Experts

Some individuals listed in this section may not attend the onsite event. Only registered attendees will have access to the complete list of onsite participants.

(Regularly updated)

President

Nuno Sousa

Full Professor and Rector of UniMAX and UNIFAJ, SP, Brazil
Vice President

Antonio Murta

Managing Partner
PATHENA
President Tech Tour Missions

Marco Mohwinckel

Pharma, Biotech, Health Tech, Med Tech | Executive & Advisor | Strategy, Growth, Innovation
Magnolia Health Advisors
Speakers

David Champeaux

Driving AI-enabled acceleration of evidence generation and dissemination in health and life-sciences
Evidentli

Sofia Couto da Rocha

Head of Innovation & Head Virtual Client
Lusíadas Saúde

Frédéric Destrebecq

Executive Director at the European Brain Council and European Brain Foundation
European Brain Foundation

Afonso Dias Alves

Executive Board Member & CFO at Promptly Health | Partner at OutDo Advisory
Promptly Health

Charlie Hartwell

Managing Director, Bridge Builders Collaborative
Bridge Builders Collaborative

Ivo Magalhães

Head of Product
Sword Health

Pedro Morgado

Psychiatrist, Professor and Researcher
University of Minho

William Stevens

Co-Founder & Group Managing Director, Tech Tour
Tech Tour

Pawel Świeboda

Director, NeuroCentury; Senior Fellow, CFG; Co-founder Brain Capital Alliance
NeuroCentury
Moderators

Aahuti Rai

Healthcare Innovation, NED & Advisor, Venture Partner, Connector
Four Points Consulting

Tony Thomas

Director
Invenio Consulting

Paul Wicks

Independent Consultant
Wicks Digital Health
Selection Panel & Experts

Roberto Ascione

Entrepreneur, investor & thought leader in health innovation and digital health | Global executive |
EVERSANA

Paul Ashley

Director, External Innovation, Data Science and Digital Health at Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson

Clotilde Aubertin

Director - External Innovation Head // Switzerland Women Leadership & STEM Initiative Lead
Haleon

Amine Benmoussa

HealthTech VC
Karista

Paolo Borella

Managing Partner
VITA Accelerator

Emilia Carlqvist

Analyst at Innovestor Life Science Fund | MD | MSc
Innovestor

Pedro Castel-Branco

Senior Associate
Armilar Venture Partners

Yang Chen

Startup Investor | Future of Health
naturalX Health Ventures

Patrícia Costa

Investment Manager
Portugal Ventures

David Cristina

VC
Vesalius Biocapital

Jan Davídek

Partner
Purple Ventures

Antoine D'Hollander

Investment Director at Capricorn Partners
Capricorn Partners

David Farquhar

Proud husband and father supporting wonderful people.
Northface Ventures

Roberta Ferrari

Venture Capital | Managing Director EQT Life Sciences | Digital Health Investor
EQT Life Sciences

Pejman Hafezi

Senior Manager
Samsung
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Emma Hague

Investor Family Office

Ali Hasan

Experienced executive and NED across healthcare, financial services, tech, and life sciences
AXA Health

Gemma Hernández

Innovation Business Development & Entrepreneurial Affairs. Mentor in Innovation & Tech Transfer
Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

João Incio

General Partner
Biovance Capital

Pascal Joncour

Investor | Board | Advisor Driving Innovation in Brain and Mental Health, Life Sciences, MedTech, Di
Convergence Partners AG

Amy Kao

Health & Life Science VC Investor | PhD (Oxford)
TVM Capital Life Science

Bernard Kirsch

Board Member
Angels Santé

Amy Kruse

General Partner & Chief Investment Officer - Satori Neuro
Satori Capital

Anastasia Liapis

Global Head of Innovation & New Business Creation | HP Health Solutions
HP

Erki Mölder

Managing Partner
Verge HealthTech Fund

Pedro Nascimento

Innovation Consultant
Zaz Ventures

Valeri Petrov

Partner at Eleven Ventures
Eleven Ventures

Sarah Qian

Investor
Syncona

Mariana Rocha

Innovation and Business Development Manager
BIAL

Diana Saraceni

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Panakès Partners
Panakès Partners

Raúl Saraiva

Chief Scientific Officer & Venture Partner
3xP Global

Steve Seuntjens

Partner - PHS Capital
PHS Capital

Pooja Sikka

General Partner
Meridian Health Ventures

Garth Smith

VP, Business Development and Partnerships @ Ontario Brain Institute | Life Sciences, Strategy, Neuro
Ontario Brain Institute

Eva Smorodina

Investment Fellow
Amino Collective

Michael Sturrock

Policy Consultant
The Scottish Parliament

Benno Tieke

Director Portfolio Management at Philips Ventures
Philips Ventures

Ann Van Mele

Venture Acceleration Manager at imec.istart / Program Lead imec.istart Italy
imec.istart

Ilse Vanhulle

Accelerating HealthTech entrepreneurs
imec.istart

Paul von Hinueber

Investment Manager
Redstone

Nicolas Weber

Core Angel Investor
Springboard Health Angels
Presenting Companies

Caitlin Baltzer

Co-Founder and CEO
MYndspan

Florian Bösenkopf

Co-CEO and CFO
neotiv

Elsa BRILLAUD

CEO
Panntherapi

David Caumartin

CEO
RebrAIn

Raphael Certain

CEO
Clarity

Tristan Dell

Co-founder
Dandelion Diagnostics

Emrah Düzel

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Neotiv GmbH

Andrew Jamieson

CSO
Keltic Pharma Therapeutics Ltd

Lukas Krcil

CEO
Hedepy

Jukka Laakso

CEO
Soihtu DTx

Katrina Laks

Co-Founder and CEO
Migrevention

Michelle Lehman

Chief Executive Officer
Think Self-Management

Rajiv Mahadevan

CEO
Attune Neurosciences

Tuomas Neuvonen

CEO, founder
Sooma Oy

Antoine Pouppez

CEO
neuroClues

Shama Rahman

Founder
NeuroCreate

Bechara Saab

CEO & Chief Scientist
Mobio Interactive

Brad Schmidt

CEO & Co-founder
Panaxium

Mehrdad Seirafi

Dr
Alpha Brain Technologies B.V.

Joao Seixas

TRPV2 modulators for high unmet needs in Oncology and Cardiovascular diseases
TargTex S.A.

Matias Shulz

CPO and Co-founder
ViewMind

Neil Smith

CEO
Mettle

Martin Dal Stenfeldt

CEO
UNEEG medical A/S

Meritxell Teixido

CEO/CSO
Gate2Brain

Pauline Whelan

CareLoop Health
Coaches

Rasmus Beedholm-Ebsen

Project Manager, Life-Sciences
Invest in Denmark - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Klaus Berding

Director / Partner
Breslin AG

Sofia Bravo

Tech SMEs and startups support team
ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação

Leandro Burnes

Founder
1111 Ventures GmbH

Nicole Cham

Business Growth Lead
Nordic Innovation House

Roop Chandwani

CEO
Mazards

Valter Darbe

Managing Director
IGC SRL

Olivier Edwards

Co-founder
Edwards & Praly

Sophie Ehrlich

Joana Feijo

Business Development Director - Executive Team
Health Cluster Portugal

Yavor Gochev

Investment Manager
Innovation Capital

Patrícia Patrício

PhD - Innovation Director
Health Cluster Portugal
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Giuseppina Pavesi

European Commission

Stuart Penney

Senior Partner
PIR International

Audra Shallal

Vice President of Corenvest, Board Member of EBAN, SBA, I4W, Cofounder Flying Finn Angels
Corenvest

Lasse Sørensen

Startup Consultant
Copenhagen Business Hub

Alexander van Os

Co-founder at Venture IQ | AI-enabled lead generation & qualification platform | Competitive analysi
Venture IQ

Winfried Weigel

Founder
Clean Tech Capital

Mark Wilson

Principal
Strategic Technology Bioconsulting