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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Rise and Walk
    Networking
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
    Breakfast: Exhibit Hall & Posters
    F&B BreakNetworkingExhibit HallPosters
  • 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
    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.
    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 – 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
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session III: Skin and Mucosal Delivery II
    Co-Chair: Simon Matoori, n/a – 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
    Plenary Session
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    ADDR Editorial Meeting
    Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    FG Leadership Meeting
    FG Session
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Lunch Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
    F&B BreakNetworkingExhibit HallPosters
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    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: Anil Kane – Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Industry Session
  • 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: Lihi Adler
    Alternative Methods to Animal Testing
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session IV: Bioengineering II
    Chair: Roberta Cavalli, PhD – University of Turin
    Co-Chair: Mark Bannon
    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)
    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, n/a (she/her/hers) – school of Engineering, Brown University
    Oral Delivery
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Afternoon Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
    F&B BreakNetworkingExhibit HallPosters
  • 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
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall & Posters
    F&B BreakNetworkingExhibit HallPosters
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    WIS Networking Reception & Awards
    F&B ReceptionNetworkingWIS SessionWomen's Health
  • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
    Attendee Free Time - Fun in the City
    Social EventNetworking
  • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
    President Reception
    F&B ReceptionNetworkingPrivate