BIOEXPO Pharmaceutical Symposium
October 15, 2025, Wednesday |
Akdeniz Hall (Hall 2) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Opening Remarks • Prof. Dr. Ali Demir SEZER • Prof. Dr. Ümit KERVAN, TÜSEB President • Prof. Dr. Ahmet AYAR, TİTCK President |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TİTCK Session Human Medicinal Products Manufacturing Plants, GMP Guide – Annex 22 & Artificial Intelligence Draft • Eray KAPLAN, TİTCK Vice President |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Thematic Session Biotechnological Drugs from R&D to Production Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ali Demir SEZER, Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy • Dr. Pharm. Onur PINARBAŞLI, İLKO Pharmaceutical R&D Director – A Turning Point in Biosimilars: Master Cell Banks and Clinical Exemptions |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Break / Network |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | AMGEN Satellite Session The Clinical Journey Shaping the Future: Technology, People, Vision • Dilek ÖZCAN EKŞİ, Senior Manager of Development Operations at AMGEN Turkey |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | TÜSEB Session Current Personalized Medicine Applications with a Genomic Approach • Prof. Dr. Fatma Duygu ÖZEL DEMİRALP, President of the Biotechnology Institute of Turkey |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Break / Network |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | SANOFI Satellite Session Journey from Big Data to Early Diagnosis in Rare Diseases with Artificial Intelligence Support Moderator: Dr. Hasan Berk BARIŞCIL, SANOFI Rare Diseases Medical Director • Mert ÖZCAN, Head of the Asset Management Information Systems Department, Ministry of Health, Republic of Türkiye |
| 16:10 - 17:30 | Thematic Session Clinical Research and Artificial Intelligence in Biotechnological Drugs Moderator: Prof. Dr. Yağız ÜRESİN, Istanbul University • Umut MÜREN, Director, Clinical Research Unit for Sanofi Turkey & Middle East • Spec. Dr. Çağatay ÇITIRIK, Senior Medical Manager, Sandoz |
October 16, 2025, Thursday / Akdeniz Hall - DRUG SYMPOSIUM SECOND DAY SESSIONS |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Thematic Sessions Opening Remarks • Prof. Dr. Ali Demir SEZER, Marmara University Faculty of Pharmacy • Hasan Selçuk SELEK, Vice President of TÜBİTAK TEYDEB |
| 10:30 - 11:20 | Artificial Intelligence-Based Drug Development Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hasan TÜRKEZ, Vice Rector of Atatürk University • Cem ÖZTÜRK, Sanofi Eurasia Regional President • Prof. Dr. Adil MARDİNOĞLU, KTH Royal Institute of Technology & King's College London |
| 11:20 - 12:10 | Thematic Session API and Excipient Production and Supply Chain in Conventional Pharmaceuticals Moderator: Adil KAYA, ATABAY Pharmaceuticals Public and Academic Relations Director • Berkay BOZKUŞ, Eczacıbaşı Healthcare Group Supply Chain Director |
| 12:10 - 12:50 | TÜBİTAK Session R&D Ecosystem and Supports in Biotechnological Drugs • Işık AŞAR, TÜBİTAK TEYDEB - Acting BİYOTEG Group Coordinator – TEYDEB Support for Private Sectors |
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Break / Network |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Thematic Session Financing and Sustainability of Healthcare Services in the Vision of Productive Health Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zafer ÇALIŞKAN, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics • Prof. Dr. Yusuf ÇELİK, Acıbadem University, Department of Health Management |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | İBG İzmir Session Biotechnological Drug Development Processes Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mehmet İNAN, Director of İzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center • Prof. Dr. Mehmet İNAN – Drug Development from Antigen to Antibody |
| 15:20 - 16:20 | Conventional Drug Production and Market Access from Synthesis to Finished Product Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Devrim Demir DORA, Akdeniz University • Dr. Ümit DERELİ, AİFD Secretary General |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Break / Network |
| 16:40 - 18:00 | Symposium Concluding Session
General Evaluation |
October 17, 2025, Friday |
Aspendos Hall - BIOEXPO SATELLITE EVENT WORKSHOPS |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Rare Diseases and Global R&D Collaborations Workshop Moderator: Prof. Dr. Uğur ÖZBEK, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Break / Network |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Personalized Medicine: From Genome to Treatment Workshop Moderator: Prof. Dr. Cengizhan ÖZTÜRK, Boğaziçi University HTTM |
Akdeniz Hall - BIOEXPO SATELLITE EVENT PANELS |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | İTÜ ARI Teknokent Panel Entrepreneurship in the Light of Science: Transformative Power in Health Technologies Moderator: Dr. Asım ŞENGÖR, İTÜ ARI Teknokent – Lifetech Program Coordinator • Yağız AYDEMİR, AstraZeneca – Information Technology and Digital Director |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Break / Network |
| 13:45 - 15:00 | Dark Factories — Sponsor: VIMACHEM Moderator: Dr. Volkan ÖZGÜZ, Boğaziçi University Technology Transfer Office General Manager • Lukasz Iskra, Pharmaceutical Engineering Specialist, Vimachem |
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