2019 Speakers Include:

Mohammad Al-Sayah, PhD
Senior Scientist, Drug Product Development, Genentech Inc.

Dabing Chen, PhD
Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim

Rakesh Dixit, PhD
Vice President, R&D, Head Biologics Safety Assessment, AstraZeneca

Chong-Hui Gu, PhD
Head of CMC, Agios Pharmaceuticals

Kamal Jonnalagadda, PhD
Professor & Director, Pharmaceutics Graduate Program, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, USciences

Venkata Krishnamurthy, PhD
Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca

Yingkai Liang, PhD
Senior Scientist, Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co.

Xiaoling Li, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor, University of the Pacific

Wen Lin, PhD
Senior Director, Senior Investigator I, Novartis

Tony Listro
Vice President, Technical Business Development, Foster Delivery Science

Michael Mitchell, PhD
Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation, University of Pennsylvania

Mayur Mitra, PhD
Senior Scientist, Toxicologist and Pharmacology Sub-team Leader, Safety Assessment, Genentech

Eric Munson, PhD
Head, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University

Laszlo Otvos, PhD
Professor, Semmelweis Medical School

David Owen, PhD
Vice President, Research, Starpharma

Robert Pagels, PhD
Lead Scientist, Optimeos Life Sciences

True Rogers, PhD
Pharma Technologies Leader, Technology & Innovation, DuPont Nutrition & Health

Scott Shandler, PhD
Founder and CEO, Longevity Biotech

Daniel Skomski, PhD
Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.

Ronald Siegel, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota

Mahima Singh, PhD
Pharmaceutical Sciences Researcher, University of the Sciences

Daniel Some, PhD
Principle Scientist, Marketing, Wyatt Technology

Phillip Snyder, PhD
Associate Director, Preclinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Ruchit Trivedi, PhD
Associate Director, Formulation, Bioduro

Daniel Wu, PhD
Senior Director, Technical Operations, Bausch Health

Jae Yoo, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals
Program Advisory Board Members & Past Speakers Include:

Ketan Mehta PhD
President & CEO, Tris Pharma

Linda Lohr, PhD.
Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy, Pfizer, Inc.

Adam Procopio, PhD.
Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Product Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) Lead, Merck & Co.

Esmaiel Jabbari, PhD.
Professor of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina

Bonnie Fendrock, MBA
CEO and Co-Founder, Cyta Therapeutics, Inc.

Rakesh Dixit, PhD
Vice President, R&D Head Biologics Safety Assessment, MedImmune

Christopher A. Rhodes, PhD.
President & CEO, Drug Delivery Experts

Liz Proos, PhD.
Director, Formulation Development, Microchips Biotech, Inc.

Marian Gindy, PhD
Director, Sterile Formulation Sciences, Merck

Molly Story, PhD.
Head, Global Usability Engineering and Risk Management, Medical Device Development Unit, Sanofi

Amit Joshi, PhD.
Senior Manager, Advanced Sourcing & Innovation, Johnson & Johnson

Vincent Jannin, PhD.
Research Director, Pharmaceuticals, Gattefossé

Abizer Harianawala, PhD
Senior Director - Product Development and Technical Operations, TARIS Biomedical

Shaker Mousa, PhD
Chairman & Executive Vice President, The Pharmaceutical Research Institute

Jigar Patel, PhD
Director Technology Innovation, Roche Diagnostics

Laszlo Otvos, PhD.
Adjunct Professor, Semmelweis Medical School

Tian Wu, PhD.
Senior Scientist, Drug Product Technology, Amgen

Susan Rosenbaum, JD.
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lauren Sciences LLC

Robert Prud'homme, PhD.
Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University

Les Miranda, PhD
Director Research, Hybrid Modality Engineering, Structural Biology, & Molecular Modeling, Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen

Raghu Raghavan, PhD
President and Co-Founder, Therataxis, LLC

John Paderi, PhD.
Founder, Director Research & Development, Symic Bio

Viral Kansara, PhD.
Investigator and Head of Ocular Pharmacology and Drug Delivery Laboratory, Novartis

Sonia Bedi, PhD
Principal Scientist, Biopharm Product Sciences, Biopharm R&D, GlaxoSmithKline

Joseph Della Rocca
Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.

Jaymin Shah, PhD.
Senior Research Fellow and Team Leader, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pfizer, Inc. (Pending Confirmation)

Michael Wagner, PhD.
Head of Insulins & Peptides, Diabetes Division, Sanofi

Rob Harris, PhD.
Chief Technical Officer, Juniper Pharma Services

Anthony Qu, PhD
Vice President, Drug Product Development, Halo Pharmaceuticals

Scott Peterson, PhD.
Executive Director, Corporate Development, Intarcia Therapeutics

Jay Lakshman, PhD
Project Leader and Technology Platform Leader, Novartis

Zhen Yang, PhD.
Associate Principal Scientist, Biopharmaceutics & Specialty Dosage Form, Merck & Co.

Grégoire Schwach, PhD.
Head of Drug Delivery, F. Hoffmann-La Roche

Brad Garcia, PhD.
Strategic Technology Commercialization Leader, Roche Sequencing

Stephen Tindal, BSc.
Director, Science & Technology, Catalent Pharma Solutions

Gaurav Tolia, PhD.
Senior Research Scientist, Mylan Inc.

Rubi Burlage, PhD
Director, Formulation Sciences, Merck & Co.

Irina Kadiyala, PhD.
Senior Scientist, Delivery Systems, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

John Morrison, PhD.
Senior Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Invited)

Alfred Berchielli, PhD.
Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Product Design, Pfizer, Inc.

David Schaffer, PhD.
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Gaurav Bhardwaj, PhD.
Head of the Institute for Protein Design, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington

Sree Nadkarni, PhD.
Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Dev. (CMC) Biotie Therapies, Inc. (Acorda Therapeutics)

Mehuli Kulkarni, PhD
Consultant Chemist, Eli Lilly