CESPE Conference 2025 Programme

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Time……………TitleSpeaker
9:00 – 9:30Registration and Welcome Breakfast
9:30 – 9:40 Conference Opening To be announced
9:40 – 10:00CESPE achievements and future perspectivesChristoph Portier (UGent)
Session 1: Upscaling Sustainable Solutions
10:00 – 10:20Continuous Biomanufacturing: The Tipping PointKoen Dierckx (simAbs)
10:20 – 10:40Mini Blend: Unlocking Continuous Manufacturing – A Scalable Solution for Clinical
and Commercial Supply
Bernhard Meir (Gericke)
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30Sustainable Pharmaceutical Scale-Up Using HME/HMG and PAT IntegrationJan-Sebastiaan Uyttersprot (UCB)
Tuur Vandeputte (UCB)
Oral Pitch (5 min) sessions
11:30 – 11:35Sustainable Synthesis: Access to Catalysts and Catalytic ApplicationsCatherine Cazin (UGent)
11:35 – 11:40Facilitating Scale-up in Direct Compression via Transfer LearningAlexander Ryckaert (Elegent)
11:40 – 11:45Leveraging Bayesian Optimization for the Automatic Tuning of Loss-in-weight FeedingAndrás Retzler (UGent & Fette Compacting)
Session 2: Patient-Centred & Personalized Medicine
11:50 – 12:10Decentralized Manufacturing by Smart Bioprocessing: a First Step Toward Patient-Centred ATMPJan Schrooten (Antleron)
12:10 – 12:30Ramping Up Personalized Cell Therapy Production To Global Commercial ScalePieter Jacobs (Legend Biotech)
12:30 – 14:10Lunch Break
14:10 – 14:30Tailored Treatment for Every Body: The Rise of Personalized (oral solid) Dosage FormsValérie Vanhoorne (UGent)
Oral Pitch (5 min) sessions
14:30 – 14:35Enhancing Pain Level Assessment in Post-Surgery Patients Using AI AlgorithmsBora Ayvaz (UGent)
Session 3: Sustainability in Pharma
14:40 – 15:00TransPharm – Facilitating the Transition to more Sustainable API’sChristian Stevens (UGent)
15:00 – 15:20Standardization of Life Cycle Assessment in the Pharmaceutical Industry: from Theory to PracticeWouter De Soete (J&J)
15:20 -15:50Coffee Break
15:50 – 16:10Sustainability Assessment using a Healthcare PerspectiveLieselot Boone (UGent)
Oral Pitch (5 min) sessions
16:10 – 16:15Greener Pharmaceutical Production with a Digital ChemistMaarten Dobbelaere (UGent)
16:20 – 17:20Panel Discussion on the topic:
Regulatory Hurdles Regarding the Use of AI in Pharmaceutical Production Setting
Noor Al-Rifai (J&J)
Jonathan Bral (Axians)
Matthias Feys (ML6)
Barbara Stubbe (FAGG/EMA)
17:20 – 17:30Closing wordsTo be announced
17:30 –Networking reception & dinner

We sincerely thank Miltenyi Biotec BV, Pharma Technology, Syntegon, Coperion, and Secoya Technologies for their generous sponsorship!