Acceleration of process development for cell-based therapeutic products

09:00 | Welcome by BELSACT and meeting introduction (BELSACT Committee)

Session 1 | Process intensification in biologics and vaccines production

09:10 | Process intensification opportunities, challenges and solutions : product quality, harvest and scale up consideration (Dr Bassem Ben Yahia ,UCB)
09:50 | CHO-based vaccine production process intensification and platformization (Dr Sébastien Colette, GSK)

10:40 | Coffee break

Session 2 | Process intensification in gene therapy

11:10 | Addressing gene therapy commercialization bottlenecks through intensified and integrated manufacturing  (Dr Thomas Robert, Univercells Technologies)
11:50 | Strategies for Intensification of rAAV Manufacturing Processes (Dr Kyle Zingaro, UCB)

12:30 | Lunch and poster session

Session 3 |  Think outside the box

14:00 | SpaceBakery : Baking bread on Mars (Dr Md Muntasir Ali, SCK-CEN)

Session 4 | Process intensification in cell therapy

14 :30 | Recent progress in organoids production and application in regenerative medicine (Dr Ioannis Papantoniou, KU Leuven)
15 :10 | Culture of Pluripotent Stem Cells and Derivation of Organoids using Droplet Microfluidics (Dr Sébastien Sart, Ecole Polytechnique, France)

15:50 | Coffee break

Session 5 | Panel discussion

16:20 | Acceleration and new technologies in cell culture technologies - Current regulatory challenges for industries  (Dr Isabelle Knott, GSK)

17:00 | Closing remarks and best poster award

17:15 | Cheese & Beer