Conference Day Two

7:30 am Morning Networking Coffee

8:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

• Andreas Kuhn Senior Vice President RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, BioNTech

Understanding the Regulatory Path for Established & Emerging mRNA Technologies

8:30 am An Exclusive Overview of the Regulatory Environment & Regulatory Strategy for mRNA Vaccines

• Silvia Aiolli Head of GRA mRNA Franchise, Sanofi

9:00 am Is “GMP Grade” Good Enough? Choosing Materials for Producing mRNA Therapeutics

• Darwin Asa Global Market Development Manager, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, , Thermo Fisher

9:30 am Utilising mRNA Gene Editing Techniques to Engineer Novel NK Cells & Overcome Regulatory Hurdles

• Aviad Pato Head of Research & Natural Killer Cells, Gamida Cell

10:00 am Navigating the Challenges & Opportunities in mRNA Drug Product Manufacturing

• May Guo Vice President, Nucleic Acids, Arranta Bio

10:30 am Morning Refreshment Break & Poster Session

1:00 pm Networking Lunch Break

From Discovery to Clinical Development: Paving the Path Forward for Better Clinical Translation

2:00 pm Panel Discussion: How to Streamline Practices for mRNA- Based Therapeutics Across the Development Value Chain & Overcome Key Bottlenecks for Better Clinical Translation

• Andreas Kuhn Senior Vice President RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, BioNTech
• Gregory Fiore Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Exacis Biotherapeutics
• Nagy Habib Head of Surgery Hammersmith Campus , Imperial College London

Developing Tomorrow’s mRNA-Based Therapies

2:30 pm Optimizing mRNA Manufacturing: Take control of your mRNA process along the chain

• Nargisse El Hajjami PhD Eng Process Technology Manager for mRNA & Emerging Modalities, Sartorius

3:00 pm Assessing Synthetic Circular RNA (oRNATM) as a New Therapeutic Modality

• Nelson Chau Senior Vice President - Platform, Orna Therapeutics

3:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of 2nd Annual mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit Europe 2023

• Andreas Kuhn Senior Vice President RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, RNA Biochemistry & Manufacturing, BioNTech