Programme

8:45h

Networking Coffee

9:15h

Institutional Opening

• Dr. Àngel Font, Associate General Director of Research and Fellowships, “la Caixa” Foundation
• Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell, Chairman of the BIST Board of Trustees.
• Hble. Sra. Núria Montserrat, Minister of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia.
• Excma. Sra. Diana Morant, Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities of the Government of Spain.

9:45h

Shaping Europe’s Future

• Prof. Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC).
• Dr. Michiel Scheffer, President of the European Innovation Council (EIC).
• Dr. Jo Bury, Director Emeritus of the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB).
• Facilitator: Dr. Montserrat Vendrell, former BIST Director and founding partner of Aliath Bioventures.

10:30h

Precision Health: a BIST Integrative Contribution for Healthy Aging

With representatives of the BIST Precision Medicine Taskforce

• Dr. Direna Alonso-Curbelo, Group leader, IRB Barcelona.
• Dr. Benedetta Bolognesi, Group Leader, IBEC.
• Dr. Turgut Durduran, Group leader, ICFO.

11:00h

Coffee break

11:30h

Spreading Scientific Culture (in Memory of Prof. Joan Guinovart)

• Dr. Laura Hernádez, Communication Manager, ICIQ.
• Dr. Marco Milán, Group Leader, IRB Barcelona.
• Mr. Gerard Segú, Science Programs Coordinator, Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera.
• Facilitator: Dr. Núria Bayó, former BIST Programs Director

12:00h

BIST Ignite Awards

Introduced by Dr. José A. Garrido (ICN2) and Dr. Lluïsa Mir (IFAE)

Presentations by the lead researchers of the two awarded projects.

12:45h

Closure

• Dr. Eduard Vallory, BIST General Director
• Hble. Sr. Jordi Valls, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona

13:00h

Finger Lunch

Attendance by invitation. Please contact communication@bist.eu for further information.