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Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, 450 Summer St, Boston, MA 02210, USA

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Event Date Mon Aug 18 EDT - Thu Aug 21 EDT (in 2 months)
Location Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
450 Summer St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Region Americas
Details

Join the global community shaping the future of bioprocessing at the premier event for innovation, insight, and collaboration.

At this Summit, you’ll explore cutting-edge science, share strategies with industry leaders, and address real-world challenges in bioprocess R&D, scale-up, quality, and analytics.

The Summit offers:

• Main Conference Sessions with actionable insights
• In-Depth Training Seminars led by industry pioneers
• An Engaging Exhibit Hall showcasing the latest technologies
• Networking Opportunities to connect with peers and experts
• Expanded Programming on Cell Culture, Purification, Cell & Gene Therapy, and the growing role of AI and machine learning in bioprocessing

From foundational science to emerging technologies, this is where the industry connects to learn, partner, and push the field forward. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of the conversations shaping the next era of bioprocessing.

Speakers

2025 Speakers

Frank K Agbogbo
Forge Biologics

Christian Airiau
Sanofi

Craig Allen
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Geneva Alok
Amgen

Ajuna Azad
DTU

Meisam Bakhshayeshi
Obsidian Therapeutics

Amey Bandekar
Sanofi

Gabriele Bano
Sanofi

Maria Barreira Gonzalez
Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult

Marilia Barros
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Daniel Barry
[No company listed]

Jason Beckwith
University of Dundee

Georges Belfort
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Marie Lea Berkowitz
Pfizer Inc

Samira Beyramysoltan
GSK

Ravi Bhatia
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R&D

Siddharth Bhoraskar
Beam Therapeutics

Anthony Blaszczyk
USP

Veronica Bonazza
Sangamo Therapeutics

Kelly E Bowen
KSQ Therapeutics Inc

Richard D Braatz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christopher A Bravery
Consulting on Advanced Biologicals Ltd.

Kevin Brawley
Cambridge Innovation Institute

Corey Brizzee
Demeetra

Scott R Burger
Advanced Cell & Gene Therapy LLC

Michael Butler
Natl Institute for Bioprocessing Research & Training (NIBRT)

Shane Byrne
Codomax

John Carroll
CYTENA GmbH

Carlos Castaneda
Pfizer Inc.

Edward Chan
Genentech Inc

David YH Chang
Taiwan Bio-Manufacturing Corporate (TBMC)

Wei-Chiang Chen
Sanofi

Jie Chen
GV20 Therapeutics

Gong Cheng
Asimov Inc

Dong Seong Cho
Genentech Inc.

Danny K. Chou
Compassion BioSolutions LLC

Scott Clark
ElevateOps4.0

Dominic M Clarke
Cryoport Systems

Ben Clarke
US Pharmacopeia

Diana M Colleluori
Biologics Consulting Grp

Steven Cottle
Eli Lilly & Co

Myra Coufal
Amgen Inc

Brandon Coyle
Gilead Sciences Inc

Alejandro D'Aquino
GSK

Susan M D'Costa
Genezen

Timothy R Dafforn
University of Birmingham

Hussain Nuruddin Dahodwala
IBBR-NIST

Paul A Dalby
University College London

Guy De Roo
Byondis B V

Lenneke de De Winter
Polpharma Biologics

Zachary Demorest
Evonik Corp

Vaibhav D. Deokar
Lupin Ltd (Biotechnology Division)

Francesco Destro
MIT

Yanhuai R Ding
EvolveImmune Therapeutics

Terrence Dobrowsky
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.

Alex Dow
Merck & Co. Inc.

Zhimei Du
BLUESPHERE BIO

Kelly Dube
Ultragenyx

Mark Duerkop
Novasign

Shannon S Eaker
Xcell Biosciences

Lori Ellis
BioSpace

Metewo S Enuameh
REGENXBIO Inc

Iman Farasat
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Allen Feng
HebeCell Corp

Dana I Filoti
AbbVie Bioresearch Center

Namila Fnu
Spark Therapeutics Inc

Erika Friedl
Paul Ehrlich Institut

Christopher Furcht
Bristol Myers Squibb

Poorvaja Ganesan
Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Jolanda Gerritsen
Genmab BV

Zahra Ghassemi
AstraZeneca

Nipun Goel
Sanofi

Paul Gramlich
Amgen Inc

Ashutosh Gupta
AG Consulting LLC

Austin Hallgren
Revity

Kenneth Hamilton
Roche/Genentech

Jongyoon Han
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Renee A Hart
LumaCyte

Mohammad A Heidaran
Cellx Inc

Marissa Heino
Tosoh Bioscience LLC

Caryn L Heldt
Michigan Technological Univ

Therese W Herling
Univ of Cambridge

Christoph Herwig
Lisalis

Angela Hill
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Moo Sun Hong
Seoul National University

Zheng Huang
Ark Biotech

Ruud Hulspas
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Martin Hurley
Bio Pharma Technical Consulting (BPTC)

Christopher Hwang
Transcenta Therapeutics Inc/HJB

Pavan Inguva
MIT

Michael D Jacobson
Cambridge Biostrategy Associates LLC

William E Janssen
WEJ Cell & Gene Therapy Consulting

Scott A Jeffers
Gensight Biologics

Lisbet Jensen Young
AstraZeneca

Ioscani Jimenez Del Val
Univ College Dublin

Zuwei Jin
LISURE

Alois Jungbauer
University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences

Sarita Kattel
US Pharmacopeia

Esko A Kautto
Forge Biologics

Tadayoshi Kawasaki
Individual Consultant

John "Jack" Kellie
AstraZeneca

Umang Khamar
Sanofi

Shahzad Khan
Yokogawa Electric Corp

Santoshkumar L Khatwani
Sangamo Therapeutics

Byung Chul Kim
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Hyungseok Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniella Kranjac
Avant Bio LLC

Stephan O Krause
Bristol Myers Squibb

Christopher Ladd Effio
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc

Pin-Kuang Lai
Stevens Institute of Technology

Khai Wooi Jason Lee
Taylor's University

Gihoon Lee
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Kenneth Lee
Astrazeneca

Sabrina R Leslie
The University of British Columbia

Seth G Levy
Modalis Therapeutics

Nathan E Lewis
University of Georgia

Paul Lewus
Amgen Inc

Yi Li
Amgen Inc

Martin Linhult
Diamyd

Whitney Liu
Bristol Myers Squibb

DingJiang Dean Liu
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Hao Liu
Eli Lilly & Co

Martin Loignon
National Research Council Canada

Gisel D Lopez
Gilead Sciences

Kristina Lopez
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine

Brian R Lowry
AbbVie

Xiaohui Lu
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical

Carolyn M Lutzko
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Rohit Mahajan
Arcturus Therapeutics Inc

Juergen Mairhofer
enGenes Biotech GmbH

Sean Marnane
Be Biopharma Inc

Cydney M Martell
Northwestern Univ

Todd Martensen
Ascential Medical & Life Sciences

Craig Martin
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Erik Martinsson
ArgusEye AB

Amit Mathur
Sanofi

Chelsey Mattison
Novartis

Mukesh Mayani
Ultragenyx Gene Therapy

Luca Mazzaferro
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mam Mboge
Pfizer Inc

Aisleen McColl-Carboni
Sarepta

Stefano Menegatti
North Carolina State Univ

Xue Mi
Abbvie Bioresearch Center

Vinod Mirchandani
Ascential Medical & Life Sciences

Nesredin A Mussa
Dynamica Biologics

Jay G Newman
Newman's Innovative Solutions (Individual Consultant)

Tai Nguyen
Biogen

Anastasia Nikolakopoulou
Sanofi

Theresa L O'Brien
Sanofi

Emily E O'Driscoll
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jeffrey N Odum
NCBioSource

Michael Orrico
Advanced Regenerative Mfg Institute ARMI

Jianfa Ou
Evonik Corporation

Jill A Paddock
Pfizer Inc

Roger H Pak
Pfizer, Inc

Shyam Panjwani
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals

Swapnil K Pansare
AstraZeneca

Rajiv Panwar
Oruka Therapeutics

Jin Seon Park
Ultragenyx

Krishna Patel
Sanofi

Ravi Patel
COPA-DATA

Purbasa Patnaik
Exelixis

Laura Pereira Diaz
Takeda

Juan R Perilla
Univ of Delaware

Jefferson S Plegaria
Spark Therapeutics Inc

Maria del Carme Pons Royo
MIT

Tilen Praper
Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Phillip Ramsey
Sangamo

Tiffany D Rau
Rau Consulting & Biopharma Technical Consulting

Baley A Reeves
National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing, Texas A&M University

Jennifer Reid
Sanofi

Jian Ren
AbbVie

Lyndi M Rice
BioMarin

Sarah Richer
Eli Lilly & Co

Anne Skaja Robinson
Carnegie Mellon Univ

Christopher J Rold
Adicet Bio

Irene Rombel
BioCurie Inc.

Juancarlos Rosario
Eli Lilly & Co

Avraham Z Rosenberg
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Qian Ruan
Arcturus Therapeutics Inc

Soumen Saha
Duke University

Taha Salim
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Rachel Salzman
Armatus Bio

Luis Santos
Prime Medicine Inc

Helen Sarantis
BlueRock Therapeutics

Dhruv Sareen
Cedars Sinai Biomanufacturing Center

Sumona Sarkar
NIST

Stephen W Sawyer
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Pedro Seber e Silva
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nicolle Serrano SantoDomingo
Novartis

Dalip Sethi
Terumo BCT Inc

Danielle Sexton
Forge Biologics

Connor J Shank
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

Susan T Sharfstein
University at Albany

Shamik S Sharma
Voyager Therapeutics Inc

Yuefei Shen
Sanofi

Ying Shen
Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Wen Shi
Regeneron

Shuangping Shi
Merck & Co

Kim Qiaoqiao Shi
Affini-T Therapeutics Inc

Oleg Shinkazh
ChromaTan Inc.

Andrew Paul Sinclair
BioPharm Services Ltd

Chadakarn Sirasitthichoke
Bristol Myers Squibb Co

Lee C Smith
GreyRigge Associates Inc.

Frank Sobott
Univ of Leeds

Michael Sokolov
ETH Zurich

Fabian Soltermann
Novartis

Marissa Stanvick
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Don Startt
REGENXBIO Inc

Patrick Statham
Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult

Nathan Stover
MIT

Yue Su
Regeneron

Keerthana Subramanian
Forge Biologics

Jessica Chia-Yun Sun
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc

Jonathan Sun
Sanofi

Yudong Sun
Merck

Rui Sun
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc

Griffin Thomas
Merck & Co., Inc.

Lawrence C Thompson
Pfizer Inc

Vishal Toprani
Upstream Bio

Huiping Tu
USP

Cenk Undey
Former Amgen and Roche

Yasmin Van Cura
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Bharathi Vellalore
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine

Raghavan V Venkat
AstraZeneca

Christina Vessely
Biologics Consulting Grp Inc

Francesca Vitelli
Intellia Therapeutics Inc

Michail Vlysidis
AbbVie

Alex G Vouga
GSK

Peter Walters
CRB

XuShan Wang
Eli Lilly and Company

Yongping Wang
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Leo (Lei) Wang
Takeda

Peter Z Webster
Solid Biosciences Inc

Jie Wei
tr1x Bio

Jonathan Wert
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

William G Whitford
Oamaru BioSystems

Bo Wiinberg
Novo Nordisk AS

David W Wood
The Ohio State University

Jiewei Wu
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Wei Xie
Northeastern Univ

Meng Xu
Merck

Hiroaki Yamanaka
Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Khaled Yamout
Yamout Chem Consulting, LLC

Bo Yan
Beam Therapeutics

Wenjie Yao
Bayer U.S. LLC

Tuna Yucel
Sanofi

Kevin Zen
Biologics CMC Consulting

Wei Zhang
Bioprocessing Technology Institute

Jiabao Zhang
Biogen

Zhe Zhang
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Yunlong Zhao
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Shengyuan Zhao
Merck & Co.

Ran Zheng
Landmark Bio

Xiaoyang Zheng
Takeda

Chen Zhou
Abbvie Bioresearch Ctr

Xiaolei Zhuang
United States Pharmacopeia Convention (USP)

Andrew L Zydney
Penn State University

Johannes van der Loo
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Sponsors & Partners

2025 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Cygnus
• teknova

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• ArgusEye Sensor Solutions
• ark
• Ascential Medical & Life Sciences
• ASIMOV
• Vavantor™
• Beckman Coulter
• Bruker
• CARR Biosystems
• Chroma Tan
• COPADATA
• CYTENA» A BICO COMPANY
• cytiva
• Demeetra
• XDFE pharma
• ECOLAB LIFE SCIENCES
• GORE
• LÍSURE
• Re Feyn Weighing Molecules with Light
• PAK BioSolutions™
• Revvity
• Pfanstiehl
• SUNRESIN
• Driving the innovation
• Quartic.ai
• Thomson Instrument Company Solutions at Work
• UNCHAINED LABS
• TOSOH