Keynote Speaker / Invited Speaker
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Gerrit Borchard, Prof. PhD.
University of Geneva, President, Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SAPhS),Vice-President, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS), (Switzerland)
Non-biological Complex Drugs (NBCDs): Fundamental Science to Regulatory Framework

Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D
President of the Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston Methodist Research Institute, President and CEO Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair, Houston (USA)
Nanomedical Ethics: A View from the Trenches

Thomas Groth, Prof. Dr.
Deputy Secretary General of ESAO (European Society for Artificial Organs), Martin Luther University Hall-Wittenberg, Biomedical Materials Group, Halle (Germany)
Glycosaminoglycans as Building Blocks for Bioactive Nanostructured Surfaces

Oliver Hayden, Dr.
Siemens AG, Research and Technology Center, Erlangen (Germany)
In-vitro diagnostics of non-stable surrogate biomarker

Johannes Khinast, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Graz University of Technology, Institute for Process and Particle Engineering (Austria)
Pharmaceutical Nano-particle Production on an Industrial Scale: Challenges and Solutions

Uday B. Kompella, PhD.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (USA)
Panelist

Bo Liedberg, Prof. Dr.
Nanyang Technological University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science (Singapore)
Synthetic Peptides and Nanoparticles for Biosensing and Diagnostics

Iraida Loinaz, Dr.
CIDETEC-IK4 - Centro de Tecnologías Electroquímicas, New Materials Department, Biomaterials Unit, San Sebastian (Spain)
NanoPilot project: A Pilot plant for the production of Polymer based Nanopharmaceuticals in Compliance with GMP

João F. Mano, CEng, PhD, DSc
3B´s Research Group, Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Deptartment of Polymer Engineering
Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Guimarães (Portugal)
Nano-multilayered polymeric systems in the development of new devices for tissue engineering

Quentin Pankhurst, Prof. Dr.
University College London, Centre for Materials Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (United Kingdom)
Magnetic Labelling, Targeting and Activation in Cellular Therapies

Anil K. Patri, PhD
FDA -Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Washington D.C. Metro Area (USA)
The Promise and Pitfalls in Nanomaterial Development for Biomedical Applications

Kai Pinkernell, MD, MBA
Head of of Clinical Development, Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
Panel Leader "Clinical Translation and Commercialization Aspects"

Christian Singer, Univ. Prof. Dr. MPH
Medical University Vienna, Head of Senology at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vienna (Austria)
Whole Genome Methylation in Breast cancer

Denis Spitzer, Dr. HDR
NS3E (Nanomatériaux pour les Systèmes Sous Sollicitations Extrêmes), ISL-CNRS-UNISTRA, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (France)
Continuous engineering of nano-cocrystals by Spray Flash Evaporation (SFE) for medical issues

Heinz Redl, Univ. Prof. Dr.
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna (Austria)
Human derived Biomaterials and Cells for Tissue Regeneration

Eva-Kathrin Sinner, Univ. Prof. Dr.
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Synthetic Bioarchitectures, NanoBioTechnologie (DNBT), Vienna (Austria)
Synthetic Proteins in Polymeric Membrane Assemblies

Oommen P. Varghese, PhD., Ass. Prof.
Uppsala Univerity, Department of Chemistry- Ångström Laboratory (Sweden)
Tuning Endosomal Escape: Addressing a Key Bottleneck in Gene Based Therapies

Andreas Zimmer, Univ. Prof. Dr.
University of Graz, Institute of Phrmaceutical Sciences (Austria)
Protamine-Oligonucleotide-Nanoparticles: Recent Advances in Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting