Speakers
Special Guests
EU
Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Cabinet Expert Commissioner Gabriel for Innovation, research, Education, culture and Youth
European Commission
Speakers, 24 September
United Kingdom
Dr. Virginia Acha
Associate Vice President – Global Lead, Global Regulatory Policy
Merck
Bulgaria
Radka Argirova, Prof. Dr.
Virologist, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
Chairperson of the Bulgarian Association for Medical Virology
Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Borissov, MBA, DSCI
Ideologist and Managing Director at Biotech Atelier
Managing Director of Prescriptia Ltd., Chairman of the Management Board of Bulgarian Association of Clinical Research
Germany
Michael Byczkowski
Vice president and Global Lead of the Industry Business Unit Healthcare Providers
SAP SE
France
Dr. Nadia Cheaib
Global Health Social & Philanthropist Entrepreneur / Chairwoman, President and CEO of Clingroup / President Hope MCF / President Health Commission, French Chamber Egypt / Ambassador at Egypt International Health Congress
The Netherlands
Jonathan Clark
Independent advisor on strategy and innovation
Founder at Jonathan Clark & Partners B.V.
Bulgaria
Vladimir Danailov
Executive Director, Member of the Management Board
Fund of Funds in Bulgaria (FMFIB)
Bulgaria
Deyan Denev
Director
Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Bulgaria (ARPHARM Bulgaria)
Bulgaria
Prof. Dr. Asen Dudov
President of the Bulgarian Cancer Scientific Society (BCSS)
Medical Director and Head of Medical Oncology Department, Acibadem City Clinic Mladost
Denmark
Bogi Eliasen
Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
Chair of the Danish UNESCO Bioethical Committee
United Arab Emirates
Paul Epping
Serial Enterpreneur, Co-founder and Chairman
XPONENTIALEQ AND FUTURIST
Bulgaria
Dr. Evgeni Evgeniev
Research Attaché
Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the European Union
Bulgaria, The Netherlands
Liliya Evtimova-Tichev
Validation/Qualification Engineer for Quality Assurance
Lonza, Netherlands
Spain
Iris Faull Fleischer, MD, MHA
Senior Director Medical Affairs & Business Development Europe
Guardant Health, Inc.
France
Nico Forraz, Dr.
Founding Director and CEO
CTI-Biotech Cell Therapy Research Institute, Lyon, France
Bulgaria
Stanimir Hasardzhiev, Dr.
Secretary General - Patient Access Partnership (PACT) / Secretary General - CEE4HEALTH / Genereal Director - National Patient Organisation (NPO) / Chairperson - Bulgarian Association for Personalized Medicine (BAPEMED)
Germany
Ute Hegener, Dipl. Biologist
Director, Quality Management & Compliance, Head of Regulatory Affairs Team
PharmaLex
Lithuania
Tatjana Ivaskiene, Dr.
CEO
State Scientific Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Lithuania
Bulgaria
Prof. Radka Kaneva, PhD
Executive Manager of Molecular Medicine Center at Medical University of Sofia
Member of BAPEMED Executive Board
The Netherlands
Peter Kapitein, Dr. H. C.
International networker in cancer research
Patient Advocate at Inspire2Live
Singapore
Alexander Lezhava, PhD
Associate Director, Office of Strategic Alliances & Knowledge Management, Genome Institute of Singapore
Senior Group Leader, Translational Research Group, Genome Institute of Singapore
France
Colin McGuckin, Prof. Dr.
Founding Director, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer
CTI-Biotech Cell Therapy Research Institute, Lyon, France
Canada
Prof. Daniel Mueller, MD, PhD
Head, Pharmacogenetics Research Clinic and Staff Psychiatrist, Genaral Adult Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto
Professor at Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology , University of Toronto
Germany
Ilja Nothnagel
Member of the executive board
Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce
Bulgaria
Аli Pirzada, MD
Head of Forensic and Integrity Services in Bulgaria, N. Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo
EY
Lebanon
Issam Sawaya, MBA, BS
Chief Executive Officer / General Manager
Pierre Fabre Medicament & Santé
Turkey
Osman Ugur Sezerman
Head of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Department
Acibadem Mehme Ali Aydinlar Universitesi
Korea
Jae-Gook Shin, MD, PhD
Chair / Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology
Inje University College of Medicine and Inje University Busan Paik Hospital
Bulgaria
Prof. Dr. Dobrin Svinarov, MD. PhD, Dr. Med Sc
Head of Clinical Laboratory and Clinical Pharmacology at Alexandrovska University Hospital / Chairman of the Department of Clinical Laboratory and at the Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia / President of the Bulgarian Society of Clinical laboratory
Denmark
Steffen Thirstrup, Prof., MD, PhD
Director, NDA Regulatory Advisory Board
NDA Advisory Services Ltd
Lithuania
Arunas Zebrauskas
Head of Project Management department
State Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Lithuania
Speakers, 25 September
Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Borissov, MBA, DSCI
Ideologist and Managing Director at Biotech Atelier
Managing Director of Prescriptia Ltd., Chairman of the Management Board of Bulgarian Association of Clinical Research
Germany
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bräutigam, PhD (MSU)
Professor for Computational Biology
Bielefeld University, Germany
The Netherlands
Jonathan Clark
Independent advisor on strategy and innovation
Founder at Jonathan Clark & Partners B.V.
United Kingdom
Sarah Cooper
Business Development Manager (Commercial)
National Institute for Health Research – Clinical Research Network
United Kingdom
Ann Daly
Professor of Pharmacogenetics at the Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Bulgaria
Kamen Doxev, MD
Country Manager/Regional Director for Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Israel
PSI-CRO
Romania
Prof Dr Doina Draganescu
Dean
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy
Denmark
Bogi Eliasen
Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
Chair of the Danish UNESCO Bioethical Committee
Germany
Prof. Dr. Alisdair Fernie
Group Leader Central Metabolism
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Bulgaria
Asoc. Prof. Dr. Tsanko Gechev
Director
Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Boryana Gerasimova
Healthcare entrepreneur, patient advocate, motivational speaker
Founder of Re:Gena
Bulgaria / Belgium
Violeta Georgieva
Manager Legal Affairs
EuropaBio – the European Association for Bioindustries
Germany
Prof. Dr. Astrid Junker
Group Leader 'Acclimation Dynamics and Phenotyping'
Local Coordinator of the German Plant Phenotyping Network
Bulgaria
Prof. Radka Kaneva, PhD
Executive Manager of Molecular Medicine Center at Medical University of Sofia
Member of BAPEMED Executive Board
Sweden
Prof. Graham Kemp
Professor in the Data Science and AI Division
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Austria
Norbert Kreuzinger
Assistant Professor
TU Vienna-Austria, Institute for Water Quality and Resources Management
Bulgaria
Todor Kunchev, MD
Neurologist
Department of Neurology at University Hospital Alexandrovska, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Gergana Kyosovska-Peshtenska
Project Manager “Personalized Medicine”, Institute for Medical Research (IMR)
Expert “Patient Support Programmes” and Patient Advocate, BAPEMED
USA
Assoc. Prof. Zdravka Medarova, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Co-founder of TransCode Therapeutics, Inc.
Romania
Acad. Prof. Dr. Constantin Mircioiu
Vice-President of National Commission of Bioethics of Drugs and Medical Devices
President of Pharmaceutical Dept. Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania
Romania
Dr Cristina Florescu Moraid, MSc, EuSpLM, MRQA
CEO & Co-founder
AVANTYO Institute of Clinical Research
Germany
Prof. Dr. Zoran Nikoloski
Professor of Bioinformatics
Potsdam-Golm at Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany
Germany
Michael Oellerich
Research Professor
George-August University, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG)
Bulgaria
Assist. Prof. Dr. Veselin Petrov
Chief assistant professor at the Department of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetic
Agricultural University, Plovdiv
United Kingdom
Prof David Rowbotham
Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University of Leicester
Clinical Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands
Bulgaria
Victoria Sarafian, Prof. Dr. MD, PhD, DMSc
Professor of Immunology
Department of Medical Biology, Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Romania
Dr Catalina Sarbu
Director Clinical Operations, Parexel International Romania
Head of the CRO Association in Romania (ACCSCR)
Bulgaria
Prof. Ivan Staikov
Head of the Clinic of Neurology and Sleep Medicine
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
Bulgaria
Prof. Dr. Dobrin Svinarov, MD. PhD, Dr. Med Sc
Head of Clinical Laboratory and Clinical Pharmacology at Alexandrovska University Hospital / Chairman of the Department of Clinical Laboratory and at the Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia / President of the Bulgarian Society of Clinical laboratory
Bulgaria / USA
Ivan Ivanov
Clinical Professor at the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
