Alexander Natz is the Secretary General of the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs in Brussels and advises innovative pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including start-ups, in regulatory and pricing & reimbursement matters from the EU law and German law perspective. From 2008 to 2013, he was Head of the Brussels Office of Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V. Before, he has been a lawyer at Sträter Law Firm in Germany with a special focus on managed entry agreements & licensing of pharmaceuticals. He has also worked in the field of competition law with the EC & in the pharma industry. His doctorate was supervised by the former judge at the European Court of Justice, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Everling.

Ania Mitan serves as the Senior Vice President & Managing Director, EMEA and India. She is former Executive Director of the commercial organization at Celgene, where she built the oncology business in the EMEA region with healthcare partners to shape quality delivery systems and new commercialization models in personalized medicine, specifically with novel cell and gene therapies. She began her career at Eli Lilly and Company, serving as Head of Commercial Development for EU mid-size countries, Head of Primary Care Business Unit for the UK and Ireland, and Head of Marketing for the Critical Care Unit. Ania earned her MBA from Simmons College and MSc in Pharmacy from Silesian Medical Academy (Poland).

As a consultant and board advisor, Aleksandar provides strategic vision, people leadership and managerial oversight to corporations. As an Entrepreneur (and Intrapreneur for clients), he helps build-up fast-growing (novel) businesses for new and established corporations. In his volunteer roles within the INSEAD alumni healthcare community, and in the past the Digital Health Alliance, as occasional guest lecturer at universities and as trusted coach to his long-term clients and (past) colleagues, he supports the professional development of healthcare/ life sciences leaders.

As Associate Director of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence at BMS, Jacquelyn is responsible for evaluating trends in the regulatory environment and working with stakeholders to advocate for policies supporting development of innovative medicines. She has been managing projects, leading initiatives, and designing processes to assess the impact of regulatory change on strategy, operations, and compliance in the pharmaceutical industry for 13+ years. Her current focus is on regulatory policies impacting ATMPs and supporting project teams in the Hematology & Oncology disease areas. Jacquelyn holds a degree in Cell Biology & Biochemistry from Bucknell University and a MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jens Grueger is a Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group based in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined BCG in 2019 as a senior expert for pricing and market access in healthcare and serves both industry and Global Health clients. He is also a Fellow at the BCG Henderson Institute, where his research focuses on systems solutions for equity and access to healthcare. Jens is an Affiliate Professor of Health Economics at the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in Seattle, USA, and the 2020-2021 President of ISPOR, the leading professional society for health economics and outcomes research.

Dr Gabaldo has more than 20 years of experience in drug development spanning from chemicals up to ATMP. Currently Vice President ATMP Global Regulatory Affairs at EVOTEC. Master degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology and Master degree in Regulatory Affairs & Market Access for Chemicals and Biopharmaceuticas. Winner of 2017 edition of TopRA Award in the Future category, Michela offers up to date knowledge of the most recent regulations in ATMPs and Orphans. Currently member of the IRDIRC Regulatory Scientific Committee.

Vanessa Schaub is Global Access Strategy Leader for HTA & Reimbursement at Roche. In this role she is in charge of ensuring consistent approach to HTA systems, assessment methodologies, appropriate evidence application, value frameworks and innovative reimbursement schemes globally. Before taking over the global role she hold diverse access and commercial positions in the Roche German affiliate. Vanessa has experience in the departments of oncology, neurology and respiratory diseases.

Dr Emil Andrei Cochino is a Specialist in Public Health and Health Services Management. He has been a scientific officer at EMA from 2009, and is working in the Human Medicines Department as a Scientific Senior Specialist (Risk Management), where he is responsible for peer-reviewing risk management plans for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products. Furthermore, he is overseeing the revision 3 update of GVP Module V – Risk Management Systems and is coordinating the Agency’s transparency efforts for RMPs.

Sandra Petraglia has been working at the AIFA since 2004. Currently Head of Pre Authorisation Department, with close involvement in the national implementation activities and requirements for the Clinical Trials Regulation since 2015, being also the Italian representative at the CTFG and at the EMA and EU Commission groups on implementation of Regulation 536/2014 EU. Medical Doctor by education, Dermatologist and PhD in Dermatological Immunology, her previous activities at the AIFA have been as Clinical assessor, MRP/DCP Coordinator and Italian CMDh member from 2005 to 2016. Previously, she has being working in the fields of Information and Advertising on Medicines and of Dermatological Oncology and Immunological therapy.

Sophie is Managing Partner at Partners4Access (P4A), a global consultancy 100% focused on orphan drug access. P4A support the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry along their launch journey to help secure successful price, reimbursement and access for orphan drugs. The company has solid partnerships with clients supporting their strategy and operations to effectively ensure launch success. Sophie has worked in a range of disease therapy areas and has industry experience in both medical device and pharmaceutical industries, as such she has developed a solid appreciation of strategic challenges and opportunities facing companies.

Anne Kerber serves as senior vice president, head of Cell Therapy Development at Bristol Myers Squibb and leads all clinical trial and development activities of BMS’ cell therapy portfolio. Anne is an experienced leader and drug developer, with particular expertise in cell therapies. Prior to BMS, she worked at Kite, a Gilead Company, as vice president, Clinical Development. Before that, she held several leadership roles at Affimed. Anne received her M.D. from Philipps University in Marburg, Germany and completed her clinical training in Internal Medicine at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt. She also holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Antonella Cardone is the CEO of Cancer Patients Europe, a pan-European all-cancer patient association. She's a Patient Advocacy Expert and Advisor to the Board of Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE), uniting physicians, patients, politicians, journalists, academia, and industry, and she is a member of Inspire2Live. Antonella led the European Cancer Patient Coalition and served as Executive Director of the Fit for Work Global Alliance. With 25 years of nonprofit experience in health, social, and employment sectors, she also directed the Global Smoke-free Partnership of the American Cancer Society. Antonella holds Master's degrees in Science and Business Administration. She has been on the Boards of All.Can and PCE, where she was vice-chair.

Nicolas Koebel is the CEO of EpilepsyGTx, a Biotech developing cutting-edge gene therapies targeting epilepsy, since September 2022.In his career spanning 20 years, he has specialized in gene and cell therapies.At GSK(2005-2015), he was responsible for the commercialization strategies of gene therapies targeting rare diseases, including STRIMVELIS, the first autologous ex vivo gene therapy approved by the EMA.As founder and first employee of Orchard Therapeutics (2016-2022), he set up the development function of the company and was involved in the company fundraising including IPO in 2018. He pioneered the commercialization of LIBMELDY in Europe, leading the qualification of treatment sites and reimbursement negotiations in several markets.

Based on the educational background in international law and diplomatic studies, Marcus has forged a career in network development, strategic guidance, and policy management. In 2016, he accepted the Chief Operating Officer position at EUnetHTA Joint Action 3 and now continues with EUnetHTA 21 Consortium. He also leads work of the Heads of HTA Agencies Group and supports the Chairs in processes of the strategic decision making, preparing European HTA landscape for the EU HTA Regulation. Moreover, in 2018 Marcus launched the International Horizon Scanning Initiative, building a global database of pharmaceutical products in development combined with novel data-modelling tools that support member state healthcare product negotiation potential.

François is a patient and works at the European Organisation for Rare Diseases as Director of Treatment Information and Access since 2003. He's been involved in EUnetHTA since the first Joint Action back in 2010, and supervises Eurordis policy and advocacy on HTA. François also represents Eurordis at the European Medicines Agency.

Maria João Garcia is a PharmD with 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across different departments (drug development, regulatory affairs and access) in oncology and neuroscience. In her role as Global Access Evidence Lead, Maria was the project manager of the last two Roche pilot EUnetHTA REAs and is currently leading Roche's internal communication, awareness and education on the evolving EU HTA framework. She is passionate about EU HTA and enthusiastic about the potential benefits it will bring to all relevant stakeholders across the EU. She is also leading HTA evidence generation and synthesis activities in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (gene therapy) and Alzheimer's Disease.