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Panel Discussion

Topic: ‘ Regulatory Hurdles Regarding the Use of AI in Pharmaceutical Production Setting

We look forward to a thought-provoking exchange of perspectives from industry leaders, technology experts, and regulatory professionals. Join us for an insightful session addressing both the challenges and opportunities AI brings to the pharmaceutical industry.

Panel Members:

Noor Al-Rifai
Scientific Sr. Principal Engineer at Johnson & Johnson

Jonathan Bral
Sector Lead for Digital Transformation in Pharma at Axians Belgium

Matthias Feys
CTO & Co-founder at ML6

Barbara Stubbe
GMDP Inspecteur-Expert at FAGG &
Expert Quality Innovation Group (QIG) at EMA

Host:

Tineke Van Hooland
Founder and CEO at Epic 10

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Session 3: Sustainability in Pharma

14:40 – 15:00 Talk by Christian Stevens
Professor at Synthesis, Bioresources and Bioorganic Chemistry Research Group (SynBioC), Ghent University

Title: ‘TransPharm – Facilitating the Transition to more Sustainable API’s’

15:00 – 15:20 Talk by Wouter De Soete
Senior Manager in Sustainability & LCA
at Johnson & Johnson

Title: ‘Standardization of Life Cycle Assessment in the Pharmaceutical Industry: from Theory to Practice’

15:50 – 16:10 Talk by Lieselot Boone
Postdoctoral Researcher at Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN) Group, Ghent University

Title: ‘Sustainability Assessment using a Healthcare Perspective’

16:10 – 16:20 Short Pitch Presentations:

Maarten Dobbelaere
Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT) Group at Ghent University

Title: ‘Greener Pharmaceutical Production with a Digital Chemist’

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Session 2: Patient-Centred & Personalized Medicine

11:50 – 12:10 Talk by Jan Schrooten
CEO and Co-Founder at Antleron

Title: ‘Decentralized Manufacturing by Smart Bioprocessing: a First Step Toward Patient-Centred ATMP’

12:10 – 12:30 Talk by Pieter Jacobs
Head of Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT) at Legend Biotech

Title: ‘Ramping Up Personalized Cell Therapy Production To Global Commercial Scale’

14:10 – 14:30 Talk by Valérie Vanhoorne
Professor at Lab of Pharmaceutical Technology at Ghent University

Title: ‘Tailored Treatment for Every Body: The Rise of Personalized (oral solid) Dosage Forms’

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14:30 – 14:40 Short Pitch Presentations:

Bora Ayvaz
PhD Researcher at Dynamical Systems and Control (DySC) Group at Ghent University

Title: ‘Enhancing Pain Level Assessment in Post-Surgery Patients Using AI Algorithms’

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Session 1: Up-Scaling Sustainable Solutions

10:00 – 10:20 Talk by Koen Dierckx
CEO and Co-Founder at simAbs

Title: ‘Continuous Biomanufacturing: The Tipping Point’

10:20 – 10:40 Talk by Bernhard Meir
Head of Continuous Manufacturing at Gericke AG

Title: ‘Mini Blend: Unlocking Continuous Manufacturing – A Scalable Solution for Clinical and Commercial Supply’

11:10 – 11:30 Talk by Jan-Sebastiaan Uyttersprot
Head of Oral Dosage Form Development
& Tuur Vandeputte
PAT & Modelling Subject Matter Expert at UCB

Title: ‘Sustainable Pharmaceutical Scale-Up Using HME/HMG and PAT Integration’

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11:30 – 11:50 Short Pitch Presentations:

Catherine Cazin
Professor at Department of Chemistry, UGent

Title: ‘Sustainable Synthesis: Access to Catalysts and Catalytic Applications’

Alexander Ryckaert
Co-Founder at Elegent

Title: ‘Facilitating Scale-up in Direct Compression via Transfer Learning’

András Retzler
Postdoc Researcher at Dynamic Design Lab at Ghent University, in collaboration with Fette Compacting

Title: ‘Leveraging Bayesian Optimization for the 

Automatic Tuning of Loss-in-weight Feeding‘