Conference Workshops, Sponsored Symposia & Industry Educational Sessions

Day 1, Sunday 23
11:00 – 12:30
Addressing the challenges of multi-specific biotherapeutic development
Organised by Dr Sarah Dunn, AstraZeneca and Chris Sellick, Sanofi
Room – Kilsyth
From Lab to Industry: Enable quality by control through automation, AI and computational fluid dynamics
Organised by Dr Wolfgang Sommeregger, QUBICON AG, Dr Mark Duerkop, Novasign GmbH and Dr Christian Witz, SimVantage GmbH
Room – Moorfoot
PAT implementation in development and biomanufacturing
Organised by Erwin van Vliet, ACTIP, Jonathan Bones, NIBRT and Jochen Sieck, Merck Life Science
Room – Tinto
Lunch and Networking in Strathblane Hall
Driving Performance, Scalability, and a Simplified Path to Cell & Gene Therapy Commercialization
Sponsored by Sartorius
Room – Kilsyth
Transitioning Advanced Therapies from Research to Development and Manufacturing – What Have We Learned About Developability?
Organised by Dr Till Wenger, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma and Dr Simon Fischer, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma
Room – Kilsyth
Cultivated meat – A new frontier in animal cell technologyÂ
Organised by Dr Jonathan Dempsey, Pathway Biopharma
Room – Moorfoot
Sustainability in biomanufacturing
Organised by Prof Alois Jungbauer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Room – Tinto
Day 2, Monday 24
Next top model: in silico design, scalability, and optimization of a bioreactor platform
Sponsored by Cytiva
Room – Lammermuir 1
Ask the experts: Revolutionizing Cell and Gene Therapy Development and Downstream Processing from Bench to Industry
Sponsored by Eppendorf Bioprocess
Room – Lammermuir 2
12:35 – 13:15
Harnessing the Power of the Beacon® Platform to Advance Cell Therapies and Accelerate Cell Line Development Workflows
Sponsored by Bruker
Room – Lammermuir 2
12:40 – 13:40
Simple and readily deployable Process Analytical Technology (PAT) solutions for comprehensive monitoring and analysis of upstream monoclonal antibody production
Sponsored by 908 Devices
Room – Lammermuir 1
13:20 – 13:50
Scale-up from flask through 50L Bioreactor – the effect of Gibco Media on maximizing performance and quality in fed-batch and perfusion processes
Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific
Room – Lammermuir 2
The Future of Media Hydration – Balanced media in automated single use platforms
Sponsored by FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific
Room – Lammermuir 1
C.STATION: End-to-end automation for generating stable cell lines for the development of advanced therapeutics
Sponsored by CYTENA
Room – Lammermuir 2
Galactose and Mannose Supplementation in Cell Culture – Glycoform Modulation and Other Considerations
Sponsored by Pfanstiehl
Room – Lammermuir 1
Assurance of monoclonality in mammalian cell line development through the combination of state-of-the-art single-cell deposition and high-fidelity imaging technologies
Sponsored by Seed Biosciences
Room – Lammermuir 2
Day 3, Tuesday 25
High-Recovery Lentiviral Vector Purification Using an LV Tailored Anion-Exchange Membrane Design
Sponsored by Sartorius
Room – Lammermuir 1
ELEVECTA cell lines for next-generation AAV manufacturing – Combining high scalability and increased quality by reducing encapsidated host cell DNA
Sponsored by Cytiva
Room – Lammermuir 2
12:40 – 13:40
Developing Optimal Cell Culture Media and Processes for Enhanced Biologics Production
Sponsored by FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific
Room – Lammermuir 1
12:40 – 13:40
Industry perspectives on cell line development
Sponsored by Lonza
Room – Lammermuir 2
13:50 – 14:30
Should Dissolved CO2 Be a Critical Process Parameter? Unpacking the Impact: An Analysis of Recent Research in Cell Culture Application
Sponsored by Hamilton Bonaduz Ag
Room – Lammermuir 1
13:50 – 14:30
Streamlining mAb Discovery & Development Processes with Automated High- Throughput Antibody Analytics
Sponsored by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Room – Lammermuir 2
ESACT 2024 BEGINS






