2025 BPSA Single-Use Summit

Agenda 


View speaker bios and full program here.

(Subject to change)

MONDAY, JULY 21

Time Event
8:30am – 5:00pm Registration 
10:00am - 4:00pm Concurrent BPSA Technical Committee Meetings (BPSA Members Only)
10:00am - 11:25am Sustainability Committee
Magali Barbaroux, Sartorius, Chair
10:00am - 11:25am Automation Committee
Hernan Parma, RENOLIT Healthcare & Stuart Tindal, Sartorius, Co-Chairs
11:30am - 1:00pm Group on Own for Lunch
1:00pm - 2:25pm Advanced Therapies Committee (formerly Cell & Gene Committee)
Brendan Lucey, Chair, Todd Pangburn, Dupont Liveo, Vice Chair
1:00pm - 2:25pm X-Ray Sterilization Committee
James Hathcock, Cytiva & Samuel Dorey, Sartorius, Co-Chairs
2:30pm - 3:55pm Integrity Assurance Committee
Patrick Evrard, Cytiva, Chair
2:30pm - 3:55pm Continuous Bioprocessing Committee
David Chau, Solventum & Davinder Chawla, Sanofi, Co-Chairs
4:00pm - 5:15pm BPSA Annual Membership Meeting (BPSA Members Only)
5:30pm - 7:30pm Welcome Reception at the Four Seasons Hotel
Sponsored by Burkert
  Group on Own for Dinner

TUESDAY, JULY 22

Time Event
8:00am – 5:00pm Registration 
8:00am - 9:00am Networking Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Todd Kapp, CEO, Kivi Bio, BPSA Vice Chair; David Radspinner; CEO, VintaBio & Danielle Arcuri, Director of Product Management, Qosina, Summit Committee Co-Chairs
9:15am – 10:30am Economic Outlook and Trends for the Single-Use Industry
Eric Langer, Managing Partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc. & Larry West, Publisher/Executive Editor, Aspen Alert
10:30am - 11:15am Key Drivers & Strategic Shifts in Life Sciences & Biotech
Shaguna Punj, Partner, Healthcare & Life Sciences Enterprise Strategy, PwC
11:15am - 11:30am Networking Break
11:30am - 12:15pm New Beginnings: End User Adoption of Bio-based Feedstocks in Single Use Systems Case Study
Evan Kamph, Sr. Manager, Packaging Technology and Industry Intelligence; Dalia Hernandez Vega, Single Use Technology SME, Pfizer
12:15pm - 1:30pm Networking Luncheon
1:30pm - 2:15pm Innovating Parenteral Drug Product Development: Insights from a CDMO
Prof. Andrea Allmendinger, Chief Scientific Officer, Ten23 Health
2:15pm - 3:15pm Creating Solutions & Meeting Customers’ Needs
Trayce Slumsky, Co-Founder, Vulcan Bioworks; Erik Storm, VP of Product Management, Cytiva; Travis Ward, Sr. Director of R&D, Repligen
3:15pm-3:45pm Networking Break
Sponsored by STERIS
3:45pm - 5:00pm  Keynote Session - BPSA Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation: Milestones, Impact & the Road Ahead
Panelists: Kenneth Bibbo, Sr. Director Process Engineering & Innovation, Wood; John Boehm, General Manager, Biopharma, CPC; Jeff Carter, Upstream Applications Leader, Cytiva; Jerry Martin, Jerry Martin Consulting;  Todd Kapp, CEO, Kivi Bio, BPSA Vice Chair; Kirsten Strahlendorf, Head of Unit, Sanofi, BPSA SAC Chair
5:30pm - 7:30pm Networking Reception at Daikin's Sustainability & Innovation Center (Address: 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20006)
Sponsored by Daikin
  Group on Own for Dinner

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

Time Event
8:00am - 8:30am Networking Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am Welcome & Opening Remarks
 Kirsten Strahlendorf, Head of Unit, Sanofi, BPSA 2nd Vice Chair & BPSA SAC Chair
8:45am - 9:30am The Modernization of Biological Reactivity Requirements for Single-Use Process Consumables
Monica Cardona, Global Senior Marketing Manager Single Use Programs, MilliporeSigma; James Hathcock, Sr. Director, Regulatory and Validation Strategy, Cytiva; Paul Priebe, Paul Priebe Consulting; Jim Vogel, Director, The BioProcess Institute
9:30am - 10:15am  Accelerating Biotech Manufacturing: Automation & Continuous Bioprocessing
Ujwal Patil, Associate Director, AstraZeneca; Davinder Chawla, Global BioProcess Tech Transfer and Harmonization Lead, â€‹Sanofi; Hernan Parma, Head of Sales, Americas, Renolit Healthcare; Stuart Tindal, Product Manager, Intensified Downstream Systems, Sartorius
10:15am - 10:45am  Networking Break
10:45am - 11:30am  Insights on the Evolving FDA Enforcement Landscape for Single-Use Bioprocessing
Nate Krevor, Senior Managing Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
11:30am - 12:15pm Industry Update - Alphabet Soup 
Monica Cardona, Global Senior Marketing Manager Single Use Programs, MilliporeSigma; Ralph Daumke, Market Manager, PENDOTECH & DECHEMA Board Co-Chair; James Hathcock, Sr. Director, Regulatory and Validation Strategy, Cytiva; Milena McFeeters, President, Refined Sciences & ASME BPE Chair; Paul Priebe, Paul Priebe Consulting, BPSA SAC; Jim Vogel, Director, The BioProcess Institute
12:15pm - 12:30pm Wrap-up & Adjournment
12:30pm - 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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