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Program 2026
30 June 2026 | Theme: Driving biotech in Europe
8:30 Checkin & Networking
9:00 Welcome to BayOConnect | Opening Remarks
Ralf Huss, BioM
9:10 Sovereignty through innovation: Europe's key technologies | Opening Impulse
Tobias Gotthardt, StMWi
9:30 Designing systems for pandemic and technological resilience in Europe | Resilience Session
Moderation: Hagen Richter, Wacker
Carsten Rudolph, Ethris
Michael Hoelscher, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine & Pharmacology
Thomas Meins, WuXi AppTec
10:20 Trusted AI for R&D: Building on European Sovereignty | Impuls
Anna Fleischer, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
10:30 Networking break | Poster presentations
11:00 Strengthening European biotech: What the Biotech Act sets in motion | Keynote
Andreas Prenner, DG SANTE, European Comission
11:20 Unlocking Europe's capital for biotech innovation | Investment Panel
Moderation: Uli Kinzel, Fortlane Partners
Andreas Prenner, DG SANTE, European Comission
Dmitrij Hristodorov, Forbion
Karl Nägler, Sofinnova
Michael Bauer, Novo Holdings
12:20 Exhibitor Presentation: Entourage
12:30 Lunch break | Poster presentations
13:45 Spotlight Bavaria: Driving success for biotech start-ups | Ecosystem Panel
Moderation: Christoph Broja, EQT Partners
Angelika Vlachou, HTGF
Carsten Rudolph, BayStartUP
Maria Sievert, TUM Venture Labs
Nathalie Weitemeyer, Bayern Kapital
Petra Burgstaller, BioM
14:50 Exhibitor Presentation: Wacker
15:00 Exhibitor Presentation: Endosymbiont
15:15 Networking break | Poster presentations
16:15 Innovation cleared for market: How do we ensure regulatory and clinical success for game-changers in biotech? | Regulatory Session
Moderation: Ulrike Köhl, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
Ahmed Khalifa, MSD
Martin Hrabě de Angelis, M1 Munich Medicine Alliance/Helmholtz Munich
Ulrich H. Granzer, Granzer Regulatory Consulting & Services
17:20 Exhibitor Presentation: ACROBiosystems
17:30 Exhibitor Presentation: Revvity
17:45 Evening impulse by partner country & region: Austria & Galicia
Moderation: Caroline Corbett, BioM
“Welcome to Austria! – An Impluse by LISA and the regions Tyrol & Salzburg” by Liesa Doppler (LISA), Roland Fuchs (Standortagentur Tirol) & Michael Gruber (Innovation Salzburg)
“Driving Spain’s Life Sciences Innovation from Galicia” by Daniel Álvarez, BIOGA (Clúster Tecnolóxico Empresarial das Ciencias da Vida)
18:15 - 21:00 Networking with BBQ - sponsored by WuXi AppTec
1 July 2026 | Theme: Innovation across TechBio
8:30 Checkin & Networking
9:00 Opening Remarks
Ralf Huss, BioM
9:10 State-of-the-art and future of implantable brain-computer interfaces | Keynote
Simon Jacob, TUM
9:30 Beyond biotech: Enabling technologies for tomorrow’s health | TechBio Flash Talks
Moderation: Annette Witzleben, KPMG
Christoph Mittendorf, Google Cloud
Thomas Brück, Accubator at TUM
Carolin Kinzel, Institute of Digital Medicine at University Hospital Augsburg
Michael Sahnau, Microsoft Deutschland
Philip Tinnefeld, NanoBioSciences Group at LMU
Sandra von Meier, Terra Quantum
Oliver Goldenberg, Roche
10:45 Networking break | Poster presentations
11:15 Excellence clusters and start-ups shaping translation in Bavaria | Biotech Flash Talks
Moderation: Ralf Huss, BioM
Olivia Merkel with RNhale - LMU
Ali Maximilian Ertürk with Deep Piction - Helmholtz Munich
Hendrik Dietz with CPTX - TUM
12:15 Lunch break | Poster presentations
13:30 R&D outlook from leading pharma innovators | Industry Panel
Moderation: Simon Moroney, Novartis
Jörg Radtke, Servier
Kai Joachimsen, bpi
Matthias Meergans, vfa
Susanne Kreutz, Novartis
14:35 Exhibitor Presentation: Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM
14:45 Exhibitor Presentation: Scifeon
15:00 Networking break | Poster presentations
15:30 Innovation showcase | Pre‑seed and start-up pitches from Bavaria’s biotech ecosystem
Moderation: Elisabeth Harbich, BioM
Karim Tabiti, FLASH Tissue Diagnostics (MAxL)
Christine Wuebben, Coldex (BioM Bootcamp)
Sarah Wali, BugSense (m4 Awardee)
Timo Schlemmer, Nucleaf (Regensburg)
David Wörle, CELLenger (Augsburg)
Anna Fleischer, ENDOLEASE (Würzburg)
16:00 Media Influence on Biotech Investment | Fireside Chat
Ralf Huss, BioM
16:05 BayOConnect Innovation Award - sponsored by informa
Cornelia Horn, informa
16:10 Why (not) invest in biotech? | Closing Panel
Moderation: Ralf Huss, BioM
Alissa Zeller, BASF
Julia Groß, Focus Money
Olivier Litzka, Andera Partners
Henry Capper, JP Morgan
16:55 Thank you & Good bye | Closing Remarks
Ralf Huss, BioM
17:00 End of Conference
Contact
Ariane Doischer
BayOConnect Program