AGENDA

The Intelligent Factory: Driving the Next Revolution of Life Sciences Manufacturing Through AI, Automation and Regulatory Innovation

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Welcome & Opening Keynote

Welcome
Garth Simpson, Tarpo Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University; Co-Director, William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for the Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals

Keynote
Grace McArdle, Executive Vice President Manufacturing and Quality at Elanco

Welcome video
Todd Young, United States Senator

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Prelude to Panels

Opportunities for AI/ML in support of product and process development in manufacturing

Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Session 1: The Sensor-Driven Factory: AI/ML Integration with Process Analytical Technology (PAT): Physical hardware for informing autonomous controls

Moderator
Chris Welch, Executive Director at Indiana Consortium for Analytical Science and Engineering

Panelists
Zhenqi (Pete) Shi, Senior Principal Scientist at Genentech
Brent Maranzano, Executive Director for PAT, Lilly Medicines Foundry
Nathan Yorgey, Senior Director of Digital Innovation, Lilly Medicines Foundry

10:45 – 10:50 AM

Sponsor Talk

BioCrossroads

10:50 – 11:00 AM

Mid-Morning Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 2: Future Horizons: Manufacturing Challenges for Next-Generation Therapies

Moderator
Sumit Verma, CEO, Tag1 Inc.

Panelists
Ted Kelleher, Project Head of Isotope Manufacturing, Novartis
Kevin Haehl, Chief Product Officer, Nusano
David Trump, Chief Radiochemist, SpectronRx

12:00 – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 – 1:45 PM

Fireside Chat

Eric Munson, Dane O. Kildsig Chair in Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Department Head, Purdue University; Co-Director, William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for the Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals
Kelley Rogers, Deputy Director – Office of Advanced Manufacturing at NIST, NIIMBL Federal Program Officer

1:45 – 2:45 PM

Session 3: Navigating the New Landscape: Regulatory and Commercial Adoption

Moderator
Paul Collins, Director of Research, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

Panelists
Doug Kiehl, President, InnovEmerge, LLC; Chair, Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI); Adj. Asst. Prof., Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University
Dan Peterson, Vice President Industry & Government Affairs, Cook Medical
Celia Cruz, Vice President – PRD Medicine Innovation, Eli Lilly and Company

2:45 – 3:00 PM

Synthesis and Next Steps

Garth Simpson, Tarpo Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University; Co-Director, William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for the Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals

3:00 – 4:00 PM