Expert Speaker Faculty
Investors & Partnering Leaders


Christopher Tan
Executive Director - S&E, Business Development ,Licensing, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines & Oncology
Merck


Gadi Bornstein
Senior Director - External Innovation, Discovery, Product Development & Supply
Johnson & Johnson


Polly Brown
Vice President & Head of Business Development, Oncology, Research & Development
AstraZeneca
Founders & C-Level Leaders




















Preet Chaudhary
Director of Cell Therapy & BMT, University of Southern California, Founder
Angeles Therapeutics

Raphaël G. Ognar, MSc MBA
President, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
NKILT Therapeutics









Pharma Industry Leaders


Bassem Gayed
Senior Director - Cell Therapy Technical Operation & Multiple Myeloma
Bristol Myers Squibb









Rocio Montes de Oca
Scientific Director, Oncology Translational Research, Cell Therapy
Johnson & Johnson

Sapna Chhagan
Executive Director, Clinical Sciences, Cell Therapy, Early Clinical Development
Bristol Myers Squibb







Biotech Industry Leaders








Elisaveta Todorova
Associate Director, Process Development & Technology Innovation
TScan Therapeutics

Enrique Zudaire
Senior Vice President of Translational Sciences & Therapeutics Discovery
Caribou Biosciences


















Raymond Luke
Senior Director & Head of Manufacturing Science, Technology, Chemistry, Manufacturing, & Controls
Verismo Therapeutics












World-Leading Academics




Marcela Maus
Director Cellular Immunotherapy, Program Paula O’Keefe Endowed Chair
Massachussets General Hospital Cancer Center


Xiuyan Wang
Director - Michael G Harris Cell Therapy & Cell Engineering Core
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center