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 Conversation

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."

Jens H. Vogel
Opening Keynote · SVP Global Biologics
Jens H. Vogel
MSD
Nuno Fontes
Keynote · SVP Head of Global CMC
Nuno Fontes
WuXi Biologics
Dénes Zalai
Day 1 Afternoon · Director Technology
Dénes Zalai
Eleva Biologics

"

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
Partners · In the Room

The organisations.

BILS 2027 · Berlin.
in the room.

AsahiKASEI Bioprocess in the room. AstraZeneca in the room. GSK in the room. Roche in the room. Novartis in the room. Bayer in the room. MSD in the room. Merck KGaA in the room. BioNTech in the room. Catalent in the room. Vertex in the room. Boehringer Ingelheim in the room. Cytiva in the room. GEA in the room. Novo Nordisk in the room. Bristol Myers Squibb in the room. AGC Biologics in the room. Rentschler Biopharma in the room. Eleva Biologics in the room. OUAT AI in the room. Intertek in the room. Moderna in the room. Uncountable in the room. Keensight Capital in the room. GenScript in the room. WuXi Biologics in the room. SGS in the room.

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

BILS 2027 · Partner Positions

The room
is taking
shape.

The prospectus is not public. It is shared directly with the organisations that belong in the room. Leave your details and we'll send it to you.

"Not an event. It is a tradition."

Uwe Gottschalk · Former CSO Lonza · Operating Partner Keensight Capital

By invitation. By relevance. By room.

the circle. · BILS 2027

Received.

We'll be in touch.

The prospectus is on its way.
herbert@gbxcircle.com

Contact · For the Conversation

The conversation.

The room. The conversations. The decisions.

Manager · Life Sciences

Herbert Ryan

Life Sciences · BILS

Co-Producer & Operations

Sheryll Lusk

Operations · the circle.