Summit on Access and Affordability in Cell and Gene Therapies

FRIDAY, 20 MARCH 2026

Note: All times listed are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Welcome and Keynote Session
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom

Chair: Deepak Srivastava, MD, Gladstone Institutes

Tom Rando, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles - Opening remarks

Keith Alm, ISSCR - Opening remarks

Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD, CIRM - Opening remarks

Ignacio Willats, Mytos Bio - Sponsor remarks

Amander Clark, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles - Program overview

Dana Goldman, PhD, University of Southern California – Keynote speaker

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Refreshment Break
Room: Centennial AB Foyer

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel 1: Strategies for Reducing Risks and Addressing Commercial Insurer Participation
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom

Chair: David J. McLean, PhD, Emerging Therapy Solutions

LaShawn McIver, MD, MPH, AHIP

Bob Nordyke, PhD, BlueRidge Life Sciences

Panos Kefalas, PhD, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

Harlan Levine, MD, City of Hope

Anup Malani, JD, PhD, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the University of Chicago

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom/Foyer

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Panel 2: Emerging Policy for New Cell and Gene Therapy Affordability Models 
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom

Chair:  Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, University of Southern California 

Mark Walters, MD, University of California, San Francisco  

Monica Soni , MD, Covered California 

Manar Zaghlula, PhD, Innovative Genomics Institute and University of California, Berkeley 

Laurie McWright, Former Deputy Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Refreshment Break
Room: Centennial AB Foyer

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Panel 3: Manufacturing and Regulatory Innovations
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom

Sponsored by Mytos

Chair: Amander Clark, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles 

Alan Smith, PhD, Charles River Laboratories

Debra Aub Webster, PhD, SSI Strategy 

Ignacio Willats, Mytos 

Taby Ahsan, PhD, City of Hope 

Krishna Panchalingam, PhD, Lonza 

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM: Break
Room: Centennial AB Foyer

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM: Closing Keynote Session
Room: Centennial AB Ballroom

Chair: Tom Rando, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Jeannette Hacker-Stratton, City of Hope and Breakthrough T1D Participant Advisory Council – Keynote speaker

Amander Clark, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles – Closing remarks

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Networking Reception
Room: Centennial AB Foyer/Patio

Sponsored by Mytos