Program, Speakers and Abstract Submissions

Advancing Manufacture of Cell and Gene Therapies ​IX

Plenary Speaker

Denis Claude Roy, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal

"Advanced therapeutics biomanufacturing in the academic-hospital setting and patient impact"

Keynote Speakers

Susan Abu-Absi, Ph.D
Chief Operating Officer
Be Bio

"Engineering the Future of CGT Manufacturing: Insights from Clinical Development and Commercialization of Advanced Therapies for Oncology and Rare Disease"

Richard D. Braatz, Ph.D.
Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Center for Continuous mRNA Manufacturing
MIT

"Intensification of Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing: Modeling, Design, and Control"

Chris Stevens
Chief Operating Officer
Rocket Pharma

"From Rare Diseases to Common Conditions: Advancing Cell & Gene Therapy for the Next Era of Medicine"

Invited Speakers

Stephen Balakirsky, Georgia Institute of Technology, (United States)

Neil Blackburn, Omniabio, (United States)

Colin Cook, Xdemics Corporation, (United States)

Lindsay Fraser, Cytomos, (United Kingdom)

Alois Jungbauer, BOKU University, (Austria)

Amine A. Kamen, McGill University , (Canada)

Lise Munsie, BlueRock Therapeutics, (United States)

Ioannis Papantoniou, KU Leuven, (Belgium)

Rodney L. Rietze, Ph.D., Hyperius Biotech and iVexSol, Inc., (United States)

Kris Saha, University of Wisconsin, (United States)

Luis Santos, Prime Medicine, (USA)

Margarida Serra, IBET, (Portugal)

Dan Strange, Cellular Origins, (United Kingdom)

John Tomishen, Cellares, (United States)

Tracey Turner, Bristol Myers Squibb, (United States)

Stephen Ward, Cell Therapy Catapult, (United Kingdom)

Abstract Submissions

Abstracts (one page maximum) whose subject area is in the Session Description listed above are invited. The abstract should include specific results and conclusions to allow a scientific assessment of the proposed oral presentation.

Please choose up to two relevant session topics as noted in the sessions listed above for which you are submitted your oral or poster abstract.

Oral abstract submission deadline: October 3, 2025

Poster abstract submission deadline: October 3, 2025

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Abstracts must be submitted electronically here; and 
  2. prepared according to this template: docx or doc.
  3. To ensure receipt of mailings regarding your submission, please add ‘do_not_reply@linklings.com‘ to your address book.
  • Abstracts of all presentations will be made available to conference participants prior to the start of the conference.
  • Awards will be presented to the top student poster and best overall poster.

Poster Guidelines

The best posters display a succinct statement of major conclusions at the beginning, followed by supporting text in later segments and a brief summary at the end. Click here for instructions and more information.Poster Size: 1.0 meter wide and 1.5 meters in length (Portrait style).

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