Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Advanced Biomanufacturing Symposium
Continuous Biomanufacturing – Cell & Tissue Therapies
March 27 & 28, 2017
Registration for 2017 Symposium is now open.
More details regarding topics, keynotes, and agenda to come.
Lynne Frick, Pall Life Sciences, presents at last year’s Advanced Industrial Biomanufacturing Symposium | April 2016
Check out last year’s program (April 2016) for a sample of what to expect:
Day 1, April 4, 2016, included presentations on:
- Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing
Lynne Frick, Director of Sales, Pall Life Sciences - Acoustic Filtration Technology
John Rozembersky, Vice President, FloDesign Sonics - A New Paradigm of Bioreactors for Protein Biologics
and Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Brian Lee, Ph.D., President, PBS Biotech - Plenary Presentation: The Shrinking Footprint – Next Generation Technologies in Biomanufacturing
Gregg Nyberg, Ph.D., Director of Process Development leading Pivotal Cell Sciences & Technology, Amgen - Quality Risk Management for Biomanufacturing Systems
Jim Butler, Chief Technology Officer, Cimetrics Inc.
- Case Study on Successful Technology Transfer, Manufacturing, and Support
Joseph Makowiecki, Global Technical Manager, GE Healthcare Fast Trak - High Volume Single Use Fermentation
Patrick Guertin, Global Technical Manager, GE Healthcare Fast Trak - Targeted Therapeutics Delivery
Glenn Gaudette, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, WPI - 21st Century Bioprocessing Enabled by Process Analytics
Andrew Lenz, Manager, Global Process Analytics and Rob Guenard, Ph.D.,
Senior Director, Global Process Analytics, Biogen - Keynote Presentation: The Era of Bioprocess Innovation –
Transformations in Cost, Quality and Speed
Parrish Galliher, Founder & CTO Xcellerex, Inc, GE Life Sciences
Day 2, April 5, 2016, included presentations on:
- Developments in Stem Cell Technology and its
Application in Biomanufacturing
Tanja Dominko, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biology/Biotechnology, WPI - Plant Metabolic Engineering
Susan Roberts, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head of Chemical Engineering, WPI - Biomanufacturing Plant Cell Based Therapeutics
Pam Weathers, Ph.D., Professor of Biology/Biotechnology and AAAS Fellow, WPI - Raman Analysis of Single Dose Therapeutic Proteins and Formulations
Rajeev Ram, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT - The Status of Biomanufacturing Industry in the Commonwealth
and the Outlook to the Future
Peter Abair, Executive Director, MassBioEd Foundation - Plenary Presentation: Sustaining a Consistent Quality Profile Across Multiple Scales and Manufacturing Sites
Ralph H. Lambalot, Ph.D., Vice President, Biologics Development and Manufacturing Launch, AbbVie Bioresearch Center - Biomanufacturing Facilities of the Future
Jack Campion, P.E. Principal, Hart Design Group - Manufacturing Technologies to Enable Process Intensification
Jim Neville, Head Biomanufacturing Sciences Network, MilliporeSigma - Supply Chain Issues in Biomanufacturing Industry
Amy Zeng, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Dean, The Business School, WPI - in vitro Glycoengineering: Optimizing Homogeneity of Next-Generation Therapeutic Proteins
Stephen Grimme, Ph.D., Lead Field Applications Specialist, Roche Custom Biotech
- On-Demand Manufacturing of Small Molecule Pharmaceutical:
An End-to-End Approach
Bayan Takizawa, MD, MBA, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer,
CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Keynote Presentation: Biomanufacturing Innovations for the 21st Century: New Platform, New Challenges and New Opportunities
Chun Zhang, Ph.D. Vice President and Head of BioProcess Development,
Shire Pharmaceuticals