Bits & Pretzels HealthTech Conference 2023 | Bits & Pretzels | 19 June 2023 | Bits & Pretzels, Rumfordstraße 15, 80469 München, Germany

Get ready to unite with the greatest minds in HealthTech! From Pharma and Tech Giants, to MedTech professionals and Policymakers.

With startup founders at its heart, it's an opportunity like no other for insightful collaboration with a positive ripple effect on European healthcare.

2023 Speakers

Michael J. Fox
Parkinson's Activist, Author & Celebrated Actor

Konstantin Mehl
Founder & CEO, Kaia Health

Gloria Seibert
Founder & CEO, Temedica

Finn Age Hänsel
Founder & CEO, Sanity Group

Aahuti Rai
Advisor & Investor, Four Points Health

Julian Kley
Founder, Avi Medical

Diana zur Löwen
Investor & Content Creator

Dr. med. Sarah Bechstein
Co-Founder, FORMEL Skin

Bjoern von Siemens
Co-Founder & CFO, Caresyntax

Pekka Kahri
Technology Officer, HUS - Helsinki University Hospital

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Meier
Founder & Managing Director, YZR Capital

Titilola Olaolu-Hassan
Co-Founder & COO, Zuri Health

Martin Ratz
Founder, Doccla

Dr. Aline Vedder
Principal, Lakestar

Tim Kuruvilla
Head of Commercialization, Roche Information Solutions

Andrea Zitna
Partner Health, Speedinvest

Daniel Nathrath
Founder & CEO, Ada Health

Samir El-Alami
Founder & CEO, Doctorly

Tobias Reiter
CEO, Viebeg Medical

Dr.Sc. Kai Eberhardt
CEO, Oviva

Sílvia Vinyes
Head of Open Innovation in Digital Health, DKV

M.D. Daniel Dillinger
Investment Manager, Redalpine

Sam Sturm
Co-Founder & Chief Portfolio Officer, Founders Factory Africa

Ann-Kathrin Grebner
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, My INNER HEALTH Club

Yasmin Poloczek
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, My INNER HEALTH Club

Jovan Stevovic
CEO, Chino.io

Maximilian Waldmann
CEO, Eterno

Lucanus Polagnoli
Founder & Managing Partner, Calm/Storm Ventures

Céleste Kleinjans
Co-Founder & CEO, MINDZEIT

Marinko Spahic
Co-Founder & CEO, MINDZEIT

Aline Noizet
Founder, Digital Health Connector

Jesús Berdun
Head of Operations of Digital Health Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Oliver Rong
Senior Partner Healthcare, Roland Berger

Ines Raeth
Co-Founder & CEO, Nilo.health

Dr. Rayna Patel
Co-Founder & CEO, Vinehealth Digital

Sven Klimpel
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Medicalmotion

Thomas Göhl
Market Development Manager, Roche Diagnostics

Miriam Santer
Founder & COO, The Blood

Pawel Sieczkiewicz
CEO, Telemedi

Ph.D. Isabel Jimenez
Associate, Asabys Partners

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Herborn
CEO, Bergman Clinics

Peter Gicharu
Co-Founder & CTO, TIBU Health

Dr. Vivien Karl
Co-Founder & CEO, DR VIVIEN KARL

Julia Huhnholz
Co-Founder & Managing Director, DR VIVIEN KARL

James Dewar
CEO, Scarlet

Maximilian Greschke
Co-Founder & CEO, Recare

Gemma Bloemen
Principal, Creandum

Dr. Manuel Nothelfer
Founder & CEO, Wellster Healthtech Group

Nico Hribernik
Founder & CEO, Wellster Healthtech Group

Dr. Philipp Wustrow
Co-Founder, OnlineDoctor

André Glardon
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, roclub

Dr. Anela Vukoja
Apollo Health Ventures

Henrik Emmert
Managing Director, Aidhere

Nora Blum
Co-Fonder & CEO, Selfapy

Christian Storm
Co-Founder & CEO, TCC Hamburg

Christian Wallwiener
Managing Director, WMC HEALTHCARE

Farina Schurzfeld
Managing Partner and Robin

Christoph Commes
Founder & Co-CEO, Raya Diagnostics

Gottfried Ludewig
SVP Health Industry, T-Systems International

Kimberly Breuer
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Likeminded

Richard Gutjahr
Journalist, Gutjahr.biz

Paul Christie
Co-Founder & CEO, Tachmed

Dr. Patrick Pfeffer
CEO, Aescuvest

Inga Bergen
Founder & Business Angel, VdG Media/ InBergen

Felix Faltin
Co-Founder & CEO, Haelsi

Dr. Matthias Ruhri
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Probando

Dr. Matthias Zach
Program Lead, Roche Diagnostics

Vera Knauer
Entrepreneur & Investor, Ortho Innovations

Dr. Alexandra Bause
Co-Founder, Apollo Health Ventures

Jörn Kamphuis
Managing Partner, AndRobin

Dr. Roman Hipp
Senior Partner, Porsche Consulting

Jutta Klauer
Ass. Director Strategic Digital Partnerships, MSD Sharp & Dohme

Clemens Janus
SVP, Incepto

Dr. med. Nora Sommer
Founder & Co-CEO, Raya Diagnostics

Luis Valente
Co-Founder & CEO, iLoF - Intelligent Lab on Fiber

Dr. Donal Bailey
CEO, Care-Connect

Anne Philippi
Founder & CEO, The New Health Club

Chrysanth Sulzberger
Co-Founder & CEO, Imito

Dr. med. Andrea Gartenbach
Co-Founder & CMO, Aera Health

Tim-Ole Pek
Co-Founder & CEO, AERA Health

Charles Faul
CEO, Akili Labs

Prof. Dr. Christian Johner
Founder, Johner Institut

Leo Grünstein
Founder & CEO, Spiden

Friederike Wilde-Detmering
Lawyer & Senior Associate, Reed Smith

Dr. Simon Sonntag
Founder & CEO, Virtonomy

Michael Sahnau
Healthcare Lead, Microsoft Deutschland

Dr. rer. nat. Maike Sauer
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Flatiron Health

Sascha Guenther
Partner, Vorwerk Ventures

Ralf Maier-Reinhardt
SVP, Roche Diagnostics International

Dr. Hanne Horvath
CCO, HelloBetter

Dominik Haller
Managing Director, Derma2go

Anna-Sophia Kouparanis
Co-Founder, Bloomwell Group

Prof. Dr. Wieland Sommer
CEO, Smart Reporting

Dr. Daniel Fallscheer
Co-Founder & CEO, DasLab

Hamish Grierson
Co-Founder & CEO, Thriva

Hanbing Ma
Head of Innovation & Digital Transformation, ERGO Group

Dr. Dr. Andre Heeg
Partner & Managing Director, BCG X

Dr. med. Ron Lehnert
Co-Founder, Caterna Vision

Dr. Michael Sidler
Founding Partner, Redalpine

Nelly Pfeifer
Head Of Sales, Nelly Solutions

Niklas Radner
CEO, Nelly Solutions

Max Grenz
Global Head of Value Creation, Siemens Healthineers

Dr. Gandolf Finke
Managing Director, Mika Health

Chen Sagiv
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, DeePathology

Rob Mentink
CEO, Evidencio

Pia Marten
CEO, Cannovum Cannabis

Dr. Petr Svrcek
Founder, Viderai by Bonmedix

Dr.Sc. Laura Koivusalo
CEO & Founder, StemSight Oy

Julien Hedou
CEO, Surge

Tamás Petrovics
Co-Founder & CEO, XUND

Dr. Nikos Green
Senior Venture Architect & PM Neurology, RoX Health (Roche)

Prof. Harald Schmidt
Head of Department Pharmacology & Personalised Medicine, Maastricht University

Dr.med. Rob Neeter
CEO, Careanimations

Samantha Jérusalmy
Partner, Elaia

Ana Slipicevic
CEO, One-carbon Therapeutics

Martin Peuker
Chief Information Officer, Charité

Joscha Hofferbert
Founder & Managing Director, Healthcore Studios

Ph.D. Marina Rigau
Founder & CEO, MIMARK Diagnostics

Aron Balazs
CEO, Xtendr

Ph.D. Seth Salpeter
Co-Founder & CEO, Immunyx

Ass. Prof. of Cardiology Juuso Blomster
CEO, Precordior / CardioSignal

Jussi Määttä
CEO, Buddy Healthcare

Sara Toledano
CEO & Cofounder, Sycai Medical

Michael Treskow
Partner, Eight Roads

Joanne Kanaan
CEO, Omini

Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Kuhlen
Chief Medical Officer, HELIOS Health

Dr. George Frodsham
CEO, MediSieve Limited

Pouria Sanae
CEO, ixlayer

Prof. Dr. Michael Friebe
Chief Health Disruptor & Investor, FRIEBELAB / IDTM

Dr. Thomas Pöppe
CDO & CIO, AOK Bayern

Dr. Fiona Kiernan
Chief Economist, Care Connect

Julian Nast-Kolb
Cliniserve

M.D. Oskar Smrzka
CEO & CSO, Ablevia biotech

Evan Kervella
CEO, Chipiron

Dr. Nikolaus Gasche
Founder & Managing Director, Biome Diagnostics

Manuel Opitz
Co-Founder & CEO, Deepeye Medical

Dr. Loic Ledernez
CEO, FrMed

Maria-Liisa Bruckert
CEO & Co-Founder, IQONIC.AI

Lüder Sachse
CDO / Vice President Global Digital Business, Paul Hartmann

Ph.D. Tobias Bittner
Franchise Lead for Alzheimers Biomarkers, F.Hoffmann-LaRoche/Genentech

Hans Maria Heyn
CEO, Smart4Diagnostics GmbH

Eckhardt Weber
Managing Partner, Heal Capital

David Matusiewicz
CEO & Founder, DXM | 10xD

Marion Cassiau
Head of Corporate Development & Market Access, IMPLICITY

Enrico Jensch
COO Helios Kliniken | CEO Helios Global health, Helios Kliniken

Meritxell Teixido
CEO & CSO, Gate2Brain

Simon Meier
Partnter, Healthcare, Vi Partners

Klara Verzele
COO, Influo

Dr. Markus Bundschus
Head of Data Science Technologies, Roche

Katrin Pucknat
President, ResMed

Ph.D. Jochen Hurlebaus
Head of Digital Health Innovation, Roche Diagnostics

Ifthakaar Shaik
Co-Founder, VitruvianMD

Mimi Billing
Senior Reporter, Sifted

Alexandre Lebrun
Co-Founder & CEO, NABLA TECHNOLOGIES

Lee Lehman-Becker
Vice President & Global Head of RIS Partnering, Roche Diagnostics

Ph.D. Martí Dalmases
CEO, Ahead Therapeutics

Dr. Ola Brown
Founder, HealthCap Africa

Jens Hofmeister
Vice President & Head of Innovation, Capgemini Deutschland

Andrew Garza
Co-Founder & CEO, Lifestores Healthcare

Ph.D. Alicia Martínez Piñeiro
Co-Founder & CEO, Time is Brain

Alec McShane
Head of Healthcare & Lifescience, Decentriq

Dr. Lena Krzyzak
Chief Business Officer, Neotiv

Mihir Shah
Founder & CEO, UE LifeSciences

Dr. Sophie Chung
Founder & CEO, Qunomedical

Prof. Dr. Henriette Neumeyer
Vice-Chair of the Board, DKG e.V.

William Darvill
Director of Product Engineering, Novus Diagnostics

Taig Mac Carthy
Co-Founder & COO, Legit.Health

Isaac Litman
Founder & CEO, Neteera

Ph.D. Dario Motti
Evidence Lead for Regulated Digital Products, Roche

Dr. Anne Wichels-Schnieber
CEO, New Chapter

Dr. Krishna Moorthy
Founder & Surgeon, Alvie

Luiza Dobre
Founder & CEO, Komed Health

Benedikt Schneider
Co-Founder & CEO, Floy

Cédric Giorgi
Founder, Giorgi & Co

Christian Zwicky
CEO, Deep Breath Intelligence

Kelly McAree
Chief Strategy Officer, Elvie

PharmD Veljko Gucic
Head of Strategic Commercial Partnerships, Phoenix Group - Integrated Healthcare Provider

Marlo Verket
Researcher, University RWTH Hospital Aachen

Lisbeth Stausholm Zacho
Managing Partner, Nordic Impact Funds and Danish Red Cross

Fabian Eckert
Founder & MD, ReCup

Luisa Wasilewski
CEO, Brainwave Hub

Jean Roubas
Investment Director, 50 Partners

M.D. Daniel Dillinger
Investment Manager, Redalpine

Franziska Steiner
Board Member // Senior Opportunity Architect, Swiss Healthcare Startups // VNTR

Dr. Matthew Prime
Head of Evidence Generation, Roche

Sebastian Gaede
Founder & CEO, Smartpatient

Michael Greve
Founder, Forever Healthy Foundation

Eva de Reuver
Digital Health Innovation Project Coordinator, Roche Diagnostics

Humbert Giménez
International Business Leader, Roche Diagnostics Intl.

Maiko Liebermann
Digital Health Business Leader, Roche

Emil Syundyukov
Co-Founder & CEO, Longenesis

Maja Hoock
Innovation Lead Pfizer Healthcare Hub Berlin,Pfizer Pharma

Dr. Andrew Botham
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, TestCard

Karthik Govind
Technical Portfolio Manager, Philips Foundation

Dr. Camille Andre
Global Population Health Director, Roche

Dr. Oliver Demmer
Senior Advisor, Business Finland

Charles-Etienne de Cidrac
Professor, Ecole Supérieure d'Assurance

Caspar Graf Stauffenberg
Managing Partner, Carlsquare

Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Reporter, Sifted

Insa Schniedermeier
Editor Startups & Economy, t3n Magazin

Bastian Zarske Bueno
Moderator

Flo Akinbiyi
General Manager, Akinbiyi Group FZE

Ph.D. Abderrahim Mahfoudi
Head Of Business Development and Alliance Management, Abdul Latif Jameel health

Peony Li
CEO, Jude

Yannick Menel
Director, Future4care

Paulina Achter
Junior Manager Innovation Engagement, Pfizer Pharma GmbH

Mario Aichlseder
Founder & CEO, Hello Inside

Dr. Kurt Höller
Director, EIT Health

Jonas Albert
Managing Consultant Digital Health, fbeta

Oliver Hilgers
Head of Digital Health & Innovation, CE plus

Sebastian Retter
Partner, Mazars Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Thorsten Mintel
Director Strategic Innovation, Pfizer

Dr. Céline Orhond
Directrice Relation et Experience Patient, Clinique Pasteur de Toulouse

Dr. Petri Lehto
Chief Specialist, Sitra

Sabine Flechet
Co-Founding Partner, Masawa

Andreas Mönch
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Saxonia Systems Holding GmbH

Anna-Lena Hudalla
CEO, IDFG GmbH / mamly App

Ph.D. Sonia Benhamida
Principal, Kreos Capital

Dr. med. Carol Wildhagen
Managing Director, Platform24 Germany

Philipp Weller
Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A, Sana Kliniken AG

Prof. Dr. Stavroula Mougiakakou
Head of Artificial Intelligence in Health and Nutrition Lab, University of Bern

Dr. med. Tim-Oliver Guderjahn
CFO, München Klinik

2023 Partners

FOUNDING PARTNERS:
• EIT Health
• Roche

PARTNERS:
• 4Future4Care
• Pfizer Healthcare Hub
• AOK Plus
• Ernst Young
• Riverty
• Johner Institut
• Startup-Champs Germany
• dtXca
• Carlsquare
• Saxonia Systems Holding
• Business Finland
• Startup Creasphere

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• Bio
• EurA
• GT
• 4w
• Kapsly Ventures
• Masawa

FOUNDING PARTNERS:
• Roche
• EIT Health
• Co-funded by the European Union