BIO-Europe Spring 2024 | EBD Group | 17 March 2024 | International Barcelona Convention Center, Plaça de Willy Brandt, 11-14, Sant Martí, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

This event came back on top with a record breaking 3,500+ total attendees representing over 1,400 companies and 53 countries, which resulted in a remarkable level of engagement and over 19,000 one-to-one partnering meetings. Attendees benefited from a wide range of fireside chats, expert panels, company presentations and were able to combine partnering meetings with informal networking during breaks and stunning evening receptions.

2024 Speakers

Khatereh Ahmadi
Head of Search and Evaluation Team, MSD

Lilian Alcaraz
VP of Early Innovation Partnering, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Bjorn Arvidsson
Managing Director, STUNS Life science

Victoria Balannik
VP and Global Head of External Innovation and In-Licensing, Menarini Stemline

Jared Bauer
CEO, Seek Labs

Marie-Eve Beaulieu
CSO, PEPTOMYC

Julia Behnke
Chief Executive, ingineeon

Clara Campas
Managing Partner and co-founder, Asabys

Frederic Caroff
CEO, Hephaistos Pharma

Daniel Chancellor
Thought Leadership and Consulting Director, Citeline

Jaden Hyungseok Chang
CEO, ZTI BIOSCIENCES

Michelle Chen
CBO, Insilico Medicine

Kang-Yell Choi
CEO, CK Regeon Inc.

Joana Correia
Analyst at Aliath Bioventures, Aliath Bioventures

Matthieu Coutet
Partner, Sofinnova Partners

Eva Cruz de Castro
Head of Business Development, Avanzanite Bioscience

Yogev Debbi
Co-Founder & CEO, Mana.bio

Carles Domenech
Executive Chairman and CEO, Ability Pharmaceuticals, SA

Lucie Ellis-Taitt
Executive Director - In Vivo, Citeline

Cartier Esham
CSO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Robert Fabregat
CEO, Biocat

Arne Faisst
CEO, abc biopply ag

Laura Faravelli
VP Business Development, NEWRON PHARMACEUTICALS SPA

Jose Maria Fernandez
Partner, Aliath Bioventures

Jordi Ferrer
Investment Director, Ship2B Ventures

Benjamin Garel
Chief Executive Officer, Paris Saclay Cancer Cluster

Clement Gautier
Head of External Innovation Neuroscience & rare disease, IPSEN

Hakan Goker
Managing Director, M Ventures

Victor Guallar
ICREA Research Professor, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Anton Gueth
Managing Director, EVOLUTION Life Science Partners

Isma Hachi
Director, IQVIA

Anna Hercot
CEO, Evariste

Jeremy Herve
Head of Innovation and Economic Development, EPA Paris Saclay

Sean Jou
President & Chief Scientific Officer, HanchorBio Inc.

Juha Jouhki
CEO, Tenboron Oy

Bong Seog Kim
CTO, Boryung Co.,Ltd.

Endre Kiss-Toth
Founder, CEO, StemcellX Limited

Neal Koller
CEO, Alphyn Biologics

Ella Korets-Smith
CSO, Virica Biotech

Laura Lane
VP - Venture Sciences (Europe), Eli Lilly & Co

Seth Lederman
CEO, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

Yuta Lee
CEO, Accelerated Biosciences Corp.

Chloe Lepretre
Head of External Innovation, Servier

Shawn Shui On Leung
CEO, SinoMab BioScience Limited

Philippe Lopes-Fernandes
Executive VP, IPSEN

Claire Macht
Portfolio Director, Europe, EBD Group

Angele Maki
CBO, Hummingbird Bioscience

Ricardo Mancebo
CEO, GenEndeavor LLC

Stephanie Marrus
Managing Director, University of California San Francisco

Raul Martin
Partner, Ysios Capital

Marie Maynadier
General Manager, NanoMedSyn

Hans Melo
CEO, Menten AI, Inc.

Jose Mesa
Partner, Columbus Venture Partners

Angeli Moeller
Head of DIGI (Date and integration Generating Insights), Roche

Matthias Mullenbeck
SVP, Head Global Business Development & Alliance Management, Merck KGaA

John Murphy
Chief Policy Officer & Healthcare Counsel, Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Bernd Nosse
Global Head BD&L Technologies and Research Beyond Borders, Boehringer Ingelheim

Jack O’Meara
CEO, Ochre Bio

Michael Palladinetti
Global Head of Business Development & Licensing, Sanofi

Francisca Peixoto
Co-Founder, LifeLink Ventures

Anouk Petersen
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Bruce Pritchard
CEO, Caledon Bioscience Inc.

Linda Pullan
Business Development Consultant, founder, Pullan Consulting

Jonathan Rees
CEO, MitoRx Therapeutics Limited

Jane Rhodes
CBO, Verge Genomics

Anna Rivkin
VP, Business Development, Cardiovascular, Fibrosis, Immunology & Neuroscience, Bristol Myers Squibb

Valentina Sartori
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Ruben Sebastian
Associate, Criteria Bio Ventures

Evonne Sepsis
Founder and Managing Director, ESC Advisors

Steven Shallcross
CEO, Theriva Biologics, Inc.

Nigel Sheail
Venture Partner, Versant Ventures

Jessica Shull
Director of Digital Therapeutics, Vicore Pharma AB

Laura Soucek
CEO, PEPTOMYC

Carla Spina
CEO, Noa Therapeutics

Dan Stanton
Editor at Bioprocess International and Managing Editor at Informa Connect, Informa Connect Life Sciences

Marek Szczygiel
Co-founder and CMO, ANYO Labs

Thomas Tan
Principal, Sound Bioventures

Peng Cho Tang
CSO, Guangzhou Ocusun Ophthalmic Biotechnology Co.Ltd

Stephane Thiroloix
CEO, AlgoTx

David Thomas
SVP, Industry Research, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

Sree Vadlamudi
EVP Strategy & Corp Dev, MindRank

Koen Vandecaveye
Director of Investment Promotion, Barcelona & Partners

Valerie Vanhooren
CEO, Ona Therapeutics

Prabhu Velusami
Senior Director, Early Innovation Partnering (Retina & Data Sciences), Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Montserrat Vendrell
Partner, Aliath Bioventures

Miquel Vila-Perello
CEO, Splice Bio

Sandra Von Meier
Head Business Development & Licensing, Debiopharm International SA

Amanda Wagner
CEO, Immunitas Therapeutics

Tracy Weightman
Associate Director, Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)

Yulian Zhang
VP of Global Business Development, Triastek, Inc

2024 Sponsors

REGIONAL HOST DELEGATION:
• biocat
• City of Barcelona
• Asebio
• Itemas
• Asabys
• Aliath
• Invivo Capital
• Inveready
• Ysios Capital

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AGC Biologics
• Bristol Myers Squibb
• Citeline
• Ferrer
• Gedeon Richter
• Ipsen
• LISA - Life Science Austria
• LISAvienna
• MSD
• Novartis
• Paris Region
• Rentschler Biopharma
• Roche
• WuXi AppTec

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Almirall
• BioCina
• BioRender
• BioWin - The Health Cluster of Wallonia
• Celonic
• Ever Sana
• GenScript ProBio
• KBI Biopharma
• Lonza
• Merck KGaA
• Richter-Helm
• Sanofi
• Wallonia.be (AWEX)

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Andera Partners
• Cancer Research Horizons
• ChemPartner
• Clinical.net
• ESC Advisors
• European Investment Bank
• Evolution Life Science Partners
• ICON plc
• Innovation
• Laminar Pharma
• Eli Lilly & Company
• Novo Nordisk
• Oberland Capital
• OPIS
• Palobiofarma
• Servier
• Ysios Capital