Speakers

Meet Our Esteemed Speakers

Explore the key opinion leaders and renowned academic experts who bring unparalleled knowledge and thought leadership to our annual events.

Biomarkers Speakers

3 - 4 October 2024 | San Diego, CA, USA

Biologics US 2024

Brittney Mills
Associate Director,
AbbVie
Natalie Grinshtein
Director, ADC discovery,
Pfizer
Robert Lutz
CSO,
Iksuda Therapeutics
Suk Hyung
Senior Principal Scientist,
Genentech

All Speakers

Aming Zhang
Senior Director, Head of Analytical Development and QC,
Pyxis Oncology
Amita Datta-Mannan
Associate Vice President, Exploratory Medicine and Pharmacology,
Eli Lilly & Company
Andrew Vendel
Senior Director, Immunology,
Eli Lilly
Brandon Coyle
Senior Research Scientist II,
Gilead Sciences
Christopher Hart
Chief Executive Officer,
Creyon Bio
Feng Wang
Director / Senior Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Hans van der Vliet
CSO,
LAVA Therapeutics
Jack Ostrowski
Director Protein Science,
Avidity Biosciences
Jan Schnitzer
Chief Executive Officer & President,
PRISM
Jay Jones
Scientist,
Pfizer
Jean Ge
Patent Attorney,
Wolf Greenfield
Jeffrey Leyton
Associate Professor,
University of Ottawa
Julie Beaudet
CMC Sr. Staff Scientist,
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Leonard Reyno
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer,
C4 Therapeutics
Li Feng
Partner,
Finnegan
Lian Yi
Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Linda Horner
Chief Administrative Patent Judge,
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Madhura Deshpande
Principal Scientist,
Bristol Myers Squibb
Maria Hedlund
Principal Scientist, Toxicology,
Avidity Biosciences
Matt Chu
Director,
Astellas Pharma US
Melissa Schutten
Senior Director, Head of Pathology,
Seagen
Michael Cochran
Director, Chemistry,
Avidity Biosciences
Michael McPherson
Research Fellow,
AbbVie
Mike Schopperle
CEO,
CureMeta
Nathan Alves
Associate Professor / Director of Translational Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine
Nazneen Dewji
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Cenna Biosciences
Norbert Furtmann
Head of AI Innovation NANOBODY® Platform & Group Head Computational & High-throughput Protein Engineering,
Sanofi
Olivier Kitten
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Affilogic
Purbasa Patnaik
Associate Director,
Exelixis
Ramana Doppalapudi
Vice President, Chemistry,
Avidity Biosciences
Rob Hughes
Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Cidara Therapeutics
Sasha Ebrahimi
Principal Investigator and Associate Fellow,
GSK
Steven Ballet
Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Bio-Engineering Sciences,
Free University Brussels
Sylvia Yip
Intellectual Property Counsel,
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Yang Su
Principal Scientist,
Bristol Myers Squibb
Yuan Cheng
Director of Hybrid Modality,
Amgen

April 2025 | London, UK

Biologics 2025

Eef Dirksen
Group Leader,
Byondis B.V.
Fernando Albericio
Research professor,
Ukzn
Marta Amaral
Laboratory Head Engineered Antibodies and Protein Therapeutics,
Sanofi
Simon Krah
Associate Director,
Merck Healthcare KgaA
Stephen Miller
Principal Scientist,
Genentech
Zahra Rattray
Senior Lecturer,
University of Strathclyde

All Speakers

Alain Wagner
Director of BioFunctional Chemistry Lab,
cnrs
Alastair Lawson
Vice President and Immunology Fellow,
UCB
Alexey Rak
Head of Bio Structure and Biophysics,
Sanofi
Andrew Slee
Chief Operating Officer,
Protagenic Therapeutics
Anna Hine
Professor of Protein Engineering,
Aston University
Bryce Nelson
Head Protein and Antibody Engineering,
Orion
Darko Skegro
Associate Director,
Novartis
Emma Grant
Senior Scientist,
Immunocore
Erik Vernet
Senior Director - External Partnerships,
Novo Nordisk
Hagen Cramer
Chief Production Officer,
QurAlis
Henry Maun
Associate Director,
Genentech
Joël Richard
Chief Development Officer,
Enterome
John de Kruif
Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President,
Merus NV
Jutta Eichler
Professor,
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Kelly Loyet
Distinguished Scientist,
Genentech
Louis Diorazio
Senior Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Mattias Malm
Senior Scientist,
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Michal Shoshan
CEO and Founder,
metaLead Therapeutics AG
Paul Wassmann
Senior Principal Scientist,
Novartis AG
Prasad Wakchaure
Associate Principal Scientist (Oligonucleotide Chemistry),
AstraZeneca
Ryan Fiehler
Associate Director, Drug Discovery,
F-Star Biotechnology
Saul Martinez Montero
Senior Director, RNA Therapeutics,
Dyne Therapeutics
Stefan Zielonka
Director and Head of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering,
Merck Healthcare KGaA & Technische Universität Darmstadt
Stefan Stahl
Professor,
Royal Institute of Technology
Talip Ucar
Senior Director - AI Research,
AstraZeneca
Vladimir Gligorijevic
Senior Director of AI/ML,
Genentech
Yi Yang
Principal Scientist,
Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S