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2026 Symposium Programme

Zurich, 17-18 June

Digital Bioprocessing Symposium
June 18

Registration & Breakfast (in Fusion on floor F)

from 08:15

Program start in room J3

Welcome

Welcome by ETH
Prof. Gonzalo Guillén Gosalbez

9:00

Veronique Chotteau
09:30

Professor, Head of Cell Technology Group CETEG
Royal Institute of Technology

Bridging Kinetic Modelling for Bioprocess to Genome-Scale Knowledge and Omics Support

Karna Shah
10:00

Associate Director PDS&T 
AbbVie   

Accelerating Process Development Through Digital Intelligence

Coffee Break In Fusion on floor F
10:30-11:00

Chethana Gadiyar
11:00

Lead Scientist 
Merck  

Process Modelling Strategies for Mammalian Cell Culture in Perfusion Process

Peter Neubauer
11:30

Professor  
TU Berlin

From Automation to Autonomy: The Realisation of a Self-Driving Biolab

Sabine Arnold
12:00

Global Development CMC Biologicals  
Boehringer Ingelheim

Rethinking Upstream Process Development with AI-Driven Hybrid Modelling

Community Lunch in Fusion
12:30 - 14:00

Yash Sabharwal
15:00

President & CEO  
QbDVision 

The Interplay Between Structured Data and AI Technologies for CMC Workflows and Control Strategy Development  

Coffee Break & Poster Session in Fusion
15:30-16:30

Nian Liu
16:30

Principal Scientist  
Sanofi 

Application of Hybrid Bioreactor Models as Digital Shadows in Commercial Manufacturing

Julien De Crom
17:00

Data and Predictive Sciences Lead 
UCB

Beyond Proof of Concept: Making Model-Based Bioprocessing Stick

Anna Gardarsdottir
17:30

AI & Digital Transformation Advisor  
Anna Gardarsdottir Advisory

Beyond the Pilot: From Models to Meaningful Impact

Program close