the circle. forum · BILS 2027 · Berlin

From the
cell line.
To the patient.

What scales.

What purifies.

Who manufactures the future.

Why · The Premise

Why.

Less noise. More signal.

01

Every biologics leader is asked the same question. How does discovery become medicine — at scale, with the platform that holds. The infrastructure between candidate and patient is being rebuilt.

02

The white space is the room that holds the conversation differently. Closed-door. By invitation. End-user led. No expo hall. No vendor pitch. A circle for the leaders building what comes next.

03

the Annual. BILS is that room. Senior biologics leadership convened around the work that compounds — upstream, downstream, CDMO, digital manufacturing and supply. Less noise. More signal.

04

In the room. Previously confirmed for 2027: Jens H. Vogel, SVP & Head of Global Biologics Operating Unit, MSD. Further faculty announced in cadence with the programme.

Thesis · The Room

Who manufactures
the future.

Bio Innovation Leaders Summit 2027

10–11 February 2027 Hotel Palace Berlin Invited Audience Only

For decision makers from small biotech to large pharma.

The gap.

Biology moves faster than the infrastructure designed to carry it. Process validation still needs a human signature. The recommendation behind it is now algorithmic. Viral safety clearance follows predictive models. Sterile filtration integrity is monitored by systems that outrun the operator. The compliance gap between model output and accountability has never been formally named.

The Annual.

BILS convenes the leaders building the infrastructure that closes that gap — across upstream bioprocessing, downstream purification, CDMO strategy, digital manufacturing and supply chain. The corridor where biologics ambition becomes clinical supply · or breaks. The Annual is where the leaders who carry the accountability meet before the inspection does.

The decision.

What scales. What purifies. Who manufactures the future. Three questions the room must hold before the process locks. For the leaders who own the plant, sign the batch and are accountable for the intelligence layer no one has formally governed.

In the Room

The leaders.

Faculty announced in cadence with the programme.

Conference Chair · BILS 2027
Uwe Gottschalk
Operating Partner, Keensight Capital · Former CSO, Lonza

"Not an event. It is a tradition."

Uwe Gottschalk · Conference Chair · Bio Innovation Leaders Summit 2027 · Former CSO Lonza · Operating Partner Keensight Capital
Uwe Gottschalk  ·  Conference Chair  ·  BILS 2027

"

Not an event. It is a tradition.

Uwe Gottschalk · Former CSO Lonza · Operating Partner, Keensight Capital

the circle. forum · Invited to the Room

The room.

By invitation. By relevance. By room.

Up to

150

senior leaders

Ratio

80/20

end-user · partner

Format

Two
days

closed-door

Seniority

70%+

named principals

By invitation. By relevance. By room.

Invited · By Role

VP Bioprocess Development
Head of Downstream Processing
VP Quality & Compliance
SVP Digital Manufacturing
Head of Process Development
Director of Viral Safety
VP Manufacturing Operations
Head of CMC · Biologics
Chief Technical Officer

Invited · By Organisation

  • Novo Nordisk · AstraZeneca · Roche · Sanofi
  • Boehringer Ingelheim · GSK · MSD · Merck KGaA
  • Pfizer · UCB · AbbVie · Novartis · Bayer · Amgen
  • Lonza Biologics · Samsung Biologics · WuXi Biologics
  • Fujifilm Diosynth · Rentschler · Charles River · Catalent
  • Cytiva · Sartorius · Thermo Fisher Scientific · MilliporeSigma
Who Attends

The organisations.

BILS 2027 · Berlin.
who attends.

AstraZeneca in cadence GSK in cadence Roche in cadence Novartis in cadence Bayer in cadence Merck KGaA in cadence BioNTech in cadence Boehringer Ingelheim in cadence GEA in cadence Novo Nordisk in cadence Rentschler Biopharma in cadence Eleva Biologics who attends. Intertek in cadence Keensight Capital who attends. Almirall who attends. North America Bristol Myers Squibb in cadence MSD who attends. Catalent in cadence Vertex in cadence Moderna in cadence Uncountable in cadence Asia Pacific AsahiKASEI Bioprocess in cadence GenScript in cadence WuXi Biologics who attends. Daiichi Sankyo in cadence Infrastructure Cytiva in cadence AGC Biologics in cadence OUAT AI in cadence SGS in cadence Hamilton Company in cadence

the circle. forum · Partner Positions

By request.
By invitation.

Partner packages and investment are shared directly.
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Relationship · The Year

The year.

Not the forum. The relationship.

Q 1

The briefing.

Pre-forum strategic briefing. The room. The roster. The reason.

Q 2

The forum.

BILS held inside each forum of the Annual. Two days. Closed-door. End-user led.

Q 3

The follow.

Named delegate follow-through. Curated meeting introductions.

Q 4

The intelligence.

Quarterly intelligence briefing from the Annual Team.

A position. Not a placement.

the circle. · access

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The room
is taking
shape.

The prospectus is not public. Shared directly with the organisations that belong in the room.

"Not an event. It is a tradition."

Uwe Gottschalk · Former CSO Lonza

Contact

The circle.

The room. The conversations. The decisions.

Manager · Life Sciences

Herbert Ryan

Life Sciences · BILS

Co-Producer & Operations

Sheryll Lusk

Operations · the circle.

Jens H. Vogel · SVP Global Biologics · MSD · in the room with the Circle.
Jens H. Vogel
SVP Global Biologics · MSD
Nuno Fontes · SVP Head of Global CMC · WuXi Biologics · in the room with the Circle.
Nuno Fontes
SVP Head of Global CMC · WuXi Biologics
Dénes Zalai · Director Technology · Eleva Biologics · in the room with the Circle.
Dénes Zalai
Director Technology · Eleva Biologics
Judy Chou · President and CEO · AltruBio · in the room with the Circle.
Judy Chou
President and CEO · AltruBio
Felix Oehme · Former VP · Biological Development · Bayer AG · in the room with the Circle.
Felix Oehme
Former VP · Biological Development · Bayer AG
Jose Martínez · Pharma Industrial Development Director · Almirall · in the room with the Circle.
Jose Martínez
Pharma Industrial Development Director · Almirall