Agencies, societies and charities at ESGCT 2026

Oct 27–30, 2026 Hamburg, Germany ~2.5k attendees Website

21 agencies, societies and charities are at ESGCT 2026 — 27 presentations on the program. Most represented: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (6 on the program), Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (2 on the program), National Institutes of Health (2 on the program). 7 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 16, 2026.

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OrganizationESGCT 2026 Attendance
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Langen, Germany
Agencies, societies & charities
German federal agency for vaccines and biomedicines that authorizes gene and cell therapies and researches targeted viral and lipid vectors.
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
9:05am–10:45am
Targeted lentiviral vectors for in vivo CAR-T cell generation
EDUCATION SESSION 1a - Expanding the delivery possibilities by the design of new vectors for gene therapy
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)Cell therapies and CAR-T
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
An Alternative Approach for In Vivo T Cell Activation
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
Talk
Wed Oct 28
3:30pm–5:30pm
Off-the-shelf CAR T cells through in vivo gene delivery
SESSION 5: In vivo gene therapy
Cell therapies and CAR-TVectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Bispecific DART-AAVs: How to engineer vectors for gene delivery into non-activated T cells
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
CD56-targeted AAV vectors for receptor-selective gene delivery into NK cells and muscle cells
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Talk
Fri Oct 30
11:15am–1:00pm
Elements and priorities for international regulatory harmonization for ATMPs
SESSION 12c: Regulatory & Ethics
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Talk
Fri Oct 30
12:00pm–1:00pm
ApoE-DARPin fusion proteins enable selective RNA transfer to target cells by lipid nanoparticles
SESSION 12d: Non-viral vectors/Nanotechnology and RNA therapeutics II
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)RNA and oligonucleotide therapies
Agencies, societies & charities
Independent innovation centre helping cell and gene therapy developers translate, scale and manufacture therapies, including a manufacturing centre in Stevenage.
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Advancing non-viral in vivo gene therapies from innovation to clinical readiness
Non viral delivery
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Overcoming rAAV gene therapy cost barriers through intensified and continuous manufacturing
Manufacturing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Reducing residual nucleic acid impurities in rAAV production through human nuclease overexpression
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Agencies, societies & charities
US federal agency that funds and conducts biomedical research, including gene and cell therapy.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Genotoxic rAAV integrations in mice predicted the mechanism of genotoxic rAAV integrations in humans
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Talk
Thu Oct 29
4:30pm–6:00pm
SESSION 9b: Lentiviral vectors/integrative vectors
SESSION 9b: Lentiviral vectors/integrative vectors
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Agencies, societies & charities
European Commission agency that manages EU health research funding, including Horizon Europe health calls on advanced therapies.
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
European Union funding opportunities for Advanced Therapies in Horizon Europe, Cluster 1 Health
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Chair
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
with European Research Council
Manufacturing, CMC and access
European Research Council
Brussels, Belgium
Agencies, societies & charities
EU funder of investigator-led frontier research across all fields, including gene and cell therapy.
Chair
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
with European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
The European Research Council’s funding opportunities: current developments and future outlook
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Agencies, societies & charities
International advocacy organisation for the cell and gene therapy sector, representing developers, investors and patient groups on policy and access.
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
10:00am–11:00am
Real world evidence generation for MAA and HTA
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 1
Manufacturing, CMC and accessClinical trials and translation
Agencies, societies & charities
Trade association representing research-based pharmaceutical companies in Germany.
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Monitoring the National Strategy for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies: Assessing Germany’s Competitiveness and the Impact of Strategic Interventions in a Global Context
Other
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Agencies, societies & charities
Austria's medicines regulator, operated by the AGES medicines agency; it authorises clinical trials and medicines, including advanced therapies.
Chair
Fri Oct 30
11:00am–1:00pm
SESSION 12c: Regulatory & Ethics
with Goethe University Frankfurt
Manufacturing, CMC and access
BR
Belgian Red Cross
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
T-cells maintain phenotype during successful culture in human platelet lysate
Immunotherapy and CAR T cells
CTNNB1 Foundation
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Agencies, societies & charities
Patient non-profit for CTNNB1 syndrome that is developing an AAV9 gene therapy, now in a first-in-human clinical trial.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
First-in-human clinical trial of AAV9-mediated gene augmentation therapy for CTNNB1 neurodevelopmental syndrome
CNS & sensory
Agencies, societies & charities
European Commission department that sets EU research policy and runs the Horizon Europe funding programme.
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
Horizon Europe for Advanced Therapies: Current EU Landscape and Future Directions
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Agencies, societies & charities
EU programme that funds and invests in breakthrough technologies and startups, including cell and gene therapy companies.
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:00am–10:30am
Strengthening the Cell and Gene Therapy Pipeline with European Innovation Council support
SESSION 11d: Building the Horizon: European funding for the Cell and Gene Therapies of today and tomorrow
Manufacturing, CMC and access
European Medicines Agency
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Agencies, societies & charities
EU agency that evaluates and supervises medicines, including advanced therapies through its Committee for Advanced Therapies.
Talk
Fri Oct 30
12:30pm–1:00pm
Academic ATMP development to marketing authorization: Lenti-WAS (pCCL-CT-WAS) in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
SESSION 12c: Regulatory & Ethics
Manufacturing, CMC and accessRare and inherited disease
Agencies, societies & charities
Political and economic union of 27 European countries whose institutions set medicines law and fund research.
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
11:15am–1:00pm
The ATMP centers of excellence and EU biotech-act
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 2
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Agencies, societies & charities
Alliance of eleven European university hospitals working together on research, education, rare diseases and innovative therapies.
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
12:15pm–1:00pm
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 2
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 2
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Agencies, societies & charities
Italian rare disease charity that funds research, runs the Tigem and SR-Tiget institutes and brings gene therapies to patients on a not-for-profit model.
Workshop
Tue Oct 27
11:35am–1:00pm
Not for profit model of ATMP commercialization in EU and US
CLINICAL TRIALS AND COMMERCIALISATION WORKSHOP 2
Manufacturing, CMC and access

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