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OPT Congress 2026

OPT Congress 2026 is the leading industry event for scientists, directors, and technology providers driving innovation across oligonucleotide, mRNA, and peptide therapeutics. Now in its 11th year, the event features expanded programming including a new Peptides & Emerging Drug Conjugates conference, with a focus on AI-enabled design, extrahepatic delivery, s…

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4Speakers
30Sponsors
4On the bill · sessions
34Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at OPT, in alphabetical order.
Brenda Bass, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry, University of Utah · University of Utah
Debra Miller
Founder & CEO, CureDuchenne · CureDuchenne
Mano Manoharan, PhD
Distinguished Scientist & Senior Vice President, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals · Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Timothy Yu, PhD
Associate Professor Pediatrics, Genetics & Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital · Boston Children’s Hospital
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
20+custom
3 Millionscustom
50+custom
85,000+custom
Asymchemcustom
Bachemcustom
ChemGenescustom
Cirenacustom
Emp Biotechcustom
EVENT MARKETINGcustom
Exhibit Savings Deadlinecustom
Final Brochure Deadlinecustom
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING EXHIBIT AND SPONSORSHIP, PLEASE CONTACT:custom
Gene Toolscustom
Hongenecustom
KEY DEADLINEScustom
KH Neochemcustom
linkedincustom
Mitsubishi Gas Chemicalcustom
Nitto Aveciacustom
Oligo Factorycustom
Pace Analyticalcustom
PAST ATTENDEE DEMOGRAPHICScustom
Preliminary Web-Based Agendacustom
Program Guide Deadlinecustom
ProImmunecustom
Space Peptidescustom
Synoligo Biotechnologiescustom
Wuxi Tidescustom
Yamasacustom
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Agenda

Selected from 4 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday, March 19, 1:25pm

    Venture Philanthropy in Drug Development from a Rare-Disease Patient-Advocacy Perspective

    CureDuchenne, the leading Duchenne patient advocacy organization, will discuss its initiatives to accelerate the development and regulatory approval of the first drugs to treat Duc…

  • Thursday, March 19, 2:05pm

    Recent Advancements of Oligo-Conjugates Revolutionizing the Field

    Chemical modification is the key to the success of making drugs out of oligonucleotides. Breakthroughs in LNPs formulation and trivalent GalNAc conjugation of chemically modified o…

  • Wednesday, March 18, 4:10pm

    N-of-1 Therapeutics: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects for Future Individualized Medicines

    Successes in oligonucleotide therapeutics have spurred the creation of bespoke therapies for rare genetic conditions, even for single patients. This talk will review lessons, chall…

  • Wednesday, March 18, 4:50pm

    ADAR RNA Editing: Applying Current Knowledge to Future Applications

    Much is known about biochemical properties of ADAR RNA editing enzymes from decades of in vitro studies, but how these properties correlate with in vivo editing is not always clear…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 34 companies, parsed from the program.

34 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
30Sponsoringsponsor only
4Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite125%
  • VP-level125%
  • Other roles250%

Of 4 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 0120+Sp·C
  2. 023 MillionsSp·C
  3. 0350+Sp·C
  4. 0485,000+Sp·C
  5. 05AsymchemSp·C
  6. 06BachemSp·C
  7. 07ChemGenesSp·C
  8. 08CirenaSp·C
  9. 09Emp BiotechSp·C
  10. 10EVENT MARKETINGSp·C
  11. 11Exhibit Savings DeadlineSp·C
  12. 12Final Brochure DeadlineSp·C
  13. 13FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING EXHIBIT AND SPONSORSHIP, PLEASE CONTACT:Sp·C
  14. 14Gene ToolsSp·C
Sponsors by tier
custom30
100% of 30