coelho Bras

Regulatory Affairs Specialist • Viralgen
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Allen Feng

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer • HebeCell Corp
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Allyson Berent

Chief Science Officer • Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics
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Amit Agarwal

Managing Director • Deloitte
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Amritha Jaishankar

Executive Director, Cell and Gene Therapy Center • IQVIA
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Amy DuRoss

President, Cell and Gene Therapy • CSafe
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Amy House

Integration & Transition Lead, Former: Senior Director, Chief of Staff to Chief Medical Officer • Gyroscope
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Ana Rosa Sáez Ibáñez

Research Analyst, Clinical Accelerator and Venture Fund • Cancer Research Institute
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Andreas Kouri

Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Strategic Operations • ElevateBio
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Andrés Bratt-Leal

Co-Founder, Senior Vice President, Research and Development • Aspen Neuroscience
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Andrew Earnshaw

Digital Health Expert • PA Consulting
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Andrew Moreo

Head of Process Development • Andelyn Biosciences
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Andrew Olaye

Executive Director, Market Access & Partnerships EMEA • Orchard Therapeutics
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Andy Holt

Chief Commercial Officer • Cellistic
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Angela Justice

Chief People Officer • TCR2 Therapeutics
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Anne Cox

Director of Business Development • Tensentric
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Anne Rowzee

Associate Director for Policy, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies • FDA
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Anthony Davies

Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Dark Horse Consulting
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Arnaud Deladeriere

Director of Process Development • Triumvira Immunologics
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Arthur Stril

Chief Business Officer • Cellectis
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Arun Das

Chief Business Officer • Cabaletta Bio
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Åsa Hagner Mcwhirter

Principal Scientist • Cytiva
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Becky Johnson-Kent

Vice President, Europe & Women in Advanced Therapies (WiAT) Programme Lead • Phacilitate
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Benoit Bossuge

Head of Strategic Sourcing • CRISPR Therapeutics
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Bernd Leistler

Vice President Production • Sartorius CellGenix
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Beth Gardner

Senior Director, Patient Supply • Beam Therapeutics
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Boro Dropulic

Executive Director • Caring Cross
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Brad Carlin

Senior Advisor, Statistics and Data Science • PharmaLex GmbH (Biopharma excellence)
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Brahm Goldstein

Vice President, Research and Development, Hematology • CSL Behring
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Branden Salinas

Senior Director Manufacturing Sciences and Technology • Umoja Biopharma
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Bruce Levine

Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy; President, International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy • University of Pennsylvania
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Bryan Poltilove

Operating Partner • Broadoak Capital Partners
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Cameron Gardner

Director of Research • JURA Bio
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Carl H. June

Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the Perelman School of Medicine • University of Pennsylvania
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Cedric Ait Mansour

Global Senior Manager Market Development – New Products • Sony Biotechnology Inc
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Chad Salisbury

Senior Vice President • Project Farma
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Chris Brown

Head of Discovery • Metagenomi
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Chris McClain

Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development  • Be The Match BioTherapies
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Chris Min

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Officer • Longeveron
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Christian Aguilera-Sandoval

Applications Manager • Accellix
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Christian Chabannon

Head of Center for Cell Therapy • GoCART Coalition
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Cintia Piccina

 • AdaptImmune
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Courtney Horvarth

Global Head of Strategy, Planning & Operations, Translational Medicine & Childhood Cancer Advocate • Novartis
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Courtney Wells

Senior Vice President, Development Operations • Talaris Therapeutics
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Cynthia Pussinen

Former Chief Technical Officer • Spark Therapeutics
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Dan Kemp

President and Chief Executive Officer • Wugen
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Dan Shelly

Vice President of Business Development and Alliances • Prescient Therapeutics
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Dan Strange

Chief Technology Officer • Cellular Origins, A TTP Company
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Daniella Kranjac

Founding Partner • Dynamk Capital
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Dave Lennon

Chief Executive Officer • Satellite Bio
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David Barrett

Chief Executive Officer • American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)
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David Chang

Chief Executive Officer • WuXi Advanced Therapies
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David Hermanson

Senior Manager, CGT Applications • Bio-Techne
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David Hodl

Head of Sales, Cell Therapy Custom and Configured Platforms • Invetech
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David Sheehan

President & Chief Executive Officer • Nucleus Biologics
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David Sourdive

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President CMC & Manufacturing • Cellectis
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David Yoder

Senior Manager of Product Strategy • Aldevron
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Dominic Clarke

Chief Technical Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy • Discovery Life Sciences
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Don Healey

Chief Technology Officer • Adicet Bio
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Donna Rill

Chief Technical Officer • Triumvira Immunologics
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Emily Chee

General Manager, Americas • Novartis
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Emily Titus

Senior Vice President, Technical Operations • Notch Therapeutics
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Emma Bjorgum

Vice President, Client Services, DNA • Aldevron
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Eric Hacherl

Vice President, Head of Manufacturing • Spark Therapeutics
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Erin Leckrone

Senior Director Clinical Trials • Be The Match BioTherapies
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Essra Ridha

Chief Medical Officer • AVROBIO
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Eytan Abraham

Vice President & Business Head, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy • Nucleic Acids
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Fabio Fachin

Head of Cell Therapy Process Development, Automation and Digital Technologies • Takeda
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Farah Speer

Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Relations • AviadoBio
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Faraz Ali

Chief Executive Officer • Tenaya Therapeutics
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Farzin Farzaneh

Chief Scientific Officer • ViroCell Biologics
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Fernanda Masri

Head of Manufacturing Innovation • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Fran Gullo

Scientific Director, Gift of Life Center for Cell and Gene Therapy • Gift of Life Biologics
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Frank Borriello

Chief Executive Officer • Alloplex Bio
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George Buchman

Vice President, Pre-Clinical and Process Development • Catalent Cell and Gene Therapy
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Glenn Lumpkin

Director of Technical Services • CAI
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Gregg Nyberg

Chief Technology Officer • Landmark Bio
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Gregory Fiore

Founder and Chief Executive Officer • Exacis Biotherapeutics
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Gwen Binder

President, Science & Techology • Cabaletta Bio
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Gwen Nichols

Chief Medical Officer • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Hanna Lesch

Chief Technology Officer • Exothera
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Heather Stefanski

Vice President Medical Services • Be The Match BioTherapies
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Ian Gaudet

Senior Director, Site Head San Jose • Miltenyi Biotec
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Ian Goodwin

Director, Global Program Design, • Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
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Irina Kadiyala

Senior Director & Head, Heme Process Development • Vertex Cell and Gene Therapies
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Isaac Zentner

Associate Director Process Development • Carisma Therapeutics
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Ivan Wall

Professor of Regenerative Medicine • University of Birmingham
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J Kelly Ganjei

President and Chief Executive Officer • AmplifyBio
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Jacob Becraft

Co-Founder & CEO • Strand Therapeutics
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Jacqueline Barry

Chief Clinical Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Jaeseung Lim

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientific Officer • Cellatz Therapeutics
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James Kusena

Vice President, Bioprocessing & Applications • MicrofluidX
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James Miskin

Chief Technical Officer  • Oxford BioMedica (UK) Ltd
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Jason B. Litten

Chief Medical Officer • Chimeric Therapeutics
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Jean Stanton

Director, Global Cell Collection • Janssen
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Jeff Liter

President and Chief Executive Officer • Luminary Therapeutics
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Jeff Masten

Chief Operating Officer • Theragent
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Jeffrey Boyd

Partner, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice • Heidrick & Struggles
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Jennifer Chow

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director • Chimeric Therapeutics
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Jennifer Collins

Principal, Apheresis and Infusion Specialist • Vertex Cell and Gene Therapies
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Jennifer Fenwick

Senior Manager, Personalized Supply Chain • World Courier
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Jenny Holt

Senior Vice President, Programme and Portfolio Management • Ray Therapeutics
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Jenny Ligon

Associate Director, Workforce Development • National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM)
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Jian Irish

President and Chief Operating Officer • Metagenomi
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Jo Brewer

Chief Scientific Officer • AdaptImmune
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John Balchunas

Workforce Director • The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
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John Campbell

Director, Tissues, Cells & Advanced Therapeutics • Scottish National Blood & Transplant Service
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John Lee

Senior Vice President of Cell Therapy • Center for Breakthrough Medicines
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John Maslowski

Chief Commercial Officer • Forge Biologics
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John Rasko

Professor • University of Sydney
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Jordan Fabry

Product Specialist – Clarification Studies, Separations Technologies North America • Sartorius Stedim Biotech
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Jörg Schneider

Director, Principal Consultant • BioPharma Excellence
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Joy Aho

Director of Product Management • Be The Match BioTherapies
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Judith Koliwer

PhD Principal Consultant, Cell & Gene Therapy  • Körber Pharma Software
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Julie G. Allickson

Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine & Associate Professor of Regenerative Medicine • Mayo Clinic
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Julie Lenzer

Chief Innovation Officer • ARMI | BioFabUSA
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Justin McCue

Chief Technical Officer • Avectas
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Justin Skoble

Vice President, Head of Technical Operations • Caribou Biosciences
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Karen Moniz

Technical Director • ICCBBA
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Karen Walker

Chief Technical Officer • Kyverna Therapeutics
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Kent Thorup

Regional Vice President • QuickSTAT Global Life Science Logistics
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Kevin Ramdas

Director, Clinical Operations • Longeveron
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Kim Raineri

Chief Technology Officer • Aspen Neuroscience
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Kimberly Goodspeed

Assistant Professor • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Kimberly Negrin

Business Unit Leader • Stoic Bio
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Kinnari Patel

President & Chief Operating Officer • Rocket Pharma
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Konstantina Katcheves

Senior Vice President Business Development • Bristol Myers Squibb
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Kristin Viswanathan Wolff

Vice President, Market Access  • bluebird bio
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Kristy Shipulski

Vice President, Supply Chain Management • Vertex Cell and Gene Therapies
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Lara Silverman

Founder • LIS BioConsulting
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Leela Paris

Vice President, Process Engineering and Manufacturing, VCGT CMC Cell Manufacturing, • Vertex Cell and Gene Therapies
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Leila Mekkaoui

Associate Director Synthetic Genomics • Autolus
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Leonardo M.R. Ferreira

Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology  • Medical University of South Carolina
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Lesley Chan

Director of Process Innovation • bluebird bio
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Li Ou

Vice President • Genemagic Bio
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Lili Belcastro

Senior Principal Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Raw Materials • Bristol Myers Squibb
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Lior Raviv

Chief Technical Officer • Pluri
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Lisa Deschamps

Chief Executive Officer • AviadoBio
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Lisa McClain-Moss

Vice President, Manufacturing • Longeveron
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Lisa Ward

Co-Founder • Tough2gether Against DIPG/DMG
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Luca Alberici

General Manager, Milan Facility • AGC Biologics
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Lucas De Breed

Founder • August Care
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Lung-I Cheng

Vice President, Cell and Gene Therapy • AmerisourceBergen
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Lydia Jordan

Principal Investigator CGT Supply Chain • GlaxoSmithKline
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Lynn Fischer

Chief Executive Officer • TITLE21 Health Solutions
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Maia Hansen

Chief Operating Officer • Athersys
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Marc Wolfgang

Vice President of Technical Development • BioNTech
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Marco Ruella

Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies • University of Pennsylvania
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Mark Roache

Vice President, Cell and Gene Therapies • Quality Executive Partners / Virtuosi
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Mark Sawicki

President & Chief Executive Officer • Cryoport Systems
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Mark Trusheim

Strategic Director, NEWDIGS Initiative Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies • Tufts Medical Center
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Marlin Frechette

Chief Quality & Compliance Officer • Fujifilm Irvine Scientific
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Martin Maiers

Vice President, Research • Be The Match BioTherapies
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Mathias Svahn

Co-Founder • NextCell Pharma
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Matt Olsen

Fluid Management Technologies Manager • Sartorius Stedim Biotech
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Matthew Cato

Senior Director Cell & Gene Therapy • Mission Bio
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Matthew Hewitt

Executive Director, Scientific Services, Cell and Gene Therapy • Charles River
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Matthew Hewitt

Executive Director, Scientific Services, Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) • Charles River
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Matthew Lakelin

Co-Founder, Vice President of Scientific Affairs & Product Development • TrakCel
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Matthew Li

Director, Cell Therapy CMC • Tome Biosciences
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Matthew Toomey

Director • Merit
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Mayasari Lim

Associate Director, Custom Business • Fujifilm Irvine Scientific
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Meghan Verschoor

Associate Director, Data Sciences  • Turnstone Bio
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Melanie Rietenbach

Global Product Manager, Immunotherapy  • Miltenyi Biotec
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Michael Conway

Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning • BlueRock Therapeutics
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Michael E. Meyers

Vice Chairman Head of M&A and Strategic Advisory Services • H.C. Wainwright & Co
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Michael Lawlor

Professor • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Michael Von Forstner

Global Head of Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance • Biogen
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Michalle Adkins

Director, Life Sciences Strategy • Emerson
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Miguel Forte

President Elect • International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy
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Mike Lawlor

Professor of Pathology • Medical College of Wisconsin
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Miranda Neville

Vice President Global Operations & Delivery • Autolus
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Mona Jhaveri

Founder & Executive Director • Music Beats Cancer
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Nadia Lounnas-Mourey

Associate Director, Process Development • Sangamo Therapeutics
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Najib Rehman

Digital Automation Lead • ATMPS
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Neal Flomenberg

Chief Scientific Officer • Tevogen
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Nicole Paulk

Professor • University of California San Francisco
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Nina Bauer

Global Head of Commercial, Biologics and Viral Vector CTDMO • MilliporeSigma
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Nisha C. Durand PhD

Manager of Process Development , Human Cellular Therapy Laboratory Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics • Mayo Clinic
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Ohad Karneili

Chief Executive Officer • Adva Biotechnology
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Olivia Drew

Portfolio Manager • UBS UK Life Sciences
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Olivier Negre

Chief Scientific Officer • Smart-Immune
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Øystein Åmellem

Director, Cell Biology • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
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Paolo Siciliano

Cell & Gene Expert • PA Consulting
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Pascal Touchon

President and Chief Executive Officer • Atara Biotherapeutics
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Pete Cotter

Associate Director, Analytical Development • Verve Therapeutics
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Pete Robinson

Vice President, Medical and Scientific Management, Head, Cell and Gene Therapy Consortium • Syneos Health
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Peter Francis

Chief Medical Officer & Chief Scientific Officer • Ray Therapeutics
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Peter Olagunju

Chief Operating Officer • TCR2 Therapeutics
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Peter Walters

Fellow, Advanced Therapies • CRB
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Peter Zandstra

Professor • University of British Columbia
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Phil Morton

Chief Technology Officer • Albumedix
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Phyllis I. Warkentin

Chief Medical Officer • Foundation for Accreditation Cellular Therapy (FACT)
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Pierre Boulas

Head of Medical Devices and Packaging Development • Biogen
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Piers Slater

Chief Executive • Reef Group
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Priya Baraniak

Vice President Corporate Development & Head Product Development • OrganaBio
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Raisa Lowe

Vice President, Head of CMC  • Arbor Biotechnologies
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Ram Sharma

Associate Director, Manufacturing Development • Minaris Regenerative Medicine
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Ramin Baghirzade

Senior Director, Gene Therapy  • Charles River
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Ramona Repaczki-Jones

Executive Director, Commercial Treatment Center Operations, Cell Therapy • Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc
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Rebecca Lim

Senior Vice President – Scientific Affairs • Prescient Therapeutics
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Ricardo Baptista

Chief Technology Officer • Alder Therapeutics
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Rob Tressler

Chief Scientific Officer • Excellos
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Robert Hughes

Vice President & General Manager • Miltenyi Biotec
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Robert Keefe

Chief Development Officer • BlueSphere Bio
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Robert Newman

Chief Scientific Officer • Fujifilm Irvine Scientific
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Roel Gordijn

Chief Commercial Officer • Polyplus
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Ronit Slotky

Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility • Hackensack University Medical Center
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Ryan Crisman

Chief Technical Officer • Umoja Biopharma
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Ryan Leahy

Vice President of Research • Phacilitate
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Ryan Saadi

Founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer • Tevogen
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Samarendra Mohanty

Co-Founder and President • Nanoscope Therapeutics
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Samik Basu

Chief Scientific Officer • Cabaletta Bio
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Samik Upadhaya

Assistant Director of Scientific Affairs • Cancer Research Institute
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Sarah Busch

Vice President of Regenerative Medicine, Head of Nonclinical Development • Athersys
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Scott Bertch

Executive Director, Clinical Site Head • Tenaya Therapeutics
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Scott Gottesman

Vice President, Human Resources • AVROBIO
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Scott Jones

Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer • BioBridge Global
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Serene Forte

Senior Vice President and Head of Genetic Medicine • RELIEF Therapeutics
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Sharon Hesterlee

Executive Vice President, Chief Research Officer • Muscular Dystrophy Association USA
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Shreenal Patel

Executive Vice President, Patient Supply • Achilles Therapeutics
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Stefano Baila

Managing Director • Eurofins
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Stefanos Theoharis

Core Team Member • Cell One Partners
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Stephen Sullivan

Founder • Lindville Bio
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Stephen Ward

Chief Manufacturing Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Steve Kanner

Chief Scientific Officer • Caribou Biosciences
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Stuart Gibb

Scientific Strategy Lead • Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
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Sujay Kango

Chief Executive Officer • Tmunity
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Sumit Verma

Senior Vice President, Commercial Manufacturing • Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc
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Susan B. Nichols

Chief Business Officer • ViroCell Biologics
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Suyash Prasad

Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research & Development • Taysha Gene Therapies
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Sven Kili

Chief Executive Officer • Antion Biosciences
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Tanya Sharma

,Co-Founder • Assurea
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Tay Salimullah

Vice President, Head of Global Value & Access, Novartis Gene Therapies  • Novartis
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Teonna Woolford

Chief Executive Officer • Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Education Directive
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Tess Kitchener

Vice President BaseCamp Business Development • ElevateBio
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Tessa Rowe

User Experience and Human Factors Engineering • Tensentric
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Thomas Bollenbach

Chief Technology Officer • ARMI
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Tiffany M. Clement

Cell Therapies Core Inventory Management & Support Services Manager • Moffitt Cancer Center
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Timothy D. Hunt

Chief Executive Officer • Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
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Tom Whitehead

Founder • Emily Whitehead Foundation
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Tony Ward

Chief Technology Officer • Curate Biosciences
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Tony Wells

CEO • Merit
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Troels Jordansen

Chief Executive Officer • GlycoStem
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Tunç Toker

Chief Operating Officer • Galen Therapeutics
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Vincent Ling

Senior Director • Takeda
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Will Rohleder

Development Director • Reef Group
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William Shingler

Head of Patient and Cell Management • Autolus
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Wilson Bryan

Director, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies • FDA
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Wissam Baghdadi

Engineer Process Development • Sangamo Therapeutics
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Wolfgang Künnecke

Vice President of Bioanalytics • 908 Devices
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Xavier De Mollerat Du Jeu

Senior Director of Research and Development • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
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Yara Park

Professor and Director • University of North Carolina
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Yossi Schwartz

Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine • Mount Sinai Health System
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Zankar Desai

Assistant Technical Director, Cell Therapy Testing Lab • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Zhimei Du

Vice President, Translational Research and Early Development • Landmark Bio