01:30pm Chair Introduction

Justin Skoble, Vice President, Head of Technical Operations, Caribou Bio

01:35pm Presentation: Biological Material – Freeze and Thaw

• New Challenges: The rulebook is being re-written
• Optimization is pivotal

Troels Jordansen, Chief Executive Officer, Glycostem Therapeutics

01:50pm Presentation: If You Build It, Will They Come? Vertical Integration of the Starting Material Supply Chain

• Vertical Integration of the starting material supply chain
• Cryopreservation of starting materials (PBSCs and MNCs)
• Biobank of off-the-shelf products

 Fran Gullo, Scientific Director, Gift of Life Center for Cell and Gene Therapy , Gift of Life Biologics

02:05pm Presentation: Linkit(r) AX – the Smart Aliquoting Solution

Matthew Olsen, Manager of Business Area Fluid management, Sartorius Stedim Biotech

02:20pm Closing Panel with Q&A

With all session participants joined by: 

Lili Belcastro, Senior Principal Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy Raw Materials, Bristol Myers Squibb

Christian Aguilera-Sandoval,  Applications Manager, Accellix