/ by / 0 2026 International Program & Steering Committee Sonalee Barthakur, MSc Associate Director of External Innovation, SERVIER Pharmaceuticals.Fmr Harvard University Technology Transfer Office, Boston MA. Frank Borriello, MD, PhD CEO & Co-Founder, ALLOPLEX Biotherapeutics, Boston MA. Leslie Cousens, PhD GI Search & Evaluation Lead, R&D BD Center for External Innovation,TAKEDA. Boston MA. Vanessa El Harrar, MD, MPH, Vice President, Vaccines Business Strategy Lead@ PPD BIOTECH [Thermo Fisher Group]. Boca Raton, FL. Abderrahim Lachgar, Pharm. D. Co-Founder & BOD Member, APMONIA Therapeutics, Reims, France Shahin Gharakhanian, MD, DPH[Principal & Program Chair] Co-Founder in 2017, Boston-Paris Biotechnology Summit®. Principal & Chief Medical Officer , Shahin Gharakhanian MD Consulting LLC, Cambridge MA. Soheila Gharakhanian, BS, BA Co-Founder in 2017, Boston-Paris Biotechnology Summit®. Principal Blend of Concept LLC, the Summit Producer, Cambridge, MA. Silvia Helou, MD Principal, HC Consulting LLC, Clinical Development & Operations MD, NJ, USA. Sunhee Hong, PhD Co-Founder, GLSG LLC: Global Life Science Gateway. Director, Linkorus: Link Korea-to-US LLC. Stoneham, MA, USA. Mikael Petrosyan, MBA (MIT) Strategic Initiatives Lead, Global Medical, TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS. Vice President of the SDP: Society of Decision Professionals, Boston MA. Rachele Ryan, MA Senior Director, Partnerships & Programing, LABCENTRAL, Cambridge MA, USA Jerome Windsor PharmD, MBA CBO – Senior Vice President Corporate and Business Development AI applied to Pharma R&D – Strategy, Funding, BD, Partnerships, AITIA, Boston MA.
