Capital, Scale & Europe Without borders
& State of the union
09.00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09.30
Finance & Scale Breakfast: Curated Networking
11.00
Life Sciences & Healthtech Scale-up Showcase
- Rudi Tielemans, Founder & CEO, Eforto Health
- Katrien Reynders-Frederix, CEO & Co-Founder, NanoTherix
- Jan Van der Schueren, CEO/CSO, Co-Founder, Alturos Therapeutics
- Kevin Hollevoet,CEO & Co-founderHemastatx
- Ken Coppieters, Sr. Director, Rare Disease, Research Portfolio, Novo Nordic
Workshop: Design Your Exit Before You Start
11.45
Life Sciences & Healthtech Scale-up Showcase
Workshop for Startups 2
12.30
Networking Lunch
13.30
Arrival & Registration for the State of the Union
14.00
Opening & Introduction of the State of the Union
Ann Van Gysel, CEO, Biovia
14.30
International Keynote: Building Global Life Sciences Champions
15.00
Panel: Join Forces or Lose Ground: The Only Way Europe Wins Is Together
This panel explores why strategic collaboration between European clusters is becoming a competitive necessity, and how joining forces across borders creates the critical mass needed to attract investment, talent and international partnerships. The panel will examine what a true “Champions League” of European life sciences and healthtech innovation could look like in practice, and what it takes to get there.
Speakers:
- Anette Steenberg, CEO, Medicon Valley Alliance
- Ann Van Gysel, CEO, Biovia
- James Rose, Director of Strategic and Industry Partnerships, Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley
- Alexander Becker, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Basel Area Business & Innovation
Moderated by Stamie Kritas, Managing Director, Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)
16.00
Coffee break
16.30
Fireside Chat: Financial Insights
- Jeroen Van Den Bossche, Director Equity Sales Life Sciences, KBC Securities
- TBA, PMV
Moderated by Clément Salque, Senior Associate, Bioqube Ventures
17.15
The Money Is Out There. So Why Can’t You Get It?
- Katleen Vandersmissen, Managing Partner, Heran Partners
- Jerome van Biervliet, Managing Director, VIB, representing of The European Life Sciences Coalition (ELSC)
- TBA
Moderated by Laurent Van Lerberghe, Founder, KELES
18.00
Walking Dinner
Flanders on Display
08.45
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09.00
Partnering Opens
Exhibition Opens
10.00
Welcome words
- Els Van Doesburg, Mayor, City of Antwerp
- Miranda Coppens, General Manager POM Antwerp
- Ann Van Gysel, CEO, Biovia
10.15
International keynote: Scientific Sovereignty is not enough – time for more industrial leadership
10.45
Keynote: How to scale a biotech company
Tim Knotnerus, CEO, Agomab Therapeutics
11.05
Panel: Navigating Life Sciences Journey with eyes wide open
- Stephane van Rooijen, CEO, Life Sciences
- Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Board at LabGenius, NanoSyrinx, and Avantium
Moderated by Henry Stoneley, Founder, Rabble Rouser Go to Market
11.45
Panel: The World Won’t Wait for Europe to Figure Out Scaling
- Viggo Van Tendeloo, Director Early Innovation Partnering Benelux, Johnson&Johnson
- Ilse Vanhulle, Venture Acceleration Manager Health, imec istart
- Christina Takke, Managing Partner, V-Bio Ventures
- Emile Redant, CEO, Zymofix
- Lukas Stabel, Business Developer, Comate
12.30
Networking Lunch
13.30
Networking Lunch
TTO Session: spin off pitches – from academy to the market
14.00
No borders, just breakthroughts: Tech for One health pitches
TTO Session: spin off pitches – from academy to the market
15:00
Champions of innovation: Personalized medicine
Champions of innovation: Value-based healthcare
- Heidi Bertels and Sofie Rennen, Sampl.id
Champions of innovation: Clinical trials
Champions of innovation: Agtech & industrial biotech
16:00
Coffee Break
16.30
Closing fireside chat: “Surviving in a tough economy…a new playbook for innovation”
- Wim Van Hecke, CEO, Icometrix
- Steven Biesmans, Principal, UCB Ventures
Moderated by Ann Van Gysel, CEO, Biovia
