2022 Speakers

Browse our confirmed speakers below, or click here to take a look at the 2022 Agenda

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Alan Griffith

Vice President of Research • PureSpring Therapeutics
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Alex Hamilton

Partner • Syncona Ltd
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Alexander Natz

Secretary General • EUCOPE
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Alexandre Reeber

CEO • Core Biogenesis
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Allison Blair

Head of Laboratory • NHS Blood and Transplant
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Amandine Breton

Director of MSAT & Analytical Sciences  • Orchard Therapeutics
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Amir Hefni

Worldwide Commercial and Region Europe Head for Cell & Gene • Novartis
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Amro Eid

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Andrea Zobel

Senior Director, Personalized Supply Chain • World Courier Management Ltd
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Angela Justice

Chief People Officer • TCR2 Therapeutics
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Ann-Hunter Van Kirk

Senior Equity Research Analyst Biopharmaceuticals • Bloomberg Intelligence
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Anna Dickinson

Life Sciences – Policy Manager • Public Policy Projects
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Anthony Davies

Founder & CEO • Dark Horse Consulting
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Arthur Stril

Chief Business Officer • Cellectis
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Bastian Nießing

Group Manager, Automation in Life Sciences • Fraunhofer IPT
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Ben Mosley

Director of Skills Growth • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Bryan Kobel

CEO • TC Biopharm
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Bryan Poltilove

Operating Partner • BroadOak Partners
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Catriona Crombie

Associate Director of Technology Transfer • LifeArc
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Daniel Cermeno

Product Manager • Core Biogenesis
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Daniel Marroyen

Senior Life Science Industry Consultant, Europe • Emerson Automation Solutions
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David Allison

Chief Executive • TREAT-NMD
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David Horna

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer • Aglaris
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David Sourdive

Co-Founder & EVP CMC Manufacturing • Cellectis
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David Wolton

Engineering Technology Lead • Takeda
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Dmitrij Hristodorov

Partner • Forbion
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Dorothea Ledergerber

Chief Technical Officer • Tigen Pharma
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Edison Bicudo

Research Fellow • UCL
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Edward Samuel

EVP Technical Operations • Achilles Therapeutics
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Elsa Abranches

Senior Director – Head of Cell Therapy Bioprocess Development and Manufacturing • AstraZeneca
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Emmanuelle Cameau

Strategic Technology Partnership Leader • Pall Corporation
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Francesca Gliubich

Director, London Advanced Therapies • King’s College London
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Francesca Kinsella

Consultant Haematologist (Stem Cell Transplantation) • University of Birmingham
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Francesca Pasinelli

Director General • Fondazione Telethon
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Frank Thielmann

Head Lean – Global Operational Excellence • Takeda
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Friedemann Übele

Head of Process Science • Tigen Pharma
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Giovanni Lorenzon

Bioprocess Specialist • Eppendorf
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Hanna Lesch

CTO • Exothera SA
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Hemant Dhamne

Head of Process Development – Gene Therapy Vector Facility • King’s College London
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Ian Rees

Inspectorate Strategy and Innovation • MHRA
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Jacqueline Barry

Chief Clinical Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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James Miskin

Chief Technical Officer • Oxford BioMedica (UK) Ltd
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Jason Jones

Chief Business Officer  • Ori Biotech
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Jenny Prange

CSO and Co-Founder • Muvon Therapeutics
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Joanna Norman

Senior Staff Scientist VGT • FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
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Joel Eichmann

Co-Founder • Green Elephant Biotech
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John Campbell

Director, Tissues Cells & Advanced Therapeutics • Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
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John Liddell

Chief Technologist • CPI
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John Spoors

Head of Commercial Medicines Policy Analysis • NHS England
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Jonathan Appleby

Chief Scientific Officer • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
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Judith Koliwer

Principal Consultant Cell and Gene Therapy • Körber
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Julia Sable

Director CMC Project Management • Tmunity Therapeutics
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Kai Pinkernell

Chief Medical Officer • GlycoStem
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Karin Blumer

Director Global Patient Engagement • Novartis
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Katherine Donigan

Senior Director of Science and Regulatory • BIO
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Kinnari Patel

Chief Operating Officer • Rocket Pharma
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Kwok Pang

Chief Operating Officer • Autolomous
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Laura Herbst

Research Fellow • Fraunhofer IPT
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Lee Aiyegbusi

Deputy Director Centre for Patient-Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR) • University of Birmingham CPROR
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Ludwig Camusot

Chief Corporate Development Officer • Cell Matters
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Marcos Langtry

Director of Commercial Development, Allogeneic Cell Therapy • Lonza Ltd
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Mark Kotter

Founder • Bit Bio
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Mark Lowdell

CSO/CMO • INmune Bio
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Mark Throsby

Chief Scientific Officer • Gadeta
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Mark Trusheim

Strategic Director, NEWDIGS and Visiting Scientist, • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Martin Murphy

Chief Executive Officer • Syncona Investment
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Melanie Calvert

Professor of Outcomes Methodology • University of Birmingham CPROR
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Michael Delahaye

Director, Team Leader, Cell Therapy Bioprocessing • AstraZeneca
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Michael Leek

Executive Chairman & Founder • TC Biopharm
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Michael von Forstner

Global Head of Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance • Biogen
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Michela Gabaldo

Head Alliance Management & Regulatory Affairs • Fondazione Telethon
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Michelle Duquette

Director, Business Development – Cell Therapy • Invetech
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Miguel Forte

CEO • Bone Therapeutics
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Mimoun Azzouz

Director of GTIMC • University of Sheffield
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Mustafa Munye

Director R&D Operations • Complement Therapeutics
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Namir Hassan

CEO • Zelluna
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Natalie Ward

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, CMC • Adaptimmune
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Neil Dugdale

General Manager UK & Ireland • GenSight Biologics
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Nicholas Medcalf

Deputy Challenge Director for the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge • Innovate UK
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Nicola Redfern

Former Vice President Northern Europe • Bluebird Bio
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Niloofar Davoodi

Director Cell Therapy CMC • Takeda
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Ohad Karnieli

Founder & CEO • Adva Biotechnology
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Oliver Sexton

Investment Director • UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
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Owen Smith

Partner • 4Bio
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Pamela Tranter

Head Translational Research Group, UCL Translational Research Office • UCL
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Pascal Joly

Principal • Catenion
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Qasim Rafiq

Associate Professor Cell & Gene Therapy • UCL
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Rachel Yao

Associate Director Technical Operations • SOTIO Biotech Inc
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Rodolphe Clerval

CEO • Coave Therapeutics
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Ryan Hicks

Senior Director – Head of Bioscience Cell Therapy, BioPharmaceuticals, R&D Cell Therpay • AstraZeneca
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Sanjin Zvonic

Vice President Business Development and Practice Expert • Dark Horse Consulting
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Shree Patel

EVP Patient Supply Operations • Achilles Therapeutics
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Silvio Weber

Director Industrial Workflow Development, Cellular Therapy • Miltenyi Biotec
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Simon Chandler

CEO • Rinri Therapeutics
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Simon Hort

Group Manager, Adaptive Production Control, Fraunhofer IPT  • Fraunhofer IPT
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Sofia Hakansson Buch

Vice President for Cell Therapy CMC • Novo Nordisk
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Stefanos Theoharis

Chief Business Officer • Bone Therapeutics
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Stephan Grupp

Medical Director Cell & Gene Therapy Lab • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Stephen Sullivan

Programme Manager & International Liason Officer • GAiT
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Steve Bloodworth

Head of Commercial Partnering & MarTech Deployment, • AstraZeneca
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Stuart Curbishley

Head of Business and Project Development – Advanced Therapies • University of Birmingham
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Sven Kili

Chief Executive Officer • Antion
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Takis Athanasopoulos

Director, Head of Patient Operations, Product Development & Supply Cell & Gene Therapy • GSK
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Tim Funnell

Partner • Monograph Capital
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Toby Proctor

Head of Manufacturing Science & Technology • Achilles Therapeutics
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Tom Whitehead

Co Founder & President • Emily Whitehead Foundation
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Troels Jordansen

CEO • GlycoStem
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Uta Griesenbach

Professor of Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute • Imperial College London
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