Speakers
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Workshop Day Speakers

Adrian Bot
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President, Research & Development
Capstan Therapeutics






Colleen Delaney
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President of Research & Development
Deverra Therapeutics



Daniel Abate-Daga
Associate Professor
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute & University of South Florida









Neil Sheppard
Director, T Cell Engineering Lab
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies









Bootcamp Speakers

Adrian Bot
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President, Research & Development
Capstan Therapeutics







Marko Radic
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry
University of Tennessee Health Science Center




Focus Day Speakers











Lan Cao
Vice President, Head of Cell Therapy Innovation, Oncology Cell Therapy & Therapeutic Area Unit
Takeda







Neil Sheppard
Director, T Cell Engineering Lab
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies







Tech Slam Speakers



Plenary Speakers


Adrian Bot
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President, Research & Development
Capstan Therapeutics







Dominic Clarke
Chief Technical Officer, Cell & Gene Therapy
AllCells, A Discovery Life Sciences Company













Discovery Track Speakers























Translation Track Speakers


Archana Thakur
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Human Cellular Therapeutics cGMP Core
University of Virginia, School of Medicine













Paul Rennert
Acting Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Scientific Officer
Aleta Biotherapeutics






Vita Golubovskaya
Senior Director, Research & Development, Business Development
ProMab Biotechnologies

Clinical Management Track Speakers




Gaurav Nurala
Professor Pediatric Oncology & Health Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology
Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute





Jim Wise
Vice President, Head of Center for Immuno-Oncology, Cellular & Gene Therapy
ICON Global Operations



Muneesh Tewari
Professor of Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering, Anderson-Sprague Memorial Research Professor
University of Michigan

Paul Rennert
Acting Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Scientific Officer
Aleta Biotherapeutics





Early Phase Development Track Speakers


















Manufacturing Track Speakers

Albeena Nisar
Scientific Officer, CAR-T Cell Therapy Centre & cGMP Cell Therapy Centre
Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute






Charles Mooney
Vice President Bio-Development Oklahoma Blood Institute & Member
Blood Centers of America & BCA CT Network




Eytan Abraham
VP & Business Head of Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy, & Nucleic Acid Franchises
Resilience











Michael Birnbaum
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



CMC/Analytics Track Speakers





Isabelle Riviere
Director, Cell Therapy & Cell Engineering Laboratory
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center




Kent Amsbery
Director, Advanced Therapy Product Development Regulatory Sciences, Specialty Solutions
Cardinal Health



Matthew Hewitt
Executive Direvtor – Scientific Solutions, Cell & Gene Therapy
Charles River Laboratories





Logistics Track Speakers














Melissa Sebok
Executive Director – Product, Client & Business Development, Direct Patient Care & Emerging Offerings
American Red Cross Biomedical Services




Susan Li
Director of Customer Solutions, BioServices & Speciality Logistics
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Tracy Turner
Scientist, Formulation and Cryobiology, Cell Therapy Development Organization
Bristol Myers Squibb
Market Access Track Speakers







Jodie Wehling
Vice President, Market Access, Payer Marketing & Strategic Accounts
Atara Biotherapeutics








Shirley Bartido
Director, Global Regulatory Affairs Cell Therapy Oncology
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

