Lawrence De Belder has over 25 years of project management, equipment design, and validation experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Previously with Johnson and Johnson he designed and installed multiple filling and packaging lines including a detailed design and start of a $100MM+ continuous manufacturing project in Puerto Rico. De Belder was also responsible for oversight of all continuous manufacturing projects and activities of the Janssen Supply chain and initiated multiple collaborations with academics and other pharma companies.  He started the ISPE working group on continuous manufacturing (CM), and chaired the CM and PAT working groups at the IQ consortium for several years with a focus on costs, benefits and requirements related to this novel technology. De Belder leads the continuous manufacturing consulting group at Pharmatech Associates.  He speaks five languages fluently and holds a MSc degree from Group-T Belgium with an emphasis on Energy and automation.