2024 Summit Agenda
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Agenda at a Glance
Monday, July 22
| Time | Event |
| 8:00am | Registration Opens |
| 8:30am - 4:00pm | Concurrent BPSA Technical Committee Meetings (BPSA Members Only) |
| 8:30am - 9:45am | Interchangeability Member Discussion |
| 10:00am - 11:30am | Sustainability Committee Magali Barbaroux, Sartorius, Chair |
| 10:00am - 11:30am | Automation Committee Hernan Parma, RENOLIT Healthcare & Stuart Tindal, Sartorius Co-Chairs |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Group on Own for Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Cell & Gene Therapy Committee Brendan Lucey, Entegris, Chair |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Integrity Assurance Committee Patrick Evrard, Cytiva, Chair |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | X-Ray Sterilization Committee James Hathcock, Cytiva & Samuel Dorey, Sartorius, Co-Chairs |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | Continuous Bioprocessing Committee David Chau, Soventum & Davinder Chawla, Sanofi, Co-Chairs |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | BPSA Annual Membership Meeting (BPSA Members Only) |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Welcome Reception, sponsored by Burkert |
Tuesday, July 23
| Time | Event |
| 8:30am | Registration Opens |
| 8:30am | Networking Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 9:15am | Chairman's Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Economic Outlook and Trends for the Single-Use Industry |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Global Regulatory Landscape for Life Sciences |
| 11:00am - 11:15am | Break |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | PFAS and Material Management: Today's Complex Landscape and What's Ahead |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:30pm - 2:15pm | Navigating the Future of X-Ray Sterilization in Single-Use Systems |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm | Break |
| 2:30pm - 3:15pm | Advancing Cell and Gene Therapy with Single-Use Technologies: Opportunities and Obstacles |
| 3:15pm - 4:00pm | Is there a role for Single-Use in a Circular Economy? |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Keynote Session: Life Sciences & Bioprocessing Insights: A Fireside Chat |
| Evening | Group on Own for Dinner |
Wednesday, July 24
| Time | Event |
| 8:00am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30am - 8:45am | Vice Chairman's Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:45am - 9:15am | Office of Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain/BARDA Update |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Supply Chain Resiliency Panel Discussion: Manufacturing Capacity and Supply Chain Continuity |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Technology Trends Shaping the Future of Single-Use Bioprocessing |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Break and Hotel Check-Out |
| 10:45am - 11:45am | An Industry Snapshot: ASME-BPE, ASTM, BioPhorum, Dechema, Etc. |
| 11:45am - 12:15pm | Impact of Supreme Court & FTC Decision on Regulatory Rulemaking |
| 12:15pm - 12:30pm | BPSA Introduction Dat Snapshot: SUS Reliability |
| 12:30pm - 12:45pm | Wrap-up & Adjournment |
| 12:45pm - 1:30pm | Board & Sponsors Brown Bag Lunch (by invitation only) |
Summit Location:
Four Seasons Hotel Georgetown
2800 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007
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