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Agenda

    • Main stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 9:30 - 9:50 Conference Opening | Main stage
      Aušrinė Armonaitė Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
      Dr. Justas Nugaras Vice-minister of the Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
      Romualda Stragienė Director at Innovation Agency Lithuania
    • 9:50 - 10:05 “11 awesome reasons to invest in Lithuania's Biotech”
      Paulius Petrauskas Head of Breakthrough Area Department at Innovation Agency Lithuania
    • 10:05 - 10:40 Opening Keynote
      “How the challenge of aging population is fueling the rise of automation and advanced therapies? The case study of Asia” Richard Lee Chief Executive Officer of LOTTE Biologics, South Korea
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break
    • 11:10 - 12:40 SESSION I | Spotlights on Biotechnology
      Charlotte Geerdink Moderator, Founder of Charly Speaks, Netherlands
      “Dynamic regulation of human epidermal differentiation: Insights from single cell RNA sequencing” Fiona M. Watt Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), UK
      “Imaging metabolomics visualizes polysulfides to predict cancer invasion and prognosis” Makoto Suematsu Director of Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA), Professor Emeritus at Keio University, Japan
      “Intestinal organoids: Current standing and future perspectives“ Prof. Jurgita Skiecevičienė PhD Chief Researcher at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Institute for Digestive Sys-tem Research, Lithuania
    • 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch & Networking
    • 13:40 - 15:25 SESSION III | Pharmaceuticals: Playground for Everyone
      “Journey from research partner to pharma company” Eveliis Koppel Product Manager at Icosagen AS, Estonia
      “Four myths and misconceptions in cell and gene therapy logistics” Andrea Zobel Senior Director of Personalized Supply Chain at World Courier, Germany
      “Integrated Therapeutic Drug Development: Case Study from the Biotechnology Research Center, Abu Dhabi” Thomas P. G. Launey PhD Vice President for Molecular Biotech and Genomics at the Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), Abu Dhabi, UAE
      Fireside chat with Erin Gainer-Grigaliūnė PhD, Founder at The ella fund, Board Member EspeRare foundation, Independent Director at Asarina Pharma
    • 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 15:40 - 17:10 Keynotes
      “Feasibility of Artificial Intelligence for Pathology Clinical Practice” Liron Pantanowitz MD PhD Chair & Professor of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA
      “Biotechnology for Sustainable Future: CRISPR based Ag-Tech and Cultivated meat” Okjae Koo DVM, PhD COO of SeaWith and Board Director of nSAGE, South Korea
    • 17:15 - 18:00 Live Networking
    • Side stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 9:30 - 9:50 Conference Opening | Main stage
      Aušrinė Armonaitė Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
      Dr. Justas Nugaras Vice-minister of the Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
      Romualda Stragienė Director at Innovation Agency Lithuania
    • 9:50 - 10:05 “11 awesome reasons to invest in Lithuania's Biotech”
      Paulius Petrauskas Head of Breakthrough Area Department at Innovation Agency Lithuania
    • 10:05 - 10:40 Opening Keynote
      “How the challenge of aging population is fueling the rise of automation and advanced therapies? The case study of Asia” Richard Lee Chief Executive Officer of LOTTE Biologics, South Korea
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break
    • 11:10 - 12:40 SESSION II | Get Ahead of the Game: Business Trends
      Živilė Kropaitė-Basiulė Moderator, Radio and TV host, presenter and editor, Lithuania
      “Emerging trends in clinical development” Jan Filakovsky MD PhD MBA CEO of Biomapas, Lithuania
      ”Exploring the Uncharted: Pioneering Trends in Taiwan's Biomedical Revolution” Jen-Chieh Lin | Jane Lin Executive Business Director at Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park Incubation Center | Representative of International Affairs at Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park Incubation Center, Taiwan
      “Collaboration with startups in the pharmaceutical industry: Zambon Group’s case study” Federica Destro PhD Program and Community Specialist at Zcube, Zambon’s research venture, Italy
    • 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch & Networking
    • 13:40 - 15:10 SESSION IV | Digital Health Technologies: Normal Has Been Redefined
      “The Future Digital Hospital: Data-driven, AI-Intelligent & Personalized | Case Study” Esther Saiag PhD Deputy Director for Information & Operation at the Tel Aviv Medical Center - Ichilov Hospital, Israel
      “Enabling patients’ access to digital health through e-pharmacies: the German case” Martin Bumm Chair of the European Association of E-Pharmacies (EAEP) E-Health Committee and Director e-health at Redcare Pharmacy, Germany
      “Remote Health Care: Practical Approaches & Success Cases” Mindaugas Leonavičius CEO of DHealthIQ, the Netherlands
    • 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 15:40 - 17:10 SESSION V DISCUSSION | Clusters: Window to European ecosystem
      “Clusters in international value chains, consideration and example from the Emilia-Romagna health cluster” Sauro Vicini Cluster manager, Clust-E‘R Health, Bolonia, Italy
      “Ireland’s new Cluster Policy & Programme” Breanndán Casey Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
      “Building a Flemish Open Innovation Ecosystem in HealthTech: Some ideas and lessons learned…” Roel Smolders HealthTech Director, MEDVIA, Belgium
      “Building Collaboration Bridges and Unlocking Potential” Diana Vertelkienė | Julia Kravchenko Head of Health Technology iVita cluster | Consultant at iVITA Cluster
    • 17:15 - 18:00 Live Networking
    • Expo stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 9:30 - 9:50 Conference Opening | Main stage
    • 10:05 - 10:40 Opening Keynote
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break
    • 11:10 - 12:40 Opportunity Insights
      Rugilė Matusevičiūtė Moderator
      “Introduction of Polish Investment and Trade Agency and spotlight on the life sciences ecosystem in Poland” Konstanty Radziwiłł | Mark Zinkevič | Magdalena Kulczycka Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland in Lithuania | Head of Foreign Trade Office in Vilnius | Director of BioForum
      “Overview of the life sciences ecosystem in Wallonia, Belgium” Jean-Philippe Schklar Trade and Investment Counsellor at Embassy of Belgium
      “Taiwan: A Launchpad for International Startups” Anita Chen Chief of International Affairs of Startup Terrace, Taiwan
      “How to urge companies to take more risks and innovate? Lessons and successes from Estonian Applied Research Program” Mart Toots PhD, MBA Development Manager at Enterprise Estonia, Estonia
      “EIT Health Network: Transforming Healthcare” Zsolt Bubori | Akvilė Zalatorytė InnoStars Ecosystem Lead for Hungary, Hungary | Collaboration Lead for Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg-Israel, the Netherlands
    • 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch & Networking
    • 13:40 - 15:10 Korea Bio Industry Session
      “Bioeconomy 2.0 Implementation Plan (ROK)” Lee Hyeon-min Deputy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea (MOTIE)
      “Why collaboration with Korea will lead you to success” Jurie Hwang Director, KoreaBIO
      “nSAGE, Corporate overview: CAR-iNK therapeutics powered by CRISPR and automation platform, HARMONi, and next-generation of diagnostic platform based on CRISPR system” Sol-ji Park CTO, nSAGE, South Korea
      “Launchpad for biotech startups” Minsoo Kim Executive, S&S Lab, South Korea
      “Everything But, Cultivated Meat as complimentary protein source for future of protein source security” Yoonchan Hwang CEO, Everything But
    • 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 15:40 - 17:55 Business Insights
      “Facilitating Early-Stage Biotech: Ensuring Optimal Quality of Uncommon Biologics for Phase 1 Human Clinical Trials” Piotr Chmielevski Chief Scientific Officer at Northway Biotech, Lithuania
      “Extracellular vesicles: The way of keeping cells connected” Aistė Jekabsone CEO of Exolitus, Lithuania
      “Unleashing the Power of SigmaPlot: Transforming Data into Insight” Sammy Nordqvist CEO of SciSpot | Scientific Solutions, Sweden
      “Central Europe and Baltics: an attractive region for clinical research” Petras Sveikata Chief Development Officer at Biomapas, Lithuania
      “Biotech Innovation: Elevate Ideas with “INTO Create” Valdas Urbanavičius Company manager at BioProcess Solutions, Lithuania
      “Quantitative Insights: Double Cellular Barcoding for Accurate Monitoring of Cancer Drug Effects on Metastases” Dominyka Dapkutė PhD Project Development Manager at Cureline Baltic, Lithuania
      “Ensuring Data Quality in Clinical Trials and IT Systems: Challenges and Solutions” Krzysztof Misztal PhD R&D Manager & Co-Founder at diCELLa, Poland
      “Genome Editing: Discovery of Novel CRISPR-Cas Molecular Tools” Karolina Makovskytė Head of Business Development at Caszyme, Lithuania
      „Internet of Bodies“ Povilas Andrijauskas MD Project Consultant at Teltonika Telemedic, Lithuania
    • 17:15 - 18:00 Live Networking
    • Insights stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 9:30 - 9:50 Conference Opening | Main stage
    • 10:05 - 10:40 Opening Keynote
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break
    • 11:10 – 12:40 Session powered by Baltic Sandbox
      Panel discussion: Best practices for life science startups Dominykas Milašius Moderator, Investment Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures | Co-founder at Delta biosciences, Lithuania
      Miroslav Gasparek Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director of Nucleate United Kingdom, Co-Founder and CEO of Sensible Bio
      Bart Kappel Data & Analytics Business Unit Lead at Telesoftas
      Arnas Karužas CEO at Ligence
      Ari Manoach Co-Founder of ChemomAb LTD
      Panel discussion: The future of medicine Sandra Golbreich Moderator, Founding Partner at Baltic Sandbox Accelerator and General Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures, Lithuania
      Suja Somanadhan PhD Associate professor at University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
      Valdemaras Rodzko Managing Director and CEO of Caerus Biotech, CEO of GryNumber Health Group
      Prof. Lina Jankauskaitė Chief of Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases Coordination Center centerCenterU Kauno Klinikos, physician (pediatrician)-scientist; principal investigator for IPTAVI
      Alexis Kouros CEO at VitalSigns
    • 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch & Networking
    • 13:25 - 15:35 Life Sciences Baltics Startup Master Class Workshop
    • 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 15:50 - 17:15 Science Poster Session
      Dominykas Milašius Moderator, Investment Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures | Co-founder at Delta biosciences, Lithuania
      “Fostering personalized medicine in Lithuania: future biomedicine charity fund” Eglė Radzevičienė Chairman of Board of Future Biomedicine Fund, Lithuania
      “Continuous research work: difficulties and challenges working with primary cell cultures derived from human cancer cells” Agnė Reičiūnienė
      “Evaluation of urinary chemokines CXCL 9 nad CXCL10 as biomarkers of kidney transplant Rejection” Ernesta Macionienė
      “Human Endogenous Retrovirus Expression is Dynamically Regulated in Parkinson’s Disease” Milda Milčiūtė
      “Urinary methylated DNA – the Signature for Small Renal Masses Detection and Follow-Up” Raimonda Kubiliūtė
      “Snoring and lack of REM sleep association with same-day atrial arrhythmias” Vytautas Radavičius
    • 18:00 - 21:00 Evening Networking Event
    • Main stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 09:30 - 11:00 Keynotes
      “The eye as a window to the body: Advanced imaging technology, math models, and artificial intelligence to detect ocular and systemic diseases” Alon Harris MS PhD FARVO, Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Co-Director of the Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at Mount Sinai Hospital, Vice Chair of International Research and Academic Affairs, Director of Ophthalmic Vascular Diagnostic & Research Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Ophthalmology, USA
      “Personalized healthcare: Is it just a trend or a chance for better patients' outcomes?” Nicole Arming Head of PI PHC & Foundation Medicine at Roche, Switzerland
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 11:30 - 13:00 SESSION VIII | What's Next: Emerging Trends in Life Sciences
      “Filling the gaps in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on glial cells” Gilles Bonvento PhD Research Director of Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases at Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen), France
      “High-throughput profiling of CRISPR-based gene editors and their targets” Stephen Jones PhD Research Professor, EMBL Partnership Insitute at Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, Lithuania
      “Future perspectives in cancer research” Skirmantas Kriaučionis Associate Professor at University of Oxford, Lead of Research Group on Epigenetic Mecha-nisms at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, UK
    • 13:00 - 13:10 Closing Remarks
    • 13:10 - 14:30 Lunch & Networking
    • Side stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 09:30 - 11:00 SESSION VII | Biomanufacturing: Future of BIOTECH Industries
      “Fueling Biotech Growth through Biomanufacturing: A Case Study of Northway Biotech in Lithuania” André Markmann PhD Vice President of Business Development at Northway Biotech, Lithuania
      “Skin vaccination & biomanufacturing: Thinking outside the box” Vanessa Vankerckhoven PhD CEO & Co-Founder of Idevax, Belgium
      “Biointelligent Manufacturing – a new innovation space of European importance” Gintaras Vilda Director of the Manufacturing Innovation Valley, Lithuania
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 11:30 - 13:00 SESSION IX | Multilayers in Medical Technologies
      “Bridging the gap in diagnostic methods of endometriosis” Ilona Kalaszczyńska PhD Vice President of Diagendo, Poland
      “Vascular ageing: Moving from bench towards bedside” Christopher C. Mayer PhD Senior Scientist & Project Manager at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
      “Shaping the Future of Medicine at the Speed of Light” Linas Jonušauskas PhD CTO at Vital 3D Technologies, Lithuania
    • 13:00 - 13:10 Closing Remarks
    • 13:10 - 14:30 Lunch & Networking
    • Expo stage
    • 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
    • 09:30 - 11:00 Startup Session
      Andrius Milinavičius Moderator, General Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures, Lithuania
      “Discover the fastest growing startup ecosystem” Roberta Rudokienė Head ofStartup Lithuania
      “Fireside chat” Juozas Nainys PhD CEO and co-founder of Atrandi Biosciences, Lithuania
      “From Concept To Commercialization – How To Turn Your Idea Into Profitable Venture” Aurelija Rutkauskaitė Partner at Triniti Jurex, Lithuania
      “Startup venture funding: Biotech versus Techbio“ Marko Kuisma Partner at Life Science Fund, Finland
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break & Networking
    • 11:30 - 13:30 Startup Pitch Challenge & Awards
    • 13:10 - 14:30 Lunch & Networking