2025 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo
Charlotte Convention Center · Charlotte, North Carolina
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Join us at the 2025 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo to discover how a partnership with STERIS can strengthen your contamination control strategy with the tools and support you need.
Visit us in Booth 533 to discover our Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP™) technology, including an in-booth display of the VHP™ Flex Mobile Biodecontamination Unit.
Additionally, learn how our high-performance Washing Equipment, paired with Specially Formulated Detergents helps ensure consistent, reliable cleaning across your operations.
At the show, don’t miss our live presentations—see full details below.
Presented by: Paul Lopolito – Director, Technical Services
October 28, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Explore the factors that impact equipment cleaning during facility design and startup, including cleaning agent selection, residue removal, stainless-steel maintenance and more. Learn how these considerations support cleaning validation, regulatory compliance and help reduce delays in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Presented by: Juha Mattila – Senior Manager, Technical Services
October 28, 2025 | 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Learn how VHP, an FDA Category A sterilization modality, offers a safe, effective and versatile approach to sterilization for various applications. Discover the scientific principles behind the technology and how it fits within the evolving regulatory framework.
Paul has over two decades of industry experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory research settings, with expertise in process cleaning, cleaning validation and contamination control.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.
At STERIS Life Sciences, Paul provides global technical support through field consultations, site audits, training presentations and educational seminars. He also manages the Process and Cleaner Evaluation (PACE™) program and analytical testing laboratory, which simulate Customer cleaning processes and support analytical method development and validation.
Paul is experienced in managing cross functional projects related to process cleaning and critical environment operations, with direct experience in the biopharmaceutical and biomedical device industries. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has published several articles and book chapters related to cleaning validation and contamination control. He is also an active member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA).
Juha has over two decades of experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, research and biosafety technologies, with expertise in moist heat and Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP™) sterilization, VHP biodecontamination technologies and Water-for-Injection (WFI) distillation and pure steam systems.
He holds a master’s degree in business informatics and a bachelor’s degree in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and process engineering.
At STERIS Life Sciences, Juha serves as a Senior Manager of Technical Services for sterilization applications, equipment and critical utilities technologies. He provides technical leadership across sterilization and biodecontamination systems and supports global Customers with complex equipment and utility related needs.
Juha is an active member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), a Nordic Board member for the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and a member of the Finnish Biosafety Network. He has authored several technical articles and presented at numerous industry events. He also contributes to standards development through involvement with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the Finnish Standardization Organization (SFS), ASTM International and the British Standards Institution (BSI). Juha also coordinated the STERIS Life Sciences Equipment and Services commentary through the PDA for the European Union (EU) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Annex 1 draft and participated in the PDA EU GMP Annex 1 Workshops in 2022 and 2024.