Speakers

Special Guests

Bulgaria

Eva Maydell

Member of the European Parliament

Isidro Laso Ballesteros

Cabinet Expert Commissioner Gabriel for Innovation, research, Education, culture and Youth

European Commission

Speakers, 24 September

United Kingdom

Bams Abila, MD, PhD, FFPM

Chief Medical Officer

CMED

United Kingdom

Dr. Virginia Acha

Associate Vice President – Global Lead, Global Regulatory Policy

Merck

Belgium

Thomas Allvin

Executive Director for Strategy and Healthcare Systems

EFPIA

The Netherlands

Antonio L. Andreu, MD, PhD

Scientific Director

EATRIS-ERIC

Bulgaria

Radka Argirova, Prof. Dr.

Virologist, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital

Chairperson of the Bulgarian Association for Medical Virology

USA

Jonathan Arnold

Vice President, Head of Oncology and Precision Diagnostics (OPDx)

QIAGEN

United Kingdom

Gary Ashford

Partner

Harbottle and Lewis LLP, Chartered Tax Adviser

USA

Ella Balasa

Patient Advocate

Advocacy and Engagement Consultant

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

USA

Branimir Brankov, MD, MBA

Managing Director Balkans

Merck Sharp NAD DOHME (MSD)

Germany

Dr. Zaklina Buljovcic

Director PhD, Principal Consultant Innovative Therapies

PharmaLex

Germany

Michael Byczkowski

Vice president and Global Lead of the Industry Business Unit Healthcare Providers

SAP SE

Ireland

Prof. Dolores Cahill

School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland

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

Bulgaria

Luka Chichov

General Manager

IQVIA Bulgaria

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)

USA

Virginia DiDonato MA, BCC

Consultant

Bulgaria

Rosen Dimitrov, MD

Public Affairs Manager

Novartis Bulgaria

USA

Daniel Dowd, PharmD, RPh

Vice President of Medical Affairs

Genomind

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

Bulgaria

Albena Eftenova

Managing Director Bulgaria

PharmaLex

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

United Kingdom

Andrew Fried

Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Leader

IBM Europe

Bulgaria

Dimitar Georgiev, MD, PhD

Bulgarian Biotech Entrepreneur and CEO

Paralax Life Sciences

United Kingdom

Joanne Hackett

Head of Genomic and Precision Medicine, EMEA

IQVIA

Denmark

Henrik Harling, MD, DMSC

Chief Medical Officer

2cureX

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

Bulgaria

Hrabrina Hristova

Head of Regulatory Affairs

PharmaLex Bulgaria

United Kingdom

Clare Huntington

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs for Medical Devices

PharmaLex

USA / Bulgaria

Peter Ianakiev, PhD

Owner

Hera Bioscience

Bulgaria

Prof. Sylvia Ilieva

Director

GATE Institute

Bulgaria

Jivko Ivanov

Managing partner

Simbula

Bulgaria

Milen Ivanov

CEO

CEO Angels Club

Lithuania

Tatjana Ivaskiene, Dr.

CEO

State Scientific Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Lithuania

Macedonia

Robert Janevski

Geneticist and Forensic Expert

USA

Alan Jerusalmi, PhD

Co-founder & Chief Services Officer

Bio-AI Health

United Kingdom

Paul Jones

Global Lead for Population Genomics

Illumina, UK

Bulgaria

Georgi Kadrev

CEO and Co-founder

Imagga & Kelvin Health

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

Belgium

Elli Karagianni

SNE/ Scientific Project Officer

Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 JU

Bulgaria

Bosilka Kocare

Senior Specialist Regulatory Affairs

PharmaLex

Hungary

Roland Kreissig, MD

General Manager

Novartis Oncology

United Kingdom

Dr. Olga Kubassova

Investor, CEO, Scientist

Switzerland

Elena Kyria

Founder

Elemed

Italy

Raffaele Laciti, MBA

Commercial Integration Manager

World Courier

Germany

Autumn Dawn Lang, PhD, RAC

Co-Founder & CEO

confinis CPM AG

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

Bulgaria / USA

Dr. Lazar Mandinov

Therapeutic Area Head, Cardiovascular

Parexel International

Switzerland

Dimitar Manolov, PhD

Global Head of Portfolio Expansion

Abbott

Bulgaria

Atanas Matev

Healthcare Information Systems

IBM

France

Colin McGuckin, Prof. Dr.

Founding Director, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer

CTI-Biotech Cell Therapy Research Institute, Lyon, France

Belgium

Pierre Meulien, PhD

Executive Director

Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

Germany

Ben Modely

Owner

leads.healthcare

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

Bulgaria

Georgi Natchev

Digital Terapeutics Evangelist

Bulgaria

Valentin Nikolov

CEO

SGP Biodynamics

The Netherlands

Ernesto Nogueira

Founder and CEO

Valueconnected

Germany

Ilja Nothnagel

Member of the executive board

Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

USA

Mandar Paralkar, MBA

Global VP, Head of life sciences

SAP

Bulgaria

Plamen Peev

Co-Founder of Synerhub London

Business Development Manager at EnterCRM

The Netherlands

Piarella Peralta

Patient Advocate

INSPIRE2LIVE

Bulgaria

Аli Pirzada, MD

Head of Forensic and Integrity Services in Bulgaria, N. Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo

Germany

Martin Pohle

Branch Manager

AmerisourceBergen – World Courier

USA

Daryl Pritchard

Senior Vice President of Science Policy

The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)

Bulgaria

George Robev

Executive Director

Strategic Center for Artificial Intelligence

Israel

Lena Rogovin

Senior Digital Health Analyst and Sector Lead

Start-Up Nation Central

Germany

Prof. Michael Rossbach, PhD

Head of Technology Scouting

Eppendorf Group

Lebanon

Issam Sawaya, MBA, BS

Chief Executive Officer / General Manager

Pierre Fabre Medicament & Santé

Germany

Sharon Schnieder

Regional Quality Manager EMEA

World Courier

Turkey

Osman Ugur Sezerman

Head of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Department

Acibadem Mehme Ali Aydinlar Universitesi

Bulgaria

Arkadi Sharkov

Healthcare economist

ЕКИП

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

Peter Shopov

Scientific Liaison/Human Genetics

NM Genomix

Bulgaria

Milena Shuytsova

Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs

PharmaLex

Germany

Dr. Barbara Siebertz, PhD, MDRA

Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs & Special Projects

PharmaLex

Bulgaria

Dr. Alexandar Simidchiev

People first healthcare evangelist and digital missionary

Angela Spatharou

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Bulgaria

Panko Stanchev

Drug Safety Specialist

PharmaLex Bulgaria

The Netherlands

Erik Steinfelder

Biobanking Market Development Director

Thermo Fisher Scintific

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

Bulgaria / USA

Iva Toudjarska, PhD, MBA

SVP, BRIDGEs Partnerships North America and NewCos

Evotec

Germany

Angela Velkova

Director of Communities and Strategic Relations, EMEA

HIMSS

Bulgaria

Ani Vladimirova

Psychologist and NLP Expert

Bulgaria

Theodor Zamfirov, Dr.

CEO

ELTA 90

Mexico / Germany

Diego Zavala

Regional Senior Manager LATAM

PharmaLex

Lithuania

Arunas Zebrauskas

Head of Project Management department

State Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Lithuania

Bulgaria

Maya Zlatanova

CEO of FindMeCure

Product Master Mind @ TrialHub at FindMeCure

United Kingdom

Piers Clark

Founder & Chairman

Isle Group Ltd

Austria

Markus Metka, Prof. Dr. med.

University of Vienna

Speakers, 25 September

United Kingdom

Adeyemi Afuwape

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC

PharmaLex UK

Bulgaria

Prof. Atanas Atanasov

Founder and conceptualizer

Joint Genomic Center

United Kingdom

Alex Blakoe

Chief Operating Office

Cievert

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

Israel

Prof. Dr. Yariv Brotman

Researcher

Ben-Gurion University

Germany

Dr. Zaklina Buljovcic

Director PhD, Principal Consultant Innovative Therapies

PharmaLex

Ireland

Prof. Dolores Cahill

School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland

Belgium

Magda Chlebus

Executive Director Science policy & Regulatory affairs

EFPIA

The Netherlands

Jonathan Clark

Independent advisor on strategy and innovation

Founder at Jonathan Clark & Partners B.V.

USA

Thomas Colarusso

Co-founder & CEO

Bio-AI Health

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

United Kingdom

Elin Haf Davies PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Apartio

Bulgaria

Boyan Doganov

Ethics Committee for Clinical Trials

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

Sweden

Dr. Annabelle Forsmark

Senior manager Health Economics and Outcomes Research

PharmaLex Sweden

Romania

Dr. Marius Geanta

Co-Founder & President

InnoMed center for Innovation in Medicine

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

United Kingdom

Joanne Hackett

Head of Genomic and Precision Medicine, EMEA

IQVIA

United Kingdom

Bruce Hellman

CEO & Co-Founder

uMotif

Bulgaria

Prof. Sylvia Ilieva

Director

GATE Institute

USA

Dr. Alexander Eckehart Urban

Stanford University

Sweden

Fredrik Johansson

Assistant professor

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

China

Prof. Dr. Jianbing Yan

Professor

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

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

Austria

Dr. Josef Lahnsteiner

Technology, Research & Development Director

VA TECH WABAG Group

Bulgaria

Miglena Manova

Manager Regulatory Affairs

PharmaLex Bulgaria

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

Assoc. Prof. Dean Palejev

Digital Health Lead

GATE Institute

Bulgaria

Assist. Prof. Dr. Veselin Petrov

Chief assistant professor at the Department of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetic

Agricultural University, Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Dessislava Petrova-Antonova

Research Leader of Data Management Research Unit

GATE Institute

United Kingdom

Prof David Rowbotham

Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University of Leicester

Clinical Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands

Bulgaria

Rado Russev

Water Utility Manager, Entrepreneur and Advisor

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)

Romania

Cristian Sas

CEO

Sfanta Maria Clinics & Laboratory’s, MedLife Group

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

Bulgaria

Teodora Todorova

Utilities Expert and Manager

Bulgaria / USA

Ivan Ivanov

Clinical Professor at the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology

College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Switzerland

Léon van Wouwe, MSc

Health Research & Health Technology Business Consultant

United Kingdom

Naho Yamazaki

Director of Policy and Engagement

Health Research Authority

United Kingdom

Zeb Younes

Director, Regulatory Affairs

PharmaLex UK

Bulgaria

Maya Zlatanova

CEO of FindMeCure

Product Master Mind @ TrialHub at FindMeCure

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Special Guests

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Isidro Laso Ballesteros

Speakers, 24 September

Bams Abila, MD, PhD, FFPM

Dr. Virginia Acha

Thomas Allvin

Antonio L. Andreu, MD, PhD

Radka Argirova, Prof. Dr.

Jonathan Arnold

Gary Ashford

Ella Balasa

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Borissov, MBA, DSCI

Branimir Brankov, MD, MBA

Dr. Zaklina Buljovcic

Michael Byczkowski

Prof. Dolores Cahill

Dr. Nadia Cheaib

Luka Chichov

Jonathan Clark

Vladimir Danailov

Deyan Denev

Virginia DiDonato MA, BCC

Rosen Dimitrov, MD

Daniel Dowd, PharmD, RPh

Prof. Dr. Asen Dudov

Albena Eftenova

Bogi Eliasen

Paul Epping

Dr. Evgeni Evgeniev

Liliya Evtimova-Tichev

Iris Faull Fleischer, MD, MHA

Nico Forraz, Dr.

Andrew Fried

Dimitar Georgiev, MD, PhD

Joanne Hackett

Henrik Harling, MD, DMSC

Stanimir Hasardzhiev, Dr.

Ute Hegener, Dipl. Biologist

Hrabrina Hristova

Clare Huntington

Peter Ianakiev, PhD

Prof. Sylvia Ilieva

Jivko Ivanov

Milen Ivanov

Tatjana Ivaskiene, Dr.

Robert Janevski

Alan Jerusalmi, PhD

Paul Jones

Georgi Kadrev

Prof. Radka Kaneva, PhD

Peter Kapitein, Dr. H. C.

Elli Karagianni

Bosilka Kocare

Roland Kreissig, MD

Dr. Olga Kubassova

Elena Kyria

Raffaele Laciti, MBA

Autumn Dawn Lang, PhD, RAC

Alexander Lezhava, PhD

Dr. Lazar Mandinov

Dimitar Manolov, PhD

Atanas Matev

Colin McGuckin, Prof. Dr.

Pierre Meulien, PhD

Ben Modely

Prof. Daniel Mueller, MD, PhD

Georgi Natchev

Valentin Nikolov

Ernesto Nogueira

Ilja Nothnagel