Confirmed speakers
Galicia Biodays 2026

Timothy Caulfield

University of Alberta

Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health. Research Director, Health Law Institute

Angela Wulff

University of Gothenburg

Professor in Marine Ecology

Seng H. Cheng

Alexion

Senior Vice President, Research and Product Development

Iván Cornella

New Stealth Company,
Taher RD LLC

Founder and CEO at New Stealth Company, President at Taher RD LLC

Joerg Holenz

Joerg Holenz

Bial

Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Board Member

Raquel Yotti

Dra. Raquel Yotti

Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Commissioner for Cutting-Edge Health PERTE

Maria Jesus Lamas

Mª Jesús Lamas

Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices

Manager

Eva Ortega

Eva Ortega

Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities

Secretary General for Research

Santiago de Torres Sanahuja

Atrys Health

President

César de la Fuente

University of Pennsylvania

Presidential Associate Professor

Susana Conde

Susana Conde

Johnson & Johnson

Senior Principal Scientist II

José Manuel López Vilariño

Hijos de Rivera

R&D Director

Marta Cainzos

European Commission, DG SANTE

Policy coordinator

Ion Arocena

Ion Arocena

ASEBIO

CEO

José Aguilar

DONES Programme 

Head of Executive Office

Raquel Sáiz

COTEC Foundation for Innovation

Head of Policy and Impact

Loli Pereiro

Loli Pereiro

Bioga

Cluster Manager

Ana Torrejón

AINIA

Head of Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology

Manuel Lolo

Dr. Manuel Lolo

AMSlab Group

CEO

Francisco J. Insua Silva

Medtronic

Strategic Account Manager

Victoria Lovelle 

Beauty Cluster

Cosmetics Innovation Manager

Daniel Álvarez

Bioga

International Development Manager

María Vierna

AVIVA

Development Consultant

Jesús Andrade

AVIVA

Development Consultant

Ángela Iglesias

Bioga

Talent Project Manager

Juan Luis Romera

CDTI

Technical and Scientific Advisor

Julio Martínez

CEAMSA

Head of Strategic Projects and Corporate Development

María Silveira

Bioga

Innovation Project Manager

Meritxell Teixidó

Gate2Brain

CEO/CSO

Javier Campión

GOe Tech Center, Basque Culinary Center

Coordinator of the Health and Gastronomy Area

Gijs J. Jochems, PhD

PROMEGA

General Manager

Ana Gallego

Vytrus Biotech

R&D Manager

Montserrat Vendrell, PhD

Asabys Partners

Partner

Alba Álvarez Garcia

EOSA – Strategy and Operations Consultancy

Consultant

Álvaro Goyanes

Fabrx

CEO and Co-Founder

Juan Cambeiro

Telefónica Spain

Applied Quantum Projects Lead

Luis M Botana

University of Santiago de Compostela

Pharmacology Department Professor

Sol Zamuz

Innolact

Strategic R&D Project Management Lead

Jordi Quintana

Spanish Drug Discovery Network

President

Chini Porro

Grupo Nueva Pescanova

Manager I+D+i Spain

Belén Barreiro

Bionido Capital

Partner

Ignacio Sancho-Martínez

INBISTRA

CEO

Pablo Brea

Ozoaqua

Manager

Carmen Pampín

Galchimia

CEO

Miguel de la Calle

Asociación Cosmética Galega / INCOGA

President of the Asociación Cosmética Galega and co-founder of INCOGA

Andrés Francesch

Pharmamar

Head of Department, Department of Chemical Processes, R&D

Santi Rodríguez

Mestrelab Research

CEO

Maria Seoane

Strategic Investments & M&A Advisor

Inmaculada Rodríguez

Unirisco

Director 

Ángel Sánchez

SILO

Member

Agustín Maciá

Dawako Medtech

CEO-Cofounder

Sandra Rellán

Sandra Rellán

ANFACO-CYTMA

R&D&I Coordinator

Andrés Francesch

Pharmamar

Head of Department, Department of Chemical Processes, R&D

Javier Allué

Javier Allué

Profand

Department of Innovation and Product Development

Mercedes Mulet Aveledo

Valora Marine Ingredients

Industrial Manager

Antonio Manuel Puertas

Antonio Manuel Puertas

Bioceanics

CEO

Pablo Hervás

Pablo Hervás

GSK

Healthcare Transformation Director

Lois Orosa

CESGA

Scientific Director


Javier Cacheiro

Javier Cacheiro

OneHealth DataSpace

Scientific Director
Paul Conley

Paul Conley

General Inception

CEO & Co-founder

Vikram Chaudhery

Vikram Chaudhery

General Inception

PhD, President & COO, Co-founder

Venkat Reddy

Venkat Reddy

General Inception

PhD, Chief Science Officer

Josu Cano

CaixaBank DayOne Norte

Director

Uxía Fernández

Albor Biotech

Cofounder and scientific director

César Espert

EJASO

Partner, Corporate Law Department

Galicia Biodays
Themes

A space for dialogue and knowledge about the most relevant trends in biotechnology.

European regulatory agenda

Hubs de datos e IA

Data hubs and AI

Agroalimentación

Agri-food

Recursos marinos

Marine resources

Medio ambiente

Environment

Salud y farma

Health and pharma

Y muchos más

And many more

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