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                      | 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast and Registration | 
                    
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                      | Welcome and Introduction | 
                    
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                      | 9:00 AM – 9:25 AM | Anthony J. Sinskey Professor of Biology; Faculty Director, Center for Biomedical Innovation, MIT
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                      | Keynote Presentations | 
                    
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                      |  | Morning Chair: Stacy L. Springs,  MIT CBI view bio
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                      | 9:25 AM – 10:15 AM | Engineering Intelligent Immunity: The Development and Future of CAR T Cell Therapies Bruce Levine
 Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy, Founding Director of the Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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                      | 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | FDA’s Efforts to Advance the Development of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Peter Marks
 Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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                      | 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM | Refreshment Break | 
                    
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                      | Session 1: Lessons Learned and New Products | 
                    
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                      | 11:10 AM – 11:35 AM | Evolving the Manufacture of Cell-Based Therapies: Lessons Learned and Future Concepts Rodney Rietze
 Director, Strategic Development and Innovation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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                      | A Panel Discussion on the Future of Innovation in Cell and Gene Therapies | 
                    
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                      | 11:35 AM – 12:15 PM | Moderated by:J. Fraser Wright
 Chief Technology Officer, Gene Therapies, Axovant Sciences
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 Panelists:
 Bruce Levine
 Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy, Founding Director of the Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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 Peter Marks
 Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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 Rodney RietzeDirector, Strategic Development and Innovation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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                      | 12:15 PM  – 1:15 PM | Lunch: Posters Available for Viewing | 
                    
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                      | Session 1: Lessons Learned and New Products (continued) | 
                    
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                      |  | Afternoon Chair: Paul W. Barone,  MIT CBI view bio
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                      | 1:15 PM  – 1:40 PM | Universal Gene-Edited CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy: A Future-Defining Shift in Availability and Cost Effectiveness David Sourdive
 Executive Vice President, Technical Operations, Cellectis
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                      | 1:40 PM – 2:05 PM | AAV Gene Therapy Analytics: Measurement, Understanding and Control of Product and Process Related Impurities Mimi Roy
 Executive Director, Analytical Chemistry, BioMarin
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                      | 2:05 PM – 2:30 PM | Advancing Genetic Circuit Technologies for Next Generation Cell and Gene Therapies Philip Lee
 Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Senti Biosciences
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                      | 2:30 PM – 2:55 PM | Discussion on the Use of Non-Viral Cell Gene  Modification for the Generation of CAR-Ts Martin Giedlin
 Vice President, Technical Operations, Poseida Therapeutics
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                      | 2:55 PM – 3:20 PM | λ-Integrase-Mediated Genome Insertion Tool–A Novel and Unique Platform for Genome Engineering Harshyaa Makhija
 Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
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                      | 3:20 PM – 3:45 PM | Refreshment Break | 
                    
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                      | 3:45 PM – 4:10 PM | In Vivo rLenti-Based Gene Transfer for Parkinson’s Disease: Endogenous Dopamine Production by Three-Gene Transfer Using AXO-Lenti-PD J. Fraser Wright
 Chief Technology Officer, Gene Therapies, Axovant Sciences
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                      | 4:10 PM – 4:55 PM | Development and Translation of Engineered Tissues with Mechanical and Compositional Properties for Articular Cartilage and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Stephen Kennedy
 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Histogenics
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 Lawrence BonassarDaljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
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 Lisa M. Larkin
 Chief Executive Officer & Founder, STEL Technologies; Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
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                      | 4:55 PM – 5:20 PM | Combinatorial Development of Materials for Islet Cell Therapy Daniel G. Anderson
 Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Division of Health Science and Technology, and the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
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                      | Closing Remarks | 
                    
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                      | 5:20 PM – 5:30 PM | Stacy L. Springs Executive Director, Biomanufacturing Initiatives; Senior Director of Programs, MIT CBI
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                      | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Networking Reception and Poster Competition | 
                    
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