Amir Goudarzi

Head of Process Engineering
UCB

Amir Goudarzi has more than 13 years of bioprocess industry experience. Amir started off his career as BioProcess Engineer at Archer Daniels Midland and CB&I in the Netherlands, focusing on various Conceptual-, Basic-, and Front End Engineering Design projects. Amir then joined the CDMO company DSM Biologics (now Thermo Scientific) as Scientist Process development and later as Process Development manager, where he contributed to global Tech transfer projects as well as developing various breakthrough USP & DSP technology solutions. Later on, Amir led microbial fermentation development team of Corbion, in the Netherlands & Spain, where he was leading various innovative technology & PAT projects across global sites of Corbion. In 2018, Amir joined UCB Pharma's Biologics Pilot Plant team in Belgium. The main focus of Amir & his team is industrialization of UCB's late stage biologics. Amir holds a MSc Degree in Biotechnology and a Professional Doctorate in BioProcess Engineering (PDEng) from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

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Day 2 - System Management

Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

11:00 AM INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS

During this part of the summit, delegates will be sorted into groups of 10-12 to take part in interactive discussions around the topics below. Delegates will get the opportunity to select and pre-register for the topics. Discussion groups are kept small to ensure all delegates get the opportunity to ask their most pressing questions, ensuring a perfectly tailored experience.

•The Shelf Life of Expensive Articles

Philipp Wolf, Expert Biopharmaceutical Single Use Equipment, Boehringer Ingelheim

•Supplier Material Qualification of Disposables – Standardization & Challenges

Laura O’Connell, Manufacturing Process Specialist, Janssen

•Lessons Learnt Working with Different DSP Single Use Systems

James Pullen, Director of Downstream Processing, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotech

•The Challenges and Opportunities of Using Disposables in Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Nadav Eshkol, Development Manager, Pluristem Therapeutics

•Using New Technology to Industrialise SU Solutions

Amir Goudarzi, Head of Process Engineering, UCB

•Next-Generation Sampling and Process Monitoring

Marc-Antoine Kaag, Global Product Manager Sampling, Merck