Program
INTRODUCTION TO THE VAUD LIFE SCIENCES INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
8:30 a.m. BADGE PICKUP
9:00 a.m. WELCOME REMARKS
Antoine Geissbühler | President | BioAlps Association
Raphaël Conz | Director | Department for Economic and Innovation Promotion (SPEI) – Canton of Vaud
Nasri Nahas | Director | Biopôle
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 AM 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 p.m. NETWORKING AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION

