Programme Overview

Valais’Life Sciences Innovation Ecosystem

9.00 am – Badge Collection

9.15 am – Welcome Address

• Prof Antoine Geissbühler | President | BioAlps Association
• Jean-Marc Tornare | Managing Director | BioArk

9.20 am – Presentations from the startup ecosystem

• Paul-André Vogel | Site Manager | BioArk Visp
• Sylvain Gnaho | Chairman | Ninsun Biotech
• Adolfo Gonzalez | CEO & Founder | ImmunSkills
• Pierre A. Morgon | Co-founder & CEO | Ibex Therapeutics
• Stämm Vegh (VS)

9.45 am – Presentations from the research ecosystem
Moderation: Prof Antoine Geissbühler

• Prof Nils Hanik | Professor UAS | HES-SO Valais-Wallis
• Prof Marc Pfeifer | Professor UAS | HES-SO Valais-Wallis
• André Freitas | Research Group Leader | Idiap Research Institute
• Prof Friedhelm Hummel | Full Professor | EPFL
• Bertrand Léger | Head of Research at Suva Clinics | CRR SUVA

10.30 am – Break

11.00 am – Presentation of S.M.A.R.T Confluence

• Sébastien Mabillard | CimArk | Digital Health Initiatives

11.10 am – Presentation of the industry ecosystem

• Regen Lab
• ExcellGene

11.50 am – BioAlps Awards Ceremony

12.15 pm – Networking lunch and exhibition

NEW TRENDS IN PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING

1.30 pm – Afternoon Opening Remarks

• Antoine Geissbuhler | President | BioAlps Association
• Christophe Darbellay | State Councillor for the Economy and Education | Canton of Valais
• Fabrice Thétaz | President | Ville de Monthey

1.45 pm – KEYNOTE
Moderation by Prof Yogeshvar N. Kalia
Dr. Jonathan Souquet | Vice President, Head of Global Drug Substance Development | Merck

2.15 pm – SESSION 1 | From Lab to Line: Empowering High-Value Pharma & Biotech Production
Moderation by Prof Nicolas Mermod

• Siegfried
  
  • Dr. Marcel Signer | Head of Production
  • Dr. Thomas Belser | Head of R&D and Pilot
• Debiopharm Research & Manufacturing
  
  • Cédric Sager | CEO
  • Marco Salvagni | Executive Director of Operations

3.00 pm – Networking Break

3.45 pm – SESSION 2 | Transforming the Manufacturing Paradigm: New Trends in Pharma & Biotech

• Loïc Roch | CEO & Co-founder | Atinary Technologies
• François Carruzzo | Co-founder & CTO | Bioscibex
• Florence Pojer | Head of Unit, Protein Production and Structure Core Facility | EPFL

4.45 pm – SESSION 3 | Smart Science, Smarter Manufacturing

• Siemens 
• Mr. Sébastien Walpen | CEO | CEIDOS (VS)
• Dr. Svetlana Kiseleva | CPO & Co-founder l Plair (GE)

5.15 pm – Networking and Dinner Cocktail