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RegMed XB 2nd Annual Conference 2024

Program

Day 1, Wednesday, June 12th

TIME

SESSION

09:00 - 10:00

Registration and coffee

10:00 - 10:15

Opening
Elianne Demollin-Schneiders, Regional Minister of the province of Limburg for Governance, Education and Labor market, Regional deals and European funds

10:15 - 10:45

KEYNOTE: Innovations and challenges in the field of Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Maurilio Sampaolesi, Head of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Unit, Head of Translational Cardiomyology Laboratory, Department of Development and Regeneration KU Leuven 

10:45 - 11:10

RegMed XB 
Bernard Mulder, General Director RegMed XB
RegMed XB Flanders
Bart Geers, Chairman of the Board Regmed XB Flanders VZW and Investment manager at the KU Leuven

11:10 - 12:00

Kidney Moonshot
Marianne Verhaar, Professor of Experimental Nephrology UMCU
Osteoarthritis Moonshot
Mylene de Ruijter, Assistant Professor in Biofabrication in Regenerative Medicine UMCU
Cardiovascular Moonshot
Marie-José GoumansProfessor Cardiovascular Cell Biology at Department of Cell and Chemical Biology LUMC
Eye Moonshot - Cornea
Mor Dickman, Associate Professor at Maastricht University, Cornea and Cataract Surgeon Maastricht UMC+
Diabetes Moonshot
Eelco de Koning, 
Professor of Diabetology LUMC

12:00 - 13:15

Eat & Meet

13:15 - 13:45

Health foundations perspectives
Hans Snijder, Director Dutch Heart foundation
Rens Vandeberg, Deputy Director and Chief Impact Officer Diabetes fund
Tom Oostrom, Director Dutch Kidney foundation

Moderator: Willemijn de Vos, patiënt expert RegMed XB and PhD student Biomedical Sciences at LUMC

13:45 - 14:15

Roadmaps, how to reach Moonshots?
Daan Schuurbiers, Director of De Proef Fabriek
Rens Vandeberg, Deputy Director and Chief Impact Officer Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation
Bernard Mulder, General Director RegMed XB

Moderator: Willemijn de Vos, patiënt expert RegMed XB and PhD student Biomedical Sciences at LUMC

14:15 - 14:30

Valorisation in Roadmaps
Nazma Ilahibaks,
Business Developer RegMed XB, founder Jama Therapeutics

14:30 - 15:00

Developing a translational hub: laying foundations of an effective healthcare system
Prof. Koenraad Debackere, executive director of KU Leuven Research & Development and a member of the Supervisory Board of RegMed XB

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:00

Creating future proof Human Capital 
Eva Verbiest, Program officer Human Capital Health~Holland

16:00 - 16:30

Aligning innovation and affordability
Saco de Visser, Scientific Director Centre for Future Affordable and Sustainable Therapy development

16:30 - 17:00

KEYNOTE: From knowledge to cure, the leaking pipeline
Prof. Carlijn Bouten, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

17:00 - 17:10

Closing

17:30 - 18:30

Drinks 
Thiessen Wijnkoopers

18:30 - 22:30

Dinner and party
Thiessen Wijnkoopers

Day 2, Thursday, June 13th

TIME

SESSION

08:30 - 9:00

Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09:10

Opening
Christian van Munster, CEO and founder HCM-Medical

09:10 - 10:30

The RegMed XB Pilot Factory - Manufacturing infrastructure for innovators in Regenerative Medicine
RegMed XB – Dominique de Jong, Business developer 
LUMC – Hanna Lammertse, Project Advisor & Business developer
SBMC – Jan Rietsema, Director
ICAT – Trudy Straetemans, Translational Associate professor
NecstGen – Tristan Pritchard-Meaker, Head of Business Development
ReGEN Biomedical – Tom Mastenbroek, Operational manager

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:45

Stimulating Regional Growth
Luc Starmans, Partner Brightlands Venture Partners
Yvo Graus, Chief Operating Officer Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus
Sjoerd Boomsma, Foreign Investment Developer LIOF

11:45 - 12:30

Valorisation opportunities
An Van Den Bulcke, Business Developer UGent and co-founder of 4TISSUE and AVROXA

12:30 - 13:45

Eat & Meet 

13:45 - 14:05

Introduction to the new subsidy scheme for Regenerative Medical Research Projects (SRGO)
Elisabeth Schless
, Senior Advisor Life Sciences,  Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Michelle van Wijk, Advisor Life Sciences & Health,
 Netherlands Enterprise Agency

14:05- 14:30

Internationalization
Niels van Leeuwen
, Senior advisor (inter)national R&D cooperation Life Sciences & Health sector, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Laura Duran, International Relations Manager at Health~Holland
Brechtje Stallman, Project Manager, Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency 

14:30 - 15:30

KEYNOTE: The Future of Health
Lucien Engelen, CEO Transform.Health, Innovation strategist, working ín and ón the future of health(care)

15:30 - 15:40

Closing

15:40 - 17:00

Drinks and network