Programme overview

07:45

Registration and information desk open

08:00

CxO breakfast meeting: for CEOs, CFOs, COOs and CBOs active in the life sciences sector

Hosted by ABN AMRO

Limited places are available and only to MT members from (R&D) life sciences companies who are attending the conference.

08:00

Investors forum part 1 - breakfast session -

The investors forum is an exciting opportunity for those companies looking for equity capital and/or partnerships with companies and institutes across the life sciences value chain, from biotech, med tech and pharma companies to financiers and universities. The forum offers excellent opportunities for presenting your company or university to all major Dutch life sciences investors and discuss your business strategy, technology direction and capital-raising plan.

08:30

Exhibition and Startup corner

Present your company, products, technology or service. Open from 08:30 till 18:30 hours.

09:15

Plenary morning programme

Hosted by Leiden Bio Science Park

• Welcome by chair Markwin Velders PhD.
  

• Opening by Drs. Henri Lenferink, Mayor City of Leiden
  

• Keynote lecture by Edward Willems, Managing director at Ginward (Asia) Pte. Ltd.
  

  ´How the European Life Sciences Growth Fund from Asia supports companies.´

• Venture Challenge
  

  Hosted by Health~Holland

  The winner of the Venture Challenge Fall 2018 will be announced!

10:45

Break

Time for networking and to visit the exhibition and startup corner.

11:15

12:30

Lunch

Time for networking and to visit the exhibition and startup corner.

12:30

Investors forum part 2 - lunch session -

13:30

14:45

Break

Time for networking and to visit the exhibition and startup corner.

15:30

Keynote lecture by Ronald Plasterk, Chief Scientific Officer myTomorrows

´The time for personalized medicine; the example of cancer patients being vaccinated against their private tumor antigens as revealed by DNA sequencing.´

16:00

Announcement winner Investors Forum

16:10

Panel discussion

Company growth and product development: experiences from different fast growing companies.

Confirmed panel members:
• Jos Joore, CEO and co-founder MIMETAS
• Ton Logtenberg, President and CEO Merus
• André van de Sande, CEO Xendo
• Jan van de Winkel, President and CEO Genmab

16:30

Final keynote lecture

By most promising Dutch Life Sciences startup company.

17:00

Wrap up and closing act

17:10

Reception

Drinks, bites and networking.
Exhibition and startup corner open.

18:30

End of conference