APAC (Asia Pacific) Industry Committee

APAC Industry Committee

Established in 2022 between ISCT Asia Regional Executive Committee and ISCT Industry Leadership to support the rapid growth of the CGT market in the Asia Pacific Region. 

Committee Charter

APAC IC addresses challenges and bottlenecks impacting CGT development unique to the region, while promoting communication and alignment between Eastern and Western perspectives.

Projects & Objectives

  • Developing Regulatory Roadmap across 8 key APAC regions
  • ISCT Workforce Development regional initiatives
  • ISCT Annual Meeting Roundtable curation related to Global Market & Partnering Strategies
  • MOU with FIRM & APACRM

APAC Industry Committee Roster

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CO-CHAIR

William Hwang

MBBS, MMed, FRCP, FAMS National Cancer Center,
SingHealth, Singapore

CO-CHAIR

Antonio S. J. Lee, BSc.(Hons), MSc., Ph.D

Medipost Co., Ltd.
South Korea & USA

Members:

Heidi Bergman
Cell Therapies
Australia

Bingrong Chen
Thermo Fisher
Singapore

Vorapin Chinchalongporn
ESP
Thailand

Bryan Choi
Ex Officio - ISCT Asia Regional Committee
South Korea

Lynn Csontos
STEMCELL
Canada

Alannah Evans
Kite Pharma
Australia/New Zealand

Pawan Gupta
Asia VP Elect
India

Juliana Gutierrez
BioMérieux
Japan

William YK Hwang
Asia VP
Singapore

Shin Kawamata
Asia Secretary
Japan

Srinivasan Kellathur
Regional Advisor
Singapore

Kilian Kelly
Cynata
Australia/New Zealand

Wenyan Leong
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
Japan

William Milligan
Steminent
Canada/Taiwan

John Ng
Dark Horse Consulting
Singapore

Albeena Nisar
ESP
India

Renee O'Brien
NMDP
United States

Steve Oh
Independent
Singapore

Gabrielle O’Sullivan
Regional Advisor
Australia/New Zealand

Hadrien Piana
Lonza
Belgium

Anit Singh
Genophore Research
India

Kunihiko Suzuki
Asia Treasurer
Japan

Eddie Tan
ESP
Singapore

Yoshi Tsurumaki
FIRM (Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine)
Japan

Franziska Uber
PL BioScience
Denmark

Zlatibor Velickovic
Ex Officio
Australia

Shane Winzar
Australian Red Cross
Australia

Peter Woo
Miltenyi Biotec
South Korea

Bin Wu
Azenta
China

Peiqing Zhang
Cytiva
Singapore