Agenda 2025

 

1 July 2025

9:00Registration & Networking
10:00Welcome to BayOConnect
Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
10:10Opening Impulse: What Makes Biotech Innovation Unique - And Why Is Germany Struggling?
Francis de Véricourt, Institute for Deep Tech Innovation (DEEP)
10:30The Future of Global Biotech: Collaboration, Investment and Policy in a Volatile World
Moderator:
Han Steutel, vfa
Laura Matz, Merck KGaA 
Kevin Peters, MSD   
Francis de Véricourt, Institute for Deep Tech Innovation (DEEP)
N.N.
12:00-13:30Lunch Break, Poster Presentations
13:30Mind the Gap: Aligning Academia, Biotech and Pharma
Moderator: Stefan Oschmann, Amira
Mareike Albert, Noselab
Christian Haass, DZNE
Francesco Mazzotta, CDL-Berlin
N.N.
Exhibitor Pitch: Codetta Bio
15:00-16:00Networking Break, Poster Presentations
16:00Smart Tools & Strong Networks for Innovation
Moderator: Gerd Maass, Roche
Hildegard Büning, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
Stefan Engelhardt, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Anke Fuchs, SaxoCell Cluster4Future
Bernard Mulder, RegMed XB
Richard Reschen, MSD
17:30Evening Impuls: Partner Country NL delegation 
Exhibitor Pitch: nNano
Exhibitor Pitch: Grund IP Group
18:00-21:00Networking with BBQ

 

2 July 2025

8:30Registration & Welcome coffee
9:00Opening Remarks
Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
9:10Opening Impulse
Caroline Gubser Keller, Novartis
9:35

 

Smart Science: A(I)ccelerating Life Sciences
Moderator: Andreas Schmidt, Springboard Health Angels
Steven Ford, AWS 
Annalisa Pawloski, Google
Christof Nitsche, Fraunhofer IPA
Isabel Wilkinson, NVIDIA
Fabian Theis, Reflector Bio
Rona Stewart, The Exploration Company
N.N., Isomorphic Labs
Exhibitor Pitch: Collaborative Drug Discovery
11:00-11:30Networking Break, Poster Presentations
11:30Start-Up Pitches - Creating New Success Stories
Moderation:
BioM Biotech Cluster Development & TUM Venture Labs
  1. BioExoTec
  2. 2NA FISH
  3. Varolis Apimed
  4. Leopard Biosciences
  5. Toleris Biotherapeutics
  6. Tuari Therapeutics
  7. xFOREST
  8. Alithea Biotechnology
  9. MarkHerz
  10. Berking Theranostics
12:30Dealing with Infectious Diseases - Strategies to Prevent Future Outbreaks
Moderator: Percy Knolle, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Hubertus Hochrein, Bavarian Nordic
Michael Hölscher LMU Hospital Munich
Ulrike Protzer, TUM School of Medicine and Health
Julia Riedlinger, Roche Diagnostics
Thomas Taapken, InflaRx
13:45-15:00Late Lunch Break, Poster Presentations
15:00Exhibitor Pitch: Gemeinde Hallbergmoos, WIFÖ
15:10Value-Driven by Design: Aligning Scientific Vision with Investor Expectations
Moderator: Enno Spillner, Formycon
Anne Burger, CatalYm
Thomas Meins, Crelux
Karl Nägler, Sofinnova Partners
16:00BayOConnect Start-up Award 
Santa Munro, EBD Group
16:10-16:30Networking Break, Poster Presentations

following
event:

16:30-18:00m4 Award Ceremony
Presentation m4 Award & Introduction MAxL
Award ceremony for 5 teams with Tobias Gotthardt, Vice Minister in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
18:00-20:00m4 Award Get-together


Contact:

Dr. Max Pöhlmann
Dr. Max Pöhlmann

Cluster Development Lead

+49 (0) 89 / 89 96 79-19

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