Advisory Board Members

An international Advisory Board of industry experts provide their expertise of the market in order to establish our high quality conference programme.

Martin Austin
TransformRX GmbH

Martin Austin

TransformRX GmbH (Switzerland)
Dirk Carrez
EuropaBio

Dirk Carrez

Public Affairs Director
EuropaBio (Belgium)
Christian De Neef
biznessence

Christian De Neef

biznessence (Belgium)
Ute Günther
Ute Günther

Ute Günther

Vorstand, Coach
Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland (Germany)
Manfred Kircher
Evonik Venture Capital

Manfred Kircher

Business Venture Biotechnology
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)
Anja König
Novartis Venture Funds

Anja König

Novartis Venture Funds (Switzerland)
Svend Erik Licht
Novozymes A/S

Svend Erik Licht

Senior Director Business Development
Novozymes A/S (Denmark)
Thomas Mendel
Thomas Mendel

Thomas Mendel

Research
Forrester Research GmbH (Germany)
Christian Nagel
Earlybird Venture Capital

Christian Nagel

Partner
Earlybird Venture Capital (Germany)
Par-Jorgen Parson
Northzone Ventures (SE)

Par-Jorgen Parson

General Partner
Northzone Ventures (SE) (Sweden)
Diana Saraceni
360° Capital Partners

Diana Saraceni

General Partner
360° Capital Partners (Italy)
Jesse Schulman
Ferghana Partners Group

Jesse Schulman

Director Analysis & Research
Ferghana Partners Group (United Kingdom)
Karim Serrar
Europe Unlimited

Karim Serrar

Strategic Advisor
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Claire Skentelbery
Europe Unlimited

Claire Skentelbery

Director of Operations
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)
Hartmut Thomas
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Hartmut Thomas

Head of the Institutional Research Funding Branch of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Johannes Velling
Johannes Velling

Johannes Velling

Senior Official
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)
Andreas von Richter
GE Energy Financial Services, Venture Capital

Andreas von Richter

Business Development Manager
GE Energy Financial Services, Venture Capital (Germany)
Paul Webber
Europe Unlimited

Paul Webber

Director
Europe Unlimited (Belgium)