Speaker Profile
RAC, Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs, Kyverna Tx
Biography
Ben Dewees is a leader at Kyverna Therapeutics, specializing in the development of cell therapies for autoimmune diseases. Ben is a dedicated Regulatory professional with over 25 years of industry experience and over 20 of those years in Regulatory Affairs. He brings extensive experience in developing novel drug development pathways for patients with unmet medical needs. Ben is dedicated to enhancing patient care through innovative therapeutic solutions.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
Morten Sogaard, Astellas Gene Therapies
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: James M. Wilson, Gemma Biotherapeutics
Luminary Honoree: Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford
- Keynote: Bioorthogonal Chemistry, from Basic Science to Clinical Translation
- Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford
- Keynote: The Promise of Genetic Medicines Unless You're Too Poor or Too Rare
- James M. Wilson, Gemma Biotherapeutics
- Barriers in Gene Therapy
Chair: Timothy Hunt, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
- Tay Salimullah, 4BIO Capital
- James M. Wilson, Gemma Biotherapeutics
- Courtney Silverthorn, Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC) - Next-Generation Delivery Systems for Gene Therapies (PANEL)
Chair: James M. Wilson, Gemma Biotherapeutics
- Mathieu Nonnenmacher, Voyager Therapeutics
- Kevin Friedman, Kelonia Therapeutics
- Kunwoo Lee, GenEdit
- Haig Aghajanian, Capstan Therapeutics
- Beyond the Genome: Harnessing Epigenetics in Rare Disease Treatment (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Gersbach, Duke
- Prashant Mali, UCSD
- Nadav Ahituv, UCSF
- Blythe Sather, Tune Therapeutics
- Fyodor D Urnov, Berkely University
- Navigating the Regulatory Landscape for Gene and Cell Therapies (PANEL)
Chair: Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
- Rob Califf, FDA
- Courtney Silverthorn, Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC)
- Ben Dewees, Kyverna Therapeutics
- Paul Kruszka, GeneDx
- AI-driven Improvements in Gene and Cell Therapy (PANEL)
Chair: John Androsavich, Ginkgo Bioworks
- Francois Vigneault, Shape Therapeutics
- Eeshit Dhaval Vaishnav, Sequome
- Sam Sinai, Dyno Therapeutics
- Kira Radinsky, mana.bio
You have truly created something of a “Davos of personalized medicine” conference, which has value beyond ASCO and ASH.
PMWC is indeed 'The Davos of Biotech'
There is no other event with such a lineup of leaders in their field. My annual MUST event since 2013!
Now THAT is a stellar line up!!
I am thrilled to hear about the impressive lineup of speakers and the engaging topics planned for the conference.
PMWC is a landmark event, a real tour de force in precision medicine!
Congrats. This is an amazing rock star lineup.
The PMWC program and speaker lineup is one of the most impactful and thoughtfully curated conferences in healthcare today.
I’ve spoken and had exhibitions in the past at PMWC — one of my favorite conferences of the year — and this lineup is extra impressive.
Tal has done an amazing job developing the PMWC into the #1 premier precision medicine conference.
Incredible line up! Great event you are putting on
What an impressive lineup.
Congratulations on the amazing speaker lineup. Wow!
PMWC was excellent, and the lineup sounds truly impressive!
The line up has come together beautifully and quite impressively. Many people have mentioned how much they are looking forward to it.
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Previous Speakers Include
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