Keynote: From Lab Breakthroughs to Factory Floors: How Project Managers Deliver Scalable Pharma & Biotech Manufacturing

Developing a therapy is only half the battle. The other half — building the plants, supply chains, and capital projects to produce it at scale — is where timelines slip, budgets overrun, and patient access is delayed. In today’s pharma and biotech landscape, project managers are the linchpins of successful scale-up, bridging R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain execution. This keynote explores how leading organizations are managing complex expansions, ensuring resilience, and keeping production aligned with scientific and market needs.

• Bridging science and operations: How project managers connect R&D readiness with manufacturing and supply capabilities.

• Capital project execution: Lessons from multi-million-euro plant builds and expansions - where PPMs prevent scope creep, cost blowouts, and regulatory delays.

• Supply chain resilience: Practical steps to safeguard production timelines against global disruptions and vendor risk.

• Advanced therapies, advanced challenges: What makes scaling cell & gene therapies, biologics, and personalized medicines uniquely difficult — and how PMs are adapting.

• The European spotlight: Why Barcelona and Southern Europe are becoming focal points for manufacturing investment, and what that means for local project leaders.