“More Than a Ticket. It’s Your Seat at the Table.”
Join a private forum where purpose meets progress. At GBX, expect powerful conversations, trusted connections and the space to shape what’s next. No distractions - just the people, ideas and momentum that move industries forward.


PAST SPEAKERS


Judy Chou
President and CEO of AltruBio


Uwe Gottschalk
Operating Partner at Keensight Capital


Nuno Fontes
SVP, Head of Global CMC at WuXi Biologics
For the patients, we must do better.
18th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit 2026
10th & 11th February 2026
Royal Lancaster London, located at Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY
Co-Located 4th Annual Meat Evolution Leaders Summit #MEVO
The Private Forum for Biomanufacturing Leaders Who Refuse to Wait for the Future
BILS 2026 Bio Innovation Leaders Summit
An invite only forum for up to 200 senior leaders in bioprocess and biomanufacturing
A captive programme with keynotes and fireside chats
Curated one to one meetings and concierge introductions
Selective partner showcases include
End to end continuous with PAT
Digital tech transfer to RTRT
Modality scale up and comparability
Aseptic fill finish and supply resilience
Next gen single use for flexible manufacturing
Design smarter. Scale faster. Release sooner.
CURRENT SPEAKERS

SUMMIT INSIGHTS
Who Attends
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Global VP, Biologics Manufacturing
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VP, Process Development & MSAT
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VP, Digital Manufacturing & Automation
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VP, CMC & Technical Development
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VP, Quality & Regulatory Affairs - Bioproduction
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VP, External Manufacturing & Strategic Partnerships
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COO - CSO - Head of Biomanufacturing Strategy
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Designing intelligent, responsive manufacturing systems
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Transitioning from batch to continuous and modular infrastructure
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Scaling platforms for mRNA, CGT and novel biologics
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Single Use Innovation
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Tech transfer transformation and CMC acceleration
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Digital twins, AI and automation in bioproduction
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Quality-by-design and global GMP readiness
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Sustainability as infrastructure, not initiative
Two Industries. One Biosphere. Unlimited Collaboration.
MEVO 2026, the leading forum for cultivated meat and precision fermentation.
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This unique convergence creates powerful opportunities:
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Shared technologies (bioreactors, single-use systems, downstream purification)
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Cross-sector insights into scale-up, validation and regulatory fluency
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Direct access to new partnership pathways between pharma, food and synthetic biology


Joshi Venugopal
GM & Head of Europe
Novartis Gene Therapies & Rare Diseases


Dorothee Ambrosius
Former Head of CMC Strategy Biologicals
Boehringer Ingelheim


Warner Biddle
Former Global Head of Commercial
Kite, a Gilead Company


Gwendolyn Binder
President of Science & Technology
Cabaletta Bio


Pierre Caloz
COO
uniQure


Paolo Martini
Former CSO
Moderna

IN PERSON ONLY
Unmatched peer exchange with up to 200 qualified executives tackling shared challenges in speed, quality and sustainability
SUMMIT
INSIGHTS
Our Mission
Our purpose is to create a gathering that empowers and inspires critical decision-making; sparking new opportunities to amplify their impact within the biologics and cell and gene therapy value chain.
We encourage collaboration and innovation, which is why this summit ensures that each participant contributes significantly to advancing the field. It serves as a platform for sharing insights, fostering partnerships and driving forward the next wave of breakthroughs in biologics.
For the patients, we must do better.
Investors and large biopharma companies need to satisfy environmental compliance. We will keynote the progression toward more sustainable bioprocesses, manufacturing and supply methods, amalgamating toward building a sustainable and digitised ecosystem - an emerging frontier of digitisation and industry 4.0.
Closing session by Merck.
Attendee Profile
C-Suite - Directors - Executives
Bioprocess - Manufacturing - IT-Data Integration - Commercial and Business Development - Scientists - Supply Chain - Production - PAT
Focus Area
CGT
Antibody Drugs
Vaccine
Small molecule, conjugates and peptides
Technology or Service Companies
CRO
CDMO
Biologic workflow solutions
Advance Bioprocessing
End to end workflow solutions
Digitising - AI - Data
Automation - Robotics
Filtration - Single use - Bioreactors
Event highlights
Pre Event Innovation Tour - Private Innovation Tour - CXO
Please click to Tour 2024
Evening of day one -Private Networking Dinner
Journey of a CXO
Exclusive closed-door talks from some of the most prominent leaders in the industry who will be talking about their journey, lessons learnt and vision for the future.
Attendance Guide
30% Asian Biopharma
25% International Biopharma
20% CMOs - CDMOS's
15% Academic & Research Institutes
10% Technology & Service Providers
Curated Meetings
Packages have sold out
Guaranteed pre-qualified strategy meetings
Prior contact
Mutual benefit
Conducted by our specialists
Geography
25% Korea & Japan
20% Singapore
20% Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, India & Australia
15% China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
15% USA
5% UAE
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

This is where the scientific promise of novel therapies meets the operational reality of delivering them - safely, efficiently and globally.
ADVISORY
Join BILS 2026 to shape the next decade of biologics manufacturing
