Marco Meuri is Business Area Manager for Drying at BUCHI Labortechnik AG in Switzerland. He studied at ZHAW in Winterthur and finished his BSC in Chemistry and his MBA. He works with the company takes care of the global Spray Drying business since 14 years. His works focus is on developing the laboratory Spray Drying instruments and applications. Further is also involved in the Freeze Drying business at BUCHI.

Martina Klost is a researcher at the Department of Food Technology and Food Material Science at Technische Universität Berlin. She studied Food Technology at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik. Her research activities focus on gelation properties of plant proteins.

Charles Frey is Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Coating Place, Inc. The company was founded in 1976 as an offshoot from the 1960s University of Wisconsin, Wurster (bottomspray) fluid bed particle coating patents. His main interests include Wurster coating formulation development, process optimization, scale-up and associated technologies in a variety of application areas including pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, consumer products, agricultural, environmental, and general industrial.

James D. Oxley, Ph.D. is a Staff Scientist in the Microencapsulation section at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI®) in San Antonio, TX, USA. Dr. Oxley directs staff engaging in contract research pertaining to encapsulation and controlled release. Through his work over the past eighteen years at SwRI, Dr. Oxley has collaborated with hundreds of clients to develop micro- and nanocapsules for use in various applications and industries.

Dr. Mahmud Yunis has been working for 13 years at BIOGRUND in several positions. In his current function as Technical Director, he is responsible for preparing and implementing global strategic regulatory plan for BIOGRUND products and the strategic development of the Quality, Production and R&D department. He has a PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry from University of Muenster, Germany. Before joining BIOGRUND he worked for a consulting company on the area of GxP procedures and processes for five years.

Dr Reto Stahl has taken over the management of Konapharma AG, based in Pratteln BL. Stahl has been working in the life science industry for over 25 years. He first began his career as a manufacturing manager for sterile dosage forms, where he acquired the basic knowledge of good pharmaceutical manufacturing, and then moved into various other management positions both in the manufacture of medicinal products, medical devices and food supplements and in the marketing of these product categories.

Dr. Marc A. Meyers is a senior Research and Development Manager with global experience in development of nutraceuticals, dietary supplements and functional foods. He also has experience in innovation and new technology development, microencapsulation and delivery systems. He has over 35 patents in new technology development and encapsulation of food ingredients in confectionery applications. He consults on product and technology development, focusing on the food, dietary supplement and the wellness industries. Dr. Meyers’ main areas of interests are in developing wellness ingredients, new technology development in encapsulated flavors and bioactives and hydrocolloid applications.

Dr. Detlev Haack has been working for 18 years in several functions at Hermes Pharma e.g. Business Development and R &D. As Head R&D at Hermes Pharma he was responsible for the expansion of innovation force, enhancement of technologies and development of new product concepts. Additionally, he professionalizes the IP competence and leads the enhancement of medicinal service-portfolio at Hermes. Since 2022 Dr. Haack works as a freelancer for his own company dh Pharma Solutions.