Agenda
Ninth Central European Life Science Investment Conference
Hotel Stary, Krakow, 16-18 October 2019
This year’s top level theme:
“Do Darwinian principles apply to the biotech industry?”
Agenda correct on
20 July 2019
| 16 October 2019 | |
| 18.00 | Pre-conference Drinks Reception at the Hotel Stary |
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17 October 2019 |
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| 8.15 | Registration Open |
| 9.00 | Wellcome |
| 9.15 | Session: 2018 Success stories and motivational talks Chair Roland Kozlowski |
| 9.15 | Talk: TBA |
| 9.45 | Talk: How to build a profitable self-sustaining bio ecosystem Toby Reid, BioCity, UK |
| 10.15 | Talk: Is Change Management a Darwinian process? Andrew Skowronski, A&C Associates, Singapore |
| 11:15 | Coffee & Networking |
| 12:00 | Technology Transfer |
| Talk: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Arkadiusz Sitek, IBM Watson Health, Poland |
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| 12.00 | Panel: Compare and contrast western and CE technology transfer: comments from the professionals Chair: TBA Dariusz Wiatr, Business Angel, US Leszek Grabarczyk, Audere Group, Poland Mikolaj Gurdala, EIT, Hungary Lukasz Nieradlo, Aurora Tech, Poland David Vita, Redbreek Fund, Israel Michal Gwizda, Crido, Poland |
| 12.45 - 14.00 | Networking lunch |
| 14.00 | Session: Financing Chair: TBA |
| 14.00 | Panel: The funding gap: “kiss of death or natural selection?” Chair: TBA Beata Kurucz, EIT, Hungary Ron Landes, Von Baer Wolff, USA Pawel Wielgus, Kvarko, Poland Steven Powell, eTheRNA, UK Robert Watson, Gyrus Capital, Switzerland |
| 14.45 | Panel: Listing - a fund raising or exit event – compare and contrast western and CE markets Chair: TBA Pawel Przedliwikowski, Selvita, PL Artur Chabowski, Mabion, PL Marcin Szumowski, Oncoarendi, PL John Bason, PFR, PL Further EU panellist TBA |
| 15.30 - 16.15 | TEA & Networking |
| 16.15 - 17.30 | Session: Management Issues Chair: TBA |
| 16.15 | Talk: TBA |
| 16.45 | Panel: Will the polish biotech and associated investment industry succeed without experienced management? Chair: TBA Karolina Jarosinska, ExecMind, Poland Paul Edwards, Horton International, UK John Borg, EMA, Malta Mariusz Olejniczak, New Product Development, Poland Tracy Weightman, Bridge Valley Ventures, UK |
| 17.30 | Conference close for the day |
| 19:30 | Networking drinks, Wine Tasting, Conference Dinner & Live Music: Restaurant Pod Roza Wine provided by Fantastic View Vineyard (Poland) |
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18 October 2018 |
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| 9.30 | Session: Company Presentations |
| 9.30 | To include: Hipromine Sp. z o.o., Captor Therapeutics Sp z o.o. Orion Biotechnology Sp z o.o. Oncotherics Poland Sp z o.o. Further companies TBA |
| 11.00 | Coffee & Networking |
| 12.00 | Preparing for the Future low tech biotech Chair: Roland Kozlowski |
| 12.00 |
Talk: Low capital intensity biotech: a better way forward for the CE region? |
| 12.30 |
Brainstorm panel / Open session “predicting for the future” |
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13.15 |
Summing up and Conference Close Roland Kozlowski |