Athens, 4-5th November National Library of Greece, SNF Cultural Center
PROGRAMME DAY 1 08:00-09:30 REGISTRATION 09:30-10:00 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Ioanna Koukli, President Hellenic Biocluster Adonis Georgiadis, Minister for Development and Investment (TBC) Athanasios Plevris, Minister of Health (TBC) Athanasios Kyriazis, General Secretary for Research & Innovation Maria Spyraki, EU Parliament Member
10:00-10:45 VISION FOR LIFE SCIENCES & BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE EU
Enabling Biomedical Innovation in Greece: The contribution of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). Nektarios Tavernarakis, FORTH Greece Claire Skentelbery, EuropaBio Belgium Cyprus Research and Innovation Strategy Framework. Philippos Patsalis, NCRI Cyprus 10:45-11:15 MORNING TEA 11:15-12:15 INVESTING IN LIFE SCIENCES: PANEL DISCUSSION
Why health and medical research is a good investment opportunity. Roger Yazbek, Flinders University Australia Biomanufacturing in Greece, upcoming opportunity or future vision? Konstantin Matentzoglu, Celonic Switzerland A leading Greek pharma (ELPEN), our investment in R&D and a new Research Institute: a model for the future. Constantine Stratakis, ELPEN Research & Training Institute Greece Katia Karalis, RGC Regeneron Pharmaceuticals USA 12:15-13:45 NETWORKING LUNCH 13:45-15:00 CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE 1
From in silico drug design to pre-clinical trials of novel anti-cancer compounds. Zoe Cournia, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens
Ultra-rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein in clinical samples with a portable cell-based biosensor. Sophie Mavrikou, Agricultural University of Athens Discovery of novel orally administered small molecule inhibitors with pre-clinical therapeutic efficacy for chronic inflammatory diseases. Maria Denis, Biomedcode Hellas S.A. Nanoplasmas Diagnostic Products. Kosmas Ellinas, Nanoplasmas Private Company, Spin-off NCSR Demokritos Dynamic assessment of accommodation in the human eye with a novel instrument. Harilaos Ginis, Diestia Systems Innovative dosimeter for medical applications. Marianthi Fragkopoulou, HERADO 15:00-15:30 AFTERNOON TEA 15:30-16:15 THE PATHWAY FROM UNVERSITY TO MARKET
Eureka – an Australian perspective of the journey from University to Market. Carmela Sergi, Flinders University Australia UCL: A paradigm of life science translation & commercialization. Vassilis Georgiadis, UCL UK The pathway from University to Market: A Greek Experience. Elias Castanas, University of Crete Greece 16:30-18:30 NETWORKING DRINKS
PROGRAMME DAY 2 09:30-10:45 CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE 2
TendoMend Case Study: A venture nurtured from an innovative idea of a Greek Surgeon. Ehud Almon, TendoMend Ltd. From medical ideas to start-up ventures and successful product commercialization. Kobi Blank, Blank Innovations Novel micromolecular agents against SARS-CoV-2, identified by a computational framework and experimentally validated. Elias Castanas, Nature Crete Pharmaceuticals Polyphenol-rich grape stem extracts from Greek vine varieties as potential beneficial ingredients of innovative bio-functional foods. Konstantinos Poulas, University of Patras Fast, efficient and ethical in vivo screening on new compounds using 2D preclinical imaging. George Loudos, BIOEMTECH Improving cataract surgery with the fixOflex ring. Ioannis Pallikaris, EYEPCR BV 10:45-11:45 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY INNOVATION CLUSTERS
Michael Altorfer, Swiss Biotech Association, Switzerland
Anaïs Le Corvec, CEBR Belgium Antonio Novo Guerrero, European Clusters Alliance Belgium Stamatiki Kritas, HBio Greece Clusters supporting SMEs: The MEDIC-NEST programme. Carmen Mihai, IMAGO-MOL Cluster Romania & Johan Lecocq, DSP VALLEY Belgium 11:45-12:15 MORNING TEA 12:15-13.15
FAST TRACK HEALTH INNOVATION: FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP Stergios Anastasiadis, Genesis Ventures Canada
Fast-track Health Innovation: Fostering Entrepreneurship. George Giakoumakis, European Investment Fund Luxembourg The day after … your idea. Vassilis Papakonstantinou, MIT Enterprise Forum Greece Fostering Biotech Entrepreneurship on Sound Legal Grounds. Ioanna Michalopoulou, Michalopoulou & Associates Lawgroup Greece 13:15-14:45 NETWORKING LUNCH 14:45-16:00 CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE 3
Research into practice: Integrated care solutions for the citizen. Angelina Kouroubali, ICS FORTH The PRESCIT project: Intelligent e-prescription for clinical decision support. George Nikolaidis, Ergobyte Informatics S.A. IOT-based smart triage of COVID-19 suspicious cases in the emergency department. Alexis Fourlis, Vidavo S.A. Point-of-care bioanalytical device based on white light reflectance spectroscopy for sepsis diagnosis. Ioannis Raptis, ThetaMetrisis COVID-19 and nicotine cholinergic system: An in silico curative approach employing nicotinic receptor agonists. Konstantinos Poulas, University of Patras Herbal medicine: source of bioactive compounds for modern therapeutics. Aikaterini Argyropoulou, PharmaGnose S.A. 16:00-16:30 AFTERNOON TEA 16:30-17:15 SMALL TO MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PATHWAY TO ACCESS FINANCE – ROUND TABLE
DISCUSSION Session facilitated by HBio and the Hellenic Development Bank 17:15-17:30 FINAL CLOSING REMARKS
A big thank you to our sponsors! SILVER
BRONZE
SUPPORTING PARTNERS