Invest, Innovate, Collaborate, Elevate: Strategic Perspectives for an Innovative and Competitive European Life Sciences Ecosystem
Rigshospitalet
Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen
All plenary sessions on the 8th will be livestreamed. Further information will be available on the website closer to the conference date.
Vision for global leadership
Welcome by Rasmus Møgelvang, CEO, Rigshospitalet and Lars Gaardhøj, Chairman, Capital Region of Denmark.
Fireside discussion
Margrethe Vestager, Chair of the Board of the Technical University of Denmark, and former Executive VP of the EU Commission & Commissioner for Competition.
Manuel Heitor, Professor and former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal. Chair of the Heitor Report: Align, Act, Accelerate – Rethinking EU Research and Innovation Funding to Boost Competitiveness, commissioned by the European Commission.
Moderated by Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
Position EU as the world’s most attractive place for Life Science
Research perspective: Elizabeth Macintyre, President, Biomedical Alliance in Europe
Industry perspective: Nathalie Moll, CEO, EFPIA.
Healthcare perspective: Dr. Ernst Kuipers, Vice President (Research) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prev. Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands
Patient perspective: Marco Greco, President of European Patients Forum
Moderated by: Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
by Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
1: Strengthening applied clinical and translational research through transnational collaboration.
By Chair, Cristina Messa, Professor at the University of Milano Bicocca, Scientific Director of the IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, and Former Minister of University and Research, Italy, Malene Fischer, Research Director, Rigshospitalet.
2: Stimulating innovation in the European Life Sciences.
By Chair, Prof. Francesco Giorgino, The European Association for the Study of Diabetes e.V. (EASD) and Co-chair, David Dreyer Lassen, Rector, University of Copenhagen.
3: Boosting the uptake of medical technologies and healthcare solutions.
By Chair Heyo Kroemer CEO, Charité and Co-chair, Thomas Balle Kristensen, CEO, Aarhus University Hospital.
4: Advancing personalised medicine and prevention through the power of data and AI for breakthrough innovation
By Chair, Jens Habermann, CEO, BBMRI-ERIC and Co-chair: Bettina Lundgren, Center Director, Danish National Genome Center.
5: Addressing regulatory challenges in Europe for smooth and rapid market access.
By chair Efstratia Vatzaki, Senior Scientific Officer at the European Medicines Agency and co-chair Ida Sofie Jensen, Former CEO, Lif – The Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Turbocharging the European Ecosystem in Life Sciences – Innovation District Europe
Ann-Sofie Ronnlund, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva
David Dreyer Lassen, Rector, University of Copenhagen
Lars Frolund,Lecturer at MIT and EIC Board Member
Bernd Ohnesorge, President of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Siemens Healthineers.
Mai-Britt Zocca, Ph.D., founder and Chief Executive Officer of IO Biotech
Moderated by: Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
Strengthening applied clinical and translational research through transnational collaboration, by chair
Stimulating innovation in the European Life Sciences, by chair
Boosting the uptake of medical technologies and healthcare solutions, by chair
Advancing personalised medicine and prevention through the power of data and AI for breakthrough innovation, by chair
Addressing regulatory challenges in Europe for smooth and rapid market access, by chair
Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General (DG) for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)
Moderated by Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
From Ambition to Impact: Strengthening Europe Through Life Science
Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General (DG) for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)
Christina Egelund, Minister for Higher Education & Science, Denmark
Manuel Heitor, Professor and former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal. Chair of the Heitor Report: Align, Act, Accelerate – Rethinking EU Research and Innovation Funding to Boost Competitiveness, commissioned by the European Commission.
Moderated by Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE
Life Science: A Catalyst for European Competitivenes
Copenhagen City Hall
Raadhuspladsen 1, Copenhagen
Lars Weiss, Lord Mayor, Copenhagen
Sophie Løhde, Minister for the Interior and Health, Denmark