Caroline Cappo
MAST Showcase Co-Chair
240-297-1954
caroline.cappo@whiting-turner.com
Be part of the largest biotech / pharmacuetical conference in the area. Highlights include:
You don't want to miss this opportunity and it's FREE to attend the exhibit hall and After Party if you register before March 11th. Don't delay!
Agenda:
12:30pm - 2:00pm Keynote Lunch
2:00pm - 6:00pm Showcase Open
Education Sessions (You may sign up for 2 education sessions, but please note the times of the sessions when registering.)
2:15 pm - 3:45pm
Education #1 - Recruiting and developing talent in the Biohealth Capital Region How to compete with other markets and not with each other. Panelists:
Moderator: Chris Frew, CEO, Workforce Genetics; President, BioBuzz Media.
Education #2 - Single Use Technology presentation by AstraZeneca. Single Use technology has been used successfully for decades to improve the flexibility of existing stainless steel manufacturing plants. More recently, entire production facilities are being designed with single use flow paths. AstraZeneca’s Director-level process and manufacturing team leaders will discuss AZ’s journey from the introduction of single use through current production strategies and the establishment of a single use management system.
AZ will discuss the challenges encountered on initial single use technology application and how AZ teams have addressed major issues along the way. AZ will chart where the company is headed to ensure reliability and security of supply. Finally, AZ will discuss our participation in BioPhorum, a consortium who has a working group charged with the goal to make single use technologies as reliable and understood as stainless steel.
Speakers: Matt Rittler, Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca and Steve Grainger, Biotech Process Engineer, AstraZeneca
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Education #3 - State of the Market: The Role of BioManufacturing In Becoming Top 3.
Panelists:
Moderator: Judy Costello, BioHealth Innovation
Education #4 - BIO 101: Overview of upstream & downstream BIO processing + cGMPS Whether you are entirely new to the industry and trying to figure out how terms like process development, mammalian cell lines, and protein purification apply to what your company does, or you’re currently working in a GMP environment and looking for a way to grow your skills and knowledge to advance your career, this program is for you.
Speaker: Kevin Knapstein, Manager, Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility. UMD Biotechnology Research and Education Program and David Fein, AstraZeneca.
6:00pm - 7:30pm After Party - Food, drinks, live music by The Fluid Guy and magic by Andrew Lees, Fina Biosolutions.
No refunds.