Head of Customer & Industry Advocacy Strategy, BPS

Miriam Monge has been the Head of Customer & Industry Advocacy Strategy BPS at Sartorius since January 2025. She began her career during the pioneering phase of Single-Use technologies at Stedim Biosystems, where she played a pivotal role in Key Account Management and as Director of Marketing. Miriam was instrumental in driving industry advocacy for Single-Use systems, notably founding the ISPE Disposables Global Community of Practice and leading task forces that presented on Single-Use technologies to the FDA.

At Sartorius, Miriam has focused on Modality & Bioprocess Marketing, serving as Head of Marketing for Integrated Solutions and Head of Segment Marketing for Protein & Virus-based Therapies. She has authored over 50 publications on Single-Use technologies and is a long-term editorial advisor for Bioprocess International.

Research Fellow, Corporate Research, Sartorius

Magali Barbaroux, Ph.D. works within Sartorius Corporate Research and manages advanced polymers research programs with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and opportunities brought by the New Plastic Economy in biotech processes. Magali joined Sartorius in 2000 and contributed to the development of bag products, primarily films and tubes, optimizing them for bioprocessing applications. Magali started her career with research into silicone for drug delivery and migration of active substances through polymeric membranes. She now has 30 years of experience in polymer science for healthcare applications.

VP Strategic Marketing, Suedpack

Valeska Haux is VP Strategic Marketing at SÜDPACK. This function covers the areas of Strategic Product Management, Marketing Communication as well as Sustainability. Together with her Sustainability Team she drives forward diverse initiatives related to climate protection, circularity and social responsibility. Focal point is becoming NET ZERO as well as a ZERO WASTE company. This also includes the further development of a sustainable product portfolio as well as the introduction of circular business models along the entire value chain – taking into consideration different technologies as for example chemical recycling.

Head of Corporate Sustainability, Sartorius

Katharina Tillmanns is the Head of Corporate Sustainability at Sartorius. With her team, she develops the sustainability strategy for Sartorius and is responsible for steering and controlling all Sartorius sustainability activities. The team drives ESG [environmental, social, and governance] performance and supports the transformation towards more sustainable solutions and accelerated decarbonization. Katharina is a member of the board of econsense, Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business e.V., and represents Sartorius at the United Nations Global Compact. Before joining Sartorius in 2017, she held various roles in investor relations, public relations, and sustainability communications.

Head of Product Sustainability, Sartorius

Matteo Alaria leads a team dedicated to developing and implementing the product sustainability roadmap for bioprocess solutions at Sartorius. Matteo started his journey in sustainability as a consultant and then joined the sustainability team at Ferrero before moving to Sartorius in July of 2022. Across his 13-year career, he has guided companies in their strategic decisions to start, expand, or speed up their sustainability journey. He has been setting challenging targets and developing programs to create value for brands and stakeholders across different industries, including FMCG, chemical, automotive, and food and beverage.

Senior Sustainability Programm Manager, Genentech

Daniel Fulford is a senior sustainability program manager at Genentech focusing on building and enhancing recycling programs, reducing waste as well as working reducing and recycling water on our campus.  He has been at Genentech for 8 years, previously working on environmental permitting and managing the hazardous waste program.  Being apart of the project team for the new Clinical Supply Center using SUT technology, Dan is now focused on building programs that reduce, reuse and hopefully recycling the materials generated from these operations.   As the biotech landscape moves forward with this technology and with Genentech's construction of a new full scale manufacturing plant in Oceanside he is excited to collaborate and share idea's on how to best address these waste issues.

Global Head of Marketing, va-Q-tec AG

Moritz joined va-Q-tec back in 2017 after working more than 15 years for globally active B2B & B2C companies. As Global Head of Marketing he is responsible for developing and implementing brand and marketing strategies worldwide. Sustainable management and thermal energy efficiency have been central topics for va-Q-tec since its foundation. Together with his team, Moritz takes care of the consistent further development of the sustainability strategy.