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35 Live workshops

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Our top line-up

There's only one place where you can get to connect with this group of industry leaders. Ok, that place is LinkedIn, but you won't get to see what they look like unless you come to our conference. There's nothing to replace the experience of a face to face chat.

Ella Allen

Professor - Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery

Alexander White

Project Manager

Ava Martinez

Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs & Pre-Clinical

Henry Lewis

Chief Commercial Officer

Lily Baker

Senior Product Manager - Advanced Therapeutics OEM

Mia Hernandez

Jack Carter

Business Development Director

David Adams

Director Alliance Management

The Agenda

This year's line up of speakers is even better than before. You'll hear from Brenda, Charlie, Bob and Tracy.

We can't believe they all said they'd come back, but they have.

Day one Day two

Day one

7.20 Check In & Morning Coffee

8:20 am

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speaker

Daniel Smith
Senior Vice President - Ribonucleic Acid Biochemistry & Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls Development - Tech Innovations

Visions for the Future of mRNA & Beyond: The Leadership Perspective

Speaker

Chloe Nelson
CSO COO - Prime Marketing

9:15 am

Current Cancer Vaccine Strategies Including Initial Phase 1 Study Data of CVGBM, an Off-the-Shelf Cancer Vaccine in Glioblastoma

Cancer vaccines based on mRNA technologies have shown encouraging clinical data over the last couple of years Showcasing current strategies to develop cancer vaccines focus on either personalized cancer vaccines or off-the-shelf cancer vaccines Presenting CVGBM, an off-the-shelf cancer vaccine, that demonstrated encouraging immunogenicity in a phase 1 study in patients with GBM after tumor…

Speaker

Olivia Johnson
Chief Executive Officer & Head of Translational Research & Alliance Management - People First Co.

10:15 Morning Break & Speed Networking

TRACK A: DISCOVERY & PRE-CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Nigel Horscroft, Chief Technology Officer, Stealth Mode mRNA Biotech

Speaker

Grace Ramirez
Senior Manager - Wordsmith Agency

Deciphering a Regulatory Framework & Guidance for Future mRNA Platforms to Harmonise Clinical & Manufacturing Development

Speaker

Scarlett Scott
Health Innovation Lead - Viral Media Co.

11:15 am

The Value of a Harmonised Regulatory Framework for mRNA Medicines

mRNA platform technology approaches supported by regulatory provisions Diverse regulatory understanding of platform technology from various perspectives Examples of platform technology – platform technology approaches today and in the future

Speaker

Amelia Clark
Head of Regulatory Policy Europe - ClientCare Inc.

12:15 pm

Harnessing In Vivo Therapeutic Antibody Production Enabled by mRNA-LNP Technology

Outlining novel mRNA-LNP platform for mRNA therapeutic antibody production Exploring therapeutic antibody potential from discovery to pre-clinical development Overcoming key challenges of in vivo protein expression for successful translation of mRNA-based therapeutics

Speaker

Grace Ramirez
Senior Manager - Wordsmith Agency

12:15 pm

Swiss Regulatory Aspects & Evaluation for mRNABased Vaccines & Therapeutic Pathways to Approval

Exploring harmonisation regulatory challenges and expectations for new mRNA drugs applications and documentation Delineating the mRNA platform definition for vaccine, therapeutic and broader applications Highlighting regulatory progress in personalised mRNA cancer vaccines and manufacturing considerations

Speaker

James Williams
Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Green Finance

12:45 pm

Session Reserved for: Tebu Bio

Speaker

Lily Baker
Senior Product Manager - Advanced Therapeutics OEM - Talent Works

12:45 pm

Session Reserved for: Arcalis

Speaker

David Adams
Director Alliance Management - Cloud Solutions

12.55 Lunch Break & Networking

Turbocharging new mRNA-LNP Programs to Expand Therapeutic Potential with European Research Initiatives & Collaborations

Forging New Commercial Partnerships to Ensure Smooth Transfer into Trials & Manufacturing at Scale

2:00 pm

REGeRNA Project: Identifying & Developing mRNAEncoded Proteins Towards Novel Therapeutics for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration

Establishing the need for new treatments of heart failure Deciphering a rationale for an mRNA-based strategy for reinducing proliferation of cardiomyocytes Showcasing first results and remaining challenges

Speaker

Ella Allen
Professor - Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery - Digital Growth

2:30 pm

Multidimensional Characterisation of RNA-Based Vaccines & Therapies

Evaluate potency through the identification of ribosome stalls that reduce protein production Examine purity by discovering the sequences and structures that lead to dsRNA by-products Measure safety through studies of off-target changes in transcription and translation

4.00 Afternoon Break & Poster Session

As the landscape of innovation that is supercharging the next wave of efficacious mRNA vaccines and therapeutics, it is more important than ever to collaborate and learn for the growth of this field. Join our dedicated poster session to share your latest data and get the first look into what your peers are working on!

4:30 pm

Advancing RNA Therapeutics Development: Novel Reagents for DNA Template Production by Rolling Circle Amplification

The rolling circle amplification (RCA) is an isothermal amplification technique that shows promise for generating DNA template for in vitro transcription (IVT) reaction used in therapeutic RNA production. Compared to using bacterial plasmids as DNA templates, RCA offers several advantages as speed, simplicity and safety For mRNA therapeutics development the AOF (animal origin free) reagents…

Speaker

Lily Baker
Senior Product Manager - Advanced Therapeutics OEM - Talent Works

5:30 pm

Panel Discussion – A European Industry & Regulatory Perspective on the Development & Approval of mRNA Medicines

Uncovering how regulatory provisions can support mRNA medicines’ approval Reducing the regulatory approval timeline through platform technology approaches Moving towards a harmonized approach for mRNA medicines for the benefit of patients

Speakers

Amelia Clark
Head of Regulatory Policy Europe - ClientCare Inc.
Ava Martinez
Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs & Pre-Clinical - Storyline Media

6:20 pm

End of Conference Day One

Day two

7.00 Morning Coffee & Networking

7:50 am

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Advancing mRNA Vaccines & Therapies Towards the First Approval With Breaking First-InHuman Clinical Progress Data from Leaders in the Clinic

8:00 am

Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics & Target Engagement of ETH47 in Healthy Subjects

Showcasing nasal administration of ETH47 development for the prevention of virusdriven exacerbation in patients with asthma Demonstrating data on safety and well tolerated and not systemically bioavailable in healthy trial participants Overall, results present a dose-dependent local target protein induction

8:30 am

Technical & Clinical Progress in mRNA Therapeutics Beyond COVID-19 Vaccine

Demonstrating Abogen’s unique mRNA and LNP platform Clinical progress of mRNA cancer vaccine Future perspectives of mRNA therapeutics

Speaker

Sophia Brown
Chief Executive Officer - Summit Corp.

9:00 am

An mRNA Knowledge Library: Deep Profiling of Wild Type & Modified T7 Polymerases & Their Impacts on IVT Performance

A high throughput screening (HTS) workflow was developed to enable comprehensive evaluation of T7 polymerase as a critical raw material in mRNA production Total 4 of wild type and 16 of modified T7 polymerases were systematically evaluated via DOE based IVT optimizations and subsequently mRNA analytics A ranking system including mRNA production performance, supply chain,…

Speaker

Mia Hernandez
VP - Elevate Consulting

9.30 Morning Networking Break

Turbocharging Antigen Selection & Design to Optimise mRNA Vaccine Safety & Tolerability for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Scale & Transfer – Leveraging Sustainable Platforms to Produce mRNA Products Effectively & Affordably for LMICs

10:00 am

Development of a Gonorrhea Vaccine Using the mRNA Platform Established at Afrigen

Overview of mRNA platform established in Afrigen Platform for sustainability with pipeline of disease targets Showcasing mRNA Gonorrhea vaccine as one of the pipeline targets, and early preclinical results

Speaker

Michael Davis
Executive Director - mRNA & Hub - Afrigen Biologics

10:00 am

Techno-Economic Modelling for Sustainable, Low Cost & Scalable mRNA Medicines Manufacturing for LMICs

Techno-economic comparison of batch vs continuous mRNA manufacturing Techno-economic comparison of single use consumable vs multi-use equipment-based mRNA manufacturing The impact of automation on financially sustaining mRNA medicines manufacturing capacity during non-outbreak periods

Speaker

Mason Rodriguez
Senior Associate & Professor Lecturer - SafeNet Security

10:30 am

Session Reserved for: Immagina Biotechnology

10:30 am

Session Reserved for: Merck

11:00 am

Development of mRNA Vaccine Candidates for Pandemic Influenza

Optimising design of different HA candidates Unravelling in vivo proof of concept data for an mRNA influenza vaccine Demonstrating scaling up and process development methods

11:00 am

Towards Global Access & Equity for mRNA Technology: An Update from Afrigen Biologics

Unlocking mRNA vaccine design, development and production geared to enable LMICs to produce mRNA products Establishing a “green fields” mRNA end to end commercial production process Product innovations for effective, affordable and accessible mRNA vaccines for neglected diseases suitable for LMICs and relevance to pandemic preparedness

11.30 Lunch Break & Networking

Achieving Effective Cell & Tissue Targeting, Distribution & Translatability with Novel LNP Formulations

12:30 pm

Development of a Diversity-Oriented Lipid Library to Fight Diseases

A platform approach for LNP screening LNPs targeted for liver delivery LNPs targeted for immune cell delivery

OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP

TRACK A: DISCOVERY & PRE-CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Nigel Horscroft, Chief Technology Officer, Stealth Mode mRNA Biotech

1:30 pm

Unlocking mRNA Therapies Through Spatial Delivery

Demonstrating mRNA delivery to lung – case study lessons from mice to non-human primates Showcasing mRNA delivery to the spleen Presenting alternatives to current LNP systems for intramuscular vaccination

Speaker

Benjamin Wilson
Head of Biology - Secure Tech

2.00 Afternoon Break & Networking

Disruptive Companies Unlocking Diseases of Tomorrow With New Models Systems & Bioinformatic Approaches

Showcasing the emergence of new European Biotechs breaking through the mRNA industry and ready to present their exciting preclincal research

2:35 pm

IL-35 mRNA Therapeutic Local Expression in the Liver Suppresses Autoimmune Hepatitis

IL35 is a potent immunosuppressive cytokine regulating innate and adaptive immunity IL35 mRNA local expression in the liver reverses acute hepatitis IL35 mRNA therapeutics inhibits specifically auto-antibodies in chronic autoimmune hepatitis

Speaker

Lucas Hall
Chief Executive & Scientific Officer - NextGen Products

3:00 pm

mRNA Therapeutic Vaccine Targeting Human IL-4 & IL-13 Protects Against Asthma

Showcasing first-in-class mRNA therapeutic product for asthma Presenting pre-clinical data in humanized mice Highlighting CMC and clinical programs

Speaker

Chloe Nelson
CSO COO - Prime Marketing

3:25 pm

A First-In-Class Technology for mRNA Delivery

Demonstrating first-in-class mRNA delivery technology at Nuntius Therapeutics Utilising novel machine learning guided discovery techniques Sharing case-study examples of tissue targeting carriers

4:00 pm