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Monday, July 14, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Workshop: Liquid Chromatography to Characterize and Purify your LNP Drug Product
Speaker: Tristan Kovačič, n/a – Sartorius BIA Separations
Speaker: Nejc Pavlin
Speaker: Mojca Tajnik Sbaizero, n/a – Sartorius BIA Separations
Industry Session

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
Workshop: Recent Advances in Oral Peptide Delivery – From Molecule to Market
Chair: Andy Lewis, BPharm (Hons) PhD (he/him/his) – Quotient Sciences
Chair: Stephen T. Buckley, PhD – Novo Nordisk
Chair: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
Workshop: Oral Drug Delivery From Today to Tomorrow: Latest Innovations Best Practices
Industry Session

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM EDT
Morning Break
Break

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Science Communication Workshop: Sharing Your Research with Impact
YSC Session

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Workshop: 3D Printing for Precision Drug Release
Industry Session

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Workshop: Diagnostics with Phospholipids - Quality standards and areas of application
Speaker: Simon Drescher, PD Dr (he/him/his) – Phospholipid Research Center
Speaker: Michael Kahn, PhD – Lipoid, Inc.
Speaker: Alexander Kreft – Lipoid GmbH
Speaker: Christian Nehls
Speaker: Simon Matoori, n/a – Université de Montréal
Virtual Speaker: Klazina Kooiman
Speaker: Samir CHERKAOUI, PhD – BRACCO Suisse
Speaker: Mans Broekgaarden, PhD (he/him/his) – Grenoble-Alpes University, Inserm
Industry Session

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Workshop: Clinical Development & Regulatory Pathways of Subcutaneous Formulation for Biologics
Speaker: Beate Bittner, PhD – F. Hoffmann - La Roche
Speaker: Gerard Bruin (he/him/his) – Pharmacokinetic Sciences / Novartis
Industry Session

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Unlocking Innovation: A Practical Guide to IP Protection
YSC Session

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Afternoon Break
Coffee Break@Networking

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Plenary Lecture I: Robert Langer Ph.D.
Plenary Speaker: Robert Langer – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Plenary Session

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Opening Ceremony
General SessionAwards Session

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
YSC/FG Networking Event
FG SessionYSC SessionNetworking Event

9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
Attendee Free Time - Fun in the City

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
Biologics Summit Part II: Next Generation Drug Delivery Devices: Facilitating Decentralized Care and Global Access to Biotherapeutics
Industry Session

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
Rise and Walk
Networking

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
YSC Meet & Greet with a Luminary
YSC Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: The Role of a Trusted Partner in Advancing Resorbable Polymers for Controlled Drug Release
Speaker: Nathalie Gonzalez – Corbion
Speaker: Julien Bérard – Corbion
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Molecular modeling and Machine Learning for Drug Formulation
Speaker: John Shelley, PhD – Schrödinger
Speaker: David Nicholson, M.S.CEP, PhD – Schrödinger
Speaker: Benjamin Coscia, PhD – Schrödinger
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Transforming Nanoparticle Analysis: What Light Scattering Techniques Reveals About LNPs & Liposomes
Speaker: William Penny, Ph.D. – Waters | Wyatt Technology
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Innovative excipient technologies for next generation drug delivery systems
Speaker: Elena Draganoiu, PhD – Lubrizol Life Science Health
Speaker: Liliana Miinea, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lubrizol Life Science Health
Industry Session

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Models
Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Models

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Bioengineering I
Bioengineering

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Gene)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryGene Delivery and Gene Editing

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Immuno)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryImmuno Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Skin and Mucosal Delivery I
Skin and Mucosal Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session I: Women's Health I
Women's Health

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Plenary Lecture II: Molly Stevens, Ph.D.
Plenary Speaker: Molly Stevens, DBE, FRS, FREng – University of Oxford
Plenary Session

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing I
Gene Delivery and Gene Editing

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Immuno Delivery I
Immuno Delivery

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Imaging)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryImaging in Drug Delivery

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Nervous)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryDelivery to the Nervous System

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Ocular Delivery
Ocular Delivery

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session II: Oral Delivery I
Invited Speaker: John P. Gleeson, PhD (he/him/his) – MSD
Oral Delivery

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
General Session I: FDA
General Session

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Innovation Showcase
Industry Session

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
Mentorship and IDP Workshop: Plan Your Career Path
YSC Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: The Recent Advancements in the Gene Delivery Toolbox
Speaker: Kenneth R. Sims, Jr., PhD – Battelle Memorial Institute
Speaker: Alexander Wesselhoeft, PhD – Gene and Cell Therapy Institute (GCTI) at Mass General Brigham (MGB)
Speaker: Ashley Craddick, MBA – Forge Biologics
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Non-viral RNA Delivery with Biodegradable Ionizable Lipids
Speaker: Syed Reza, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – NOF AMERICA Corporation
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Chroniject Technology: A Solution to Long Acting Injectable Formulation and Scale-Up Challenges
Speaker: Rachel Minrovic (she/her/hers) – Oakwood Labs
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Advancing Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Certest Pharma’s Development of Ionizable Lipids, LNP Platforms, and Targeted Delivery Systems.
Speaker: Jesus Aznar Morales, MBA – Certest Biotec
Speaker: Javier Giménez-Warren, n/a – Certest Biotec
Industry Session

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Delivery to the Nervous System I
Delivery to the Nervous System

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing II
Gene Delivery and Gene Editing

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Manufacturing and Process Scale-Up
Invited Speaker: Marianne Ashford, PhD (she/her/hers) – AstraZeneca
Invited Speaker: Steven Schwendeman
Manufacturing and Process Scale-Up

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Bioengineering)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Nano)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session III: Skin and Mucosal Delivery II
Skin and Mucosal Delivery

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Plenary Lecture III: Drew Weissman, Ph.D.
Plenary Speaker: Drew Weissman, MD, PhD – Perelman School of Medicine
Plenary Session

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Industry Roundtable: Critical considerations, challenges, opportunities and strategies in development of once a day (QD) formulations
Speaker: Firouz Asgarzadeh – Sagimet
Speaker: Sandip Tiwari, PhD (he/him/his) – BASF
Speaker: Anil Kane – Thermo Fisher Scientific
Speaker: Matt Dawes – Thermo Fisher Scientific
Industry Session

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Alternative Methods to Animal Testing I
Alternative Methods to Animal Testing

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Bioengineering II
Bioengineering

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Immuno Delivery II
Immuno Delivery

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Gene)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryGene Delivery and Gene Editing

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Nano)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Tech Session IV: Oral Delivery II
Oral Delivery

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
General Session II: Physicians & Editors Insights and Challenges
General Session

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
WIS Networking Reception & Awards
F&B ReceptionNetworkingWIS SessionWomen's Health

Thursday, July 17, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
YSC Chats with Luminaries
YSC Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Functional Ready-to-Fill Capsules: A Targeted GI Delivery Solution from Pre-Clinical to Commercial
Speaker: Mohammed I. Syed, n/a – Evonik Corporation, St. Johns University
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Innovations in Oral Delivery of New Drug Modalities
Speaker: Vincent Jannin, n/a – Capsugel France SAS / Lonza
Speaker: Anette Müllertz, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
Speaker: Joseph O’Shea – Cork University
Industry Session

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Forum: Innovative Strategies for Long-Acting Injectables: Exploring PharmaShell Technology
Speaker: Joel Hellrup, PhD (he/him/his) – Nanexa AB
Speaker: Mårten Rooth – Nanexa AB
Industry Session

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing III
Gene Delivery and Gene Editing

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Imaging in Drug Delivery
Imaging in Drug Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Nano)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Oral)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryOral Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Skin and Mucosal Delivery III
Skin and Mucosal Delivery

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Session V: Women's Health II
Women's Health

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Plenary Lecture IV
Plenary Session

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Industry Roundtable: Industry Advances in the Advancement of Long-Acting Therapies - Round Table Discussion with Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Tyler Novak, PhD (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Marcus Deloney, PhD – Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Robert C.H Gresham, PhD. (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Bhanu Singh, BVSc, MS, DACVP, DABT, Fellow IATP – Gilead Sciences
Industry Session

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Member Startups Session
Industry Session

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Bioengineering III
Bioengineering

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Delivery Technologies for Diversified Products
Delivery Technologies for Diversified Products

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Immuno Delivery III
Immuno Delivery

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Gene)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryGene Delivery and Gene Editing

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Skin / Mucosal)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Tech Session VI: Oral Delivery III
Oral Delivery

Friday, July 18, 2025
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Session VII: Alternative Methods to Animal Testing II
Alternative Methods to Animal Testing

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Session VII: Delivery to the Nervous System II
Delivery to the Nervous System

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Session VII: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing IV
Gene Delivery and Gene Editing

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Session VII: Immuno Delivery IV
Immuno Delivery

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Session VII: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Bioengineering)
Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
YSC Scientific Workshop
YSC Session

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
CRS Around the World: Local Chapters
General Session

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
MERCK GRAD Awards Final
Awards Session

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Closing Ceremony
General SessionAwards Session