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7:15 am Check-In & Morning Coffee

8:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Professor, Tel Aviv University

Pioneering Circular RNA Engineering Platforms to Discover, Synthesize & Optimize Efficacious Therapies for Patients Faster

8:30 am Exploring an Optimized Circular RNA Platform to Treat a Multitude of Diseases

Chief Executive Officer, Circurna
  • Developing an iterative and AI-optimized circular RNA platform that results in robust protein expression and a manufacturing process that provides high purity and high yield at a low cost
  • Showcasing microneedle technology resulting in high protein production and therapeutic response
  • Outlining how circular RNA therapeutics have shown outstanding efficacy and are considerably better than a comparable linear mRNA

9:00 am Rznomics’ Circular RNA Platform: From Engineering to Functional Validation

Chief Researcher, Rznomics
  • Exploring a brief overview of circular RNA technologies
  • Discussing end-to-end self-targeting and splicing (STS)-mediated self-circularization for the preparation of scarless circRNA
  • Learning functional validation: Application of circular RNA in CAR-T therapy

9:30 am A New Strategy for circRNA Purification & Application in Therapeutics for Human Rare Diseases

Associate professor, National Taiwan University
  • Reviewing strategies for optimizing circRNA generation
  • Discussing the design and optimization of a cicRNA purification strategy
  • Evaluating purified circRNA for therapeutic applications in human rare disease

10:00 am Networking Session

This is your opportunity to have face-to-face conversations with fellow attendees. Progress your RNA candidates forward and make connections with global pharma and biotech working on RNA, vaccine development, cell and gene therapy, as well as global service providers, in a mix of pre-organized and ad-hoc networking.

10:30 am Morning Coffee Break

Optimizing Antigen Selection & Cost-Effective Manufacturing Processes to Accelerate mRNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Development

11:00 am AI-Driven mRNA Cancer Vaccines: Precision Antigen Design & CD4⁺T-Cell Mediated Adaptive Immunity for Solid Tumors

Chief Scientific Officer, Aston Sci
  • Engineering AI-driven mRNA cancer vaccines using the Th-Vac® platform to enable precision antigen selection and potent MHC class II–restricted CD4⁺T-cell activation in solid tumors
  • Integrating a multi-epitope design strategy that coordinates CD4⁺ T helper and CD8⁺ cytotoxic T-cell responses, establishing a “helper-killer axis” for amplified and sustained anti-tumor immunity
  • Advancing a differentiated immunotherapy paradigm that overcomes the resistance limitations of conventionally targeted therapies by inducing durable, adaptive immune responses against clinically relevant tumor antigens

11:30 am Built for the Batch of One: A Vertically Integrated mRNA Platform for Personalized Cancer Vaccines

Vice President, Hongene Biotech Corporation
  • Session details to be announced

12:00 pm Next-generation mRNA Cancer Vaccine Design, Manufacture & Delivery

Associate Professor, University of Queensland
  • Benchmarking of mRNA cancer vaccine design
  • Exploring new ways to manufacture mRNA cancer vaccines
  • Discussing precision delivery of mRNA-cancer vaccines with bispecific PEG engagers

12:30 pm Panel Discussion – Challenges & Solutions to Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy From Design to Manufacture

Project Leader – Cancer Immunotherapy, LG Chem
Chief Scientific Officer, Aston Sci
Associate Professor, University of Queensland
  • Overcoming the challenges of small-scale GMP manufacturing capability on CMO/CDMO services for the personalized cancer vaccine, contributing to the increase in cost of manufacturing
  • Harmonizing the regulatory guidelines around the personalized cancer vaccine
  • Discussing the potential marketability of the personalized cancer vaccines in the future

1:00 pm Lunch Break

Lunch for all attendees will be served in a designated area.

2:00 pm Extended Networking

This is your opportunity to have face-to-face conversations with fellow attendees. Progress your RNA candidates forward and make connections with global pharma and biotech working on RNA, vaccine development, cell and gene therapy, as well as global service providers.

Leveraging RNA Technology to Achieve Clinical Progress for In Vivo CAR & Gene Editing Therapies & Widen the Therapeutic Barriers

2:30 pm Exploring the Technical & Clinical Progress of TCE/ In Vivo CART

President, Abogen Bioscience
  • Presenting an overview of Abogen’s mRNA and LNP platform
  • Showcasing clinical progress of TCE/in vivo CART
  • Sharing future perspectives of mRNA therapeutics

3:00 pm Outlining a Novel Hydrophilic Nanoparticle mRNA-Based Platform to Deliver Antigen-Specific Immune Therapies in Autoimmune Diseases

Chief Executive Officer, BreezeBio
  • Discussing tissue specific delivery with hydrophilic nanoparticle
  • Reviewing antigen-specific immune tolerance
  • Exploring tunable immune modulation

3:30 pm Session Reserved for CATUG

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3:40 pm Afternoon Break & Scientific Poster Session

As innovation continues to unlock scalable, cost-effective and commercially viable RNA therapeutics and vaccines, there has never been a more exciting time to connect, collaborate and exchange ideas.

Join our dynamic poster session to showcase your latest data, spark new conversations and gain exclusive early insights into the cutting-edge work shaping the RNA, cell, and gene therapy fields.

Unleashing Novel LNP Formulations & Beyond to Exploit the Full Potential of Non-Viral Delivery Vehicles by Ensuring Safe & Targeted RNA Therapeutic Delivery

4:30 pm Immune Cell-Targeting LNPs: From Spleen Tropism to Immune Cell-specific Precision for Immunotherapy & Autoimmune Diseases

Director, MediciBIO
  • Leveraging spleen tropism of LNPs using a novel targeting ionizable lipid
  • Engineering active targeting LNP platforms for cell-specific delivery
  • Evaluating immune cell-targeting LNPs in immunotherapy, autoimmune disease, and in vivo CAR/TCR applications

5:00 pm Development of Lipid Nanoparticles for Precision mRNA Delivery: Advancing From Protein Replacement to In Vivo Genome Editing & CAR-T Cell Programming

Team Leader, GC Biopharma Aseptic Fill-Finish & mRNA DS CDMO
  • Applying Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) modeling and AI-guided molecular design to develop a proprietary lipid library with an optimized therapeutic index and enhanced clinical tolerability
  • Identifying and selecting LNP formulations tailored for high-efficiency hepatic delivery, facilitating the technical transition from transient protein replacement to permanent genetic intervention with minimal off-target toxicity
  • Developing LNP formulations specifically optimized to maximize T-cell delivery efficiency, enabling precise in vivo CAR-T cell programming through systemic mRNA delivery

5:30 pm A Branched Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticle Platform for Versatile In Vivo Delivery of Nucleic Acids: Validation From mRNA to Capped Circular RNA

Assistant Professor, Nagoya University
  • Developing a branched ionizable lipid nanoparticle (FL0445-LNP) that enables potent delivery of both linear mRNA and Cap-cirRNA
  • Exploring how FL0445‑LNP exhibits an improved safety profile with reduced immunogenicity compared with clinical benchmark LNPs
  • Sharing how Cap‑cirRNA delivered via FL0445‑LNP achieves superior glycemic control over linear mRNA in obese mice

5:40 pm Beyond LNP: Explore the Thermostable & Safe Drug Delivery System, ‘DegradaBALL’ – Safety & Tolerability in Phase I Clinical Trials

Chief Technology Officer & Professor, Lemonex Bio & Seoul National University
  • Overview of DegradaBALL as next-generation drug delivery system (DDS) platform technology
  • Explore how excellent human safety has been confirmed in Phase I clinical trials of siRNA and mRNA pipelines employing DegradaBALL
  • Discuss DegradaBALL applications in cancer immunotherapy

6:10 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

Professor, Gachon University School of Medicine

6:15 pm End of Conference Day One