Galicia
Biodays
Program
2024
Galicia
8:00 – 9:00
Credential Pickup
Main Hall
9:00 – 9:30
Evolution of drug discovery research and the role of new technologies
Main Hall
- Yves Auberson, Executive Director Global Discovery Chemistry at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research & Vice President of the Swiss Chemical Society
9:30 – 10:15
Galicia Biodays 2024 Inauguration
Main Hall
- José Manuel López Vilariño, Bioga President
- Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General for Innovation, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
- David Regades, State Delegate in the Vigo Free Trade Zone Consortium (CZFV)
- Xunta de Galicia
- Vigo City Council
10:15 – 11:00
Galician Biotechnology Strategy 2021-2025: Results
Main Hall
- Xunta de Galicia
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break ☕️
Main Hall
11:30 – 12:00
Keynote Luis Serrano Pubul, Director at Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Main Hall
12:00 – 12:30
AI (r?)evolution. Have we learned from past waves of (r?)evolutionary technologies?
Main Hall
- Robert Soliva, Principal Data Scientist at Almirall
12:30 – 13:30
Round Table: Drug Discovery, New Technologies
Main Hall
- Jordi Mestres, CSO at Chemotargets
- Olga Genilloud, Scientific Director at Fundación Medina
- László Kiss, Senior Manager, Medicinal Chemistry at BIAL
- Juan José Carrillo, Director of the Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology at Lilly Spain
Moderated by: Iván Marcos, Pharma/Biotech Strategic Collaborations Manager at Promega
13:30 – 14:30
Innovation in the Cosmetic Industry
Main Hall
- Thalía González, Cosmetic Innovation Manager at Cantabria Labs
- Ana Torrejón, Head of Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology at AINIA
- Cristobal Bernal, Director Técnico en Grupo Carinsa
- Mónica Buendía, Expert in Cosmetic Product Development
Moderated by: Ariana Fernández, President of the Galician Cosmetics Association
14:30 – 16:00
Break 🍽️
Main Hall
16:00 – 16:30
The Potential of Omics in the Food Industry
Main Hall
- José Manuel López Vilariño, Director of R&D at Hijos de Rivera
16:30 – 17:30
Round table: Innovation in the Food Industry
Main Hall
- Joaquin del Rio, R&D and Director of Quality
- Nuria Morales, Co-founder at Komvida Organic Kombucha
- José Manuel López Vilariño, R&D Director at Hijos de Rivera
- Begoña Pérez-Villareal, Director of EIT Food South
8:00 – 9:00
Credential Pickup
BioTalent
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break ☕️
Main Hall
11:30 – 11:45
BioTalent Inauguration
BioTalent
- Servitalent
- BIOGA
11:45 – 12:15
BioTalent Opening Talk
BioTalent
- Servitalent
- BIOGA
12:15 – 14:30
BioTalent Day
BioTalent
A dynamic event, an experience, and a talent competition that connects junior and senior profiles with Galician biotechnological companies.
14:30 – 16:00
Break 🍽️
BioTalent
16:00 – 17:00
Communication in the Biotech Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
BioTalent
- Beatriz Diaz Lorenzo, Director of Communications & Global Brand at ZENDAL
- Verónica Fuentes, Head of the Health Section at SINC
Moderated by: Beatriz González, Journalist specialising in Institutional and Scientific Communication
17:00 – 18:00
Round table: Connecting Bioregions – Perspectives on Biotechnology and Internationalisation
Main Hall
- Japan: Lauren Ha, Associate Vice President de Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
- Italy: Mariangela Squarciafico, Junior Business Development e Innovation Manager en Piemonte Health Innovation Cluster (bioPmed) and Bioindustry Park Silvano Fumero
- Belgium: Florence Vanholsbeeck, Economic and Trade Counselor en Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)
- India: Garima Arora, Representative of the Spanish-India Chamber of Commerce
- EE.UU.: Speaker to be confirmed
Moderated by: Daniel Álvarez, Bioga
8:00 – 9:00
Credential Pickup
BioInvestor
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break ☕️
Main Hall
11:30 – 11:45
BioInvestor Inauguration
BioInvestor
- Bioga
- DATAlife
11:45 – 12:15
BioInvestor Opening Talk
BioInvestor
12:15 – 14:30
Investment Exchange
BioInvestor
Investment forum that connects life sciences projects and companies with national and international investors.
14:30 – 16:30
Break 🍽️
16:00 – 17:00
Round Table: Knowledge Transfer
BioInvestor
17:00 – 17:20
CinfaNext Presentation
BioInvestor
CinfaNext is Cinfa’s new Open Innovation Platform, which aims to identify new trends and innovative projects that respond to people’s health needs through new collaborative forms of innovation.
- Marta Pedrosa, Innovation Analyst at CINFA
17:20 – 17:40
Presentation of Converge, the CSIC’s open innovation hub and its CSIC COCREA programme
BioInvestor
Programme to promote collaborative projects between the CSIC and companies based on a two-way exchange of knowledge and the development of solutions around a challenge from the conception of the idea to the market. It is aimed at CSIC researchers and companies at a global level.
- Ana Sanz, Head of the Coordination Unit for initiatives associated with the Open Innovation Hub – Converge.
17:40 – 18:00
Presentation of Faes Ventures
BioInvestor
FAES Farma is a pharmaceutical company with more than 90 years of experience in the research, production and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. FAES Farma has created a unit dedicated to the search and evaluation of investment opportunities, with the aim of significantly expanding its Drug Discovery portfolio, contributing to our goal of improving patients’ health by manufacturing new innovative pharmaceutical solutions.
- Ignacio Sancho Martínez, Director of the Drug Discovery Department at Faes Farma
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