BioAlps Forum – ILMAC Lausanne 2026
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Ilmac will take place from 23 to 24 September 2026 in Palais Beaulieu, Lausanne. BioAlps will organise the Forum on Day 2 and host biotools startups on its booth.
Every two years, Ilmac Lausanne organises the largest meeting place for the chemical and life science industry in Western Switzerland. BioAlps, whose mission is to empower the Swiss Health Valley, organises a one-day forum, in partnership with Innovaud and is welcoming 10 startups on its booth.
BioAlps Forum @ ILMAC Lausanne 2026
Co-organised with Innovaud.
9.30 AM – INTRODUCTION
- Céline Futterknecht | Exhibition Director | ILMAC
- Magali Bischof | Secretary General | BioAlps Association
- François Capel | Innovation Advisor | Innovaud
- Aditya Yellepeddi | Head – Industrial Biotech – Liaison Western Switzerland | Swiss Biotech Association
9.45 AM – KEYNOTE – Biotools at the Heart of Bioconvergence: From Applied Research to Industrial Adoption
- Samantha Paoletti | Head of Research & BD, Life Sciences Technologies | CSEM
- Gilles Weder | Head of Research & BD, Life Sciences Technologies | CSEM
10.15 AM – SESSION 1 – Building the Biotools Ecosystem: Innovation, Challenges and the Road to Market
- Clélia Bourgoint | CEO & Co-Founder | FluoSphera
- Paulina Nowak | Sr. Biotech Account Manager, Life Sciences Solutions | Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Roman Chrast | Head of Research Core Facilities | EPFL
- Melissa Berto | Team Leader Sales & Study Manager – Life Sciences | Genesupport
11:15 AM – NETWORKING
12.00 PM – LUNCH BREAK
1.30 PM – SESSION 2 – Engineering the Future: Biotools in Advanced Therapies
- Marianna Mainardi Koga | Senior Manager, Cell Therapy Europe | Bracco
- Thomas Eaton | CEO | Limula
- Nicola Vannini | Full Professor | UNIFR
- Elise Gortchacow-Bretton | Innovation Mentor (Medtech/Biotech/Foodtech) | Alliance pour innover
2.30 PM – KEYNOTE – From Innovation to Impact: Delivering Cell & Gene Therapies at Scale
- Marine de Lageneste — Sr. Manager, R&D, Cell Therapy, Cytiva
3 PM – NETWORKING
3.30 PM – PITCH SESSION – A series of startup pitches from the region
- Nikunj Dudani | CEO | Aerospec
- Margaux Duchamps | CEO | Arcoscreen
- Ana Hernando Ariza | CMO & Co-Founder | Bionomous
- François Carruzzo | CTO & Co-Founder | Bioscibex
- Gregory Segala | CSO | FluoSphera
- Neyo Mathys | CEO | Inbiomics
- Alain Lommelé | Head of Research & Development | Nagi Biosciences
- Kinga Kosiol | Operations Lead | Rockstone Engineering Switzerland
- Quentin Vanwalleghem | Founder | Theragate Sàrl
- Damian Twerenbold | CEO & Co-Founder | Metromol
- Marie-Agnès Doucey | CEO & Co-Founder | Calico Biosystems
- Riccardo Turrini | CSO & Co-Founder | Calico Biosystems
4.15 PM – CLOSING REMARKS & NETWORKING AT THE BIOALPS & INNOVAUD BOOTH
🗓 23 – 24 September 2026 | 9 am – 5 pm |📍Beaulieu – Lausanne
➡️ Registration (Register with the Code Prio : bioalps-26 and get a free pass for the event).