Agenda
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024
- 09:30 - 09:45 | Welcome by Conference Chairpersons
- 09:45 - 10:15 | Plenary: Dr. Anula Jayasuriya, MD, PhD, Partner, Kidron Capital Assets
- 10:15 - 10:45 | Plenary: Aharon (Ronny) Gal, PhD, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, Novartis, Five thoughts about the future of the pharmaceutical industry
- 10:45 - 11:15 | Plenary: Gil Bar-Nahum, PhD, Managing Director, Jefferies International
- 11:15 - 11:45 | Coffee Break
HALL A
11:45 - 13:45
Why does cardiovascular disease remain the number ONE target for MedTech innovation?
Moderators: Dr. David Israeli, MD, Chairman & CEO, Magenta Medical
Amir Gross, Co-Founder & CEO, Cardiovalve
Keynote: Doron Harlev, Co-Founder & CEO, Affera
Keynote: Beni Surpin, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP.
HALL B
11:45 - 13:45
Evolving trends in Cancer Therapeutics
Moderator: Tehila Ben Moshe, PhD, Founder, CEO & Chairman, Biond Biologics
Keynote: Dr. Rafaèle Tordjman, MD, PhD Founder & CEO, Jeito Capital
Keynote: Michael A. Margolis, Head of Healthcare Life Sciences, Co-Head of Health, Oppenheimer
HALL C
11:45 - 13:45
Unlocking a new era of brain health innovation
- 13:45 - 15:00 | Lunch
HALL A
15:00 - 17:00
Digital Biomarkers & Digital Pathology: new tools to enhance therapy
Moderator: Avi Viedman, Co-Founder & CEO, Nucleai
Keynote: Dr. Iris Barshack, MD, Head of Pathology Institute, Chair of the Israeli Association of Pathologists, Sheba Medical Center
HALL B
15:00 - 17:00
Next generation of genetic medicine
Moderators: Yael Gruenbaum Cohen, DMD, PhD, Venture Partner & Head, aMoon Velocity & aMoon Alpha
Prof. Yaniv Erlich, CEO & Co-Founder, Eleven Therapeutics
Keynote: Dr. Yael Weiss, MD, PhD, Mahzi Therapeutics
HALL C
15:00 - 17:00
What can we do to make healthier aging a reality?
Moderator: Prof. Varda Shalev, MD, MPA, Managing Partner, Team8 Health
Keynote: Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Optimal Aging Institute, Professor of Population Health and Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Keynote: Prof. Naama Tzabar Ben Yusha
- 18:00 - 20:00 - Gala Dinner
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024
- 09:30 - 09:50 |Plenary: Dror Bin, Chief Executive Officer, Israel Innovation Authority
- 09:50 -10:20 |Plenary: Richard Francis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Teva Pharmaceuticals
- 10:20 - 10:50 |Plenary: Dr. Boaz Hirshberg, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Sciences General Medicine, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- 10:50 - 11:20 | Coffee Break
HALL A
11:20 - 13:20
Liquid biopsy & Diagnostics: Getting closer to transforming early detection and disease management
Moderators:
Dr. Ofer Sharon, MD, CEO, OncoHost
Yaron Daniely, PhD, General Partner, aMoon
Keynote: Stanley Lapidus, Inventor & Entrepreneur, Founding CEO, Cytyc Corp., ThinPrep & EXACT Sciences
HALL B
11:20 - 13:20
Is it time to celebrate the rebound of the medical device sector?
Moderators:
Gilad Glick, VP, JJDC Medtech, Johnson & Johnson Innovation Fund
Eyal Lifschitz, General Partner & Co-Founder, Peregrine Ventures
Keynote: Jon Salveson, Vice Chair, Piper Sandler
HALL C
11:20 - 13:20
Is AI revolutionizing drug discovery and clinical development?
Moderators:
Anat Cohen Dayag, PhD, President & CEO, Compugen
Dan Goldstaub, PhD, Scientific Co-Founder, Phase V
Keynote: Eric A. Hughes, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President, Global R&D & Chief Medical Officer, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Keynote: Guy Hadari, PhD, SVP, Global CIO, Biogen
- 13:20 - 14:30 | Lunch
HALL A
14:30 - 16:30
“NUTRItech” is the name of the game"
Moderator:
Tammi Meiron, PhD, Fresh Start FoodTech Incubator
Keynote: Prof. Uri Lesmes, Associate Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
HALL B
14:30 - 16:30
The heart, the liver, and the brain in concert: a year of revolutions in the cardiometabolic space
Moderator:
Iris Grossman, PhD, CThO, Eleven Therapeutics
Dr. Boaz Hirshberg, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Sciences General Medicine, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Keynote: Dr. Mitchell Steiner , M.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer , Veru Inc
Keynote: Prof. Yossi Tam, Professor, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
HALL C
14:30 - 16:30
Women’s Health: Cutting-edge innovation to tackle collective pain points
Moderators:
Inbal Zafir Lavie, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, NEVIA
Avital Adler, PhD, Principal, aMoon Edge
Keynote: Dr. Anula Jayasuriya, MD, PhD, Kidron Capital Assets
Keynote: Stanley Lapidus, Inventor & Entrepreneur, Founding CEO, Cytyc Corp., ThinPrep & EXACT Sciences
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024
- 10:00 - 10:30 - Plenary: Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, M.D.,Director General, Sheba Medical Center
- 10:30 - 11:00 - Plenary: Eyal Waldman, HDR, Chairman, Waldo Holdings Israel
- 11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee Break
HALL A
11:30 - 13:30
Advancements in the space of bio-convergence
Moderator:
Aviv Zeevi, PhD, Technological Infrastructure Division, Israeli Innovation Authority
HALL B
11:30 - 13:30
Digital health role in 2024 and forward
Moderator:
Ittai Harel, Managing Partner, Pitango Venture Capital
HALL C
11:30 - 13:30
Hospital at home: universities ‘and hospitals’ innovations
Moderator:
Avner Halperin, CEO, Sheba Medical Center
Keynote: Dr. David M. Levine, MD,MPH, MA, Practicing General Internist & Clinician-investigator, Brigham Health & Harvard Medical School
Keynote: Dr. Avi (Abraham) Tzur, MD, Senior Physician, Maternal & Fetal Medicine Department, Head Center for Innovation in Women’s Health, Sheba Medical Center-Tel Ha Shomer Hospital
- 13:30 - 14:30 - Lunch
HALL A
14:30 - 16:30
“From Local Successes to Systemic Scale - BioConvergence Infrastructure Enabling Growth”
Moderator: Nathalie Bloch, MD, 8400 Network Member, BioConvergence Committee Member
Keynote: Michal Tsur, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Remepy
Keynote: Peter Peumans, CTO Health, imec
HALL B
14:30 - 16:30
Israeli medical contribution to breakthrough science and technology
Moderators: TBA
