BioAlps Networking Day 2023

PROGRAMME

 

9 am – Badge Collection and Café Croissant

 

GENEVA LIFE SCIENCES STARTUPS SHOWCASE – Translating Research to Impact Lives

Organised together with FONGIT and Wyss Center for Neuro and Bio Engineering

 

9.30 am – PRESENTATIONS – two early-stage startups from UNIGE/HUG (research stage) and FONGIT (pre-seed)

 

9.50 am – PRESENTATIONS – Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering and FONGIT

• • Prof. Dr. med. Erwin Böttinger | CEO | Wyss Center for Neuro and Bio Engineering
  • Mr. Antonio Gambardella | Director | FONGIT

 

9.50 am – FIRESIDE CHAT between Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering and FONGIT, moderated by Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler

• • Prof. Dr. med. Erwin Böttinger | CEO | Wyss Center for Neuro and Bio Engineering
  • Mr. Antonio Gambardella | Director | FONGIT
  • Prof Antoine Geissbuhler | Dean of the Faculty of Medicine – University of Geneva | Head of the Division of e-Health and Telemedicine – HUG

 

11.30 am – Presentations from 2 FONGIT and Wyss Center later-stage startups

 

12 pm – 1 pm – NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION

 

 

PERSONALISED MEDICINE AND DIGITAL HEALTH

 

1 pm – WELCOME ADDRESS

• • Prof Antoine Geissbuhler | President | BioAlps
  • Mrs. Delphine Bachmann | State Councilor | State of Geneva

 

1.15 pm – KEYNOTE

• • Prof. Urs Frey | President of the National Steering Committee Swiss Personalized Network (SPHN)

                    Q&A from the audience

 

1.45 pm – BIO BREAK

 

2 pm – SESSION 1 | Personalised Therapy – Perspectives on personalised medicine from research to patient: challenges and opportunities

• • Prof. Dr. George Coukos | Head of the Department of Oncology – UNIL- CHUV | Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne
  • Dr. Luc Henry | CEO | Limula
  • Dr. Julia Djonova | Head of the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products | Swissmedic
  • Dr. Julien Camisani | Director of Global Research and Development Equipment, Cell and Gene Therapy | Cytiva

 

3 pm – BREAK | Networking and Exhibition

 

4 pm – SESSION 2 | Startup pitch – Presentations from 4 startups with innovations at the crossroads between personalised medicine and digital health 

• • Dr. Christopher Rudolf | CEO | Volv Global
  • Dr Franck Zanow | CEO | Braincredible
  • TBA – 2 other startups to be announced

                    Q&A – questions collected via Slido

 

4.45 pm – BIO BREAK

 

5 pm – SESSION 3 | Digital Health – Experts from research, industry, and innovation are invited to share their experience in the use of AI applied to patient-related data and VR-generated data, and in data management in clinical settings to support healthcare and early diagnosis.

• • Prof. Christian Lovis | Academic Director, Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics | HUG
  • Dr. Stavros Skouras | Innovation Management | machineMD
  • Dr. Patrick Pestalozzi | Vice-President – Global Strategic Accounts | MindMaze

                      Q&A – questions collected via Slido

 

5.45 pm – BIOALPS AWARD CEREMONY

 

6 pm – NETWORKING AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION