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17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit 2025

12th & 13th February 2025
Raffles Singapore

Jens H. Vogel

President & COO of Mirai Bio - Former CEO of BI Fremont & Global Head of Biotech at Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Jens H. Vogel, Previous SVP & Global Biotech at Bayer is an advisor of The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

Uwe Gottschalk

Operating Partner at Keensight Capital - Former CSO of Lonza

Uwe Gottschalk, Operating Partner at Keensight Capital - Previous CSO of Lonza is an advisor of The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

Jesse McCool

CSO of Bionova Scientific - Former Co-Founder & CEO of Wheeler Bio

Jesse McCool, Co-Founder & CEO of Wheeler Bio is an advisor of The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

Angela Vollstedt

Global R&D Director Cell & Gene Therapies Portfolio at Novartis

Angela Vollstedt, Global Director, Cell & Gene Therapies Portfolio Management at Novartis is an advisor of The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025
Behzad Mahdavi, CEO & Board Member at InnoGi Technologies #BILS is an advisor of The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

Behzad Mahdavi

CEO & Board member at InnoGI Technologies & Executive Chairman at Open Cell Technologies

Push boundaries, affect change

BILS 2026. The 18th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit brings together c-suite, executives, pioneering thinkers and leading academics who are committed to breaking free from traditional silos to evolve and make an impact. Our curated programme is for leaders interested in strategy and innovation that will harness the full potential of the development of promising biologics and cell and gene therapies.  

 

Agenda Framework 

  • How can we leverage advanced technologies to reveal the significant value of innovative biologics and cell gene therapies?

  • Preparing Biopharma for the Biosecure Act

  • New frontier for CDMO's

  • Will personalised therapies and precision medicine leverage Al to deliver tailored treatments for complex diseases?

  • Building a sustainable tomorrow and fueling a bioeconomy for a resilient future future of biomanufacturing and global supply chain

  • Are we entering a new cell and gene therapy era with artificial intelligence?

  • Can we turn challenges into opportunities in the cultured meat industry?

  • Investor caution - valley of death between r&d and scaling

  • Talent shortages: how can we do better?

Impromptu testimonials

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Programme

CURRENT ​SPEAKERS 

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AGENDA SCHEDULE

Biologics

  • Risk sharing partnerships CDMO

  • Advance manufacturing

  • Single use innovation

  • Digital Twins

  • Process intensification 

  • Process validation 

  • Biologic workflow solutions

  • Bioprocessing Training

  • Quality control and analysis

  • Predict clinical outcomes

  • Impact global suppychain

  • Modular CDMO - site selection

  • Safety and Efficiency

  • Automation, digitising, robotics

  • Process optimisation

  • Leverage Regulatory Pathways

  • Cell engineering & development

  • Scaling and commercialisation

  • Customer acceptance 

  • Survival -  Valley of Death  

  • Regulatory frameworks 

  • Continuous processing

  • Technologies roles in culinary innovation

  • Investor roadmap 

  • Cultivated meat tasting 

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Joshi Venugopal, GM & Head of Europe at Novartis Gene Therapies & Rare Diseases #BILS

Joshi Venugopal

GM & Head of Europe

Novartis Gene Therapies & Rare Diseases

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Dorothee Ambrosius

Former Head of CMC Strategy Biologicals

Boehringer Ingelheim

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Warner Biddle

Former Global Head of Commercial

Kite, a Gilead Company

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Gwendolyn Binder

President of Science & Technology

Cabaletta Bio

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Pierre Caloz, COO of uniQure #BILS

Pierre Caloz

COO

uniQure

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Paolo Martini

Former CSO

Moderna

Warner Biddle, former SVP at Kite Pharma speaking at The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

IN PERSON ONLY

Benchmark with up to only 200 leaders across Biopharma

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. 

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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

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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

Jens H. Vogel, SVP & Global Head of Biotech at Bayer speaking at The 17th Annual Bio Innovation Leaders Summit #BILS 2025 which is taking place in the Raffles Singapore on the 12th & 13th of February 2025

For the patients, we must do better

ADVISORY

“Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change” Martin Luther King

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