Speakers
Roberto Ascione
CEO
Healthware Group
(Italy)
Monisha Banerjee
Executive Search & Assessment Consultant
Russell Reynolds Associates
(United States)
Søren Bjønness
Director – Swiss Representative
Euronext
(Switzerland)
Pierre Chauvineau
VP Advisor
Boston Scientific
(United Kingdom)
Raphael Conz
Managing Director
State of Vaud, Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation (SPEI)
(Switzerland)
Angelo De Rosa
Vice President & General Manager Rhythm Management EMEA
Boston Scientific EMEA
(Switzerland)
Janke Dittmer
General Partner
Gilde Healthcare Partners
(Netherlands)
Sebastian Grabert
Director – Germany Representative
Euronext
(Germany)
Mark Green
Sr. Director Business Development & Strategy Diabetes EMEA
Medtronic
(Switzerland)
Vishal Gulati
Investor
Molten Ventures
(United Kingdom)
Timo Hercegfi
CEO
invendo medical GmbH
(Germany)
Arthur Kaindl
General Manager Digital Health Services
Siemens Healthineers
(Germany)
Martin Kelly
CEO
HealthXL
(Ireland)
Dan Kendall
Managing Editor and Host
Digital Health Today
(United Kingdom)
Pierre Leurent
CEO
Voluntis
(France)
Rana Lonnen
Managing Director, dRx Capital
Novartis
(Switzerland)
Konstantin Mehl
CEO
Kaia Health Inc.
(Germany)
Simon Meier
Head of Strategic Collaborations at Roche Diagnostics Information Solutions
Roche
(Switzerland)
Marco Mohwinckel
President
Healthtech Summit 2018
(United Kingdom)
Niti Pall
Medical Director
KPMG
(United Kingdom)
Constantin Pavleas
Avocat
Pavleas Avocats
(France)
Olivier Philippe
Director of Business Development & Corporate Relations
Biopôle
(Switzerland)
Diana Saraceni
General Partner
Panakès Partners
(Italy)
Christophe Schaille
CEO
Singularity S.A.M.
(Monaco)
Ido Schoenberg
Chairman & CEO
American Well
(United States)
Marc Sluijs
Managing Partner
DIGITALHEALTH.NETWORK
(Switzerland)
William Stevens
Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
(Belgium)
Rainer Strohmenger
Managing Partner
Wellington Partners
(Germany)
Dan Vahdat
CEO & Co-Founder
Medopad
(United Kingdom)
Marcos Val
Chief Financial Officer
Legacy Health Care
(Switzerland)
Sarah van Hellenberg Hubar-Fisher
Global Public Health Strategic Finance Lead
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
(United Kingdom)
Francesca Wuttke
Managing Director/Investment Principal Europe
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC
(Spain)
Industry experts
Pierre Chauvineau
VP Advisor
Boston Scientific
(United Kingdom)
Kevin Cheng
Partner
MVM Partners LLP
(United Kingdom)
Brian Hashemi
Partner
Salus Partners
(Switzerland)
Clara Leonard
Senior Associate
Digital Health Ventures
(Germany)
Daniel Mahony
Fund Manager
Polar Capital
(United Kingdom)
Bruce Meadows
Senior Investment Director at MTIP MedTech Innovation Partners AG
MTIP
(Switzerland)
Duarte Mineiro
Partner
Armilar Venture Partners
(Portugal)
Hiromasa Mori
Head of Neurology Patient Technology Europe, Innovative Solutions Mission
UCB
(Belgium)
Aline Noizet
Chief Connector
Bayer G4A
(Germany)
Luke Parsons
Vice President
Summit Partners
(United States)
Axel Polack
General Partner
Joint Polish Investment Fund
(Poland)
Claire Poulard
Analyst
Omnes Capital
(France)
Thom Rasche
Partner
Earlybird Venture Capital
(Germany)
Ingrid Rayez
Director, Innovation Capital
LBO France
(France)
Philipp Rittershaus
Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
(Germany)
Christoph Ruedig
Partner
Albion Capital
(United Kingdom)
Claudio Rumazza
Partner
Innogest Capital
(Italy)
Diana Saraceni
General Partner
Panakès Partners
(Italy)
Alexander Schmitz
Investment Director
Endeavour Vision S.A.
(Switzerland)
Steve Seuntjens
Partner
PHS Fund
(Netherlands)
Michael Sidler
General Partner
Redalpine
(Switzerland)
Klaus Stoeckemann
Managing Partner
Peppermint Venture Partners
(Germany)
Sebastien Woynar
Investment Director
LBO France
(France)
Francesca Wuttke
Managing Director/Investment Principal Europe
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC
(Spain)
Participants
João Amaro
VP Business Development
Perceive3D
(Portugal)
Bea Arnold
Associate Director
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
(Switzerland)
Dorian Averbuch
CEO and Founder
Body Vision Medical
(Israel)
Merat Bagha
Managing Consultant
Tiba Medical
(Switzerland)
Montassar BenMrad
Senior Partner
Senbiosys
(Switzerland)
Angelo Bernasconi
Med-Tech Consultant
MyAir llc
(Italy)
Xavier Bertrand
Vice President EMEA Healthcare Services & Alliances
Boston Scientific
(France)
Alessio Beverina
Co-Founder & General Partner at Panakes Partners
Panakes Partners
(Italy)
Laurence Blazianu
Partner
Cukierman & Co Life Sciences
(Israel)
Atanas Bogoev
Ophthalmology Resident
Vision
(Bulgaria)
Attila Borbath
CEO
Synergia Medical SA
(Belgium)
Fiona Bordet
Events Manager
CEO Collaborative Forum
(Spain)
Marco Bottaro
Industry Expert
Eucardia Srl
(Italy)
Dominic Botten
Director
Little Venice Partners
(United Kingdom)
David Braun
Global Head of Medical Device Business
Merck Serono
(Switzerland)
Avi Broder
Co Founder, CFO & VP Bus.Dev
NewPace Ltd.
(Israel)
Federico Buersgens
Managing Director
GNA Biosolutions GmbH
(Germany)
Philipp Buis
Executive Director
Coulter Partners
(Switzerland)
Frank Bulens
Partner
imec.xpand
(Belgium)
Gilles Capart
Managing Director
AuXin Surgery
(Belgium)
Federico Cappellin
Investment Analyst
FII Tech Growth Fund
(Italy)
Mario Caria
Venture Partner
SOFIMAC INNOVATION
(France)
Evan Castiglia
Investment Partner
Philips
(Netherlands)
Annick Chambost-Sluijs
Senior Private Banker
Group Pictet
(Switzerland)
Roop Chandwani
Managing Partner
Aggio Sergeant
(United Kingdom)
Kevin Cheng
Partner
MVM Partners LLP
(United Kingdom)
Laurent Choppe
Managing Partner
Cukierman & Co Life Sciences
(Israel)
Domenico Cianflone
CSO & Co-founder
Amicomed Inc.
(United States)
Claudia Colciago
Investment Associate
MTIP
(Switzerland)
Montserrat Corominas
CEO
Intergroup Partners
(Switzerland)
Alain Coudray
N/A
(Switzerland)
David Coutau
Senior Vice President
Group Pictet
(Switzerland)
Stephanie d'Argenlieu
Member Services Manager
CEO Collaborative Forum
(Spain)
Florian De Boeck
CTO and Co-Founder
Spentys
(Belgium)
Stijn De Paep
Business Development Associate
PitchBook
(United Kingdom)
Stephanie de Verteuil
Marketing & Content Coordinator
Tech Tour
(Belgium)
Blagovesta Dlagatseva
Investors Club Manager & Business Development
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Iana Dobreva-Faria
COO
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Alix Dubes
Founder
ADIPSE Intellectual Property Solutions
(Switzerland)
Anne-Monika Duerk
Client Partner
Coulter Partners
(Switzerland)
Tim Dyer
CEO
Addex Therapeutics
(Switzerland)
Dan Dysli
Managing Director
Bryan, Garnier & Co
(Switzerland)
Olivier Edwards
Senior Counsel, Co-Chair of the Silicon Valley Europe Desk
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
(France)
Sophie Ehrlich
Director, HealthTech
Silicon Valley Bank
(United Kingdom)
Oliver Ellis
Business Development Integration Director
Medtronic
(Switzerland)
Aurélien Fauquex
CEO
Lambda Health System
(Switzerland)
Klaus Fischer
Private Banker
Pictet & Cie
(Germany)
Maximilien Fournier-Sourdille
Associate
Omnes Capital
(France)
Evelina Georgieva
Chief Business Developement Officer & Founding Member
Pryv SA
(Switzerland)
Denis Gestin
Abbott
(Belgium)
Tom Gibbs
Director Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
(Switzerland)
Jonathan Goldstein
Director, R&D and Venture
Boston Scientific
(Israel)
Paul Greillier
R&D Engineer and PHD
VeinSound S.A.S.
(France, Metropolitan)
Alexander Grunewald
Global Head, Business Development
Johnson & Johnson Corporation ( Headquarters US)
(United States)
David Gueundjian
President
Haemonetics
(United States)
Yoshifumi Harada
General Manager Designate
Teijin Pharma Ltd
(United Kingdom)
Charlie Harington
CEO & Co-Founder
Qured
(United Kingdom)
Johannes Harl
CEO
Medal: The Medical Algorithms Company
(United Kingdom)
Dennis Hens
Chief Innovation Officer
Global Core Medical B.V.
(Netherlands)
Simon Hubbert
Corporate Strategy Adviser
Northridge Advisory
(United Kingdom)
Valery Huot
Partner, Head of Venture
LBO France
(France)
Mihal Kambarev
Business Development Executive
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
David Kappeler
Economic Promotion Project Manager
State of Vaud, Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation (SPEI)
(Switzerland)
Christopher Kelly
Business Development Manager
PitchBook
(United Kingdom)
Aki Koivistoinen
StartUp Health Ambassador, Europe & Israel
Startup Health
(Finland)
Jens-Florian Krieg
CFO
Emperra GmbH
(Germany)
Charity Kufaas
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development EMEA
Medtronic
(Switzerland)
Haluk Külah
Co-Founder and CEO
Mikro Biyosistemler
(Turkiye)
Petri Laine
Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures
(Finland)
Giovanni Leo
Partner
Innogest Capital
(Italy)
Anastasia Liapis
Director, Product Strategy at HP Inc.
GNA Biosolutions GmbH
(Germany)
Sven Lingjaerde
Managing Partner & Founder
Endeavour Vision S.A.
(Switzerland)
Hector Llorens
CEO
Liip
(Spain)
Michael Lütolf
Analyst
Creathor Ventures
(Germany)
Roberto Magnifico
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
ActLight
(Switzerland)
Seppo Makinen
Partner
Pathena
(Portugal)
Gaëtan Marti
Atracsys LLC
(Switzerland)
Kevin Mayberry
CEO
Endospan
(Israel)
André Mercanzini
Founder & CTO
Aleva Neurotherapeutics SA
(Switzerland)
Kris Morrill
Managing Director
MedTech Engine by Medeuronet
(United Kingdom)
Parker Moss
Entrepreneur in Residence - Health technology
F-Prime Capital
(United Kingdom)
Antonio Murta
Managing Director
Pathena
(Portugal)
Christof Neuman
Director of Business development
PBImmunomics
(Estonia)
Peter Nordkild
Founder & CEO
Defensin Therapeutics
(Denmark)
Kolya Ohotnyk
Assistant Project Manager
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Harri Ojala
Director, Business Tampere
Business Tampere
(Finland)
Serguei Okhonin
CEO & Co-founder
ActLight
(Switzerland)
Max Ostermeier
CEO
Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH
(Germany)
Lorella Othenin-Girard
Marketing Manager
Group Pictet
(Switzerland)
Fernando Pacheco
Investment Manager
Endeavour Vision S.A.
(Switzerland)
Ossi Parviainen
CEO
NewIcon Oy
(Finland)
Martin Pearmund
Senior Private Banker
Group Pictet
(Switzerland)
Marco Pisano
Co-Founder and CEO
Lymphatica Medtech SA
(Switzerland)
Alessio Piuma
Investment Manager
Panakès Partners
(Italy)
Laurent-Dominique Piveteau
CEP
Debiotech SA
(Switzerland)
Mauro Pretolani
Senior Partner
FII Tech Growth Fund
(Italy)
Arthur Queval
Founder & CEO
Loop medical
(Switzerland)
Steffen Rapp
Managing Partner
Steraco
(Germany)
Tommi Rasila
Chairman
Injeq Oy
(Finland)
Oliver Reuß
Head of Business Model & HealthCare Innovation
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
(Germany)
Sean Roberts
Consultant
Russell Reynolds Associates
(United States)
Ramon Roig
Director Corporate Development, New Ventures & Strategic Alliances
Labcorp Drug Development
(Switzerland)
Lorenzo Rossi
CTO
Newronika
(Italy)
Marco Ruedi
Start-up Doctor / Coach Lifesciences
EPFL Innovation Park
(Switzerland)
Jas Saini
CEO
VTULs
(Switzerland)
Joe Sandys
Life Sciences Associate
Cooley LLP
(United States)
Shahram Sharif
LindaCare
(Belgium)
Hicham Shatou
CEO
LeQuest
(Netherlands)
Doron Shmerling
CEO
PolyGene
(Switzerland)
Mario Stark
CEO
Vivior AG
(Switzerland)
Stefan Steiner
Managing Director German speaking part of venturelab
Venturelab
(Switzerland)
Yasmine Tahiri
Marketing Trainee
Group Pictet
(Switzerland)
Simone Theiss
Managing Director
Tech Tour
(Belgium)
Eric Thepaut
Senior Vice President and President, EMEA
Boston Scientific
(United States)
Richard Treadwell
Empirical Spine
(United States)
Werner Tschollar
CEO
Amyra
(Switzerland)
Radostina Tsenova
Business Development
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Paul Turner
Managing director
Med Tech Hub
(United Kingdom)
Alexandra Vallon-Eberhard
Partner
Cukierman & Co Life Sciences
(Israel)
Edmee van Dijk
CFO
Bluebee
(Netherlands)
Tom Vanhoutte
Partner
imec.xpand
(Belgium)
Veronique Vermeeren
Investment Manager Health & Care
L.R.M.
(Belgium)
Lucian Wagner
Chairman, Launch in US Alliance, LLC; General Partner, EuroUS Ventures, LLC
EuroUS Ventures
(Switzerland)
Jan Wehkamp
Board Member
Defensin Therapeutics
(Denmark)
Pierre-Jean Wipff
Life Sciences Innovation advisor
Innovaud
(Switzerland)
Henry Zubaida
Associate
Gilde Healthcare Partners
(Netherlands)
Vincent Zwaans
CEO
CybeReha SA
(Switzerland)
