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Program

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

AUDITORIUM MARGARITA SALAS
SPEAKER'S ROOM 1: DOROTEA BARNÉS
SPEAKER'S ROOM 2: NICOLÁS ACHÚCARRO
SPEAKER'S ROOM 3: RAÚL MARTÍN
TRACK: POLICY / Tuesday
TRACK: HEALTH / Tuesday
TRACK: BIOECONOMY / Tuesday
TRACK: FINANCE / Tuesday
9:00 - 9:30 OPENING REMARKS
10:15 - 11:00 BIOLOGICS AS STRATEGIC CAPABILITY: EUROPE'S PRODUCTION BASE IN A NEW SECURITY ERA
Sponsor: Hipra
INSIDE SPANISH BIOTECH VC PLAYBOOKS: WHAT MOVES THE INVESTMENT NEEDLE
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 1
11:30 - 12:15 CHOOSING THE BASQUE COUNTRY TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALTH – DISCOVER THE REASONS
Sponsor: Euskadi
PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF ADVANCED THERAPIES FOR RARE DISEASES STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: BIOECONOMY WHAT’S THE SECRET SAUCE BEHIND A SUCCESSFUL SPIN-OFF?
Sponsor: Asabys
12:15 - 13:00 EUROPE’S BIOTECH MOMENT: WHAT THE BIOTECH ACT MUST DELIVER
Sponsor: MSD
BEYOND DISCOVERY: HOW AI, ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE ARE RESHAPING BIOTECH INNOVATION
Sponsor: Ayuntamiento de Salamanca
12:15 - 13:15 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: ONCOLOGY
13:00 - 14:30
Tuesday Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:15 JOINT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UK AND SPAIN THROUGH HORIZON EUROPE COLLABORATIONS
Sponsor: United Kingdom
BOOSTING BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATORS
Sponsor: FARMAINDUSTRIA
FROM ZERO TO GMP. BUILT TO SCALE
Sponsor: 3P BIOVIAN
SPANISH BIOTECH SPIN-OFFS AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM: REACHING OUT AND ATTRACTING EU, US AND ASIA PLAYERS
15:15 - 16:00 IA AND QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR LIFE SCIENCES (A)/IA AND QUANTUM COMPUTING IN DRUG DISCOVERY: TRANSFORMING MOLECULAR DESIGN AND THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT
Sponsor: Euskadi
ADVANCED THERAPIES AND NEXT-GEN BIOTECH PLATFORMS TO DELIVER GLOBAL HEALTH IMPACT
Sponsor: Euskadi
BIZKAIA, AN ENTREPRENEURIAL REGION: BUILDING INSTRUMENTS TO BOOST STRATEGIC SECTORS
Sponsor: Diputación Foral de Bizkaia Language: Spanish
STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS
16:00 - 16:45 AI DRIVING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Sponsor: AseBio
WOMEN’S HEALTH & CARE AS A GROWING INDUSTRY ENGINEERING THE MATERIALS OF LIFE
Sponsor: AseBio
MAKING ATMPs SUSTAINABLE IN 2026: WHAT GETS FUNDED, SCALED, AND ACQUIRED?
16:45 - 17:30 ADVANCING CELL & GENE THERAPIES: CHALLENGES, INNOVATION & MARKET TRANSLATION
Sponsor: Agilent
20:00 - 23:00
BIOSPAIN WELCOME RECEPTION



SPEAKER'S ROOM 1: DOROTEA BARNÉS
TRACK: HEALTH / Tuesday
9:00 - 9:30
10:15 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 1
11:30 - 12:15 PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF ADVANCED THERAPIES FOR RARE DISEASES
12:15 - 13:00 BEYOND DISCOVERY: HOW AI, ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE ARE RESHAPING BIOTECH INNOVATION
Sponsor: Ayuntamiento de Salamanca
12:15 - 13:15
13:00 - 14:30
Tuesday Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:15 BOOSTING BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATORS
Sponsor: FARMAINDUSTRIA
15:15 - 16:00 ADVANCED THERAPIES AND NEXT-GEN BIOTECH PLATFORMS TO DELIVER GLOBAL HEALTH IMPACT
Sponsor: Euskadi
16:00 - 16:45 WOMEN’S HEALTH & CARE AS A GROWING INDUSTRY
16:45 - 17:30
20:00 - 23:00
BIOSPAIN WELCOME RECEPTION

SPEAKER'S ROOM 2: NICOLÁS ACHÚCARRO
TRACK: BIOECONOMY / Tuesday
9:00 - 9:30
10:15 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 1
11:30 - 12:15 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: BIOECONOMY
12:15 - 13:00
12:15 - 13:15
13:00 - 14:30
Tuesday Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:15 FROM ZERO TO GMP. BUILT TO SCALE
Sponsor: 3P BIOVIAN
15:15 - 16:00 BIZKAIA, AN ENTREPRENEURIAL REGION: BUILDING INSTRUMENTS TO BOOST STRATEGIC SECTORS
Sponsor: Diputación Foral de Bizkaia Language: Spanish
16:00 - 16:45 ENGINEERING THE MATERIALS OF LIFE
Sponsor: AseBio
16:45 - 17:30 ADVANCING CELL & GENE THERAPIES: CHALLENGES, INNOVATION & MARKET TRANSLATION
Sponsor: Agilent
20:00 - 23:00
BIOSPAIN WELCOME RECEPTION



Wednesday, September 30, 2026

AUDITORIUM MARGARITA SALAS
SPEAKER'S ROOM 1: DOROTEA BARNÉS
SPEAKER'S ROOM 2: NICOLÁS ACHÚCARRO
SPEAKER'S ROOM 3: RAÚL MARTÍN
TRACK: POLICY / Wednesday
TRACK: HEALTH / Wednesday
TRACK: BIOECONOMY / Wednesday
TRACK: FINANCE / Wednesday
9:30 - 10:15 BIOTECH ACT: ACCELERATING BIOTECH SCALE-UP AND BUILDING COMPETITIVE VALUE CHAINS IN EUROPE
Sponsor: AseBio
THE CLINICAL FUTURE OF BIOPRINTING: FROM BIOFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO NEXT-GENERATION REGENERATIVE THERAPIES FROM STRATEGY TO COLLECTIVE ACTION: BUILDING EUROPE'S AGRI-FOOD BIOTECH ECOSYSTEM TOGETHER
Sponsor: AseBio
BEYOND VENTURE CAPITAL BUILDING ALTERNATIVE FINANCING PATHWAYS FOR BIOTECH GROWTH
10:15 - 11:00 REGULATING INTELLIGENCE: BRINGING AI-POWERED MEDICAL DEVICES TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET UNDER MDR AND THE AI ACT
Sponsor: Asphalion
STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 2
11:30 - 12:15 FROM PLATFORM TO PATIENT: SCALING BIOTECH AND ADVANCED THERAPIES THROUGH INTEGRATED CDMO ECOSYSTEMS FISHING IN THE ATLANTIC MARINE BIOTECH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM: FROM POTENTIAL TO SOCIETAL IMPACT STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: ATMP
12:15 - 13:00 CAN COOPERATIVE MODELS TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF PHARMA AND HEALTHCARE?
Sponsor: Imasmed
NEW APPROACH METHODOLOGIES (NAMS): ACCELERATING SAFER, SMARTER AND MORE HUMAN-RELEVANT INNOVATION IN DRUG AND CHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT
Sponsor: BeCytes Biotechnologies (A BioIVT Company)
FROM LAB TO MARKET: FINANCING SPAIN’S DEEP-TECH FUTURE THROUGH INNVIERTE & TECH TRANSFER
13:00 - 14:30
WEDNESDAY LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15 ADVANCING TRANSPLANT INNOVATION: BRIDGING CLINICAL EXCELLENCE WITH SMARTER DRUG DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATING ONCOLOGY INNOVATION: COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR EARLY TRANSLATION
Sponsor: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer,Euskadi
15:15 - 16:00 SUBSTANCE MATTERS: FROM MICROBIOME BREAKTHROUGHS TO EU BENCHMARKS CURRENT INNOVATION TRENDS IN THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND MODALITIES: WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF SPAIN TO RIDE THESE WAVES? CIRCULARITY AT SCALE: THE 2030 VALUE CHAIN CHALLENGE
Sponsor: PNO INNOVATION
15:15 - 16:30 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: DRUG DEVELOPMENT & DELIVERY
16:00 - 16:45 ONE HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS: RAPID DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA TO ENABLE NEXT GENERATION ANTIMICROBIALS
Sponsors: AseBio,Tecnalia
ADVANCES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: FROM NOVEL THERAPIES TO REAL-WORLD CLINICAL VALIDATION
Sponsor: Euskadi
16:45 - 17:30 FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY TO CLINICAL INTELLIGENCE: HOW TO BUILD BIOTECH SOLUTIONS POWERED BY SOFTWARE AND AI, INTEROPERABLE BY DESIGN IN EUROPE. PRACTICAL CASE: USE IN HISTOPATHOLOGY FOR BIOMARKER IDENTIFICATION
AUDITORIUM MARGARITA SALAS
SPEAKER'S ROOM 1: DOROTEA BARNÉS
TRACK: POLICY / Wednesday
TRACK: HEALTH / Wednesday
9:30 - 10:15 BIOTECH ACT: ACCELERATING BIOTECH SCALE-UP AND BUILDING COMPETITIVE VALUE CHAINS IN EUROPE
Sponsor: AseBio
THE CLINICAL FUTURE OF BIOPRINTING: FROM BIOFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO NEXT-GENERATION REGENERATIVE THERAPIES
10:15 - 11:00 REGULATING INTELLIGENCE: BRINGING AI-POWERED MEDICAL DEVICES TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET UNDER MDR AND THE AI ACT
Sponsor: Asphalion
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 2
11:30 - 12:15 FROM PLATFORM TO PATIENT: SCALING BIOTECH AND ADVANCED THERAPIES THROUGH INTEGRATED CDMO ECOSYSTEMS
12:15 - 13:00 CAN COOPERATIVE MODELS TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF PHARMA AND HEALTHCARE?
Sponsor: Imasmed
13:00 - 14:30
WEDNESDAY LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15 ADVANCING TRANSPLANT INNOVATION: BRIDGING CLINICAL EXCELLENCE WITH SMARTER DRUG DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATING ONCOLOGY INNOVATION: COLLABORATIVE MODELS FOR EARLY TRANSLATION
Sponsor: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer,Euskadi
15:15 - 16:00 SUBSTANCE MATTERS: FROM MICROBIOME BREAKTHROUGHS TO EU BENCHMARKS CURRENT INNOVATION TRENDS IN THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND MODALITIES: WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF SPAIN TO RIDE THESE WAVES?
15:15 - 16:30
16:00 - 16:45 ONE HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS: RAPID DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA TO ENABLE NEXT GENERATION ANTIMICROBIALS
Sponsors: AseBio,Tecnalia
ADVANCES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: FROM NOVEL THERAPIES TO REAL-WORLD CLINICAL VALIDATION
Sponsor: Euskadi
16:45 - 17:30 FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY TO CLINICAL INTELLIGENCE: HOW TO BUILD BIOTECH SOLUTIONS POWERED BY SOFTWARE AND AI, INTEROPERABLE BY DESIGN IN EUROPE. PRACTICAL CASE: USE IN HISTOPATHOLOGY FOR BIOMARKER IDENTIFICATION





SPEAKER'S ROOM 3: RAÚL MARTÍN
TRACK: FINANCE / Wednesday
9:30 - 10:15 BEYOND VENTURE CAPITAL BUILDING ALTERNATIVE FINANCING PATHWAYS FOR BIOTECH GROWTH
10:15 - 11:00 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 2
11:30 - 12:15 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: ATMP
12:15 - 13:00 FROM LAB TO MARKET: FINANCING SPAIN’S DEEP-TECH FUTURE THROUGH INNVIERTE & TECH TRANSFER
13:00 - 14:30
WEDNESDAY LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15
15:15 - 16:00
15:15 - 16:30 STARTUP PITCH PRESENTATIONS: DRUG DEVELOPMENT & DELIVERY
16:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:30


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