BioProcess International (BPI) 2014 Opens its Doors to More than 1500 Industry Leaders Seeking New Technologies, Partnerships, and Critical insights

Today IBC Life Sciences, is pleased to kick off the 2014 edition of BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition, the world’s largest event dedicated to biological development and manufacturing. Being held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from October 20-23, this year’s event will see more than 1500 industry professionals from across the biological development value chain to engage in intensive learning, networking and partnering.

“We are pleased to see that some of the industry’s leading companies have chosen to showcase their new products in the highly anticipated BPI Theater this year. The continued success of the BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition is due to the unwavering commitment of the sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and the attendees who ultimately help to cure disease and improve lives,” said Elizabeth Cutler, Managing Director, IBC Life Sciences.

The event opens with five visionary keynote presentations by John G. Cox, Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology, Biogen Idec; Robert Mattaliano, Ph.D., Group Vice President and Head of Biologics, Sanofi-Genzyme R&D Center; and, Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Biological Technologies Office, DARPA.

The four main conference tracks are: cell culture & upstream processing, recovery & purification, manufacturing strategy, formulation & delivery and analytical & quality. These take place on October 21-23.

Plus, IBC will hold pre-conference symposiums on October 20, four bioprocessing professional development training courses on October 20-21 and the new success factors for early stage bilogics and early stage companies session on October 22.

The exhibit hall is open October 21-23 and features 150 exhibitors, the BPI Theater, lounges sponsors by SAFC, Pall Life Sciences and HETIRISK and the emerging marketplace pavilion.
New the year, the BPI Theater located in the exhibit hall (October 22-23) opens with an impressive lineup of new product launches from leading companies including, Meissner Filtration Products, Pall Life Sciences, EMD Millipore, Asahi Kasei Bioprocess, Sartorious Stedim and Purolite.

A high level of productive networking is anticipated by the strong adoption by this year’s attendees of partnering360 event specific networking tool. This new networking tool will make identifying and engaging with best-fit partners at the event easier than ever before.

Plus, the event will be the ideal backdrop to host the BioProcess International 2014 Industry Awards which celebrate and recognize the outstanding people, organizations and technologies that have significantly changed, impacted, and advanced the efficiency of biotherapeutic development and manufacturing process.

We're also onsite covering the event through our social media channels.  Follow #BPIConf on twitter for session updates and visit this blog each morning for a recap of each day's top sessions.

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