Agenda 2024

Floorplan

 

2 July 2024: Connect to Investments

12:00Registration & Networking
13:00Welcome to BayOConnect
Prof. Dr. Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
13:10-13:30Opening Impulse
Dr. Viola Bronsema, Bio Deutschland
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
13:30-14:30Risk and Reward - Comparative Strategies in Biotech Funding (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Charles Cameron, Hub Angels
Dr. Phillippe Dro, Adjuvant Capital
Olivier Litzka, Andera Partners
Cheryl Reicin, Mintz
Dr. Joanna Soroka, Hitachi Ventures
14:30-16:00Networking Break
Partnering
Start-up Pitches on Stage 2
Poster Presentations
16:00-17:15Translating Science - Keys to Commercializing Biotech Research (Panel Discussion)
Impulse: Dean Farmer, Mintz
Moderator: Anna Chrisman, Informa
Dr. Philipp Baaske, NanoTemper
Dr. Philipp Gerbert, TUM Venture Labs
Tobias Gotthardt, State Secretary Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development & Energy
Dr. Selina Greuel, Oxford Science Enterprises
Dr. Kei Müller, Ebenbuild
Dr. Julia Schaft, BioRN Cluster Management
17:15-17:30
Presentation of the BioM Report "Biotech in Bavaria 2023/24"
BayOConnect Start-up Award
Tobias Gotthardt, State Secretary Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development & Energy
Joanna Wardzinski, AWS
Prof. Dr. Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
17:30-17:45Accelerating Biotech Startups in Bavaria:
Introducing the m4 Award and BioM’s new incubator MAxL
Dr. Petra Burgstaller, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
17:45-21:00Networking with BBQ

 

3 July 2024: Connect to AI

8:30Registration & Welcome coffee
9:00Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
9:10-9:50Pioneering the Future of Drug Development
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
Dr. Anna Bauer-Mehren, Roche
Dr. Christian Dallago, Nvidia
Joanna Wardzinski, AWS
9:50-11:00Big Data & AI - Unearthing New Therapeutics (Panel Discussion)
Moderator: Dr. Jörg Traub, Bayern Innovativ
Dr. Anna Bauer-Mehren, Roche
Dr. Tilman Flock, Palantir Life Sciences
Dr. Roman Malina, Google
Sidhyansh Saxena, Gingko Bioworks
Dr. Justus Wolff, Syte-Institute
11:00-11:30Networking Break
Partnering
Presentations on Stage 2: Cross Cluster AI & Biotech | Evotec | Terraplasma
Poster Presentations
11:30-13:00Navigating the AI Landscape - Applications in Use
Moderator: PD Dr. Dominik Pförringer, Technical University of Munich
Manuel Opitz, DeepEYE
Christina Port, 2NA Fish
Johann Hawe, Illumina
Dr. Christian Pohlkamp, MLL Münchner Leukämielabor
Dr. Simon Sonntag, Virtonomy
Dr. Carsten Marr, Helmholtz Munich
13:00-14:10Lunch Break
Partnering
Presentations on Stage 2:
WuXi AppTec | Menarini Biotech | Xpedite Diagnostics | stratesys | Sugar Valley | Cytiva
Focus Areas "Unlocking AI in Biotech" at Work Lab:
Ask the lawyer | Check with regulatory | Connect with like-minded
Poster Presentations
14:10-14:45Spotlight: Are we ready for AI?
Moderator: Dr. Ulrich Granzer, Granzer Regulatory Consulting & Services
Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute
Dr. Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach, Molecular Health
Dr. Thomas Wostry, Ratajczak & Partner Rechtsanwälte
14:45-16:00You Never Walk Alone - Leveraging Added Value with Data and AI
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Christian Hinske, University Augsburg
Dr. Mark Teese & Dr. Stella Grosso, Leukocare
Dr.  Mehmet Yiğitsoy, deepC
Dr. Nils Krüger, Deutsches Herzzentrum München
Dr. Henrik Matthies, honic
Dr. Eduardo Beltrán, BC Platforms   
Dr. Alexander Jarasch, neo4j
16:00-16:15Closing of BayOConnect & Handover to RExPO 2024
Prof. Dr. Ralf Huss, BioM Biotech Cluster Development
Prof. Dr. Harald Schmidt, REPO4EU Coordinator
16:15-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-18:00RExPO 2024: The Potential of AI and Drug Repurposing for Precision Medicine
Prof. Dr. Jennifer Martin, Newcastle University (AU)
Prof. Dr. Harald Schmidt, REPO4EU Coordinator
Dr. Farzaneh Firoozbakht, University of Hamburg
Dr. Andreas Maier, University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Mathias Wilhelm, Technical University of Munich
 -Panel Discussion-


Contact:

Dr. Max Pöhlmann
Dr. Max Pöhlmann

Cluster Development Lead

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

 

 

  

Supported by


In collaboration with RExPO24, the International Annual Conference on Systems Medicine, Artificial Intelligence and Drug Repurposing of the REPO4EU Horizon Europe project