Conference Day Two
Wednesday, June 12

7:30 am Registration & Coffee Room Networking

8:20 am Opening Remarks

8:30 am Panel Discussion: Which Cell Type has the Most Promise as a Future Leader of Allogeneic Cell Therapy?

9:00 am Poseida Therapeutics: Clinical Data Presentation

9:30 am Unleashing the Potential of CAR-T in Earlier Lines of Cancer Treatment & Beyond

  • Zachary Roberts Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President - Research & Development, Allogene Therapeutics

10:00 am Morning Refreshment Break & Networking Break

Synopsis

As the allogeneic community is reunited, this session will ensure you can reconnect with your peers in the room to make new and lasting connections. Also, don’t forget to enjoy some refreshments before we split off into the 3 different tracks: Pre-Clinical, Clinical and Manufacturing & Process Development

PRE-CLINICAL TRACK

Enhancing the Targeting & Infiltration of Solid Tumors

11:30 am Identifying Novel Cancer Biomarkers that Indicate Responsiveness to Allogeneic Cell Therapies

12:00 pm Investigating Strategies for Trafficking & Infiltration of Allogeneic Cells into Solid Tumors

  • Rosa Ng Associate Director, Cell Therapy Innovation Lead Discovery, Takeda New!

CLINICAL TRACK

Innovating in Allogeneic Clinical Trials to Bring Benefit to Patients Faster

11:30 am Optimizing Clinical Trials Using Global Patient Populations to Make Off-the-Shelf Therapies Truly Accessible

12:00 pm Protecting Patients by Removing Need for Lymphodepletion to Better Preserve Immune Function

  • Paul Song Chief Scientific Officer, NKGen Biotech New!

MANUFACTURING & PROCESS DEVELOPMENT TRACK

Advancements in Delivery & Storage of Allogeneic Cell Therapy Products

11:30 am Making the Ideal CDMO Match for Allogeneic Cell Therapy

  • Lan Le Senior Director, Aurion Biotech

12:00 pm Panel: Are CDMO ready for phase appropriate manufacturing to move customer’s cell therapy programs ahead?

  • Amish Patel Senior Vice President - Technical Operations, Calidi Biotherapeutics Inc.
  • Lan Le Senior Director, Aurion Biotech

12:30 pm Lunch Refreshment

Mitigating Safety Risks & Challenges for Allogeneic Products

2:00 pm Leveraging the Unique Characteristics of NK Cells to Overcome Current Safety Concerns

  • Wei Li Chief Scientific Officer, Cytovia Therapeutics New!

2:30 pm Defining Tolerable Safety Profiles for Novel Applications of Allogeneic Therapies

3:00 pm Leveraging Gamma Delta Cells to Enhance Accessibility of Allogeneic Therapies

  • Jeff Liter Chief Executive Officer, Luminary Therapeutics

Preparing Allogeneic Cells Against Immunosurveillance

2:00 pm Minimizing Alloreactivity through Innovative Stealth Approaches

2:30 pm Highlighting Cell Armoring Strategies to Protect Allogeneic Products During Delivery

  • Jeffrey Miller Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation Deputy Director, Masonic Cancer Center, Masonic Cancer Center New!

3:00 pm Overcoming Immunogenicity Using Novel Gene Edits

  • Evren Alici Co-Director of next generation NK cell competence center Research group leader, Karolinska Institutet

Implementing Effective Allogeneic Cell Therapy QC & Characterization

2:00 pm Defining PK & PD of Allogeneic Cell Therapies to Drive Clinical Precision

2:30 pm Designing Screening Protocols to Build a Scalable Diverse Donor Pool for Off-the-Shelf Product Manufacturers

  • Mamta Kalra Senior Director - Process, Analytical Development Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls, Immatics GmbH

3:00 pm Assessment of Immunogenicity associated with Allogeneic CAR-T Cell Therapy

  • Lalit Kumar Director - Clinical Bioanalytics & Translational Science, Beam Therapeutics New!

3:30 pm Afternoon Break & Refreshments

Improving Durability & Persistence of Allogeneic Cell Therapies

4:30 pm Leveraging a Novel Non-Gene Edited Platform to Enhance the Persistence & Efficacy of Allogeneic Cell Therapies

5:00 pm Evaluating On-Off Switch Technologies & Redosing Models to Create an Inducible Off-the-Shelf Cell Therapy

  • Kanya Rajangam Chief Medical Officer & Head of Research & Development, Senti Biosciences Inc. New!

5:30 pm Closing Remarks & End of Conference