Thank you to our speakers, sponsors, and delegates who joined us in San Diego for the summit! If you are interested in the 2026 event, please get in touch at info@hansonwade.com
The 10th Annual Innate Killer Summit
Advancing Potency, Durability & Clinical Success of NK Therapies
For the 10th anniversary of the Innate Killer Summit in San Diego, we helped unite long-standing senior pioneers in the NK space, to focus on advancing the development of NK cell therapies, engagers and cytokine-based approaches to the clinic. Attendees left with the tools and insights needed to revolutionize their pipeline and so stayed ahead of their competitors in 2025.
What Did 2025 Offer?
Optimized Cryopreservation & Maximized NK Expansions
Dived into cutting-edge techniques to optimize cryopreservation of NK cells with UCL and University of Pennsylvania.
Discussed methods to maximize NK expansions for robust scale-ups of allogeneic products with Takeda and Apexcella.
Explored the cutting-edge approaches in using NK engagers for autoimmune disease at our new Applications of NK Biology to Autoimmunity Focus Day.
For the first time, you heard the incredible story of Sophie Ryan and NKore Biotherapeutics, to discover the revolutionary benefits of NK therapies.
Our World-Class Speaker Faculty Included:
Evren Alici
Co-Director - Next Generation NK Cell Competence Center & Research Group Leader
Karolinska Institutet
A Snapshot of Our Attending Companies:
“It's a wonderful meeting to connect many scientists focusing on the NK cell
therapy worldwide”
Chief Technical Officer, Apexcella
Our 2025 Partners:
Lead Partner
Expertise Partners
Innovation Partner
Exhibition Partners
Event Partner
"This event brings top companies in NK field globally working on diverse areas. This
is very helpful to understand the challenges and allows us to do any course
correction early, if needed”
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, East Ocyon Bio
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