Who’s Speaking in 2026? Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the 3rd Peptide-Based Therapeutics Summit. Large Pharma Leaders Peptide Drug Hunters & Developers Investors & Industry Advisors Large Pharma Leaders Pete Gough Head of Research, Immuno-Pharmacology & Peptide DiscoveryAbbvie Shelley Allen Project Director II, Immuno-Pharmacology & Peptide DiscoveryAbbvie Annette Bak Head of Advanced Drug DeliveryAstraZeneca Atsushi Matsuo Research ScientistChugai Pharmaceuticals Byungkook Lee Research & Development ScientistEli Lilly Sumit Arora Senior Principal Scientist, Oral PeptidesJohnson & Johnson Maria Fawaz Associate Principal ScientistMerck & Co Wen Jianzhong Senior Principal Scientist & Group LeadMerck & Co Kaustav Biswas Senior Principal Scientist, Boston Discovery ChemistryMerck Research Laboratories Chen Liang Ph.D Senior Scientist IINovo Nordisk Olivera Grubisha Senior Group Leader, In Vitro PharmacologyUCB Peptide Drug Hunters & Developers Christopher J Brown Principle InvestigatorA*STAR Phil Brandish Chief Scientific OfficerAI Proteins Ajay Kshatriya Chief Scientific OfficerAizen Therapeutics Breena Fraga-Walton Senior ScientistCircle Pharma David Earp President & Chief Executive OfficerCircle Pharma Florian Foeger Chief Executive OfficerCyprumed Barbara Hibner Chief Scientific OfficerDecoy Therapeutics Michael Lipp Chief Technology OfficerDecoy Therapeutics Gilles Divita Chief Executive OfficerDivincell Charles Johannes Founder, President & Chief ScientistEPOC Scientific Soultan Al-Halifa Director, Research & Development, Biopharmaceutical ChemistryFeldan Therapeutics Hideki Tomioka Chief Scientific Officer, Member of the Board, Director of Research & DevelopmentFunPep Tomi Sawyer Chief Drug Hunter & PresidentMaestro Therapeutics Bradley Pentelute Professor of ChemistryMIT Justin Lawrie Senior ScientistParabilis Medicines Immanuel Lerner Founder & Chief Executive OfficerPepticom Ved Srivastava Chief Technology OfficerPerpetual Medicines David White Senior Vice President & Head of Drug DiscoveryProteinQure Sam Hong Senior Director & Head of Platform SciencesRapafusyn Pharmaceuticals Alan Nafiiev Founder & Chief Executive OfficerReceptor.AI Barry Kappel Founder, President & Chief Executive OfficerSapience Therapeutics David Brayden Professor of Advanced Drug DeliveryUniversity College Dublin Cameron Pye Chief Executive OfficerUnnatural Products Joshua Schwochert Chief Scientific OfficerUnnatural Products Thomas Von Erlach Co-Founder & Chief Scientific OfficerVivtex Peter Knauer Distinguished Fellow, CMCXeris Pharmaceuticals Investors & Industry Advisors Antoine Henninot Senior Director, Drug Maker & Peptide ChemistryCurie.Bio Mi Cai Patent AttorneyFoley Hoag Julie Zhang Team Lead, Principal Scientist, Global BiologicsU.S. Pharmacopeia Kevin Carrick Senior Director, Global BiologicsU.S. Pharmacopeia Alex Loftis PrincipalVida Ventures Explore the Agenda Hear the latest industry breakthroughs and gain exclusive insights during our packed agenda, interactive roundtables, and panel discussions. View Presentations & Speakers Partner With Us Position yourself alongside other leading solution providers to ensure your brand is at the heart of biopharma deals. Explore Sponsorship Options Join Biopharma Experts Be part of the hottest conversations with like-minded attendees spanning all stages of drug development and make critical connections during our dedicated networking sessions. Register Now