2024 Speaker Faculty

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Workshop Day
Fundamentals Day
Bootcamp Day
C-Level Think Tank
Focus Day
Plenary Sessions
Discovery
Track
Translation
Track
Clinical Development Track
Early-Stage Manufacturing Track
Late-Stage Manufacturing Track
Analytical Development Track
Supply Chain & Clinical Operations Track

Workshop Day Speakers

Dan MacLeod

Vice President - Discovery

Immunoscape

Ekatherina Goryachikov

Vice President & Head, Clinical Operations

Adicet Bio Inc.

Elizabeth Wood

Chief Executive Officer

JURA Bio, Inc.

Greg Deener

Chief Executive Officer

iCell Gene Therapeutics

Gwen Binder

President, Science & Technology

Cabaletta Bio

Howard Wu

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

Full Circles Therapeutics

LJ Shen

Executive Vice President, Research and Development

Gracell

Maxwell Wang

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Skye Medicine

Samuel Williams

Vice President, Early Product Development

Arsenal Bio

Simon Bornschein

Chief Executive Officer

Coding bio

Tony Arulanandam

Founder

Synaptimmune Therapeutics

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Fundamentals Day Speakers

Cameron Gardner

Director, Research & Development

JURA Bio

David Sourdive

Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, CMC & Manufacturing

Cellectis Stem Cells

Elisa Kieback

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

T-knife Therapeutics

Eytan Breman

Head of Research & Development

Celyad

Haig Aghajanian

Co-Founder & Head of Research

Capstan Therapeutics

Mark Dudley

Chief Scientific Officer

InstilBio UK

Raphaël Ognar

President and Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder

NKILT Therapeutics

Sid Kerkar

Vice President - Research & Development

Exuma Biotechnology

Stefanos Theoharis

Chief Executive Officer

OneChain Immunotherapeutics

Ying Li

Director of Early Commercial Strategy

Kite Pharma Inc

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Bootcamp Day Speakers

Alexandria Cogdill

Executive Director - Global External Innovation & Global Business Development

Daiichi Sankyo

Arun Pores Fernando

Director, Business Development, Search & Evaluation, Cell Therapy

Bristol Myers Squibb

Efe Egharevba

Executive Director, Product Team Leader

Kite Pharma

Gadi Bornstein

Senior Director - External Innovation, Discovery, Product Development & Supply

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Jordan Rumbelow

Account Manager

Beacon Targeted Therapies

Natalia Ulyanova

Director - Business Development Oncology

Astellas Pharma

Raphaël Ognar

President and Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder

NKILT Therapeutics

Renaud Vaillant

Founder & President

Alaya.bio

Sean Evans

Senior Associate, Venture Investments

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

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C-Level Think Tank

Adrian Bot

Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President, Research & Development

Capstan Therapeutics

Peggy Sotiropoulou

Chief Scientific Officer

T-knife Therapeutics

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Plenary Speakers

Adrian Bot

Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President, Research & Development

Capstan Therapeutics

Boro Dropulić

Chief Executive Officer

Vector Biomed

Bruce Levine

Barbara & Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy & Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Director of Technology Innovation

University of Pennsylvania

Carl June

Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies

University of Pennsylvania

Cassandra Moran

Division of Clinical Evaluation Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research

FDA

Chris Jewell

Chief Scientific Officer

Cartesian Therapeutics

Cintia Piccina

Chief Commercial Officer

Adaptimmune

Dan Kirby

Chief Commercial Officer

Orca Bio

Gwen Binder

President, Science & Technology

Cabaletta Bio

Isabella Maxton

Senior Program Director

Hanson Wade

Kristin Yarema

President & Chief Executive Officer

Poseida Therapeutics

Marcela Maus

Director, Cellular Immunotherapy

Harvard Medical School

Milos Miljkovic

Chief Medical Officer

Cartesian Therapeutics

Pascal Touchon

President & Chief Executive Officer

Atara Biotherapeutics

Peter Prieto

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Lovance

Regina Young

Scientific Director, June Academic Lab, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies

University of Pennsylvania

Stephan Grupp

Medical Director, Cell & Gene Therapy Lab

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Discovery Track Speakers

Adrian Bot

Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President, Research & Development

Capstan Therapeutics

Amrik Singh

Senior Fellow, Immunology Product Design & Strategy

Cell Signaling Technology

Erika von Euw

Vice President, Discovery & Translational Research 

Deverra Therapeutics

Gemma Moiset

Senior Group Leader, Biotherapeutics Drug Discovery

Charles River Laboratories

Henri Bayle

Chief Technology & Development Officer, Co-Founder

NKILT Therapeutics

Luke Pase

Chief Technology Officer

Anocca

Maurits Geerlings

President & Chief Executive Officer

NanoCell Therapeutics

Phil Johnson

President & Chief Executive Officer

Interius Biotherapeutics

Robert Mabry

Chief Scientific Officer

Orna Therapeutics

Ryan Crisman

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Umoja Biopharma

Samik Basu

Chief Scientific Officer

Cabelleta Bio

Sareina Wu

Chief Scientific Officer

GenomeFrontier Therapeutics

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Translation Track Speakers

Christopher Murriel

Vice President, Pre-Clinical Pharmacology

Arsenal Bio

Jenell Volkov

Senior Director & Head, Translational Medicine

Cabaletta Bio

Patrick Halvey

Director Clinical Biomarker Development, Precision & Translational Medicine

Affini-T Therapeutics

Peggy Sotiropoulou

Chief Scientific Officer

T-knife Therapeutics

Rachel East

Research Analyst

Beacon Targeted Therapies

Rudolf Übelhart

Chief Scientific Officer

Vanudis

Sarah Hein

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

March Biosciences

Sunil Acharya

Principal Research Scientist

Rezvani Lab, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Vicki Plaks

Global Head of Cell Therapy, Translational Research

Johnson & Johnson

Yama Abassi

Associate Vice President, New Market Development

Agilent

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Clinical Development Track Speakers

Abhi Gupta

Senior Vice President, Head of Cell & Gene Therapy

Syneos Health

Bruce Dezube

Chief Medical Officer

Mustang Bio

Bruce Levine

Barbara & Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy & Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Director of Technology Innovation

University of Pennsylvania

Debora Barton

Chief Medical Officer

TScan Therapeutics

Delfi Krishna

Vice President, Technical

Immatics

Mythili Koneru

Chief Medical Officer

Legend Biotech

Pascal Touchon

President & Chief Executive Officer

Atara Biotherapeutics

Raffaele Baffa

Chief Medical Officer

CARsgen Therapeutics

Sid Kerkar

Vice President - Research & Development

Exuma Biotechnology

Syed Rizvi

Chief Medical Officer

Poseida Therapeutics

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Early-Stage Manufacturing Track Speakers

Ali Mohamed

Senior Vice President - Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control

Immatics

Catherine Tomaro-Duchesneau

Senior Director, Manufacturing & MS&T

Roslin CT

Cécile Bauche

Chief Scientific Officer

Alaya.bio

Damien Hallet

Vice President, CMC

Affini-T Therapeutics

Justin McCue

Chief Technology Officer

TScan Therapeutics

Justin Skoble

Vice President, Technical Operations

Caribou Biosciences

Keith Wilson

Director, Manufacturing Science & Technology

Century Therapeutics

Mamta Kalra

Senior Director, CMC, Process & Analytical Development

Immatics

Matthew Hewitt

Vice President, Technical Officer CGT & Biologics

Charles River Laboratories

Michelle Andraza

Director, Global Quality Assurance & Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls

EXUMA Biotechnology

Neil Blackburn

Senior Director, Process Development & Analytics

OmniaBio

Qi Wei

Senior Vice President, Head of Technical Operations

Appia Bio

Reagan Jarvis

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Anocca

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Late-Stage Manufacturing Track Speakers

Aaron Vernon

Chief Manufacturing Officer

Quell Therapeutics

Andrew Snowden

Senior Director, Allogeneic & Autologous Cell Therapy Development

Johnson & Johnson

David Sourdive

Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, CMC & Manufacturing

Cellectis Stem Cells

Jeroen Bekaert

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Orca Bio

Loren Wagner

Chief Operations Officer

Poseida Therapeutics

Marcella Goodnight

Senior Director, MSAT

BioNTech

Mark Stielow

Vice President, Manufacturing & Technical Operations

Adaptimmune

Michelle Andraza

Director, Global Quality Assurance & Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls

EXUMA Biotechnology

Nelly Viseux

Senior Vice President, Process & Analytical Development & Clinical Manufacturing

2SeventyBio

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Analytical Development Track Speakers

Chien-Chung Chen

Director, Analytical Development

Cabaletta Bio

Christian Aguilera-Sandoval

Associate Director of Scientific Affairs

Accellix

Felix Montero

Global Senior Scientific Director

bioMerieux

Haixia Wang

Head of Analytical Development

Arsenal Bio

Jie Wei

Director, Bioanalytical Sciences

Tr1x Therapeutics

John Yu

Independent Expert

Formerly at Sana Biotechnology

Kaci Crawford

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs

Verismo Therapeutics

Melissa van Pel

Head of Cell Therapy

NecstGen

Oscar Onyema

Independent Expert

Formerly at Precigen

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Supply Chain and Clinical Operations Track Speakers

Amy Emmert

Executive Director, Cell Therapy Facility

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

John Lunger

Chief Patient Supply Officer

Adaptimmune

Laura Deschenes

Vice President & Head of Supply Chain

Sana Biotechnology

Ramona Repaczki-Jones

Executive Director, Cell Therapy Operations

Iovance Biotherapeutics

Y. Morris Chen

Cell & Gene Therapy Lead, Research & Development IT

AstraZeneca

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Post-Conference Focus Day Speakers

Ali Mohamed

Senior Vice President - Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control

Immatics

Bassem Gayed

Senior Director - Technical Process Engineering CAR-T Manufacturing Science and Technology

Celgene

Fabio Fachin

Executive Director - Cell Therapy

Takeda

Francesca Barone M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Candel Therapeutics

Joseph Maguire

Head of Data & Automation

Lyell Immunopharma

Matthias Schroff

Chief Executive Officer

Inceptor Bio

Micah Benson

Chief Scientific Officer

KSQ Therapeutics

Nayan Jain

Research Fellow, Sadelain Lab

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Parameswaran Hari

Chief Development Officer

Obsidian Therapeutics

Raymond Luke

Director, Manufacturing Science & Technology

Verismo Therapeutics

Steven Yatomi-Clarke

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Prescient Therapeutics

Theodoros Giavridis

Associate Director, Cell Therapy

Mnemo Therapeutics

Therese Choquette

Head of Analytical & Translational Sciences

Tigen Pharma

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“Comprehensive breadth, excellent speakers, varied discussion topics and well-organized conference. Great to have coverage of all the relevant areas at one conference.”
Yatish Lad, Vice President, Head of Early Development, Oxford Biomedica

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