2024 PLENARY DEEP DIVE

Christian KleinChairperson's Remarks
Christian Klein, PhD, CXO in Residence & Drug Hunter, Curie.Bio


Taruna AroraImmunotherapy Highlights 
Taruna Arora, PhD, Formerly Vice President, Biotherapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb


Tomoyuki IgawaMultispecific Antibody Highlights 
Tomoyuki Igawa, PhD, Vice President, Discovery Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd


Hironori MatsunagaADC Highlights 
Hironori Matsunaga, PhD, Scientist, Discovery Research Lab I Group II, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.


2024 Track Keynotes

Urs B. HagemannConsiderations for the Successful Development of Targeted Radiotherapies
Urs B. Hagemann, PhD, Head, Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals, Research & Early Development Oncology, Bayer AG


Rodrigo Vazquez-LombardiDesign and Engineering of TCR-Based Immune Cell Engagers for Solid Tumour Indications
Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi, PhD, Co-Founder & CSO, Engimmune Therapeutics AG


Bruce KeytAplitabart, an Anti-DR-5 IgM Antibody for Treatment of Colorectal Carcinoma
Bruce Keyt, PhD, CSO, R&D, IGM Biosciences, Inc.


Patrick BarthComputational Design of Membrane Protein Structures, Functions, and Therapeutics
Patrick Barth, PhD, Associate Professor, Protein and Cell Engineering, EPFL


Elisa FontanaUnderstanding, Predicting, and Mitigating Toxicities with ADCs and Bispecifics
Elisa Fontana, MD, PhD, Oncologist and Medical Director, Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK


Janine SchuurmanFireside Chat: The Science and Business of Bispecific Antibodies
Moderator:
Janine Schuurman, PhD, Biotech Consultant, Lust for Life Science B.V.


Bassil I. DahiyatPanelists:
Bassil I. Dahiyat, PhD, CEO, Xencor Inc.


Ton LogtenbergTon Logtenberg, PhD, Former CEO & Executive Director, Merus NV


Tomoyuki IgawaBroadly-Reactive Antibody against Multiple Gluten Peptide, HLA-DQ2.5 Complexes for the Treatment of Celiac Disease
Tomoyuki Igawa, PhD, Vice President, Discovery Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd


Christian KleinThe Present and Future of Bispecific Antibodies for Cancer Therapy
Christian Klein, PhD, Head, Oncology Programs and Department Head, Cancer Immunotherapy Discovery, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, pRED


Laszlo G. RadvanyiUncovering the Role of Non-Coding Genome: A Revolution in Cancer Therapeutics and Human Health
Laszlo G. Radvanyi, PhD, President & Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research


Andrew SewellHLA-Agnostic T Cell Receptor Recognition of Cancer
Andrew Sewell, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor and Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine


Charlotte M. DeaneMoving the Dial on Computational Antibody Design—Optimising beyond Affinity
Charlotte M. Deane, PhD, Professor, Structural Bioinformatics, Statistics, University of Oxford; Executive Chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)


Jonathan BonesMicroheterogeneity Assessment of Biopharmaceuticals Using an Orbitrap Tribrid Mass Spectrometer
Jonathan Bones, PhD, Principal Investigator, Characterisation and Comparability Laboratory, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), Ireland


Isabelle TurbicaRole of Aggregation in Therapeutic Antibodies Immunogenicity: Initiation of Innate and Specific Immune Responses
Isabelle Turbica, PhD, Associate Professor, Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Paris-Saclay University, France


Nicola Burgess-BrownTarget 2035: The Goal to Develop a Pharmacological Modulator for Every Human Protein
Nicola Burgess-Brown, PhD, COO and Consultant, Protein Sciences, Structural Genomics Consortium; Visiting Scientist, University College London


Nick BerrowOptimisation Step 1—Choosing a Suitable Gene Expression System for Your Recombinant Protein Production
Nick Berrow, PhD, Manager, Protein Expression Core Facility, Institute for Research in Biomedicine IRB Barcelona, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)


Philipp SpycherNovel Dual-Payload ADCs That Show Excellent Biophysical Properties and High Efficacy in Vivo
Philipp Spycher, PhD, CEO, Araris Biotech AG


 

* As of 17 July. Please see individual agenda pages for most up-to-date agenda.