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BIST Forum 2025


Event Details

  • Date:
  • Venue: CaixaForum Barcelona
  • Address: Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8., 08038 Barcelona
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Programme

8:45h

Networking Coffee

9:15h

Institutional Opening

  • Andreu Mas-Colell, Chairman of the BIST Board of Trustees.
  • 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

  • Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC).
  • Michiel Scheffer, President of the European Innovation Council (EIC).
  • 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

  • Direna Alonso-Curbelo, Group leader, IRB Barcelona.
  • 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)

  • Laura Hernádez, Communication Manager, ICIQ.
  • Marco Milán, Group Leader, IRB Barcelona.
  • 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

  • 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.

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