Conference Day Two | Thursday, October 2

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7:45 am Check-in & Coffee

Streamlining Regulatory Strategies & Advancing Cell Delivery for Successful iPSC Therapy Development

8:30 am Panel Discussion: Understanding Evolving Frameworks & Addressing Regulatory Expectations Towards iPSC Based Therapies

  • Eric Law Default Job Title: Head of Chemistry, Manufacturing Controls & Regulatory Affairs, Century Therapeutics
  • Rajesh Thangapazham Director Regulatory Affairs, Specialty, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Azadeh Golipour Senior Vice President & Head of Technical Operations, GC Therapeutics
  • Allen Feng Founder & Scientific Chief & Officer, HebeCell

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9:30 am Case Study: Discussing the Regulatory Pathway to Clinic

  • Eric Law Default Job Title: Head of Chemistry, Manufacturing Controls & Regulatory Affairs, Century Therapeutics

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10:00 am Session Reserved for Fujifilm

10:30 am Morning Break & Networking

Preclinical Track

Demonstrating Safety for iPSC-Derived Therapies to Ensure a Smooth Path to Clinic

11:30 am Driving Industry Alignment on QC & Differentiation Standards for iPSC Therapies

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12:00 pm Session TBD

  • Yanzheng Liu Senior Director Quality Control, Aspen Neuroscience

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Process Development & CMC Track

Enabling Scalable & Reliable Manufacturing of iPSC Derived Cells for Broad Therapeutic Impact

11:30 am Scalable Generation of PSC-derived Natural Killer Cells Utilizing Suspension Culture

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12:00 pm Strategic Selection of iPSC Starting Lines to Enhance Safety, Consistency & Manufacturability

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12:30 pm Lunch

Selecting the Right Conditions to Nurture Desired iPSC Differentiation

1:30 pm Accurately Recapitulating T-Cell Development for Autoimmune & Oncology Applications

  • Ran Jing Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital

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2:00 pm Evaluating the Impact of Cell Culture Environments on iPSC Differentiation

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Advancing Cell Characterization Techniques & Parameters for Validation of Processes

1:30 pm Stem Cell Derived Thymic Cells for the Restoration of Immune Tolerance

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2:00 pm Finding the Right Balance when Monitoring iPSCs

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12:30 pm Afternoon Break

Leveraging iPSCs Beyond Cellular Therapies

3:00 pm Advancing Cancer Modeling with iPSCs: Current Approaches & Opportunities

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3:30 pm Advanced Technologies for Engineering iPSC-Derived Tissues & Organs

  • Tal Dvir Professor & Co-Founder, Tel Aviv University, Matricelf

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4:00 pm Closing Remarks

4:10 pm End of the 5th iPSC Drug Development Summit

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