Programme

Opening Session:

09.30 – 10.00   Registration

10.00 – 10.10   Welcome address
       - 
Andreas Persidis, Chairman of the Hellenic BioCluster Board of Directors
       Representatives of Greek Authorities

10.10 – 10.30   The Hellenic BioCluster
       Ioannis Trantakis, Business Development Manager of the Hellenic BioCluster

 

Session Ι: Innovation in Healthcare

10.30 – 11.15   State of the art lecture: Presentation of an Innovation Platform – JLABS
       
Guenter Huhle, Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS EMEA

11.15 – 11.35   Coffee Break

 

Session II: Bringing Innovation to Market

Session chair:    Nicos Nicolettos, Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic BioCluster

11.35 – 12.00    Access to Finance for Healthcare SMEs​​
       
Leonid Shapiro, Managing Partner, Candesic

12.00 – 12.20    Patents as Strategic Support in Health Care
       Dimitris Roukounas, European Patent Attorney

12.20 – 12.40    Market access for Pharma and Medical devices in Europe
       Christian Hill, CEO of MAP Biopharma

12.40 – 13.00    Regulatory Path for orphan drug
       Philippe Carteron de Balmont, General Manager & Founder, CarthaGenetics

13.00 – 14.00    Lunch Break

 

Session III: Healthcare Innovation in Greece

Session chair:  Ioanna Koukli, Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic BioCluster

14.00 – 14.50   Success stories from Greek Life Science companies

  • Leonidas Alexopoulos, Associate Professor, NTUA, Co-founder of Protavio Ltd                                                                           
  • Alexandre Tsoukalis, Managing Director and CTO, Micrel Medical Devices

14.50 – 15.50   Panel discussion: Emerging Trends in the Life Sciences

Moderator: Andreas Persidis, Chairman of the Hellenic BioCluster Board of Directors

Panelists:

  • Panagiotis Baras, Chairman and Managing Director of Philips Greece S.A.
  • Lorenzo Pengo, Director of Healthcare for Central Eastern Europe at Microsoft
  • Konstantinos Mefsout, Government Affairs Manager, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals S.A.
  • Kathi Apostolidis, Vice President of European Cancer Patient Coalition
  • Christina Andrikopoulou, Head of Health Branch - Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies
  • Sotiris Pavleas, Special Advisor, General Secretariat of Research and Technology  

15.50 – 16.00   Concluding Remarks

16.00 – 17.00   Networking