Agenda

Day 1

All times are in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) / UTC +3

08:45
 – 09:15

Welcome and Opening of the Biotech Atelier

Biotech Atelier goes virtual – beyond borders and the social distancing

Dr. Dimitar Georgiev
Dr. Stanimir Hasurdjiev
Vladimir Danailov
Isidro Laso Ballesteros

09:15
 – 10:30

Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)

ATMPs are the new hope and challenge for diagnosis, therapy, registration, pharmacovigilance. Pricing and reimbursement are big issues as well. The distinguished panelists will elaborate topics related to ATMPs in the EU and Bulgaria and stimulate the guests for a fruitful discussion.

Moderator
Dr. Borislav Borissov

Rozalina Kulaksazova
Sharon Schnieder
Prof. Dr. Steffen Thirstrup
Dr. Zaklina Buljovcic
Arkadi Sharkov

10:45
 – 11:15

Presentation

Keynote Lecture

Moderator
Bogi Eliasen

11:15
 – 12:30

Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in life sciences and healthcare. Could and would AI replace human intellect in diagnostic process and offer better treatment? Could we rely on AI for better analysis of the drug efficacy and safety? Have you ever heard about “Digital Therapeutics”? Digital therapeutics – innovation and challenges.

Moderator
Dr. Alexander Simidchiev

Andrew Fried
Angela Velkova
Paul Epping
Dr. Rossen Dimitrov

12:45
 – 13:15

Interview

Dimitar Georgiev, BA and Pierre Meulien, IMI

Dr. Dimitar Georgiev
Pierre Meulien

13:15
 – 14:15

Real-World Evidence (RWE) and HTA

Capturing the effects of health technologies in the real world

Moderator
Dr. Borislav Borissov

Dr. Branimir Brankov
Prof. Dr. Steffen Thirstrup
Prof. Dolores Cahill
Virginia Acha (TBC)

Small Ateliers

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 1A

Personalized Medicine: Recent Developments

Moderator
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev

Dr. Antonio Andreu
Daryl Pritchard
Prof. Dr. Jae-Gook Shin
Prof. Dr. Asen Dudov

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 1B

Personalized Medicine: Biomarkers

Moderator
Prof. Michael Rossbach

Dr. Henrik Harling
Dr. Iris Faull
Robert Janevski

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 1C

Personalized Psychiatry

Moderator
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev

Prof. Daniel Mueller
PharMD Daniel Dowd
Peter Shopov

18:15
 – 19:15

Featured Posters

The projects that change patients’ lives

Student posters competition, supported by Pfizer

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 2A

How Germany managed the coronavirus crisis

Moderator
Jivko Ivanov

Ilya Nothnagel
Michael Byczkowski

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 2B

The Life Science Funding in "Corona Times" and beyond

Moderator
Jivko Ivanov

Georgi Natchev
Gary Ashford
Milen Ivanov
Vladimir Danailov

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 2C

Digital Therapeutics

Moderator
Georgi Natchev

Lena Rogovin
Dr. Angela Spatharou
Milena Shuytsova

18:15
 – 19:15

Small Atelier 2D

Human Capital in "Corona Times" and beyond

Moderator
Jivko Ivanov

Annie Vladimirova
Plamen Peev
Virginia DiDonato
Elena Kyria

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 3A

COVID-19: the New Reality in Bulgaria and Worldwide

Moderator
Deyan Denev

Dr. Alexandar Simidchiev
Assoc. Prof. Evgeni Evgeniev
Peter Kapitein
Thomas Allvin

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 3B

Keynotes - COVID-19

15:45 – 16:15 – Dimitar Manolov
16:15 – 16:45 – Ali Pirzada

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 3C

Biotechnology Innovation and Investment - Before, Now and Then

Moderator
Gary Ashford

Prof. Dr. Colin McGuckin
Prof. Dolores Cahill
Iva Toudjarska
Olga Kubassova”

18:15
 – 19:15

Featured Posters

The projects that change patients’ lives

Student posters competition, supported by Pfizer

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 4A

Personalized Medicine: Biobanking and Population Genetics

Moderator
Bogi Eliasen

Erik Steinfelder
Paul Jones
Prof. Joanne Hackett
Prof. Radka Kaneva

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 4B

Patient Advocate and Chief Patient Officer

Moderator
Dr. Stanimir Hasurdjiev

Peter Kapitein
Elli Karagianni
Piarella Peralta
Gabriella Balasa

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 4C

Clinical Trials

Moderator
Dr. Nadia Cheaib

Dr. Lazar Mandinov
Raffaele Laciti
Maya Zlatanova
Issam Sawaya

18:15
 – 19:15

Featured Posters

The projects that change patients’ lives

Student posters competition, supported by Pfizer

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 5A

Regulatory Challenges in the COVID Era

Moderator
Hrabrina Hristova

Diego Zavala
Autumn Lang

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 5B

Medical Cannabis – the Wonder Substance

Moderator
Albena Eftenova

Dr. Barbara Siebertz
Bosilka Kocare
Ute Hegener

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 5C

Hospital Exemption for ATMPs

Moderator
Panko Stanchev

Liliya Evtimova-Tichev
Arunas Zebrauskas
Dr. Tatjana Ivaskiene
Prof. Dr. Bams Abila

18:15
 – 19:15

Small Atelier 5D

Medical Devices in the Digital Health Era

Moderator
Milena Shuytsova

Ernesto Nogueira
Clare Huntington
Ben Modley

14:30
 – 15:30

Small Atelier 6A

Innovations in the COVID-19 Era

Moderator
Dr. Nico Forraz

Alexander Lezhava
Peter Yanakiev
Prof. Osman Uğur Sezerman

15:45
 – 16:45

Small Atelier 6B

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Hear the Experts

Moderator
Valentin Nikolov

Dr. Alexander Lezhava
Erik Steinfelder
Dr. Theodor Zamfirov
Prof. Dr. Radka Argirova

17:00
 – 18:00

Small Atelier 6C

Artificial Intelligence in the COVID-19 Era

Moderator
Dr. Alexander Simidchiev

Alan Jerusalmi
Prof. Silvia Ilieva
Dr. Rosen Dimitrov

18:15
 – 19:15

Small Atelier 6D

COVID-19 Diagnostic and Therapy, the Bulgarian Perspective

Moderator
Dr. Alexandar Simidchiev

Prof. Dr. Dobrin Svinarov
Dr. Vaselinа Koleva
Georgi Kadrev
Prоf. Georgi Мomekov
Georgi Hristov

Day 1

All times are in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) / UTC +3

14:30
 – 15:00

Keynotes

Healthcare and Pharma Dynamics, 2020

Moderator
Luka Chichov

15:00
 – 15:30

Keynotes

Precision Medicine’s Potential and Current Gaps

Moderator
Jonathan Arnold

15:30
 – 16:00

Keynotes

11 years ATMPs

Moderator
Dr. Martina Schüssler-Lenz

16:00
 – 16:30

Keynotes

ATMPs, patient's perspective

Moderator
Jonathan Clark

16:30
 – 17:00

Keynotes

ATMPs, logistics

Moderator
Martin Pohle

17:00
 – 17:30

Keynotes

ATMPs, Leveraging the Digital Supply Chain

Moderator
Mandar Paralkar

17:30
 – 18:00

Keynotes

IBM Solutions in Healthcare

Moderator
Atanas Matev

18:00
 – 18:30

Keynotes

The Supercomputers – modern accelerators of innovation in healthcare

Moderator
Georgi Robev

18:30
 – 19:00

Keynotes

3D Bioprinting: advancing preclinical trials

Moderator
Colin McGuckin

19:00
 – 19:30

Keynotes

Beyond healthcare system towards a health-tech ecosystem

Moderator
Roland Kreissig

Day 2

All times are in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) / UTC +3

10:00
 – 15:00

Satellite event

Personalization, Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics

BAPEMED

09:00
 – 12:30

Satellite event

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health

10:00
 – 13:30

Satellite event

Plant Biotechnology: Beyond

Center of Plant System Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB)

11:00
 – 17:00

Satellite event

Innovation in Medicine – ATMPs

Pharmalex

11:00
 – 18:00

Satellite event

Future of clinical trials, AI and data

UK Science & Innovation Network and British Embassy Sofia

15:00
 – 18:00

Satellite event

Water and Biotechnologies

16:00
 – 19:00

Startups

Healthtech and Biotech startup track

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