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Agenda 2023
DAY 1: MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2023
0830 - 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1010 LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE VACCINES DELIVERY IN DIFFERING SETTINGS

- Looking at the network of vaccines producers to improve quality/quantity control of vaccines
- Engage in vaccines delivery and review the immune rate in countries involved in the global program
- Lessons learned from vaccines production to delivery
Felix Njeumi
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1010 - 1040 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN VACCINE MANUFACTURING TO ENSURE RAPID RESPONSE

- Learn more about RNA, protein, and viral vectored platforms
- Understand technologies to ensure speed
- Developing technologies to ensure thermostability
Ingrid Kromann
CEPI
CEPI
1040 - 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
1100 - 1130 HOW MERCK CONTINUES TO EXPLORE SPEEDING VACCINE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES

- Sharing experience on reduced cycle times for Ebola Zaire, COVID-19, and Sudan Vaccine
- Continued efforts to close operations using single-use technologies
- Development of new assays that reduce turnaround times to support rapid release
Kay Hunsberger
Merck
Merck
1130 - 1200 UB-612, A CROSS-PLATFORM COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTER: PHASE 3 STUDY RESULTS

- Phase 3 RCT of Vaxxinity’s subunit booster across multiple authorized COVID-19 vaccines
- Demonstrated non-inferiority (mRNA) or superiority (adenovirus and inactivated) of neutralizing antibodies
Alexander Rumyantsev
Vaxxinity
Vaxxinity
1200 - 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT THE VACCINE TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION
1330 - 1400 CERAMIC SKIN PATCHES FOR A SILENT PANDEMIC

- Developing ceramic micro-needle array patches for the broadest formulation
- Learn how ‘Outbreak Control’ to prevent epidemics from happening
- Dealing with the silent pandemic
Mike Leeuw
MyLife Technologies
MyLife Technologies
1400 - 1430 COMPACT mRNA PRODUCTION THROUGH PROCESS INTENSIFICATION AND INNOVATION

- Understand the limitations associated with conventional mRNA production solutions
- Learn how process intensification and innovation simplify the production of high-quality mRNA
Kristof Vandekerckhove
Quantoom Biosciences
Quantoom Biosciences
1430 - 1500 MOVING AWAY FROM THE PARENTERAL ROUTE: DEVELOPMENT OF BBV154, THE FIRST LICENSED INTRANASAL SARS-COV

- Introducing intranasal vaccine efficacious against SARS-CoV-2
- Sharing phase 1 and 2 trials confirmed safety and immunogenicity
Raches Ella
Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech
1500 - 1530 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREASPONSORED BY MYLIFE TECHNOLOGIES
1530 - 1600 NUCLEIC ACID NANOSTRUCTURES AS ANTIGEN PRESENTATION PLATFORMS

- Introducing nanoparticulate vaccine platforms for vaccinology and clinic
- Understand how DNA nanostructures can control the presentation of antigens
- Demonstrating how this platform can elicit neutralizing humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 antigen
Grant Knappe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1600 - 1630 DRUG TO INHIBIT MYELOID-DERIVED SUPPRESSOR CELLS MDSCS

- Understand the transcription with double-strand oligonucleotides in a specific and durable manner
- Learn how suppression of the myeloid-derived suppressor cells [MDSCs] that suppress T cells
- Activation of CD8T cells and Cd14+HLA-DR by saCEBPa in-vivo and in clinical trials
Nagy Habib
Mina Therapeutics Ltd
Mina Therapeutics Ltd
1630 - 1700 DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF-AMPLIFYING MRNA VACCINE PLATFORM FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE

- Optimization of the samRNA platform to increase vaccine potency
- Understand humoral and cellular immunity induced by samRNA
- Looking at samRNA SARS-CoV2 vaccine potency in non-human primates and humans
Ciaran Scallan
Gritstone bio
Gritstone bio
1700 - 1800 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2: TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2023
0900 - 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
0930 - 0940 OPENING ADDRESS
0940 - 1010 A NOVEL DNA VACCINE PLATFORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEXT-GENERATION VACCINES

- Introducing a novel PLACCINE vaccine technology platform
- Learn more about the “plug and play†vaccine model against rapidly evolving pathogens
- Proof of concept of monovalent and bivalent SARS-CoV-2 PLACCINE vaccines
Khursheed Anwer
IMUNON Inc.
IMUNON Inc.
1010 - 1040 NOVEL SELF-ASSEMBLING VACCINE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND CANCER

- Development and use cases for the VaxCelerate platform
- Pre-clinical evaluation of VaxCelerate platform vaccines for Lassa Fever and COVID-19
- Pre-clinical testing of a VaxCelerate platform vaccine targeting HPV-driven tumors
Patrick Reeves
Massachusetts General Hospital | Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital | Harvard Medical School
1040 - 1110 PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT – ACCELERATING TIMELINES INTO CLINICS

- Introducing IDT biologika’s platform development principles
- Know more about IDT Biologika proprietary DF-1 platform to manufacture rMVA-X vaccines
- Using new technologies for rapid testing of biological materials: next-generation sequencing (NGS)
Niklas Buck
IDT Biologika GmbH
IDT Biologika GmbH
1110 - 1130 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
1130 - 1200 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW QUALITY CONTROL METHODS FOR VETERINARY RABIES VACCINE FOCUSED ON THE 3RS CONCEPT

- Development of a potency assay with reduction of mice
- Development of an in-vitro assay for viral titration
- Development of an ELISA assay for glycoprotein quantification
Beatriz Moreira
TecPar
TecPar
1200 - 1230 ADVANCES IN USING THE T-MAX PRECISIONâ„¢ VACCINE PLATFORM AGAINST MAJOR VIRAL PATHOGENS

- Introducing T-Max vaccines to elicit T cell-mediated effector and memory immune responses
- Understanding the results from pre-clinical studies conducted this year against SARS CoV-2
- Facilitating clinical studies against major swine diseases such as African Swine Fever
Thomas Tillett
MBF Therapeutics
MBF Therapeutics
1230 - 1300 FASTER PROCESS DEVELOPMENT WITH HYBRID MODELING AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

- Understand the role of process development in delivering robust processes in a short time
- Explore novel embedding approach for transversal data analysis
- Learn how advanced ML and hybrid modeling can be exploited to transfer knowledge between projects
Moritz von Stosch
DataHow AG
DataHow AG
1300 - 1315 FEEDBACK & RAFFLE DRAW
1315 - 1430 NETWORKING LUNCH
Key topics for 2024:
- The fundamentals of new vaccine discovery and development
Understand biotech and pharmaceutical industry fundamentals and key market drivers for developing vaccinations from a global perspective. - Exploring new technologies in vaccine delivery for better immune responses
Look for new opportunities and make the clinical case for adopting new technology and techniques for vaccine delivery. - Latest research in genetically-engineered vaccinations and mRNA vaccine technologies
Explore innovations and assess the latest results from tests and trials in biologically-engineered vaccinations and new advancements in DNA and messenger RNA vaccination technologies. - New developments in viral vectors, nucleic acid-based vaccines, and structural vaccinology
Future vaccination strategies and the latest advancements in viral vector-based applications for adapting structural viral vaccine design and development. - Advances in live-attenuated virus vaccines and lessons learned from inactivated vaccines
Hear from leading vaccine developers and build on traditional vaccine approaches for cost-effective and proven methods for developing new vaccines. - Case studies and clinical trials and working with global vaccine manufacturers
Gain insights from leading manufacturers and implement strategies that others in the industry use to ensure successful vaccine delivery.
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