Speakers
The GMP PharmaCongress 2025 speaker list:
Jyotsna Agnihotry, Flavine Europe, Germany
Head of QA and Regulatory Affairs
Dr Hans-Joachim Anders, Novartis Pharma
Teamlead Analytical Science and Technology
Dr Katja Aschermann, Astator, Germany
Consultant
Vicky Athanasiou, Emerson, Netherlands
Director Process Simulation Europe
Henning Austermann, Siegfried Hameln, Germany
Head of Engineering
Andreas Bail, Bayer, Germany
PCT Lead Engineer
Dr Andrea Bauer, ABC&Q
Owner
Thomas Beutler, GEA
Senior Director Lyophilization Technology Management
Dr Markus Beyersdorf, Pekana
General Manager
Dr Simone Biel, Merck
European Field Marketing Specialist
Bianca Bohrer, PSM Saar
CEO
Prof Dr Gerit Borchard, University in Geneva
Chair of the mRNA Vaccines for Human Use Working Party at the European Pharmacopoeia
Dr Viviana Braude, Cronos, Israel
VP Quality and Regulations & Member of ECA's Cannabis Working Group
Melanie Braun, Labor LS
Lead Microbiological Services
Tina Cacanoska, PharmaRolly, North Macedonia
Chief Quality Officer and QP & Member of ECA's Cannabis Working Group
Pasquale Cataldo, Roche Diagnostics, Germany
Innovation Project & Lab Lead
Jason Creek, Roche Diagnostics, Germany
Expert for sterile manufacturing and lab lead
Gerald Dallmann, SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH
Division Manager
Christoph Dechow, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Germany
Head of Digital Transformation Management
Paul Devuyst, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium
Senior Manager Aseptic Technologies GSK Global MSAT
Yvonne Duckworth, CRB, USA
Fellow of Digital Technology
Prof Dr Regine Eibl, Zurich University of Applied Science
Professor at the Zürich University and the platform leader for “Single-use technology” of the Swiss Biotechnet
Leonie Evans, Meisterernst Attorneys
Attorney and Partner
Thomas Frank, Refolution
CEO
Dr Richard Gabriel, ProtaGene
Vice President R&D
Ruben van der Galiën, GE HealthCare, Netherlands
Qualified Person / Pharmacist
Dr Rebecca Geyer, Sanofi
Head of Implementation Management, Drug Product
Martina Gjorgjevska, The Force CT
Quality Manager
Dr Rainer Gnibl, District Government of Upper Bavaria, Germany
GMP Inspector
Katharina Golly, Novartis Pharma, Switzerland
Senior Expert Engineering
Peter Gross, PGC
CEO
Patrick Grossmann, Invitris
CEO & Co-Founder
Giacomo Guidi, IMA Life
R&D Isolation Technologies
Thorsten Häfner, PSM, Germany
VP Business Development
Martin Heitmann, d-fine GmbH, Germany
Senior Manager
Sebastian Hillbrand, SKAN, Switzerland
Strategic Product Manager
Dr Philip Hörsch, Vetter Pharma-Fertigung, Germany
Director QA - Validation/Risk Management/Trending
Dr Monika Hupfauf, KOCH / HUPFAUF Attorneys-at-Law
Owner
Dr Rainer Kahlich, Local GMP Authority Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen, Germany
GMP Inspector
Alexander Kammerlocher, Local GMP Authority Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen, Germany
Surveillance of medical devices
Kenan Kanmaz, Optima pharma containment, Germany
Technical Sales Manager
Maja Karovic, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland
Network Technology Lead Robotics
Adrian Keller, SKAN, Switzerland
Strategic Product Manager
Dr Carolin Klemm, DKMS Stem Cells
Head of Production
Horst Koller, HK Packaging Consulting, Switzerland
CEO
Anton Kopitzsch, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, Germany
Team Lead Automation Engineering
Dr Timo Krebsbach, SKAN, Switzerland
Strategic Product Manager
Theresa Ladwig, SKAN, Switzerland
Sales Engineering
Monika Lamprecht, Lamprecht C&C
Dr Hanneke Later-Nijland, Genome Lawyers
Partner
Brent Lieffers, Cytiva, Canada
Senior Director, Innovation Advocacy
Angus Liu, BioNTech
Associate Director CMC
Dr Maria Loos, Johnson and Johnson
MSAT Senior Associate Scientist
Dr Roman Mathaes, Clear Solutions Laboratories
CEO
Jörg Mesenich, Mesenich Consulting
Owner
Carsten Moschner, CMC3
Founder
Dr Daniel Müller, Local GMP Authority Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen, Germany
Head of GMP Inspectorate
Felix Georg Müller, plus10 GmbH, Germany
CEO and Co-founder
Dr Thomas Müller, Recipharm
Sterility Assurance Manager
Dr Anne Orillo, Novartis Pharma
Senior Validation Lead
Ana Cláudia Pinho, BIAL Portela &Cª, S.A
Senior Manager, Sustainability
Fabian Plaum, Hof
Freeze-Drying and Freeze-Thaw applications
Dr Johannes Rauschnabel, Syntegon Technology, Germany
Head of the process development department
Tobias Resch, Stäubli Tec-Systems
Key Account Manager
Dr Bettina Rietz-Wolf, Local GMP Authority Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen, Germany
Inspector
Marta Rodríguez Vélez, Letipharma, Spain
Quality Assurance
Nicola Rutigliani, Merck
Aseptic Production Associate Director
Stylianos Sampanis, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Germany
Yves Samson, Kereon AG, Switzerland
Founder and Chairman
Susana Santos, BIAL Portela &Cª, S.A
Environment Specialist
Dr Prachi Sawant Raschdorf, GE HealthCare, Netherlands
Qualified Person / Pharmacist
Luigi Scaffidi, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Germany
Alexander Schäfer, Wilco
Technical Product Manager / Project Engineer AVI
Gabriele Schmeer-Lioe, DITF - German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf
Scientist; Head of the Cleanroom Textiles and Electrostatics Laboratory
Dr Koen Smets, Nelson Labs
Scientific Expert E&L
Dr Arne Schröder, Vetter Pharma-Fertigung, Germany
Head of Production in the area of manufacturing and filling of sterile drug products
Robert Sevdas, Dastex
Key Account Manager
Dr Frank Sielaff, Regional GMP Authority, Darmstadt, Germany
GMP Inspector
Dr Alicja Sobantka, Octapharma
Head Corporate Material Qualification Group
Luis Meirinhos Soares, CANNAVIGIA, former GMP Inspector at INFARMED, Portugal
Head of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs & Member of ECA's Cannabis Working Group
Simone Sonnenberg, DKMS Stem Cells
Project Manager
Christian Sonntag, Roche
Senior Project Manager
Ivan Spiro, Particle Measuring Systems
Sales Manager
Dr David Surjo, GOC NEXUS GMBH, Germany
CEO
Dr Arno Terhechte, Local GMP Authority Münster, Germany
Medicines Inspector
Dr Frank Thielmann, Takeda
Apostol Todorovski, Sinceritas
Head of Quality Control
Dr Giorgia Tossi, Linnea, Switzerland
Chief Quality Officer & Member of ECA's Cannabis Working Group
Klaus Ullherr, Syntegon Technology, Germany
Senior Product Manager
Joachim Vereecke, White Raven, Belgium
COO and Co-Founder
Ralf Wagner, Optima pharma, Germany
Director Sales D/A/CH, Spain, Portugal
Dr Ingrid Walther, Chairman of the ECA Working Group on Annex 1, Leader of the ECA Cannabis Working Group
Consultant
Rasmus Wendelboe Jørgensen, Novo Nordisk, Denmark
Automation Lead
Dr Sebastian Wibbeling, Fraunhofer-Institut for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Germany
Head of Health Care Logistics
Margarete Witt-Mäckel, Witt Hygienemanagement
Founder
Daniel Wolf, Ulm University Medical Center
Jörg Zimmermann, Vetter Pharma-Fertigung
Vice President Vetter Development Service, External Affairs
Sandra Zucchet, CRL
R&D Scientist for Viral Clearance