Program

INTRODUCTION TO THE VAUD LIFE SCIENCES INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

8:30 a.m. BADGE PICKUP

9:15 a.m. START | Where scientific discovery begins.
Moderated by Laurence Capel | COO | H4

Nicolas Salamin | Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation | UNIL
Li Tang | Associate Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences | EPFL
CHUV

10:00 a.m. UNLOCK | Turning Science into Opportunity
Moderated by Pierre-Jean Wipff | Vice President | Biopôle

Olivier Philippe | Director of Business Development | Biopôle & Shanaz Diessler | CEO & Founder | Undae Science
Laurence Capel | COO | H4 – La Source & Moncef Assa | Co-founder & CEO | Healium
Federico Amato | Principal Data Scientist & Raphael Matusiak | Senior Data Scientist | Swiss Data Science Center
Julie Bocquel | Head of Impact | FIT

10:45 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK

11:15 a.m. DEPLOY | Scaling Innovation for Sustainable Impact
Moderated by François Capel | Innovation Advisor, Life Sciences and Nutrition | Innovaud

Nicola Stephens | CEO | Incyte
Stanley Hautdidier | Regional Director, Lake Geneva Area | Swiss
Medical Network / Genolier Innovation Hub
Sahar Hosseinian | Director of Quality | Prevision Medicine
Sylvain Gioux | Director of Imaging Research | Intuitive Surgical

11:50 a.m. BIOALPS AWARDS CEREMONY

12:05 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH AND EXHIBITION

ADVANCING HEALTH THROUGH DIGITAL INNOVATION

1:30 PM AFTERNOON SESSION OPENING

Antoine Geissbuhler | President | BioAlps Association
Isabelle Moret | State Councilor | Canton of Vaud

1:45 PM KEYNOTE
Moderated discussion with Marcel Salathé | AI Center | EPFL
Participation and moderation by Antoine Geissbuhler | President | BioAlps Association

2:15 PM INNOVATION PITCH

2:25 PM OVERVIEW OF DIGITAL INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE

Magali Bischof | Secretary General | BioAlps Deloitte
Elsa Torchet | Director - Monitor Deloitte

SESSION 1 | The Empowered Healthcare Provider
Clinical Workflows, Decision Support, Reducing Administrative Burden
Moderated by Olivier Baly | Associate Professor | HEIG-VD

Julio Cortes | CEO & Founder | Sof-IA
Véronique de Goumoens | Director of École La Source
Hirslanden
Onescope

3:20 PM INNOVATION PITCH

3:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK

4:15 PM INNOVATION PITCH

4:25 PM SESSION 2 | The Patient as an Active Participant
Home Telemonitoring, Personalized Care, Digital Engagement, Prevention
Moderator to be confirmed

Béatrice Schaad | Director of the Center for Patient, Caregiver, and Healthcare Professional Experiences at CHUV & Professor of Patient, Caregiver, and Healthcare Professional Relations at UNIL
Corinna Ionta | Project Manager | Hospital@Home Valais

4:55 PM INNOVATION PITCH

Szymon Kostrzewski | CEO | Evidone

5:05 PM SESSION 3 | The Augmented Hospital
AI, automation, interoperability, smart infrastructure
Moderated by Deloitte

Jean Louis Raisaro | Assistant Professor, CHUV – Biomedical Data Science Center
Dillenn Terumalai | Senior Software Developer | SIB – Oncobench
SOPHiA GENETICS

5:45 PM NETWORKING AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION