2024 Speakers

Holy Akwar is the Deputy Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance & Veterinary Products Department. He possesses more than twelve years of professional experience in government at the provincial, federal, and international levels as well as industry. Prior to this, Holy worked as a Research...

Prof. William Ampofo is a Virologist and has a keen interest in the management of viral infections, teaches graduate student courses and conducts research projects on viral diseases as an Associate Professor of Virology at the University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, Noguchi Memorial...

Marta is a Regulatory Affairs CMC Director, at Merck Sharp & Dohme based in London. She has demonstrated experience in Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance areas in global pharmaceutical companies. She is specialized in pre and post-approval CMC regulatory strategies in EU and EMEA markets...

Kelli Aufderheide is a dynamic leader with more than 17 years at IQVIA Laboratories, currently serving as the Director of Decentralized Laboratory Solutions (DCT). Starting in Study Setup and moving through roles in Project Management, Project Setup, Line Management, and IT, Kelli's career...

Shobana Balasingam is the Research Lead for the Human Infection Study Programme at Wellcome and has been leading the programme since 2018 which has funded these studies to be established for a range of diseases such as vivax malaria, shigella and hookworm across Asia, Africa and in Brazil as well...

Dr. Ballmann is a veterinary virologist with over a decade of experience at Batavia Biosciences. As the Associate Director of the Viral Vector and Vaccine Development Department, she leads innovative programs focused on the development and production of viral vaccines and viral vectors. Beyond her...

Mario Barro is the CEO of GIVAX, a vaccine development startup dedicated to eliminating the burden of preventable GI tract infections in children and adults. As the CEO, Mario is leading the development of innovative vaccine solutions designed to address critical unmet medical needs. In addition to ...

Mr. Joffrey Benford oversees an impressive $1.7 billion in annual expenditures. As the Director of BARDA's Division of Contracts Management and Acquisitions (CMA), he manages a contract portfolio valued at over $72 billion, providing crucial executive advice and contracting management for all...

Sumi Biswas is a distinguished immunologist with a specialized focus on the development of vaccines against malaria, particularly those aimed at blocking the sexual development of the malaria parasite in the mosquito vector to prevent transmission. Her research encompasses all stages of vaccine...

Marta Blay is a highly experienced life science professional with a career spanning over 19 years. Currently, she serves as a Program Lead in the Vaccines Unit of the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Marta's passion lies in scientific research and medical...

    Dr Niklas Blomberg joined IHI as Executive Director in January 2024. He brings to the role extensive experience in both research and leadership roles in the life sciences.   A Swedish national, he has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Gothenburg, and a PhD in...

Cedric Bogaert cofounded myNEO, whose software uses neural networks trained on biological datasets to figure out the best personalized cancer immunotherapies for a given patient. myNEO focuses on neoantigen targets it identifies from the genomic profile of the tumor sample. Based on promising...

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi is an internationally recognized tropical and emerging disease vaccinologist, global health advocate and cocreator of a patent-free, open science COVID-19 vaccine technology that led to the development of Corbevax in India and IndoVac in Indonesia, and with approximately...

Dr. Luigi Buonaguro is the Director of the Innovative Immunological Models at the National Cancer Institute - IRCCS “Pascale ”, Naples – Italy. He is an expert in identification and characterization of tumor antigens for preventive/therapeutic cancer vaccine development. His focus is mostly on...

Dr. Nicolas Burdin serves as Global Head of R&D at Clover. Dr. Burdin has spent over 27 years in vaccine research and development (R&D) with increasing responsibility roles at Sanofi, contributing to the successful progression of multiple prophylactic and therapeutic projects against...

Dr. David Burkhart is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Inimmune, while also overseeing the formulation science R&D team. Dr. Burkhart was an investigator with GlaxoSmithKline for nearly 8 years leading the formulation R&D team where he demonstrated a knack for innovation and...

Chris joined Biologics Consulting as a Senior Consultant in 2015 after 2 years as an independent CMC consultant and more than 25 years of experience in the development, manufacturing, and quality control of clinical and commercial biopharmaceutical products, as well as IVDs. Fourteen of those years ...

Dr. Maya Cabot has been associated with the development of several innovative virology research tools at Integral Molecular. These include Reporter Virus Particles (RVPs) and Influenza TiterSafe™ VLPs, contributing to the advancement of antiviral research and vaccine development. Maya earned her...

Dr. Caldwell is the Associate Vice President, Vaccine Research & Education at Meharry Medical College in Nashville TN. He leads the emerging partnership between Meharry and Clinical Research Associates of Nashville and is a devoted clinician and teacher. Dr. Caldwell serves as an investigator...

Dr. Juliana Cassataro leads a research group on Immunology, infectious diseases and vaccine development at the Institute of Biotechnological Research (School of Bio and Nanotechnologies, University of San Martin (UNSAM), IIBIO CONICET), Argentina. Juliana has a degree in Biological Sciences from...

Andrew first studied as a virologist at the University of Warwick before then furthering his education with postgraduate studies in influenza replication at Oxford University. Since then he has applied his scientific knowledge in a commercial setting. After working as part of a multidisciplinary...

Denis R. Cavert is CEO and co-founder of Vaxxel, a Biotech start-up developing intranasal respiratory vaccines against bronchiolitis and viral pneumonia. Vaxxel was created in 2019 with the University of Lyon, France and with the University of Laval, Canada. In vivo Proof of Concept of the first...

Ajoy Chakrabarti has over 25 years of diverse product development experience in both pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He joined the Gates Foundation in 2016 as the Platform & Portfolio Lead for Polio. The role involves working across multiple polio vaccine programs to provide...

Professor Lucy Chappell is Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the UK’s largest funder of health and care research. The Chief Scientific Adviser has overall responsibility for ...

Robert Choy, PhD is Director, Research and Development in PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access. PATH is a nonprofit global health organization dedicated to advancing simple, affordable, and accessible technologies to increase health equity in low-income countries. Robert serves as a...

Dr. Christensen was recently appointed as Global Head of R&D for Adjuvant Systems at Croda Pharma after 18 years in adjuvant research at Statens Serum Institut, Denmark. During his career, his research focus has been on pharmaceutical and immunological aspects of vaccine adjuvants and delivery...

Javier is a healthcare professional with more than 20 years of experience, 11 of which were spent working for two major pharmaceutical companies, mainly in the areas of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. He worked as a senior epidemiologist, medical advisor and study medical expert, with global...

Margherita Coccia is a Director for Adjuvant Science and Technology at GSK. She received a M.Sc. in Biotechnology from the University San Raffaele in Milan and a PhD in Immunology from the Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford University. She has more than 10 years of experience in the science of...

Wayland Coker currently serves as the Chief Supply Chain Strategist, Supply Chain Optimization Office Director, in the Industrial Base Management & Supply Chain (IBMSC) program office at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR). He is a retired Naval Officer, serving...

Dr. Cooke has over thirty years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry with a focus on vaccines.  He was previously CEO of NovaDigm Therapeutics, CEO of Mojave Therapeutics, COO at AVANT Immunotherapeutics, and SVP at Ology Bioservices. Prior to his leadership roles in the biotechnology...

Dr. Costley oversees the strategy and operations for BlueWillow Biologics, a clinical-stage vaccine company that has developed the only intranasal adjuvant platform currently available with established human immunogenicity and safety data. He has held the CEO role at the company since 2021 after...

James F. Cummings, M.D., FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH  has served as Chief Medical Officer at Vaxart since August 2021 and is responsible for all clinical vaccine development.. Preceding his role at VAXART, Dr. Cummings served as President of ICON Government and Public Health Solutions, Inc., a global...

PhD in Molecular Biology, MSc Science Communication, MA Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs Director of Strategic Foresight and International Relations; President of the Council of European BioRegions (CEBR); Member of the Board of Directors of the European Clusters Alliance (ECA); Member of the Joint...

Dr. de Jongh has a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and was awarded a doctorate in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Furthermore, he was awarded an affiliated associate professorship at DTU in 2017. Dr. de Jongh has 18 years ...

Stefaan De Koker holds a master in Bio-engineering and obtained his PhD at the lab for Molecular Immunology at Ghent University. Throughout his career, Stefaan has had a keen interest in understanding how activation of the innate immune system shapes the adaptive immune system and in translating...

Ingrid de Visser - Kamerling (1975) graduated in Medical Biology from Leiden University in 1998. She subsequently worked at CHDR as a project leader and PhD student. She obtained her PhD from Leiden University in 2003 and became a registered clinical pharmacologist in 2005. From 2004 to 2007, she...

Dr. Kyle Doolan leads cross-functional teams in molecular biology, protein engineering and virology that perform experiments for operations and research and development. Kyle has been instrumental in enhancing the performance of Integral Molecular’s technologies, and is an inventor on two of the...

Mark A. Emalfarb is the founder of Dyadic. He has been a member of Dyadic's board of directors since October 2004 and has served as its Chairman as well as President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2004 until April 2007 and from June 2008 until the present. Since founding Dyadic in...

Jaime Espín has a PhD in Economics (University of Granada), a Bachelor Degree in Law (University of Granada) and a Master in Health Economics (Andalusian School of Public Health). He has been Visiting Graduate Fellow in the Department of Economics in the University of California (UCSB); Visiting...

Dr. Nicola Esposito is an accomplished scientist with over 15 years of experience in the field of molecular biology and vaccine development. As the QC Molecular Biology Assays Manager at ADVAXIA Biologics, Dr. Esposito leads a team responsible for new analytical method development and...

Dr Rosaria Esposito is a Field Scientist at bioMérieux. She provides application and scientific support to VaxArray® users in Europe. The VaxArray® platform is developed and commercialized by the company InDevR (Boulder, CO), for which bioMérieux is the exclusive distributor in Europe. Dr Esposito...

Aaron was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He attended the Cranbrook educational community from grades K-12. He traveled west to study chemistry at the California Institute of Technology where he was introduced to boundary-breaking research in the Tirrell lab. After completing his...

Dr. Evans is the Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer and Cofounder of Inimmune Corp. Dr. Evans is also Director of the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana and a Research Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences. He has over 20 years’ experience in the...

Jack Evans has a diverse work experience spanning several companies in the research and clinical trials industry. Jack started their career at MAC Clinical Research as a Clinical Research Coordinator from November 2012 to June 2013. Jack then took on the role of Clinical Lead from June 2013 to...

Dr Ewer is an expert in the human immune response to vaccination and specialises in understanding how immunity translates into protective efficacy. She undertook her PhD on the immunology of T cell responses to TB and co-developed a diagnostic assay for the early detection of TB infection. She has...

Dr. Faissol is the program lead for predictive design of biologics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the PI of the Generative Unconstrained Intelligent Drug Engineering program, which focuses on the computational design of antibodies and antigens. His primary research interest is ...

Eric Fevre is a joint appointee at ILRI and Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH), University of Liverpool.  He manages several field-orientated projects where he leads the research activity on neglected zoonoses on behalf of the CGIAR...

Chief scientific officer responsible for the overall scientific company strategy. Global program head and molecular immunologist with over 25 years’ experience in academic, contract research organizations (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) and pharmaceutical industry (Dyax s.a., Bayer AG). ‘Mini-MBA’ from...

Dr. Martin Friede is the Coordinator of the Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, a position he has held since September 2016. In this role, Dr. Friede provides leadership to WHO's activities on vaccine research, including product...

Dr Bernard Fritzell obtained his medical diploma from the University of Bordeaux (France) as well as his degree in Tropical Diseases and Health and Development. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the clinical development of several human vaccines. During his career, he has held senior...

Antonio Garcia Maldonado is an Principal at SIF. He works on international investments with a focus on biotech in Europe and Israel, and tech-enabled service/product delivery in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining the foundation, Antonio worked in the investment banking division at...

She has a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and graduated in 1998 from the Central University of Las Villas. She completed her doctoral training in immunopharmacological issues, obtaining in 2006 the degree of Dr. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She has been a Principal Investigator since 2015. She...

The research work of Professor Gerhard (b. 1968) explores how pathogens interact with the host in gastrointestinal infections. Professor Gerhard’s research group investigates the mechanisms that suppress the immunoresponse of the host to allow the occurrence of infection as well as inflammatory...

Dr. Paul Gillard is a seasoned professional in the field of vaccine development. An alumnus of the University of Brussels where he acquired his medical in ‘93 and internal medicine in ‘98 degrees, Dr. Gillard has dedicated over 18 years to the clinical development of prophylactic...

Trang Gisler has over 20 years of scientific/technical, IT and business management experience in both the public and private sector with key emphasis in digital health, clinical trials, vaccine, and program management. She brings with her extensive experience in managing large portfolios for US...

Marion Gruber is the Vice President for Public Health and Regulatory  Science at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).  In this role she is leading the development and execution of IAVI’s public health and regulatory science efforts to advance IAVI’s product development programs in...

Swati Gupta, DrPH, MPH, leads IAVI’s Emerging Infectious Disease product portfolio and the development of the organization’s overall scientific strategy. She has a particular focus in leveraging IAVI’s recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) platform and expertise to expand product...

Dr. Ali Harandi is currently affiliated to Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg in Sweden and holds a visiting faculty position at Vaccine Evaluation Center, University of British Columbia in Canada.  Dr. Harandi was awarded the prestigious Heine-Medin medal by European Society for...

Chan Harjivan is the currently the Special Assistant to the President, Associate Director for Domestic Preparedness and Response to Pandemics and Biological Threats in the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) in the Executive Office of the President at the White House.With...

Jonathan Heeney is Head of The Laboratory of Viral Zoonotics. Research focuses on cross species transmissions of viruses, and the co-evolution of viruses and their hosts including the evolution of immune mechanisms of disease protection in naturally infected but disease resistant species. Not only...

Holger leads the Single Cell Genomics Group at the Spanish National Centre for Genomic Analysis (one of Europe’s largest Genome Centres). He has co-authored over 80 publications, and his research has received over €7.5m funding from (inter)national agencies. Dr. Holger is a key opinion leader in...

Mark did graduate work in molecular immunology at Oxford University Institute of Molecular Medicine and Southampton University Cancer Sciences. In his postdoctoral work at MIT he developed tools in chemical biology, advanced microscopy and nanotechnology to understand receptor trafficking. He...

Dr. Huebner has over 30 years of experience in biologics development with a large focus on vaccines while working in large pharma companies, government agencies, and contract research organizations. At LBG, Dr. Huebner supports both commercial and U.S. Government-funded programs as a subject matter ...

Professor Munir Iqbal is the Head of the Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease group at The Pirbright Institute and a visiting professor at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Munir obtained Veterinary Medicine and MPhil degrees in Pakistan and a PhD in Biotechnology at Imperial College London in ...

Bengt holds a PhD in Immunotechnology from Lund University. He has 20 years of experience heading research groups at Lund University and Denmark Technical University (DTU) within the research areas of immunology, vaccinology, and infectious disease. He has been the main supervisor for several...

Ms. Arlene Joyner is the Director of the Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, she is responsible for leading HHS efforts on Advanced...

Emilie Karafillakis is an Assistant Professor and European Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP), with appointments at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well as at the University of Antwerp (European office of the VCP).She has around 10 years of experience as a social ...

Nektaria Karavas is the Global Director of Business Development for Nasal Vaccines, Antivirals and Immuno-stimulants at Aptar Pharma. Ms. Karavas joined Aptar Pharma in 2004 and has held various commercial roles executing long-term strategy within key customer and global accounts in North America...

Dr. Keirstead is an internationally known stem cell expert and has led therapy development for late stage cancers, immune disorders, motor neuron diseases, spinal cord injury and retinal diseases. He is the CEO of AIVITA Biomedical. He was previously CSO of Caladrius which acquired California Stem...

Dr. Ed Kelley is the Chief Global Health Officer at ApiJectHe recently left his position as the World Health Organization’s Director of Integrated Health Services, where he helped lead the organization’s COVID-19 response, creating WHO’s first public-private collaboration working directly with the...

Chase is the CEO and co-founder of Enepret Inc. He earned his doctorate degree at the University of Kentucky studying and engineering the biosynthesis of triterpene oils, like squalene. After advancing a yeast system to produce triterpene oils developed in his adviser's (Dr. Joe Chappell)...

Cari Kessing has been serving as a Director in Vaccines Lab Operations at IQVIA Laboratories since 2022. Following her doctoral/postdoctoral training at Emory University, Vaccines and Gene Therapy Institute and Scripps Institute, she transitioned to the Vaccines industry at GSK, accruing extensive...

PJ Kim’s 20+ years in regulated pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and clinical trials includes responsibilities in quality, sales, program management, key account management, and corporate strategy. At ApiJect, Mr. Kim is responsible for developing strategic plans for new and existing key accounts in...

Jerome H. Kim, M.D., is an international expert on the development and evaluation of vaccines and is the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI).  He has unparalleled experience and success in translating innovation to impact – working with key national and international...

Maria is the Director of the Vaccine Innovation Pathway at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), bringing over 20 years of experience in driving strategy and innovation in health and life sciences research services. She has extensive experience collaborating with a wide range...

As Chief Scientific Officer, Michael is responsible for LimmaTech’s scientific development, focusing on pipeline development and operational R&D performance. Michael has a PhD in Biochemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich) and developed a broad experience in ...

Randy Lacey, PhD, completed his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry at Austin Peay State University prior to completing his doctoral studies in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Tennessee. Following his PhD studies, Randy worked as a postdoctoral research fellow first...

Teresa Lambe is the Calleva Head of Vaccine Immunology and a Professor of Vaccinology & Immunology at the University of Oxford. She is leading a research group which improves human health by controlling disease through vaccination – stopping epidemics before they become pandemics. Prof Lambe is ...

Alexandre is a serial entrepreneur with a fascination for biology and more than 20 years of experience in healthcare ranging from research and development to commercialization of vaccines and therapeutics.He has led several biotech companies in Europe and the US including his current position at...

Dr. Jae Myun Lee is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Yonsei University College of Medicine. Dr. Lee is also a Scientific Advisor for QuadMedicine Inc., where his expertise plays a crucial role in driving technological advancements and innovative research ...

Geert Leroux-Roels obtained the MD degree from the Ghent University in 1976. He completed a specialty training in internal medicine and conducted doctoral research in clinical pathology and immunology. In 1981 he was board certified in internal medicine and a obtained a PhD degree in biomedical...

Dr. Ofer Levy is principal investigator, staff physician and the Director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The Precision Vaccines Program (PVP) is an...

Dr. Dave Liebowitz has over 27 years of industry experience in clinical and preclinical development in Oncology, Infectious Diseases (Virology), Vascular Biology, Inflammation and Metabolic Disorders with protein, small molecule, cellular therapeutic, and vaccine modalities. He was previously...

Andreea Iordache joined Vaccines Europe in 2021 and currently holds the position of Manager Science & Regulatory Affairs. Vaccines Europe is a specialised subgroup within the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. representing major innovative research-based vaccine...

Don has 20 years of experience in the pharma and medical device industry. Don joined SPI Pharma in January 2020 as Global Business Development Manager. Before joining SPI Pharma, Don worked for Celanese as their Global Business Director. Prior to this, Don led business development for the...

Marie-Louise Lunn is Global Product Manager at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech with on enzymes for bioprocessing. She holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology and drug discovery from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in...

Mr. Enrique Mañán, a distinguished Hubert Humphrey Service to America Award winner, serves as the Chief of Staff for the Division of Contract Management and Acquisitions (CMA) within the Center for Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority's (BARDA). In this pivotal role, he...

Dr.Alessandro Manenti obtained the Ph.D degree in Biotecnologies of Vaccines at the University of Siena in 2016. After several years as Project Director following the testing of Phase I,II and III  clinical trials, he joined the position of Chief Development officer in VisMederi, a medium...

Dr. Irina Meln is the Head of Innovation at the European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) in Heidelberg, Germany. She is responsible for developing, securing funding for, and leading large collaborative projects that leverage public-private partnerships to drive innovation in the vaccine field. With over...

Narcisa joins the Clinical Research Group (CRG) from Janssen where she has been working as the Clinical Franchise Leader for portfolio of vaccines. Prior to that Narcisa spent 15 years at GSK working in positions of increasing responsibility.Narcisa has supported the development of a broad range of ...

​​​​​​Dr. Romain Micol has been President, co-founder, and Chief Executive Officer of Combined Therapeutics since 2016. Previously, he held several positions across the Institut Mérieux group: ABL Inc (USA), Shantha Biotechnics (India), and Transgene (China and France). Dr. Micol helped to set up...

Dr. Lenny Moise, VP Research, manages client projects and scientific development of the SeromYx Systems Serology platform for clinical research and drug discovery in infectious disease, immuno-oncology, autoimmunity and neurology. Prior to joining SeromYx, Lenny was Director of Vaccine Research at...

Professor Anne Moore holds a joint position between the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC and the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT). She brings to this joint appointment a wealth of expertise in immunology, bioprocessing, and vaccine development. Professor ...

  Name : Kilian Mullett Position : Senior Director , Commercial Supply strategy Organisation / Company : Pfizer Biotech Address :  Grange Castle International Business Park , Clondalkin, Dublin , 22 , Country : Ireland Email:  Kilian.Mullett@pfizer.com Phone : +353-1-4696832   Kilian is a...

Marta G. Murreddu is a seasoned professional in clinical research, virology, and project management. She successfully oversaw clinical trials, managed client communications, and ensured adherence to timelines and budgets. From 2021 to 2023, she led Clinical Virology Services at Viroclinics, where...

Irene’s background is in Bioscience, with a BSc. in Biochemistry from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and MSc. Infection and Immunity from the University of Leicester, UK. She did her Ph.D. in Malaria Immunology at Heidelberg University, Germany, after which she pursued a postdoc at the German...

Dr. Hanna Nohynek (b. 1958) received her MD and PhD degree in the University of Helsinki Finland. She holds special expertise of International Health and Travel Medicine of the Finnish Medical Association. She presently works as Chief Physician in the Department of Health Security in the Finnish...

Francesco Pappalardo was born in Catania on 11 March 1975. He graduated in Computer Science with 110/110 cum laude on 2000 at the University of Catania; after graduating, in 2004 he obtained the title of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science. From 2004 to 2011 he was a research fellow at...

Robert Paris is VP, Therapeutic Area Head, Infectious Diseases at Moderna where he leads clinical development for its latent virus portfolio of vaccines include cytomegalovirus, herpes zoster, genital herpes, and Epstein-Barr virus programs as well as Translational Medicine studies. He initially...

About Dr. Karina Pasquevich: Dr. Karina Pasquevich is an Argentinean scientist with more than 20 years of experience in the field of Immunology. Her journey in this discipline began in 2003, and since then, she has been working in immunology of infectious diseases, vaccine and adjuvant development ...

Dr. Martin Pech is a biosystems engineer by training. He gains his first experience in the industry at Roche Diagnositics in Penzberg, Germany, in a CTM department and stayed there for two years. He has worked five years as scientist at the University of Lübeck, Germany and Sydney Australia, to...

Tim Peterson is Associate Director, Product and Process Development at Kindeva Drug Delivery’s Woodbury, MN, headquarters, guiding Kindeva’s innovations in complex drug delivery. He has been developing and scaling up transdermal and microneedle-enabled drug delivery systems for over 30 years. Prior ...

Haiko Pillu obtained a Professional Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical andBiological Technology, and started his career in the Lab for Microbiology,Parasitology and Hygiene at the University of Antwerp. He joined SGS in July2006 to lead a group of freelance Lab Technicians and to develop the...

Dr Pore is one of the co-founders of Intox Pvt. Ltd and looks over the responsibility of Executive Director and Test Facility Management. Dr Pore is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and also European Registered Toxicologist (ERT) since 2009.   ​Dr Pore has designed and...

Dr. Marco Pravetoni holds the Rick L. Seaver Endowed Professorship in Brain Health, and he is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Pharmacology, and Director of the Center for Medication Development for Substance Use Disorders and Overdose at the University of Washington...

Sibilia Quilici joined Vaccines Europe as Executive Director in January 2021. Vaccines Europe  (VE) represents major innovative research-based vaccine companies operating in Europe, including small and medium-sized enterprises. Together with its direct membership of 14 leading vaccine companies and ...

Martin Rabel, Dipl.-Pharm., Ph.D. currently works as a Services Solution Specialist for Cytiva supporting clients in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He obtained his pharmaceutical license as well as a postgraduate diploma from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena working on Bacterial...

Ruben Rizzi, physician by training, SVP of Global Regulatory Affairs at BioNTech. I joined the company in December 2019 just before the pandemic, and I have been the global regulatory lead for BioNTech for our COVID-19 development. Currently, I am still supporting the lifecycle of our COVID-19...

Meta Roestenberg is professor in vaccinology, and clinical head of the Controlled Human Infection Center. She leads a translational research group focused on the development of vaccines for poverty-related infectious diseases. In her (out)patient care she focusses on the daily management of the...

Birgitte Rønø joined Evaxion in 2017 and was appointed Chief Science Officer in 2021. Dr. Rønø has more than 20 years' experience in biopharmaceutical drug discovery from academia and industry and received her PhD in experimental oncology and immunology from National Institutes of...

Sarah Rosen MSc,  is  a Senior Director within the RWE group at Evidera, part of the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, in France. Ms Rosen has been working in non-interventional studies for more nearly 20 years initially as a Project Manager, Oversight Director and now...

Dr. Zeil Rosenberg is responsible for vaccine development at Tonix Pharmaceuticals. Previous to this, he was Therapeutic Area Head for Vaccines at PPD (AES) , Worldwide Business Leader for Vaccines at Becton Dickinson (BD), and resident National Immunization Advisor in Indonesia through USAID and...

Dr. Jerald Sadoff, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer with immediate effect. Dr. Sadoff has more than fifty years of experience in vaccine development. He has overseen or played a key role in the approval of more vaccines than any other currently active vaccine developer, including vaccines against...

Kristyna works as an Applications Scientist for Imaging and BioPharma at Molecular Devices. She has a strong background in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and, in her role, she focuses on 2D & 3D Cell Culture, Cell Line Development, and Automation. Before joining Molecular Devices, she earned her...

A veterinarian by training, after completing my PhD at The Pirbright Institute in 1993 I became Head of the International FMD Vaccine Bank and held the position for 4 years. I moved to Pfizer AH in Sandwich, England in 1997 and eventually became Director of Biologicals Research for Europe, Africa...

Avencia Sánchez-Mejías is CEO and co-Founder of Integra Therapeutics, a global leader in creating next generation gene writing tools to make advanced therapies safer and more effective. Avencia has experience in business management and transferring technology of excellence from academia to industry ...

Tyler Sandberg is a scientist holding a PhD in vaccine immunology from the Karolinska Institute and a master’s degree in immunology and infection biology from Uppsala University. His doctoral research involved conducting several vaccine studies to examine human immune responses to various...

Dr. Volker Sandig initiated ProBioGen’s cell line development program in 2000 resulting in the unique CHO.RiGHT® platform for protein production. He is co-inventor of key ProBioGen technologies including AGE1 designer cell lines, GlymaxX® and DirectedLuck®. His current work aims at modernizing...

Gautam Sanyal is a scientific leader in development of analytical and biophysical methods that are essential to batch release and characterization of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. His expertise extends to rational formulation design, as demonstrated by delivery of several safe and effective...

Melanie Saville, MBBS, is PATH’s Chief Scientific Officer. She leads PATH’s product development division, which includes a global team dedicated to the development, introduction, and scale of vaccines, medical devices, and diagnostics. Dr. Saville is a distinguished physician specializing in...

Claire Sears is the Head of Business Transformation at EMS Healthcare, driving strategic initiatives to enhance healthcare accessibility. With over 25 years in pharmaceutical research, clinical technology, and academia, she is a leader in clinical trial technology and site engagement. Claire’s...

Joachim Seipelt is an experienced biotech manager with a strong background in virology and vaccine development. He has experience in research (Boehringer Ingelheim, Medical University Vienna), company co-founding (AVIR Green Hills Biotechnology), managing large funding programs (Austria...

Taylor has a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from the University of North Texas Health Science Center and a B.S. from Texas A&M University. He is adjunct public health faculty at Texas A&M University and maintains his board certification by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. ...

Dr. Nitin M. Shetty, is Head of Technical Operations at Bioneeds India Private Limited, Bangalore. A senior member of Preclinical services vertical from 2016, he played a pivotal role in setting up Multi-vertical Preclinical Service operations including infrastructure and business plans. In...

Amy Shurtleff holds a Ph.D. in Viral Pathogenesis and is Head of Animal Models in the Laboratory Research and Innovations Department in the Division of Research and Development at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Dr Shurtleff administers research programs for preclinical...

Dr. Aleksandra E. Sikora is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University (OSU) and Adjunct Professor in the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).Dr. Sikora is a microbiologist with experiences in vaccine design, reverse...

Lucas Silva is a Molecular and Cellular Biologist by academic training from the University of Lisbon and currently is working as a Senior Specialist leading the Analytical services at Nanopharm, an Aptar Pharma company.Prior to his experience in Nanopharm, Lucas did a research internship at...

George Simeon is the CEO of Curevo Vaccine. He joined Curevo at the beginning of 2019 and has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector working with multinational firms, start-ups, and not-for-profits. He has worked in biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, IVD, and healthcare...

Dr. Joe Smyser is the CEO of PGP (The Public Good Projects), a public health nonprofit specialized in large-scale media monitoring programs, SBCC programs, and cross-sector initiatives. PGP is a central figure in combating vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. For the past five years, PGP has...

Professor Tom Solomon CBE has been working on emerging infections of pandemic potential for nearly thirty years, with research programmes in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the UK. He is Professor of Neurological Science and Head of the Brain Infections Group at the University of Liverpool. He...

Walter Straus serves as Vice President and Clinical Safety Lead at Moderna Therapeutics. In this capacity, his team leads safety assessment for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine program, from clinical development through post-authorization responsibilities globally. Prior to joining Moderna in...

Vic Suarez, Colonel (Ret), US Army, MS, PMP, CMRP is the Founder and Principal Growth Partner of Blu Zone Bioscience & Supply Chain Solutions, LLC. Blu Zone Bio assists biotechnology and life science supply chain organizations accelerate growth and expand domestic biomanufacturing through...

Katsumi Suzuki is the General Manager of the Management Department for R&D Division at Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical and leading project planning and management for the relevant pipelines of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical. His main expertise is in clinical pharmacology and he has been working on the...

Miriam Taegtmeyer is a Professor of Global Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, where she heads the Community Health Systems Research Group.  The group consists of staff and doctoral students with a research portfolio of over £8 million (2018), spanning 11 countries across Africa...

Mojca Tajnik Sbaizero is Head of Product Application Area at Sartorius BIA Separations, Slovenia. She is a biotechnologist and holds a PhD in Biomedicine-Genetics. She is employed in the company for 8 years and during this time she led several projects in downstream process development in the...

PhD in Cell Biology, Founder of Oxford Diagnostic Laboratories, UKAS- accredited Laboratory under ISO 17025:2017 serving National Health service UK and Public Health. With 18+years of industry experience in Laboratory Operations, Clinical Research and Medical Affairs. Thought leadership in...

Nigel obtained his BSc in Microbiology and Genetics from University College London (UCL) in 1990 and an MSc in Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (1992), PhD in Molecular Parasitology (1999) and DLSHTM (2000) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). After his ...

Professor Petro Terblanche has a successful track record in the strategic and operational management of technology intensive organizations. She has played a key part in the design and implementation of South Africa’s biotechnology strategy. She holds the position of Managing Director of Afrigen...

Angus Thomson is Principal of Irimi, an organization focused on building public trust in public health programs, with a particular focus on immunization. He is also Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, USA. Angus was...

Thomas is Director of Bioinformatics and AI/ML at Evaxion and is currently leading the development of Evaxion’s AI-Immunology™ platform for designing vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases. Prior to joining Evaxion in 2016, Thomas acquired his PhD in Immunological Bioinformatics from the...

​​​​​​Jane True is Vice President for mRNA Commercial Strategy and Innovation and Global Pandemic Security Lead at Pfizer, directing a team responsible for mRNA platform, pipeline, and product strategy. True also leads the charge on preparing the global community for future pandemics and achieving...

I am a clinician scientist studying viral disease and vaccines, particularly arboviruses. I am based in Liverpool where I perform early phase human trials and human experimental medicine studies looking at immune responses to viruses and viral vaccines in detail. My areas of technical...

Dr. Uchida is a professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University and the Chief Medical Officer of Crafton Biotechnology. He leads interdisciplinary research that bridges the fields of medicine and engineering. After graduating from the University of Tokyo Medical School, Dr. Uchida began his career ...

Sebastian Ulbert is a molecular biologist and lecturer in virology. He is the Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology and the Head of the Department for Vaccines and Infection Models. The Fraunhofer Society is Europe's largest application-oriented research...

Professor Andrew Ustianowski is a Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases at the Regional Infection Unit, North Manchester General Hospital, UK, and Joint National Specialty Lead for Infection for the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), co-Clinical Director for the Greater...

Arno van der Ark is working for more than 35 years in vaccine development, ranging from developing alternatives to animal testing, removing of animal derived raw materials in vaccine production processes, developing a safe and effective intranasal pertussis OMV vaccine and lately managing the...

Nico holds a degree Business Engineering and obtained a PhD in Operations Research and Operations Management from KU Leuven in 1996. As full professor at KU Leuven, he is holder of the GSK Research Chairs on Access-to-Medicines, the Janssen Pharmaceutica Research Chair on Pandemic Preparedness and...

Dr. Veterinary Medicine, virologist, global networking in human and animal health, vaccines and diagnostics, global disease control, one health, public affairs with EU, WHO, Asian and African authorities and experienced in vaccine translational development.Achievements in brief: Discovery of H1N1...

Charlotte Vernhes is a bioengineer with 14 years of diversified experience in vaccine research and development. Since 2023, she leads Scientific and Medical Affairs at Vaccines Europe, a specialised vaccines group within the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations...

Dr. Raul Villamarin Rodriguez is a Cognitive Technologist who holds advisory positions on several International academic and corporate boards. He serves as a Visiting Professor, an Expert at UNESCO, and an Editorial Board member at World Summit AI. Renowned for his expertise in merging cognitive...

Cesar is part of Regulatory Innovation & Global Engagement and serves as International Policy Lead at Accumulus Synergy.  In his role, he collaborates with industry experts, national regulators, and global organizations to support policy updates and develop strategies that enhance regulatory...

Dr Thomas Waite is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer leading on health protection. His role covers emergency response and preparedness, infectious diseases, vaccines and therapeutics. Dr Waite is a consultant epidemiologist and completed his clinical and public health training in south Wales. He is ...

Elissa R. Weitzman is associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Adolescent/Young Adult (AYA) medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital; and faculty member in the Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at Boston Children’s Hospital. A social-behavioral...

Suzanne Welten, PhD  Scientific Manager Immunology (Bacterial Vaccines) JNJ Innovative Medicine  The Netherlands Suzanne Welten, Ph.D. is a Scientific Manager Immunology working on bacterial vaccines within JNJ Innovative Medicine (Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.) in Leiden, the...

Dr. Wolfe currently serve as the Branch Chief for the Vaccine Program in support of the CBRN Division of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). In doing so, he leads the advanced development and management of complex vaccine projects targeting biological threats. The...

Xinhao Ye has 15 years of vaccine development experience with growing responsibilities in research, development, and commercialization of different types of vaccines, including polysaccharide conjugate vaccines, recombinant protein, and mRNA-based vaccines. Before joining WuXi Vaccines, he worked...

Roland Zahn is currently Head of Nonclinical and Translational Immunology for Viral Vaccines at Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V.. In this role, he leads a team of researchers responsible for all aspects of nonclinical research on viral vaccines, for new vaccines entering the clinical...

Dr. Zaks, M.D., Ph.D., is a partner at OrbiMed Advisors LLC since November 2021. From 2015 to September 2021, he served as Chief Medical Officer of Moderna, Inc. From 2010 to 2015, he held senior development positions at Sanofi, including Senior Vice President and Head of Global Oncology. From...

Heather Zar is Professor & Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Director of the School of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.  After specialising in paediatrics she did 3 years of sub-specialist training in paediatric pulmonology ...