Speakers
Italiy
Anna Stefani
Ambassador of WeWomEngineers, part of HIMSS Italian Community
Project Manager Healthcare engagement Solutions Alira Health
Sweden
Åse Rosenqvist
Nordic Cell Therapy Launch Lead, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
Board Member of CAMP ATMP Sweden
Germany
Benjamin Faist, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Head of International Business Development
Eurofins LifeCodexx, Germany
Denmark
Bogi Eliasen
Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
Chair of the Danish UNESCO Bioethical Committee
Bulgaria
Borislav Borissov, Assoc. Prof. Dr., 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
Ireland
Derick Mitchel, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science & Industry (IPPOSI)
Bulgaria
Deyan Denev
Director
Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Bulgaria (ARPHARM Bulgaria)
Uruguay
Gregorio Iraola, PhD
Group Leader (G4 Program), Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Co-founder, Kinzbio
Germany
Gunnar Schroefel
Global Director Patient Advocacy / Global Medical Affairs Oncology
Daiichi Sankyo
Bulgaria
Jana Makedonska
Programme Manager
Health Research Unit of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
USA
Jeff Wallace
Adjunct Instructor at UC Berkeley for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Co-founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket
Belgium
Koen Kas, Prof. Dr.
Healthcare futurist & delight thinker
Guest professor at Ghent University in Belgium
USA
Luisa Leal
CEO & Founder
The Akari Foundation for kids with Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne and other rare diseases
Belgium
Magda Chlebus
Executive Director Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Switzerland
Magdalena Daccord
Chief Executive
FH Europe, the European Network of patient organizations advocating for people living with familial hyperlipidaemias
Sweeden
Mats Hansson
Senior Professor of Biomedical Ethics at the Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University
Coordinator and Academic Lead of the IMI-project PREFER (2016-2022)
Switzerland
Mireille Muller
Executive Regulatory Policy Director, Novartis
Part of several EFPIA groups / Part of the EuropaBio group on ATMPs and Policy
Spain
Monica Kleijn Evason
“The Brain Project” founder, Corporate Communications Coach, Patient Advocate, Mum
USA
Nicolas Garnier, PhD
Senior Director - Patient Advocacy Lead
Pfizer Rare Disease Global Product Development
Germany
Nikhil Damle, PhD
Senior Consultant in the area of Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at OSTHUS GmbH
The Netherlands
Peter Kapitein, Dr. H. C.
International networker in cancer research
Patient Advocate at Inspire2Live
UK
Richard Stephens
Patient Advocate
Chair of BBMRI-ERIC’s Stakeholder Forum and NCRI CTRad's Consumer Panel
Denmark
Rikke Nørgaard Elster
Head of Mental Health Tech at We.Care
Psychologist | Specialized in Digital Therapeutics
Belgium
Sibilia Quilici (MBA, MSc)
Executive Director of Vaccines Europe
EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
United Kingdom
Sir Andrew Dillon
Founding Chief Executive of NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (1999 – 2020)
Visiting professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London Independent advisor
France
Souad Belarbi
Government Affairs and Market Access Director for EU South and indirect markets
Hologic
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)
Belgium
Steven Vandeput, PhD
Advisor Extramuros & Digital HealthAdvisor Extramuros & Digital Health
beMedTech
Switzerland
Thomas Bols
Head of Government Affairs and Patient Advocacy, EMEA & APAC at PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Member of the Board of EuropaBio
Slovenia
Tjasa Zajk
Podcaster @Faces of Digital Health | Better Meds Business Developer @Better
Event Moderator | Patient Advocate
Norway
Vessela N. Kristensen, Prof., PhD
Director of Research and Head of Division of Research and Development
Department of Medical Genetics, OUS
