8th Edition MarketsandMarkets

Biomarker and Companion Diagnostics Virtual Conference ( Time Zone - CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME (CET)

24th - 26th March 2021

The 8th Edition Biomarker and Companion Diagnostics Virtual Conference scheduled to be held on 25 - 26 March 2021 would address the gaps between early stage biomarker development and the commercialization stage of biomarkers. This conference would also highlight case studies on leveraging emerging technologies in Digital Biomarkers, Precision Medicine and Big Data. 

Regarding commercialization of biomarkers, leading industry and academic experts would share their case studies focusing on advancements in companion diagnostics area. The keynote presentations would also help the attendees understand the issues related to clinical translation of biomarkers.
 

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • Biomarker Drug Discovery and Assay Development
  • Proteomics and Genomics based Biomarkers
  • Digital Biomarkers, Predictive Biomarkers, Precision Medicine and Big Data
  • Commercialization of CDx
  • Multiplex Companion Diagnostics and Regulatory Guidelines
  • Design of clinical trials in CDx
  • Clinical Applications of Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology, Neurology and Inflammatory Diseases

Researchers, scientists, clinicians, academicians and professionals from Pharmaceutical companies, Bio-pharma companies & Universities and Research institutes working in:

  • Biomarker discovery/development
  • Translational research
  • Clinical Biomarker
  • Biomarkers in IO and Neurological disorders
  • Imaging Biomarkers
  • Pathology
  • Companion Diagnostics
  • Biomarker Imaging
  • Proteomics Biomarkers
  • Experimental Medicine
  • Data Science
  • Biomarkers in Clinical Discovery

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Registration

13:15 - 13:50

Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets

13:50 - 13:55

Opening Remarks from the Chairman

George Pell

George Pell, CEO and Founder, Thirty-Six

13:55 - 14:00

Keynote Presentation: PD-1 Antibodies Either as Precision Medicine Informed Monotherapy or Combinations are Transforming Cancer Care

Roy Baynes

Roy Baynes, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Eikon Therapeutics

14:00 - 14:30

CLINICAL BIOMARKER IDENTIFICATION, QUALIFICATION AND PRECISION MEDICINE

Non-invasive Biomarker Discovery and Clinical Investigation Using Breath Biopsy®

Marc van der Schee

Marc van der Schee, Head, Clinical and Translational Science, Owlstone Medical Ltd

14:30 - 15:00

Alarmins as prognostic and predictive biomarkers

Francesc Mitjans

Francesc Mitjans, Chief Scientific Officer, Lykera Biomed, Spain

15:00 - 15:30

Capturing, Curating, and Creating Analytics Tools and Response Predictions for Clinical Diagnostics and Predictive Biomarkers in Oncology

Mark Gramling, PhD

Mark Gramling, PhD, Director, Oncology, Larvol

15:30 - 16:00

Exosome-based digital PCR for FGFR testing in bladder cancer

Dr. Ronny Kellner

Dr. Ronny Kellner, Senior Scientist, dPCR Assay Development, QIAGEN, Germany

16:00 - 16:30

Networking and One-on-One Meetings on the event portal

16:30 - 16:45

Osteopontin: a diagnostic and differentiating factor for endometrial cancer, the driver of cell migration and invasive capacity?

Deyarina Gonzalez

Deyarina Gonzalez, Professor, Molecular Medicine , Swansea University Medical School, UK

16:45 - 17:15

Enhancing Efficacy and Safety of 4-1BB Agonism with PRS-343, a Tumor-Targeted Bispecific

Markus Zettl

Markus Zettl, Director, Immuno-Oncology , Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Germany

17:15 - 17:45

Cytoskeletal remodelling as a hallmark of cancer aggressiveness

Victoria Sanz-Moreno

Victoria Sanz-Moreno , Professor, Cancer Cell Biology , Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, UK

17:45 - 18:15

Multiplex Analysis of the Immune Microenvironment in Tissue Biopsies

Keith Wharton

Keith Wharton, VP, Medical Director, Ultivue, USA

18:15 - 18:45

Closing Remarks from the Chairman

18:45 - 18:50

End of Day 1 and Networking and One-on-One Meetings on the event portal

18:50 - 18:50

Registration

13:15 - 13:50

Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets

13:50 - 13:55

Opening Remarks from the Chairman

George Pell

George Pell, CEO and Founder, Thirty-Six

13:55 - 14:00

Keynote Presentation: Preclinical Application of Tissue Imaging Technology In Cancer Immunotherapy Discovery

Darell Borger

Darell Borger, Associate Director, Translational Oncology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, USA

14:00 - 14:30

TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL BIOMARKER DRUG DISCOVERY AND ASSAY DEVELOPMENT

FirePlex® multiplexed assay platform - A Biomarker Discovery Tool

Zev Gechtman

Zev Gechtman , Ph.D. Technical Product Manager, Abcam

14:30 - 15:00

Assessing functional antibody affinity and memory B cell abundance using the ImmunoSpot® platform

 Greg Kirchenbaum

Greg Kirchenbaum, Senior Scientist, Cellular Technology Limited, USA

15:00 - 15:30

Untargeted Drug Biomarker Discovery & Distribution for (Early) Safety and Target Engagement by MALDI Tissue Mass Spectrometry Imaging: An Underestimated Tool in Drug Discovery

Bogdan Munteanu

Bogdan Munteanu, Lab Head, Global Imaging Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Platform (DMPK), Sanofi, Germany

15:30 - 16:00

Enhanced Biomarker Discovery and Validation Using TMT® Proteomics

Ian Pike

Ian Pike, Chief Scientific Officer, Proteome Sciences PLC

16:00 - 16:30

Networking and One-on-One Meetings on the event portal

16:30 - 16:45

Emerging technologies for interrogation of blood-based cancer biomarkers

Emmanouil Karteris

Emmanouil Karteris, Reader in Biomedical Sciences, Brunel University

16:45 - 17:15

Increasing the Targeting Specificity of Immunotherapeutics

Colin Self

Colin Self , CEO, Precision ImmunoTherapeutics

17:15 - 17:45

Development of Antibodies for breast cancer therapeutic and diagnostic applications based on a biological marker of recurrence

Ginette Serrero

Ginette Serrero, Chief Executive Officer, A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Precision Antibody

17:45 - 18:15

Building a cutting-edge platform for translational research on x-omics and digital pathology data

Eike Staub

Eike Staub, Head, Oncology Bioinformatics, Merck Healthcare, Germany

18:15 - 18:45

Closing Remarks from the Chairman

18:45 - 18:50

End of Day 2 and Networking and One-on-One Meetings on the event portal

18:50 - 18:50

Registration

13:15 - 13:50

Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets

13:50 - 13:55

Opening Remarks from the Chairman

George Pell

George Pell, CEO and Founder, Thirty-Six

13:55 - 14:00

Keynote Presentation : Targeted therapy and companion diagnostic development in a pharma-Dx partnership case study

Anna Pokorska-Bocci

Anna Pokorska-Bocci, Associate Principal Scientist, Debiopharm, Switzerland

14:00 - 14:30

COMMERCIALIZING BIOMARKERS IN COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS

Into the weeds of CDx commercialization: An oncology reference laboratory perspective

Scott Reid

Scott Reid, Vice President, Alliances & CDx., Neogenomics

14:30 - 15:00

Slide-Based Multiplexing Biomarker Assays for Companion Diagnostics

15:00 - 15:30

Companion Diagnostics in Immuno-Oncology: Global Commercial and Partnership Considerations

Mark Girardi

Mark Girardi, Senior Vice President, Boston Healthcare, USA

15:30 - 16:00

Utilization of Limited Sample Availability in Biomarker Discovery and CDx

BJ Kerns

BJ Kerns, Vice President, Scientific Collaborations , HTG Molecular Diagnostics

16:00 - 16:30

Networking and One-on-One Meetings on the event portal

16:30 - 16:45

Preparing for FGFR CDx testing in support of a new drug in bladder cancer: a Day-One case study

Dr. Reinhard Ortmann

Dr. Reinhard Ortmann, Director Oncology & Precision Diagnostics, QIAGEN, Germany

16:45 - 17:15

Closing Remarks from the Chairman

17:15 - 17:20

End of Conference

17:20 - 17:20

SPEAKERS

 Greg Kirchenbaum

Greg Kirchenbaum

Senior Scientist, Cellular Technology Limited, USA

George Pell

George Pell

CEO and Founder, Thirty-Six

Ginette Serrero

Ginette Serrero

Chief Executive Officer, A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Precision Antibody

Zev Gechtman

Zev Gechtman

Ph.D. Technical Product Manager, Abcam

Keith Wharton

Keith Wharton

VP, Medical Director, Ultivue, USA

Mark Verardo

Mark Verardo

Senior Scientific Program Manager, Agilent Technologies, USA

Daniel Enderle

Daniel Enderle

Scientific Director, Companion Diagnostics, Exosome Diagnostics, Germany

Dr. Reinhard Ortmann

Dr. Reinhard Ortmann

Director Oncology & Precision Diagnostics, QIAGEN, Germany

Emmanouil Karteris

Emmanouil Karteris

Reader in Biomedical Sciences, Brunel University

Jim Christian

Jim Christian

Pathologist, Companion Diagnostics, Agilent Technologies, USA

Darell Borger

Darell Borger

Associate Director, Translational Oncology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, USA

Roy Baynes

Roy Baynes

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Eikon Therapeutics

Dr. Ronny Kellner

Dr. Ronny Kellner

Senior Scientist, dPCR Assay Development, QIAGEN, Germany

Victoria Sanz-Moreno

Victoria Sanz-Moreno

Professor, Cancer Cell Biology , Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, UK

Anna Pokorska-Bocci

Anna Pokorska-Bocci

Associate Principal Scientist, Debiopharm, Switzerland

Scott Reid

Scott Reid

Vice President, Alliances & CDx., Neogenomics

Marc van der Schee

Marc van der Schee

Head, Clinical and Translational Science, Owlstone Medical Ltd

BJ Kerns

BJ Kerns

Vice President, Scientific Collaborations , HTG Molecular Diagnostics

Jessica McDonough

Jessica McDonough

Co-Founder, Attivare Therapeutics

Mark Girardi

Mark Girardi

Senior Vice President, Boston Healthcare, USA

Bogdan Munteanu

Bogdan Munteanu

Lab Head, Global Imaging Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Platform (DMPK), Sanofi, Germany

Markus Zettl

Markus Zettl

Director, Immuno-Oncology, Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Germany

Eike Staub

Eike Staub

Head, Oncology Bioinformatics, Merck Healthcare, Germany

Francesc Mitjans

Francesc Mitjans

Chief Scientific Officer, Lykera Biomed, Spain

Deyarina Gonzalez

Deyarina Gonzalez

Professor, Molecular Medicine , Swansea University Medical School, UK

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