08:00    Registration, Partnering Meetings, and Networking in the Exhibition Area

08:40    Welcome – Opening Remarks
Moderator: Johan Rockberg, Professor in Antibody Technology and Directed Evolution, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

08:45    University Research Infrastructure as a Key Component in Local and National Life Science Ecosystems
Jan Holgersson, Vice Dean, Sahlgrenska Academy, and Professor of Transplantation Immunology, University of Gothenburg

09:10    The Gut Microbiome in Cardiometabolic Disease – From Correlations to Therapeutic Targets
Fredrik Bäckhed, Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Gothenburg

09:35    Coffee, Partnering Meetings, and Networking in the Exhibition Area

10:00    Therapeutic Intervention to Slow Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
Marie Jeansson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet

10:25     Probing Glioblastoma Invasion Dynamics with Ex Vivo Systems and AI
Sven Nelander, Professor of Integrative Cancer Research, Uppsala University

10:50      Unlocking the Power of Biobanks: Today’s Possibilities and Tomorrow’s Needs
Hans-Christoph Paul, M.Sc. and Owner, HCP Life Science Innovation

11:05      The Evolving Landscape of Pharmacogenomics: Current Achievements and Future Direction
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Senior Professor of Molecular Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet

11:30      Lunch, Partnering Meetings and Networking in the Exhibition Area

13:00      Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Immunosuppressed Patient Populations
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Professor of Infection Medicine, Karolinska Institutet

13:25      Clinically Validated Patient-Derived Organoid Platform for Drug Development
Robert Vries, Scientific Business Development Manager, HUB Organoids

13:50      TAK1: A Central, Untapped Drug Target in Chronic Inflammation
Sarah Fredriksson, CEO, Aqilion

14:15      Partner Pitch – MedChemExpress: Enabling Scientific Breakthroughs
Luyao Zhao, Nordic Life Science Sales and Marketing Manager, MedChemExpress

14:20      Coffee, Partnering Meetings and Networking in the Exhibition Area

14:45      Systems Biology- & AI-Based Drug Development Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative & Metabolic Diseases
Olof Nord, CEO, ScandiBio Therapeutics

15:10      Testa Center – Where Innovation Meets Industrial Reality
Laura Okmane, Downstream Customer Support Specialist, Testa Center

15:35      Shaping Future Medicine With Tissue-Engineering: Creating Personalized Grafts
Tobias Hedberg, Senior Tissue Engineer, VERIGRAFT

16:00      Concluding Remarks
Johan Rockberg, Professor in Antibody Technology and Directed Evolution, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Approx. 16:00      End of Agenda