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Day 4 focuses on the digital transformation of the life sciences, with sessions exploring the impact of AI, data economies, and precision medicine on drug discovery, clinical research, and biotech innovation. The day includes high-level keynotes, investor and legal roundtables, and parallel pitching sessions showcasing emerging startups. From AI-powered breakthroughs to regulatory and capital strategies, the agenda brings together experts from academia, industry, and policy to chart the future of digitally driven life sciences.
Chair George Pavlopoulos, Co-founder BioInnovation Greece, Greece
Speakers
Angela Spatharou, Senior Partner and Leader, EMEA Healthcare & Life Sciences, IBM Consulting , UK
Title: AI, Innovation and Health System Productivity: Delivering Value at Enterprise Level
Dimitrios Skaltsas, Co-founder & CEO, Intelligencia AI, USA
Title: Building a company- a modern Odyssey
Orestis Trasanidis, Managing Director EIT Digital, Hub Silicon Valley, Belgium
Title: Europe, It's Not the Tech. It's the Thinking
Ioannis Emiris, President and General Director, "Athena" Research and Innovation Center, Greece
Title: Is AI fulfilling its promise towards the Greek Biotech and Bioeconomy ecosystem?
Chair Michalis Aivaliotis, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Co-Chair Panagiotis Michailidis, Infectious Diseases MSc Student, DUTh, and Co-Founder & Coordinator, Panhellenic Student Conference of Bioscientists, Greece
Speakers
Ioanna Kisiri, Clotho
Georgios Nikolaou, EnviroCopilot
Eleni Ntalapera, iGEM Athens
Angeliki Maria Papapanou, Euphoresis
Aikaterini Polykandrioti, ChronoMed
Paraskevi Zagana, ZetaBio Group
Chair Magda Papadaki, Innovation Strategist, Acting CEO CoreTech Sciences, UK
Panelists
Labrina Barmpetaki, Managing Director at AbbVie, President at PhARMA Innovation Forum Greece (PIF), Greece
Ioanna Koukli, President, Hellenic Bio Cluster (HBio), Greece
Vassia Tegoulia, Vice President - Head of Analytical Sciences at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. USA
Chair Paraskevi Papadopoulou, Professor, Deree-The American College of Greece, and Senior Strategic Advisor, Digital Health Literacy & Policy Hub Foundation, USA
Panelists
Joao Breda, Head, WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Greece
George Patrinos, Director General, Hellenic Pasteur Institute; Professor, University of Patras; Editor-in-Chief, The Pharmacogenomics Journal, Greece
Ioannis Xenarios, CTO, TwinEdge Bioscience, Head of Data Analysis Platform at Health2030 Genome Center, Professor at CHUV, Switzerland
Chair Ioannis Xenarios, CTO, TwinEdge Bioscience, Head of Data Analysis Platform at Health2030 Genome Center, Professor at CHUV, Switzerland
Joao Breda, Head, WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Greece
Olympios Papadimitriou, General Manager at Novo Nordisk & President of Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies, Greece
Diana Saraiva, Director, Clinical Data Sciences, Pfizer, Greece
Kostas Syrigos, Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece
Moderator Tassoula Eptakoili, Journalist, Kathimerini, Greece
Featured Guest John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, Population Health and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, USA
Chair Dora Varvarigou, Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Harietta Eleftherochorinou, Vice President, AI Strategy and Operations, IQVIA, Greece
John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, Population Health and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, USA
Danai Spentzou, Coordinator, Young Voices in Health Policy (YVHP), European Parliament, Belgium
Andreas Stavropoulos, Partner, Threshold Venture, USA
Elias Vyzas, Partner, Head of Consulting, EY Greece, Greece
Chair Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, General Manager @ Pharma Innovation Forum (PIF), Greece
Moderator Nikos Kyrpides, Cofounder BioInnovation Greece, Chair, 2025 Bio3 Forum
Featured Guest Haris Doukas, Mayor of Athens, Greece
Moderator Michalis Hadjithomas, Cofounder BioInnovation Greece, Greece
Featured Guest Ioannis Xenarios, CTO, TwinEdge Bioscience, Head of Data Analysis Platform at Health2030 Genome Center, Professor at CHUV, Switzerland
Title: Health2030 Genome Center providing genomic medicine at scale
Chair Georgia Kokaraki, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA & Co-founder & Partner, BioInnovation Greece, Greece
Nicolas Huber, Director, Commercial Operations and Partnerships, LIHE, King's College London, UK
Mike Romanos, Associate Dean for Enterprise, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, UK
Alexandra Sarma, General Manager & Co-Founder of Orange Grove & SDG House, Greece
Dora Trachana, Uni.Fund Partner, Head of Strategy and Growtm CYRUS S.A., Greece
Chair Ioanna Michalopoulou, Managing Partner Michalopoulou & Associates-Lawgroup, & Associate Partner, BioInnovation Greece
Georgios Papadopoulos, Investor, Founder of Atypon, USA
Nicholas Papandreou, Member of European Parliament, Belgium
Christos Tryfonas, Technology Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, Advisor, CTO, USA
Effy Vayena, Professor at ETH Zurich, Associate Vice President for Digital Transformation & Governance, Switzerland
Chair Michalis Aivaliotis, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece & Victoria Kimonides, Director, Insaitu Ltd. & Associate Partner, BioInnovation Greece, Greece