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Nicolas Castellazzi

Cauldron Ferm

Chief-of-Staff

Nicolas Castellazzi is Chief of Staff at Cauldron. Nicolas brings expertise in the development and implementation of organisational strategies. Most recently, he worked at Bain & Company, leading teams of management consultants to develop business strategies, improve commercial and operational performance, and drive large transformation programs for clients. Prior to Bain, Nicolas worked in the Public Health sector with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and in Investment Banking with UBS. Nicolas holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from CentraleSupélec.

Sessions Featuring

Nicolas

This Year

Breakout Session

3:30 PM

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4:15 PM

Biomanufacturing

Beyond Batch: What Will Unlock the Next Generation of Fermentation?

Conventional batch fermentation has long been the backbone of industrial biotechnology — but a new wave of platforms is challenging that paradigm. From continuous and gas fermentation and novel feedstock integration to the emerging role of AI across the stack, Industrial Biotech is changing at a rapid pace. So what's actually holding them back, and what will it take to move them forward? This panel brings together practitioners and innovators working at the frontier of alternative fermentation systems to explore the enablers, accelerators, and real-world lessons shaping the path ahead. Rather than debating which technology "wins," we'll examine the shared challenges across platforms: navigating the pilot-to-commercial scale-up journey, working with non-traditional feedstocks, and incorporating new AI tools into the process. Whether you're deep in the lab or making investment and deployment decisions, this conversation will surface concrete insights on what's needed — technically, operationally, and systemically — to unlock the next generation of fermentation.

Breakout Session

3:30 PM

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4:15 PM

Biomanufacturing

Beyond Batch: What Will Unlock the Next Generation of Fermentation?

Conventional batch fermentation has long been the backbone of industrial biotechnology — but a new wave of platforms is challenging that paradigm. From continuous and gas fermentation and novel feedstock integration to the emerging role of AI across the stack, Industrial Biotech is changing at a rapid pace. So what's actually holding them back, and what will it take to move them forward? This panel brings together practitioners and innovators working at the frontier of alternative fermentation systems to explore the enablers, accelerators, and real-world lessons shaping the path ahead. Rather than debating which technology "wins," we'll examine the shared challenges across platforms: navigating the pilot-to-commercial scale-up journey, working with non-traditional feedstocks, and incorporating new AI tools into the process. Whether you're deep in the lab or making investment and deployment decisions, this conversation will surface concrete insights on what's needed — technically, operationally, and systemically — to unlock the next generation of fermentation.

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Fireside Chat

12:00 AM

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8:30 AM

Human Health

From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual Biology

Drug discovery often measures biology at the cell level while interventions work at the tissue, organ, or whole-patient scale. This mismatch can make accurate cell-level predictions irrelevant in the clinic. This session dives into strategies to bridge that gap: multiscale modeling that nests single-cell dynamics within organ-level simulations, spatial transcriptomics that preserve context, and surrogate models that translate cell-level outputs into clinical biomarkers. Speakers will ask: how do we ensure virtual biology reflects not just what cells do in isolation, but how biology behaves in the real complexity of patients?

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