2nd European Conference of Life Science Funders and Foundations

Overview

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Why attend?

Pooling resources for greater impact – forging alliances for a better future

The challenges faced by humanity are formidable as are the scientific and technical means at our disposal. However, in order to tackle these tasks and reap the greatest benefit from the unprecedented opportunities available to us, collaborating and pooling our resources across borders and organisational structures becomes the paradigm for future success.

The second European Conference of Life Science Funders and Foundations is designed to build bridges and explore the possibilities of forming alliances that will positively influence and accelerate the necessary discoveries and their transformation into applications that benefit us all.

Who should attend?

This conference addresses foundation leaders, private investors, impact investors, policy makers, fund seekers and scientists with an entrepreneurial mindset.

This conference has been kindly supported by Wellcome Trust, Schering Stiftung and the Volkswagen Foundation.

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Patrick Haggard

University College London

UK

Jean-David Malo

European Commission

Belgium

Speakers

Jan Adams

EMBL Ventures

Germany

Siegfried Bialojan

Ernst & Young Life Science Center

Germany

Ewan Birney

EMBL-EBI

UK

Philip Campbell

Nature Research

UK

Shiva Dustdar

European Investment Bank

Luxemburg

Almira Elmiger

KfW

Germany

Edward Hodgkin

Syncona Partners

UK

Imran Khan

Wellcome Trust

UK

Karin Kleinhans

Life Science Partners

Germany

Ottoline Leyser

University of Cambridge

UK

Ignacio López Verdeguer

“La Caixa” Foundation

Spain

Carlo Mango

Cariplo Foundation

Italy

Matteo Mascolo

European Venture Philanthropy Association

Belgium

Iain Mattaj

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Kevin Moses

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

US

John O’Keefe

University College London

UK

Roger Stein

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

USA

Session Chairs

Henrike Hartmann

Volkswagen Foundation

Germany

Imran Khan

Wellcome Trust

UK

Birgitte Nauntofte

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Denmark

José Neves Adelino

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Portugal

Scientific Organisers

Wilhelm Krull

Volkswagen Foundation

Germany

Stuart Pritchard

Wellcome Trust

UK

Astrid von Soosten

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Conference Organisers

Maria Mercedes Bacadare Goitia

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Programme