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Agenda at a Glance

July 27–29, 2026 • Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, MA • Subject to change

Monday, July 27

8:30am – 5:00pm	Registration
10:00am – 4:00pm	Concurrent BPSA Technical Committee Meetings (BPSA Members Only)
10:00am – 11:20am	Sustainability Committee Magali Barbaroux, Sartorius, Chair
10:00am – 11:20am	X-Ray Sterilization Committee James Hathcock, Cytiva & Samuel Dorey, Sartorius, Co-Chairs
11:30am – 12:45pm	Networking Lunch
1:00pm – 2:20pm	Advanced Therapies Committee Brendan Lucey, KiviBio & Todd Pangburn, DuPont Liveo, Co-Chairs
1:00pm – 2:20pm	Quality Test Matrices (QTM) Working Group Jim Vogel, The BioProcess Institute, Chair
2:30pm – 3:50pm	Integrity Assurance Committee Patrick Evrard, Cytiva, Chair
2:30pm – 3:50pm	Automation Committee Hernan Parma, RENOLIT Healthcare & Stuart Tindal, Sartorius, Co-Chairs
4:00pm – 5:15pm	BPSA Annual Membership Meeting (BPSA Members Only)
5:30pm – 7:00pm	Welcome Reception Sponsored by Burkert Fairmont Copley Plaza (138 Saint James Ave)
7:00pm	Group on Own for Dinner

Tuesday, July 28

8:00am – 5:00pm	Registration
8:00am – 9:00am	Networking Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am	Welcome & Opening Remarks David Radspinner, CEO, Vinta Bio & Brendan Lucey, CCO, Kivi Bio LLC, BPSA Summit Planning Committee Co-chairs
9:15am – 10:30am	Economic Outlook and Trends in Life Sciences and Biotech Eric Langer, Managing Partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.; Nishant Bhasin, Director, Strategy Consulting, PwC
10:30am – 11:00am	Preparedness Through Partnership: BARDA's Vision for the Industrial Base Robert Huffman, Director, Manufacturability & Resilience Program, Pharmaceutical Countermeasures Infrastructure Division, BARDA, ASPR
11:00am – 11:30am	Networking Break
11:30am – 12:15pm	QbD in Practice: Integrating and Communicating an End-to-End Single-Use System Control Strategy Dalia Hernandez Vega, Single Use Technology SME, Pfizer; Jennifer Alejandre, Single Use Technology Lead, Pfizer
12:15pm – 1:30pm	Networking Luncheon
1:30pm – 2:15pm	No Turning Back: Single-Use Bioprocessing and the Race Toward a Sustainable Future Dr. Abhiram Arunkumar, Senior Director, Cluster Head for Rare Diseases, Sanofi
2:15pm – 2:45pm	Filter Interchangeability in Bioprocessing: BPSA Case Studies and Industry Insights Monica Cardona, Global Senior Program Manager Single Use, MilliporeSigma; Samantha Whitney, Sr. Field Applications Specialist, Meissner
2:45pm – 3:15pm	Networking Break
3:15pm – 4:30pm	From Facility of the Future to Warning Letter in Five Years Cheryl Essex, Head of Industrial Excellence, M&S Specialty Care RDOI Cluster, Sanofi
5:15pm – 7:00pm	Networking Reception Revere Hotel Boston Common (200 Stuart Street)
7:00pm	Group on Own for Dinner

Wednesday, July 29

7:30am – 8:30am	Networking Breakfast
8:30am – 8:45am	Welcome & Opening Remarks Todd Kapp, CEO, Kivi Bio LLC, BPSA Vice Chair
8:45am – 9:45am	AI’s Next Revolution: Transforming Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Chris Davies, Senior Director of Process Development, Alphinity; Andy Robinson, Product Manager, ConSynSys Technologies; Chris Love, PhD, Associate Director, Koch Institute, MIT
9:45am – 10:45am	Evaluation of Drug Product Contained in X-Ray vs Gamma-Ray Irradiation Sterilized Single-Use Vessels Kirsten Strahlendorf, Head of Unit, Sanofi, BPSA SAC Chair; Charlotte Masy, PhD, Senior Manager, GSK; James Hathcock, Senior Director, Regulatory and Validation Strategy, Cytiva, BPSA X-Ray Committee Co-Chair; Samuel Dorey, Principal Scientist Materialas & Irradiations, Sartorius, BPSA X-Ray Committee Co-Chair
10:45am – 11:15am	Networking Break
11:15am – 12:15pm	Alphabet Soup: A Roundup Across Industry Groups Jim Vogel, Director, The BioProcess Institute; Monica Cardona, Global Senior Program Manager Single Use, 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; Brian Chung, Senior Key Account Manager, Syensqo; Paul Priebe, Principal, Paul Priebe Consulting
12:15pm – 12:30pm	Wrap-up & Adjournment Kirsten Strahlendorf, Head of Unit, Sanofi, BPSA 2nd Vice Chair; Chris Clark, BPSA Executive Director
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Board & Sponsors Brown Bag Lunch (by invitation only)

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