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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, May 11, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    Exhibitor Move-In
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    Opening Plenary
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Welcome Reception in the Solution Center
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM PT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT
    Charting Your Path: Strategic Career Direction for Mid-Career Biotech Professionals in a Dynamic Market
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM PT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Symposium: Advancing Precision Therapeutics through AI Innovation and Global Regulatory Harmonization
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Symposium: Bridging from Therapeutic Concept to First in Human
    Moderator: Preeyam Patel, PhD (she/her/hers) – Spyre Therapeutics
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Hot Topic: Advances in Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning to Optimize Process Development and Formulation Design of Biologics
    Hot Topic Speaker: Sheetal S. Pai-Wechsung, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer Inc
    Hot Topic Speaker: Stephen T. Buckley, PhD (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk A/S
    Hot Topic Moderator: Robert Dodge, PhD – Dodge
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Lunch in the Solution Center
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Keynote: Implementation of Generative AI for Drug Discovery and Safety
    Moderator: Jason Pennucci – Moderna Therapeutics
    Keynote Speaker: Weida Tong, PhD (he/him/his) – National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Keynote: New Approach Methods – From Ugly Ducklings to Beautiful Swans
    Keynote Speaker: Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Moderator: Babak Basiri, PhD (he/him/his) – Dyne Therapeutics
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Hot Topic: Because Ellie Can’t Wait: Breaking Barriers in Advanced Therapy Development
    Hot Topic Moderator: Timothy P. Hickling, PhD
    Hot Topic Speaker: Mimoun Azzouz
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Advancing Precision Therapeutics through AI Innovation and Global Regulatory Harmonization
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Soumya Sundaram, MS – Celerion
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Bridging from Therapeutic Concept to First in Human
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Pankajini Mallick, PhD (she/her/hers) – Neurocrine Biosciences
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    Sustaining Partner Reception (by invitation only)
  • Wednesday, May 13, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM PT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM PT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
    Solution Center Hours & Poster Presentations
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Symposium: Advancing Precision Manufacturing and Delivery for Complex Modalities
    Moderator: Weiping Shao, PhD – AstraZeneca
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Symposium: Bridging from First-in-Human to Registrational Trials
    Moderator: Anup Zutshi, PhD (he/him/his) – Chinar Pharmaceutical Sciences LLC
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Hot Topic: Advancing Precision Manufacturing and Delivery for Complex Modalities
    Hot Topic Moderator: Jo Goodman, BSc (she/her/hers) – Celerion
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Dedicated Solution Center Hours
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Lunch in the Solution Center
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Keynote: Advancing the Design Logic of mRNA Nanomedicines
    Keynote Speaker: Owen Fenton
    Moderator: Weiping Shao, PhD – AstraZeneca
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Keynote: Beyond Translation: Accelerating Development to Bring Breakthroughs to Patients Faster
    Keynote Speaker: Amit Rakhit, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – BlueRock Therapeutics
    Moderator: Amrit Chakravarty, PhD (he/him/his) – KCAS Bio
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Hot Topic: Transparency to Predictive Insights: Lessons from Complete Response Letters
    Hot Topic Speaker: Michael Delatorre – Redica Systems
    Hot Topic Speaker: Brett Howard, PhD, JD (he/him/his) – USP
    Hot Topic Speaker: Grace McNally – ELIQUENT Life Sciences, Inc.
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Advancing Precision Manufacturing and Delivery for Complex Modalities
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Sanjeev Bhardwaj, PhD (he/him/his) – Moderna Therapeutics
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Bridging from First-in-Human to Registrational Trials
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Joleen T. White, PhD (she/her/hers) – BioData Solutions LLC
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM PT
    Exhibitor Move-Out
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    Women in Biotech Reception
  • Thursday, May 14, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM PT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM PT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Symposium: Advancing Cross-Modality Bioanalytics and Translational Biomarkers for Complex and Personalized Therapeutics
    Moderator: Jason Pennucci – Moderna Therapeutics
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Symposium: Bridging from Registrational Trials to Commercialization
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Hot Topic: Laboratory AI Literacy: Accelerating Research Through Human-AI Training Parallelization
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Coffee Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Keynote: Finding the Right Patients: Diagnostic-Driven Commercialization for Emerging Therapies
    Keynote Speaker: Hannah Mamuszka
    Moderator: Swetha Thiyagarajan – North Dakota State University
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Keynote: Strategic Implementation of AI in Regulated Bioanalytical Testing During Clinical Development
    Keynote Speaker: Jean-Claude Marshall, MSc, PhD – Moderna
    Moderator: Darshana Jani, PhD (she/her/hers) – Moderna
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
    Networking Lunch
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Hot Topic: Organ Chip Clinical Mimicry and NAMs Applied to the Development of New and Follow‑On Therapeutics
    Hot Topic Moderator: Weiping Shao, PhD – AstraZeneca
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Advancing Cross-Modality Bioanalytics and Translational Biomarkers for Complex and Personalized Therapeutics
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Jo Goodman, BSc (she/her/hers) – Celerion
    Advancing Novel Medicine through Precision Science and Patient-Centric Innovation
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Rapid Fires: Bridging from Registrational Trials to Commercialization
    Rapid Fire Moderator: Charles Theuer, MD PhD – Halozyme Inc
    Applying Translational Principles Across the Development Lifecycle
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Coffee Break in the Solution Center
  • 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    Closing Plenary