2023 Speakers

Check out the 2023 speakers below, or click here to take a look at the 2023 Agenda.

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Alessandra De Riva

Head of Process Development and R&D  • Advent Bioservices Ltd
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Alex Blyth

Founder & Chief Executive Officer • LIfT BioSciences
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Alexander Natz

Secretary General • European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE)
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Almira Bartolome

Executive Director, Commercial Development, Advanced Therapies & Vaccines • FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
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Amandine Breton

Director MSAT & AST, Cell & Gene Therapies • Orchard Therapeutics
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Angela Vollstedt

Global Director, Cell & Gene Therapies Portfolio Management • Novartis
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Angelo Raggioli

Head of Technology Development • ReiThera
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Anji Miller

Skills Lead, Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies, Senior Business Manager, • LifeArc
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Ann-Hunter Van Kirk

Senior Equity Research Analyst Biopharmaceuticals • Bloomberg Intelligence
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Anthony Davies

Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Dark Horse Consulting Group
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Antonin de Fougerolles

Chief Executive Officer • Evox Therapeutics
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Åse Rosenqvist

Nordic Business Unit Lead Cell Therapy • Janssen
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Avencia Sanchez-Mejias

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer • Integra Therapeutics
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Becky Johnson-Kent

DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS AND HEAD OF WOMEN IN ADVANCED THERAPIES • Phacilitate
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Ben Doak

Head of Innovative Treatments • NHS England
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Ben Weil

Director of Manufacturing  • INmune Bio
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Benoit Champluvier

Head of Pharmaceutical Development • Sangamo Therapeutics
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Bernd Eschgfaeller

Independent Board Member • T-CURX
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Beth Gardner

Senior Director, Patient Supply • Beam Therapeutics
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Chris Williams

Principal Engineer • DeSci Applied Research
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Dale Stibbs

Post-Doctoral Fellow • UCL
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Daniella Kranjac

Founder • Dynamk Capital
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David Del Bourgo

Chief Executive Officer • WhiteLab Genomics
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David Sourdive

Co-Founder, Executive Vice President CMC & Manufacturing • Cellectis
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Diego Bochicchio

Director of Quality, Compliance & Regulatory EU • CAI – Commissioning Agents Inc
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Dorothea Ledergerber

Chief Technical Officer • Tigen Pharma
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Eduard Hergenreider

Product Manager • SAP
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Elisabet Aguilar

Expert in Quality and Improvement of Advanced Therapies • Andalusian Network for Design and Translation of Advanced Therapies
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Elisabetta Zanon

Director of EU Public Affairs & Advocacy • Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
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Elsa Abranches

Senior Director, Head of Cell Therapy Bioprocess Development and Manufacturing, BioPharmaceuticals R&D • AstraZeneca
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Emily Warner

Principal Scientist • Ikarovec
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Emmanuelle Cameau

Strategic Technology Partnership Leader • Cytiva
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Eric Halioua

President & Chief Executive Officer • PDC*Line Pharma
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Eric Strati

Chief Executive Officer • Gift of Life Biologics
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Evren Alici

Head of Cell and Gene Therapy Group, Department of Medicine • Karolinska Institutet
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Fernanda Masri

Head of Manufacturing Innovation, BD • CGT Catapult
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Frank Luppino

President & Chief Executive Officer • Remedium Bio
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Frank Thielmann

Head Lean, Global Operational Excellence • Takeda
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Gabriella Nilsson Hall

Senior Scientist, Cell Therapy Bioprocessing Team • AstraZeneca
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George Eastwood

Board Chair, Interim Executive Director • Emily Whitehead Foundation
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Giulia Agliardi

QC and Process Development Lead at the UCL CAR-T cell Programme, UCL Cancer Institute • UCL
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Hanna P. Lesch

Chief Technology Officer • Exothera SA
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Hans Preusting

Co-Founder • DegenRx B.V
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Hans S. Keirstead

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer • AIVITA Biomedical, Inc.
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Hans S. Keirstead

Chairman of the Board • Immunis
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Helen Tayton-Martin

Chief Business & Strategy Officer • Adaptimmune
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Ingrid Gafanhão

Equity Research Analyst, Healthcare • Bryan, Garnier & Co.
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Jack Reid

Co-Founder • Unicorn Biotechnologies
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Jacqueline Barry

Chief Clinical Officer • CGT Catapult
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Jennifer Rabin

Specialist Leader, Next Gen Therapy Practice • Deloitte
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Jenny Stjernberg

PhD, Director, Commercial Operations EMEA • ScaleReady
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Jessica Berlier

Director P&AD • Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy
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Jo Brewer

Chief Scientific Officer • Adaptimmune
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Joel Eichmann

Co-Founder & Managing Director • Green Elephant Biotech
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John Garcia

PhD, Head of New Manufacturing Technologies • UCL
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Jordan Schecter

Vice President, Clinical Development Cellular Therapy Program • Janssen
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Joshi Venugopal

General Manager, Head of Europe for Gene Therapies and Rare Diseases • Novartis Gene Therapies
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Julia Djonova

Head of the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products • Swissmedic
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Juliana Pinto

Head of GMP CAR T Production, Centre for Cell, Gene and Tissue Therapeutics, NHS Royal Free Hospital • UCL
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Karen Moniz

Technical Director • ICCBBA
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Kate Fynes

CMC Translation Consultant • eXmoor Pharma
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Katey Adcock

Director of Operations, Stevenage Manufacturing Innovation Centre • CGT Catapult
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Katharine Dolan

European Business Development • CAI – Commissioning Agents Inc
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Katrien Reynders

Board Member • Holland BIO
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Ketki Vispute

Associate Director, Manufacturing • Autolus Therapeutics
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Laura Herbst

M. Sc. Research Fellow • Fraunhofer
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Lindsay Davies

Chief Scientific Officer • NextCell Pharma
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Lior Raviv

Chief Technology Officer • Pluri
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Lucy Ellerker-Jones

Founder • Opie Jones Foundation
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Luís Pereira de Almeida

Professor & Group Leader • University of Coimbra
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Lydia Frick

Manager Market Access • SKC Beratungsgesellschaft mbH
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Lynette Okello

Vice President of Patient Supply Operations • Achilles Therapeutics
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Lynn Fischer

Chief Executive Officer • TITLE21 Health Solutions
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Malik Kaman

Partner • ZS Consulting
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Mantej Chhina

Executive Director, Head of Global R&D Regulatory Policy • BioMarin
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Manuel Carrondo

Full Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UNL, Vice President • iBET
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Marc Davies

Vice President of R&D • Leucid Bio
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Marie Csete

Chief Executive Officer • OkuloVision
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Martin Bornhauser

Professor, Head of the Department for Hematology and Medical Oncology • University Hospital Dresden
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Matthew Lakelin

Vice President, Scientific Affairs & Product Development, Co-Founder • Trakcel
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Michael Cunniffe

Managing Director • Danforth Advisors
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Michal Besser

Chief Technology Officer, Davidoff Cancer Center • Rabin Medical Center
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Michelle Janas

Mx Regional Account Executive • MasterControl
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Miguel Forte

Chief Executive Officer, Kiji Therapeutics, President-Elect • ISCT
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Ned Wakeman

Director & Founder • Lean Life Science
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Niloofar Davoodi

Product Operations Lead, Cell Therapy • Takeda
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Ohad Karnieli

Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Adva Biotechnology
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Olivier Negre

Chief Scientific Officer • Smart Immune
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Oresta Piniazhko

Director, HTA Department, State Expert Center • MoH of Ukraine
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Paolo Morgese

Head of Public Affairs, Europe • Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
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Paula Pulsoni

Vice President, Sales and Services • World Courier
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Pedro Silva Couto

Post Doctoral Research Fellow • UCL
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Peter Peumans

Chief Technology Officer, Health • imec
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Philip Morton

Chief Technology Officer • Albumedix
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Rachel Abbott

Chief Executive Officer • Pan Cancer T
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Rafiq Hasan

Chief Executive Officer • Complement Therapeutics
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Raja Sharif

Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Hataali
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Renato Panza

Digital Strategy Director • Galapagos
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Ricardo P. Baptista

Chief Technology Officer • Alder Therapeutics AB
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Robert Allen

Managing Partner, General Manager • Dark Horse Consulting Group
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Robert Jones

Vice President, Global Bioservices • cryoport systems
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Rolf Hemminga

Vice President Global Sales & Marketing Life Sciences • Emerson Automation Solutions
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Rui A. Sousa

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman • Stemmatters
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Ruud Das

Chief Scientific Officer • Scinus Cell Expansion Netherlands B.V
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Ryan Leahy

Vice President of Research • Phacilitate
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Sarah Snykers

Senior Director of Operations Europe • Legend Biotech
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Sebastian Brunemeier

General Partner • Healthspan Capital
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Simon Hort

Team Leader Adaptive Production Control • Fraunhofer
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Simon Jones

Professor of Pediatrics and Translational Medicine • University of Manchester
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Sofia Venceslau

Senior Project Manager • ReciBioPharm
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Stefanie Urlinger

Chief Scientific Officer • Cimeio Therapeutics
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Stephen Sullivan

Chief Operating Officer • iPSirius
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Steven Dublin

Senior Manager, Cell & Gene Therapy, EMEA • Bio-Techne
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Stuart Curbishley

Chief Manufacturing & Development Officer • adthera bio
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Susanne Kintscher

Ph.D., MS&T Lead Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing • Miltenyi Bioindustry
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Sven Kili

Principal • Sven Kili Consulting
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Takis Athanasopoulos

Chief Executive Officer, Gene & Cell Ltd., Vice President, Gene Therapy Research & Vector Technology • ViGeneron
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Tanya Sharma

Co-Founder • Assurea LLC
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Theres Oakes

Head of Product Characterisation • Achilles Therapeutics
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Thomas Bols

Head of Government Affairs and Patient Advocacy, EMEA • PTC Therapeutics
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Tobias Brandt

Senior Scientist, Viral Vector Process Development • CSL Behring
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Tomer Bronshtein

Vice President, Business Development • Bonus Biogroup
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Vera Araujo

Senior Director, Business Development • Andelyn Biosciences
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Vesna Stamenkovic

Global Vaccine Strategy Lead • Marken
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Volker Huppert

Chief Development Officer • GlycoStem
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William Shingler

Head of Patient and Cell Management • Autolus Therapeutics