PROGRAMME

• 8.30 am - 8.55 am | BADGE COLLECTION

• 9 am | WELCOME ADDRESS

  • Delphine BACHMANN, Geneva State Councillor for Economic Affairs

  • Prof. Antoine GEISSBUHLER, BioAlps’ President, Dean of Geneva University of Medicine

  • Antonio GAMBARDELLA, FONGIT’s Director

• 9.15 am - 10 am | PROJECT PITCHES

• 10 am - 10.30 am | BREAK

• 10.30 am - 11.15 am | ROUND-TABLE: Building Synergies Between Life Sciences Startups and Industry

  • Naja NYFFENEGGER, Senior Manager Research Innovation Europe CSL R&D, CSL

  • Dr Julien DOUET, Head of Cell Line Technologies, Merck Group

  • Dr Fabrice PARADIES, Director Industrial Business Development & Global Commercial Alliances, Debiopharm Research

  • Pr Yogeshvar KALIA, Full Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNIGE - Moderator

• 11.15 am - 12.00 pm | PROJECT PITCHES

• 12.00 pm - 1.30 pm | LUNCH

• 1.30 pm | WELCOME AFTERNOON

  • Sevan ANTREASYAN, Partner, Lenz & Staehelin

  • Christian MOSER, Patent Expert, IPI

  • Gilles WEDER, Head Research & BD, Life Sciences Technologies, CSEM

  • Prof. Erwin BÖTTINGER, Director of the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering

• 1.45 pm - 2.15 pm | PROJECT PITCHES

• 2.15 pm - 3 pm | Session : Investments in Life Sciences

  • Caroline GUEISSAZ - Startup Advisor & Management Consultant, Honorary member of Business Angel Switzerland 

  • Steffen EHRHARDT - Head of SICTIC Operation Team 

  • Olivier VAURY - Deeptech Investor & Advisor 

• 3 pm - 3.30 pm | BREAK

• 3.30 pm - 4 pm | PROJECT PITCHES

• 4 pm - 4.20 pm | KEYNOTE: Patrick GRISS - co-founder & CEO, Zühlke Ventures, author of Deep Tech Playbook

• 4.20 pm | AWARD CEREMONY

• 4.30 pm | NETWORKING COCKTAIL