Speaker Gallery

Meet the thought leaders shaping the future of European life sciences. Our speakers represent a diverse mix of policymakers, researchers, innovators, and industry experts driving change across the health ecosystem.

Adam Kostyál

Head of European Listings, Nasdaq

Agnès Buzyn

CEO, Evidences and Former Minister of Solidarity and Health, France

Ann-Sofie Ronnlund

Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva

Benjamin Rochette

Vice President, Global Regulary Affairs, Coloplast

Bernd Ohnesorge

President of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Siemens Healthineers

Bettina Lundgren

Center Director, Danish National Genome Center

Carl-Johan Dalgaard

Chairman of the Danish Economic Councils and Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen

Charl van Zyl

CEO, H. Lundbeck A/S

Christian Elling

Senior Vice President, Managing Partner, Lundbeckfonden BioCapital

Christina Egelund

Minister for Higher Education and Science of Denmark

Claudia Louati

Head of Policy, European Patients’ Forum

Cristina Messa

Former Minister of University and Research, Italy

David Dreyer Lassen

Rector, University of Copenhagen

Ditte Brasso

Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPE

Elizabeth Kuiper

Associate Director, European Policy Centre

Elizabeth Macintyre

President, Biomedical Alliance in Europe

Emil Kongshøj Larsen

Executive Vice President for International Operations, Novo Nordisk

Ernst Kuipers

Vice President (Research), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Efstratia Vatzaki

Senior Scientific Officer at the European Medicines Agency

Eva Hoffmann

Prorector for Research and Innovation, University of Copenhagen

Felicitas Riedl

Director, Department of Innovation and Competitiveness, European Investment Bank

Francesco Giorgino

Chair, The European Association for the Study of Diabetes e.V. (EASD)

Heyo Kroemer

CEO, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Ida Sofie Jensen

Former CEO, Lif – The Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Jakob Skaarup Nielsen

Executive Director, Healthcare Denmark

Jens Harbermann

CEO, Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium

Jens Nielsen

CEO, BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen

Joanna Drake

Deputy Director-General for Planet, People and Science for Policy, and Acting Director for Clean Planet, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Kim Jørgensen

Head of Institutional Relations EMEA, Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd

Lars Frolund

Lecturer at MIT and EIC Board Member

Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen

Chair, Healthcare Denmark

Lars Gaardhøj

Chairman, Capital Region of Denmark

Lars Rasmussen

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Coloplast A/S; Chair of the Danish national Life Science Council; and Chair of WS Audiology

Lars Weiss

Lord Mayor, Copenhagen

Lykke Friis

Director, Think Tank EUROPE

Mai-Britt Zocca

Ph.D., founder and Chief Executive Officer of IO Biotech 

Malene Fischer

Deputy Chief Executive, Rigshospitalet

Manuel Heitor

Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

Marco Greco

President, European Patients’ Forum

Margrethe Vestager

Chair of the Board, Technical University of Denmark

Matthias Pfannkuche

Vice President & Head of Global Value Demonstration, Market Access & Pricing Operations, Merck

Morten Bødskov

Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs of Denmark

Nathalie Moll

Director General, EFPIA

Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat

Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Europe

Niklas Blomberg

Executive Director of Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

Rainer Becker

Director, DG for Health and Food Safety (SANTE), European Commission

Rasmus Møgelvang

CEO, Rigshospitalet

Rui Santos Ivo

President of the Portuguese National Authority of Medicines and Healthcare Products (Infarmed) and Chair of the Management Board of European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Sophie Løhde

Ministerfor the Interior and Health of Denmark of Denmark

Stefan Oelrich

President, EFPIA; and Member of the Board of Management of Bayer AG

Stine Bosse

MEP, Vice-Chair on the Committee on Public Health (SANT), European Parliament

Søren Nedergaard

Chief Portfolio Officer – Portfolio, People & Partnerships, Novo Nordisk Foundation

Teresa Graham

CEO, Roche Pharmaceuticals

Thomas Balle Kristensen

CEO, Aarhus University Hospital

Thomas Klee

Senior Vice President, Major Europe & Canada, Lundbeck

Troels Rye-Andersen

Vice President, Global Public Affairs & Government Relations, Novo Nordisk

Walter Ricciardi

Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore