2023 Speakers
Take a look at the speakers who joined us in Miami in 2023!
Amy House
Integration & Transition Lead, Former: Senior Director, Chief of Staff to Chief Medical Officer • Gyroscope
Ana Rosa Sáez Ibáñez
Research Analyst, Clinical Accelerator and Venture Fund • Cancer Research Institute
Becky Johnson-Kent
Vice President, Europe & Women in Advanced Therapies (WiAT) Programme Lead • Phacilitate
Bruce Levine
Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy; President, International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy • University of Pennsylvania
Carl H. June
Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the Perelman School of Medicine • University of Pennsylvania
Courtney Horvarth
Global Head of Strategy, Planning & Operations, Translational Medicine & Childhood Cancer Advocate • Novartis
Fran Gullo
Scientific Director, Gift of Life Center for Cell and Gene Therapy • Gift of Life Biologics
George Buchman
Vice President, Pre-Clinical and Process Development • Catalent Cell and Gene Therapy
Jenny Ligon
Associate Director, Workforce Development • National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM)
John Balchunas
Workforce Director • The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
John Campbell
Director, Tissues, Cells & Advanced Therapeutics • Scottish National Blood & Transplant Service
Jordan Fabry
Product Specialist – Clarification Studies, Separations Technologies North America • Sartorius Stedim Biotech
Julie G. Allickson
Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine & Associate Professor of Regenerative Medicine • Mayo Clinic
Leela Paris
Vice President, Process Engineering and Manufacturing, VCGT CMC Cell Manufacturing, • Vertex Cell and Gene Therapies
Leonardo M.R. Ferreira
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology • Medical University of South Carolina
Lili Belcastro
Senior Principal Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Raw Materials • Bristol Myers Squibb
Marco Ruella
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies • University of Pennsylvania
Mark Trusheim
Strategic Director, NEWDIGS Initiative Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies • Tufts Medical Center
Michael Conway
Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning • BlueRock Therapeutics
Nisha C. Durand PhD
Manager of Process Development , Human Cellular Therapy Laboratory Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics • Mayo Clinic
Pete Robinson
Vice President, Medical and Scientific Management, Head, Cell and Gene Therapy Consortium • Syneos Health
Ramona Repaczki-Jones
Executive Director, Commercial Treatment Center Operations, Cell Therapy • Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc
Sharon Hesterlee
Executive Vice President, Chief Research Officer • Muscular Dystrophy Association USA
Tiffany M. Clement
Cell Therapies Core Inventory Management & Support Services Manager • Moffitt Cancer Center
Xavier De Mollerat Du Jeu
Senior Director of Research and Development • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
Yossi Schwartz
Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine • Mount Sinai Health System