Thursday, May 7
Program

Provisional program subject to minor modifications.

9:00 - 9:30

Registration and badge pick-up

9:30 - 10:15

Biotechnology in transformation: new trends in approaching therapeutic innovation

Jordi Quintana – President of the Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN)
 
Iván CornellaFounder and CEO at New Stealth Company, President at Taher RD LLC

Joerg Holenz – Chief Scientific Officer at Bial

10:15 - 11:00

How the medicines of the future are built: science, personalization and new production capabilities

Ignacio Sancho – CEO at INBISTRA

Santiago de Torres – President of Atrys Health

Susana Conde – Senior Principal Scientist II at Johnson & Johnson

Daniel Sujo – Director of Strategy and Transformation at Lonza

11:00 - 11:30

OneHealth DataSpace as a precursor to the 1Health AI Factory

Lois Orosa – DScientific Director of CESGA

Javier CacheiroScientific Director of the OneHealth DataSpace

Cesga

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:45

The future of European biotechnology: key aspects of the new Biotech Act

Raquel Sáiz – Head of Advocacy and Impact at Fundación COTEC para la Innovación

Marta Cainzos – Policy coordinator  en European Commission, DG SANTE

Dra. Raquel Yotti– Commissioner for Cutting-Edge Health PERTE at Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

Ion Arocena – General Manager at ASEBIO

12:45 - 13:30

Food and Health: Biotechnological Innovation for a New Generation of Functional Products

Ana Torrejón –  Head of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology at AINIA

Chini Porro – Director of R&D Spain at Nueva Pescanova Group.

Sol Zamuz – Head of Strategic Project Management at Innolact.

Javier Campión – Coordinator of the Health and Gastronomy Area, Goe Tech Center, Basque Culinary Center.

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13:30 - 14:15

Research & development of therapies for rare diseases

Seng H. Cheng – Senior Vice President, Research and Product Development at Alexion Pharmaceuticals

14:15 - 15:45

Lunch Break

15:45 - 16:15

One Health, multiple challenges: how to connect regulation, industry and prevention

Dr. Manuel Lolo – CEO at AMSlab Group

María Jesús Lamas – Director at Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios

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16:15 – 17:00

From innovation to market

Carme Pampín – CEO of Galchimia

Pablo Hervás – Healthcare Transformation Director at GSK

Francisco J. Insúa – Strategic Accounts Manager at Medtronic

Susana Conde – Senior Principal Scientist II at Johnson & Johnson

17:00 – 17:30

Science and data: How AI and other new technologies are changing research

José Manuel López Vilariño – President of Bioga

César de la Fuente – Presidential Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro – Director of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein

17:30 - 17:45

Closing

18:30 - 20:30

BioAfter Work!

After a full day of conferences, meetings, and activities, it’s time for some fun!

10:30 - 11:00​

Submission of Public Financing Instruments

Juan Luis Romera – Technical and Scientific Advisor at CDTI

11:00 - 11:30​

Driving innovation: from scientific evidence to investment decision

Josu Cano – Director of CaixaBank DayOne Norte

Uxía Fernández – Co-founder and Scientific Director of Albor Biotech

César Espert – Partner, Corporate Department at EJASO

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:30

Female Entrepreneurship

María Seoane – Strategic Investments & M&A Advisor of LEX GLOBALMINDS

Meritxell Teixidó – CEO/CSO at Gate2Brain 

Belén Barreiro – Partner at Bionido Capital 

Inmaculada Rodríguez – Director of UNIRISCO

12:30 - 13:00​

Strategies and success stories in biotech investment

Yolanda Falcón  – Director of Portfolio Management at XesGalicia

Álvaro Goyanes – CEO at Fabrx 

Agustín Maciá – CEO/Co-founder at Dawako Medtech 

Iván García – CEO at Néboda Farms 

13:00 - 13:30​

Digital applications in biotechnology as an investment opportunity

Daniel González – Technology Lead at TRL13 

Fernando Gago – CEO at Sense Aeronautics 

Tomás Cardenal – Full Stack Developer at Gradiant 

13:30 - 14:00​

Scientific Marketing for Entrepreneurs

Alberto Parras – Co-Founders of VivoGraphic

Marina Parras – Co-Founders of VivoGraphic  

14:00 - 15:30​

Lunch Break

10:30 - 11:00​

STEM Career Opportunities for Intrepid Biologists  

Gijs J. Jochems, PhD – General Manager at PROMEGA BIOTECH IBÉRICA

11:00 - 11:30​

RESAVER, the European Commission initiative for talent attraction, support for international mobility, and protection of researchers

Agustín Calvo – Engagement and Growth Manager at RESAVER

11:30 - 12:15

Coffee Break

12:15 - 14:00​

BioHackathon: Project Presentations

14:00 - 15:30​

Lunch Break

15:30 - 16:30​

BioHackathon Awards Ceremony

Biotalent Meetings

Actividad paralela a la Sala BioTalent*

09:00 - 14:00

Schedule of Meetings Between Companies and Talent

14:00 - 15:00

Lunch Break

15:00 - 17:30

Schedule of Meetings Between Companies and Talent

*Room located on the second floor

10:30 - 11:00

ACESABIO: From Cooperation to Market Impact

Loli Pereiro – Cluster Manager of Bioga

Laura Corcuera – Manager of Navarra Health Cluster

Jesús Agüero – Manager of BIOVAL

Mateo Tuñón – Manager of BioAsturias

11:00 - 11:30

Moving Forward Together: EDIH DATAlife Results, Services, and Funding Opportunities in the Biotech Sector

Patricia Fraga – Technical Coordinator at DIH DATAlife 

Carlos Iglesias – European Project Manager at FEUGA

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:15

SIMBA – Collaborative intelligence platform to promote agro-biotech symbiosis, generating new sustainable business models

Xosé Ramón Vázquez Pérez – Business development coordinator at CLUSAGA 

12:15 - 12:30

Lácteus presentation – research in dairy (bio)technology for a high-value galician sector

Jose Luis Cabarcos – Director of the Cooperativa Agraria Provincial of A Coruña. 

12:30 - 13:00

RASPEI  – Tracing and validation of the functionality of unusual peptides obtained through hydrolysis and fermentation of non-traditional cereals

Mayte Álvarez Crespo – postdoctoral researcher, R&D department at Hijos de Rivera

Laura Freiría Durán – Research and Development technician (R&D) at Hijos de Rivera

13:00 - 13:30

BioTranfer

Samuel López Novoa – Head of R&D at Néboda Farms

13:30 - 14:00

Biocultiva

Samuel López Novoa – Head of R&D at Néboda Farms

14:00 - 15:30

Lunch Break

15:30 - 16:00

Oral communications

University of Vigo

Pedro Miguel Ferreira Santos – Institute of Agroecology and Food (IAA) – Campus Auga: research and innovation in sustainable food systems

Alberto Pedrouzo Ulloa – Postdoctoral Researcher – Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Hospital Collaboration – atlanTTic, Universidade de Vigo

16:00 - 16:30

Oral communications

Universidade de Santiago

Marta López Alonso – Director of iTERRA (Instituto de Investigación en Saúde Global e Desenvolvemento Sostible da USC)
Andrea Pensado López – Strategic Management and Innovation Director at CiMUS