Keynote speakers

Confirmed Keynote speakers include:

M. Nicolas Cruz B.
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany


On the path to FAIR autonomous High Throughput Bioprocess Development


Dr. Nicolas Cruz is the head of the KIWI-biolab within the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering at TU-Berlin. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and earned his Ph.D. specializing in Model-Based Optimization of Bioprocesses from TU Berlin. Dr. Cruz's international experience includes among others research stays at Texas A&M (in the Process Control Laboratory, Prof. Kravaris) and ETH Zurich (Morbidelli Group, focusing on biochemical engineering). The research of Dr. Nicolas Cruz focuses on the intersection of the fields of bioprocess digitalization, model-based tools for biotechnology and biopharma, High Throughput Bioprocess Development, and autonomous (self-driving) biolabs. His work is dedicated to advancing innovative solutions that address contemporary challenges for a sustainable society.

Puneet Mishra
Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, The Netherlands


Thinking in higher dimensions and modes: addressing multivariate multimodal data within framework of partial least-squares


Puneet Mishra researches sensing technology and automation at Wageningen University and Research. He develop new AI methods for processing point spectral data as well as spectral images. He is developer of all-in-one spectral imaging setup and also Swiss knife chemometric algorithms. He has more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals on topic of spectroscopy and chemometrics.

Thomas Vent-Schmidt
Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Switzerland


TBC


Louise Wright
National Physical Laboratory, UK


TBC


David Wilsdon
Pfizer


TBC


Caroline Welch and Gareth Coffin
Mondelez International


TBC