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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Immuno Delivery II

    Chair: Helena F. Florindo, PhD – University of Lisbon

    Co-Chair: Kristy Ainslie, PhD – Division of Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC

  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Rise and Walk
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Childcare Room
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Alternative Methods to Animal Testing I

    Chair: Bruno Sarmento, PhD – i3S . Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto

    Co-Chair: Jasmina Lovrić, n/a – University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry

  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
    Breakfast: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
    Mentoring: Moving from one-size fits all to meeting the individual needs of trainees
    Chair: Juan Aparico Blanco, PhD (he/him/his) – Complutense University of Madrid
    Chair: Sarah S. Nasr (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    YSC Session
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    FG Leadership Meeting
  • 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.
    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 – Oakwood Labs

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Non-viral RNA Delivery with Biodegradable Ionizable Lipids

    Speaker: Syed Reza, MD, PhD – NOF AMERICA Corporation

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: The Recent Advancements in the Gene Delivery Toolbox
    Chair: Anthony D. Duong, PhD – Battelle Memorial Institute
    Co-Chair: Cherry Gupta, PhD – Battelle Memorial Institute
    Industry Session
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Delivery to the Nervous System I
    Chair: Eliana M. Lima, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidade Federal de Goias
    Co-Chair: Claudia Martins (she/her/hers) – i3S-University of Porto
    Delivery to the Nervous System
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing II
    Chair: Guarav Sahay, PhD – Oregon State University
    Co-Chair: Yvonne Perrie, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Strathclyde
    Gene Delivery and Gene Editing
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Manufacturing and Process Scale-Up
    Chair: Stephanie Barrett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Chair: Stefaan De Smedt, PhD – Department of Pharmaceutics - Ghent University - Belgium
    Manufacturing and Process Scale-Up
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Bioengineering)
    Chair: Laura Ensign, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Chair: Huiliang Wang, PhD – University of Texas at Austin
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Nano)
    Chair: Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tel Aviv University
    Co-Chair: Nathalie M. Pinkerton, PhD (she/her/hers) – NYU Tandon School of Engineering
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Skin and Mucosal Delivery II
    Chair: Jill Steinbach-Rankins, MSE, PhD – Boehringer Ingelheim
    Co-Chair: Simon Matoori, PhD – Université de Montréal
    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

  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    International Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Lunch Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    The Translational Path Through DDTR & CRS
    DDTR Session
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Industry Roundtable: Critical considerations, challenges, opportunities and strategies in development of once a day (QD) formulations

    Moderator: Tracy Danneker – Thermo Fisher Scientific

    Panelist: Firouz Asgarzadeh – OSD Pharmaceutical Solutions

    Panelist: Sandip Tiwari, PhD – BASF

    Panelist: Anil Kane – Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Alternative Methods to Animal Testing I
    Chair: Bruno Sarmento, PhD (he/him/his) – i3S . Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto
    Co-Chair: Jasmina Lovrić, n/a – University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
    Alternative Methods to Animal Testing
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Bioengineering II
    Chair: Owen S. Fenton, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Chair: Mark S. Bannon, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Bioengineering
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Immuno Delivery II
    Chair: Helena F. Florindo, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Lisbon
    Co-Chair: Kristy Ainslie, PhD (she/her/hers) – Division of Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC
    Immuno Delivery
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Gene)
    Co-Chair: Biana Godin, MPharm, PhD (she/her/hers) – Houston Methodist Research Institute
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryGene Delivery and Gene Editing
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Nano)
    Chair: Paolo Caliceti, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Padova
    Co-Chair: Mark A. Tracy, PhD (he/him/his) – Tracy BioConsulting, LLC
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Oral Delivery II
    Chair: Amirali Popat – School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
    Co-Chair: Marwa Sallam, PhD (she/her/hers) – school of Engineering, Brown University
    Oral Delivery
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Afternoon Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    JCR Special Session
    Chair: Yoon Yeo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Chair: Davide Brambilla, PhD (he/him/his) – Université de Montreal
    JCR Session
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    General Session II: Physicians & Editors Insights and Challenges
    Chair: Assaf Zinger, PhD – Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
    General Session
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    WIS Networking Reception & Awards
    NetworkingWIS SessionWomen's HealthAwards
  • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
    Attendee Free Time - Fun in the City
  • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
    President Reception