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8:20 am Registration & Networking

8:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Latest Clinical & R&D Advances in Gastrointestinal Indications Disorders Driving Therapeutic Innovation

9:00 am Ultra-Purified Microbial Fractions: A New Frontier in FMT-Derived Therapeutics

Chief Executive Officer, Microviable Therapeutics
  • Showcase a proprietary manufacturing process that isolates microbial fractions while discarding faecal material
  • Present preclinical data in infectious disease, melanoma, and colorectal cancer models
  • Prepare for IND submission and clinical trial initiation to validate cross-indication potential

9:30 am Re-evaluating FMT as a Bridge Between Academic Insight & Therapeutic Innovation in IBD

Professor, Clinical Microbiome, University of Birmingham
  • Introducing trials exploring FMT in ulcerative colitis and PSC to investigate disease modification and mechanistic insight
  • Address disconnects between academic research and industry sentiment around FMT and LBPs, and propose frameworks to realign innovation
  • Position FMT as both a therapeutic and diagnostic tool to inform future live biotherapeutic development

10:00 am Morning Break & Poster Session

Enhancing Translational Accuracy Through Advanced Preclinical Models

11:00 am Update on BEO 001 Clinical Proof-of-Concept Study

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, BEO Therapeutics
  • Ongoing clinical trial in 99 patients to evaluate BEO 001 efficacy and safety
  • Predictive response model predicting clinical efficacy

11:30 am Reprogramming the Microbiome: Engineering Phage-Resistant LBPs for Durable Therapeutic Impact

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Ancilia Biosciences
  • Demonstrate how CRISPR-enhanced bacterial strains resist phage attack to improve engraftment and therapeutic persistence
  • Leverage virome analysis to uncover viral drivers of LBP failure across women’s health and gut indications
  • Expand platform applications from vaginal microbiome to gut disorders, showcasing data from preclinical developments

12:00 pm Lunch Break & Networking

Exploring Novel Modalities & Combination Strategies to Expand Therapeutic Potential

1:30 pm Exploring Microbiome–Drug Synergies to Strengthen Mechanistic Evidence & Therapeutic Impact

Senior Director, Operations, Caelus Health
  • Present pilot data on combining Anaerobutyricum soehngenii with metformin to enhance glycemic control and reduce blood pressure in type 2 diabetes
  • Evaluate how microbial therapies can mitigate drug-induced microbiota disruption and amplify host metabolic responses
  • Discuss future directions for combination strategies, including prebiotics and multistrain consortia, and how spatial insights could support mechanistic understanding

2:00 pm Mapping the Microbial World Through Massive Phenotypic Screens & Artificial Intelligence

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Concerto Biociences
  • Enabled by our MIT-developed combinatorial screening platform kChip, Concerto Biosciences’ ecological map of the microbial world incorporates 40+ million experimental measurements of microbial community behavior. This data trains our proprietary AI, kAI, to expand the map further still
  • From this unique vantage, hundreds of robust, synergistic, and multifunctional microbe-based ingredient hits stand out in plain view. The first was ENS-002, a three-strain biotherapeutic that successfully completed Phase 1 clinical testing for atopic dermatitis
  • We are now unleashing the full might of our platform and data in consumer health, beginning with deodorant and moving toward other applications in skin health and beyond

2:30 pm Harnessing Microbial Therapeutics to Prime Immunity & Expand Cancer Treatment Possibilities

Chief Scientific Officer, Prokarium
  • Explore IO Prime as a strategy to enhance immune readiness and improve response to existing therapies
  • Demonstrate how trained immunity and microbial reprogramming can unlock new combination approaches in oncology
  • Understand the rationale behind an upcoming trial using attenuated oral salmonella

3:00 pm Afternoon Break & Refreshments

Understanding the Global Regulatory Landscape & Accessibility Challenges for Microbiome Therapeutics & Consumer Health Products

3:30 pm Harnessing Microbial Insights for Innovative Consumer Product Development

R&D Director & Principal Scientist, Procter & Gamble
  • Explore the complex interactions within the human microbiome and how these dynamics influence health and product efficacy in multiple areas including skin and oral care
  • Discuss the integration of multiomics technologies, such as RNASeq and metagenomics, proteomics to uncover the mechanisms of microbial response to therapeutic ingredients
  • Illustrate case studies from Procter & Gamble that demonstrate how microbiome research translates into actionable strategies for consumer product development, emphasising the role of biomarkers and mechanistic understanding in driving innovation

4:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 pm End of Conference