Galicia
Biodays
Program

2024

8:30 – 9:30

Credential Pickup

Main Hall

9:30 – 10:00

Bioplastics: Applications of PLA and Its End-of-Life Options

Main Hall

  • Jennifer Mitja, Application Specialist Bioplastics/PLA at Total Energies Corbios

10:00 – 11:00

Roundtable: Financing Research Through the Lens of the Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTEs)

Main Hall

  • Cutting-Edge Health PERTE – Raquel Yotti, Commissioner
  • Agri-food PERTE – Jordi Carnobell, Commissioner
  • Circular Economy PERTE – Alex Dorado Nájera, Commissioner

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break ☕️

Main Hall

11:30 – 12:30

Roundtable: Clusters as a Tool to Boost Business Competitiveness

Main Hall

  • Ion Arocena, CEO at Asebio
  • Javier Selva, CEO at CataloniaBIO & HealthTech
  • Zara Pons, Managing Director at BIOIB
  • Idoia Muñoz, Managing Director at Basque Health Cluster

Moderated by: Loli Pereiro, Bioga Manager

Bioga

12:30 – 13:30

Roundtable: Technological Sovereignty and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Main Hall

  • Andrés Fernández, Director at Zendal
  • Fernando Rodríguez Martín, Site Head Lonza Porriño
More confirmations coming soon!

13:30 – 14:30

Roundtable: Entrepreneurship in the Biotech Sector

Main Hall

  • Esther Riambau, CEO, Co-Founder & Board Member at Oniria Therapeutics / Co-Founder and Board Member at Gate2Brain
  • Bosco Emparanza, CEO & Co-Founder at MOA Foodtech
  • Eva Colás, CSO at MIMARK
More confirmations coming soon!

14:30 – 16:00

Break 🍽️

Main Hall

8:30 – 9:30

Credential Pickup

BioTalent

10:00 – 10:30

Presentation of the Master’s Degree in Biotechnological Business Management

BioTalent

10:30 – 11:00

The Research Career Path, H4SR Strategy

BioTalent

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break ☕️

BioTalent

11:30 – 14:00

BioInternational Insights

BioTalent

  • Japan: Andrea Pensado, Manager of R&D Programs at OIST Innovation
  • United Kingdom: Liz Fletcher, Director of Business Engagement and Operations at IBioIC
  • Italy: Chiara Caucino, Business Developer at bioPmed
  • Canada: Aurora Polo, Trade Comissioner, Consulate of Canada in Barcelona, Government of Canada
  • Morocco: David Garay, Director of Igape’s Antenna in Morocco
  • France: Adeline Jacob, Europen projects Manager at Biotech Santé Bretagne
  • India: Garima Arora, Representative of the Spanish-India Chamber of Commerce & Associate Director of Axperia Ventures
  • United States: Speaker to be confirmed
  • Portugal: Speaker to be confirmed

14:00 – 14:30

STEM Career Opportunities

BioTalent

  • Gijs Jochems, General Manager at Promega Biotech Iberica

14:30 – 16:00

Break 🍽️

BioTalent

8:30 – 9:30

Credential Pickup

BioInvestor

10:00 – 10:30

Funding for R&D&I Projects in the Biotechnology Sector

BioInvestor

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break ☕️

BioInvestor

11:30 – 14:30

Elevator Pitch: Project Presentations

BioInvestor

14:00 – 16:00

Break 🍽️

BioInvestor