15:00 - 15:10Welcome address

Dr Stelios Kympouropoulos, MEP
15:10 – 15:25The State of the ATMP sector in Europe

Tim Hunt, Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
15:25 – 15:40Testimonial from the first pediatric patient cured with CAR-T therapy

Emily Whitehead & Tom Whitehead, Emily Whitehead Foundation
15:40 – 15:55EU initiatives of relevance to the ATMP sector

Sylvain Giraud, Head of Unit ‘Medical Products: Quality, Safety, Innovation’, DG Sante, European Commission
15:55 – 16:55Panel discussion: How to improve patient access to ATMPs in Europe?

Patrick Celis, Scientific Administrator, Committee for Advanced Therapies, European Medicines Agency
Lucy Ellerker, Patient Advocate
Simone Boselli, Director of Public Affairs, EURORDIS Rare Disease Europe
Susana Solís Perez, MEP
Chris Vann, Chief Operating Officer at Autolus, and Member of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine’s Board
16:55 – 17:00Concluding remarks

Dr Miguel Forte, President-Elect of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy, and Member of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine’s Board