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Thursday August 27th 2025
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
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LLMs in Bioindustry: knowledge base expansion, data integration, and insight generation
Marco Anteghini - UNIBO Emanuel Souza de Quadros - DSMZ
14:00
Break
15:30
Real-time insights: the role of Process Analytical Tools in industrial biotech
15:45
Jörn Viell - RWTH
Mari Tenhunen - TimeGate
Martin Kögler - VTT
Closure
17:15
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Thursday August 28th 2025
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
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Bio
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LLMs in Bioindustry: knowledge base expansion, data integration, and insight generation
Marco Anteghini - UNIBO Emanuel Souza de Quadros - DSMZ
14:00
Break
15:30
Real-time insights: the role of Process Analytical Tools in industrial biotech
15:45
Next generation processes and products: towards real-time optimization with PAT and spectroscopy
Jörn Viell - RWTH
15:50
Next generation processes and products: quantification methods
Jörn Viell - RWTH
16:05
Q&A
16:20
Advanced Raman methods for bioprocess monitoring
Martin Kögler - VTT
16:25
Benefits of Timegated Raman spectroscopy and its application in biotech
Mari Tenhunen - TimeGate
16:40
Q&A & Closure
16:55
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Auto-Encoders to Use Process Dynamics to Target Metabolic Protein Regulation in Metabolic Pathways
Vassily Hatzimanikatis - EPFL
10:30
Stefanos Xenios - NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis - NTUA
Break
12:00
Creating connected innovation ecosystems in the field of biotechnology - what would these look like and what is required to implement them?
14:00
Danilo Porro - UNIMIB
Vitor Martins dos Santos - LifeGlimmer
Stefanie Bröring - RUB
Break
15:30
15:45
Biotechnology in the age of Artificial Intelligence: benefits and security implications
Michael O'Donohue - INRAE
Michael Imperiale - UMICH
Markus Schmidt - BFC
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Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.
Markus Schmidt
BioFaction
Markus Schmidt is founder of BIOFACTION (www.biofaction.com), a research, technology assessment and art-science intitute in Vienna, Austria. With a multidisciplinary educational background in biomedical and electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment he has carried out inter- and transdisciplinary projects in a number of science and technology fields such as GM-crops, nanotechnology, converging technologies, synthetic and xenobiology, and neurotechnology. Most of his publications focus on risk assessment, biosafety, the collaboration between art and science and the public understanding of science. See markusschmidt.eu
biofaction.com
Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Michael Imperiale
University of Michigan Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emeritus
Michael Imperiale is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan, where he was a faculty member from 1984-2023. He served as Associate Vice President for Research from 2017-2022. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and of the AAAS. Imperiale’s research interests focused on the molecular biology of DNA tumor viruses. His laboratory developed widely used in vitro models with which to study polyomavirus biology. In addition to his laboratory research, Imperiale has contributed significantly to the field of science and biosecurity policy. He has served on several NASEM study committees, including chairing a 2018 study on “Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology,” and co-chairing a 2025 study on “The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.” He was an inaugural member of the NSABB from 2005-2014 and a member of the NASEM Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Danilo Porro
Università degli Studi di Milano
Director of IIBFM-CNR and National Representative in the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Program Committee. He is a member of the Regional Forum for Research and Innovation of the Lombardy Region and teaches at the University of Milan-Bicocca.
Konstantinos Mexis
NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. His expertise centers around Data Science and Machine Learning, particularly in the context of the circular economy. He currently works as a researcher and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Konstantinos is passionate about areas such as machine learning, metabolic engineering, and bioprocesses. He is actively contributing to the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Stefanos Xenios
NTUA
Stefanos Xenios is a passionate chemical engineer with 2 years of experience. Skilled in process design and with a strong background in systems biology and machine learning. Some of my previous works include the design of a curated genome scale model for yeast and the development of large-scale kinetic models muconic acid production. Hisrole in the IPSEN team is to construct detailed metabolic models for bioprocesses of interest and to connect large scale kinetics with bioreactor kinetics for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Stefanie Bröring
Ruhr University Bochum Professor for Entrepreneurship and innovative Business Models + Academic Director Worldfactory Start-up Center
Stefanie Bröring studied medicine at the University of Lübeck, Germany. She received the bachelor's degree in international management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000, the master's degree in business management from the University of Münster, Germany, in 2001, the Ph.D. degree in innovation and technology management from the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, in 2005. She holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models and is a Professor with Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany. She also serves as the Academic Director of the RUB Worldfactory Start-up Centre, Bochum, Germany. Her research interests span the emergence of novel (clean) technology systems, technology transfer, business model transformation, as well as the rise of cross-industry ecosystems triggered by science and technology convergence. Her work has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and more.
Stefanie Bröring
Ruhr University Bochum Professor for Entrepreneurship and innovative Business Models + Academic Director Worldfactory Start-up Center
Stefanie Bröring studied medicine at the University of Lübeck, Germany. She received the bachelor's degree in international management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000, the master's degree in business management from the University of Münster, Germany, in 2001, the Ph.D. degree in innovation and technology management from the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, in 2005. She holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models and is a Professor with Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany. She also serves as the Academic Director of the RUB Worldfactory Start-up Centre, Bochum, Germany. Her research interests span the emergence of novel (clean) technology systems, technology transfer, business model transformation, as well as the rise of cross-industry ecosystems triggered by science and technology convergence. Her work has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and more.
Danilo Porro
Università degli Studi di Milano
Director of IIBFM-CNR and National Representative in the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Program Committee. He is a member of the Regional Forum for Research and Innovation of the Lombardy Region and teaches at the University of Milan-Bicocca.
Markus Schmidt
BioFaction
Markus Schmidt is founder of BIOFACTION (www.biofaction.com), a research, technology assessment and art-science intitute in Vienna, Austria. With a multidisciplinary educational background in biomedical and electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment he has carried out inter- and transdisciplinary projects in a number of science and technology fields such as GM-crops, nanotechnology, converging technologies, synthetic and xenobiology, and neurotechnology. Most of his publications focus on risk assessment, biosafety, the collaboration between art and science and the public understanding of science. See markusschmidt.eu
biofaction.com
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Associate Professor
Dr. Vassily Hatzimanikatis has been Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since 2006. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Jay Bailey, focusing on mathematical analysis and design of metabolic networks. He continued as a research associate at ETH Zurich before joining DuPont and subesequently Cargill (1997–2000) to develop industrial biocatalysts. From 2000 to 2006, he was Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Vitor Martins dos Santos
Life Glimmer CEO, CSO
Vitor Martins Dos Santos has been a professor at Wageningen University & Research since 2010. He is also the CEO and Founder of LifeGlimmer GmbH since 2012. His research activities have focused on using mathematical models and Computational Biology to answer biological questions, intertwining in silico and experimental methods at all stages. He has a strong interest in exploring the interfaces between Fundamental Biology and bona fide Engineering, specifically in the realm of environmental and industrial problems. The goals of his research group are to contribute to the elucidation of mechanisms underlying basic cellular processes, evolution and ecological interactions of microbes, and to translate this knowledge into Synthetic Biology applications of biomedical, biotechnological and environmental interest.
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Associate Professor
Dr. Vassily Hatzimanikatis has been Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since 2006. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Jay Bailey, focusing on mathematical analysis and design of metabolic networks. He continued as a research associate at ETH Zurich before joining DuPont and subesequently Cargill (1997–2000) to develop industrial biocatalysts. From 2000 to 2006, he was Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Konstantinos Mexis
NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. His expertise centers around Data Science and Machine Learning, particularly in the context of the circular economy. He currently works as a researcher and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Konstantinos is passionate about areas such as machine learning, metabolic engineering, and bioprocesses. He is actively contributing to the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Michael Imperiale
University of Michigan Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emeritus
Michael Imperiale is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan, where he was a faculty member from 1984-2023. He served as Associate Vice President for Research from 2017-2022. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and of the AAAS. Imperiale’s research interests focused on the molecular biology of DNA tumor viruses. His laboratory developed widely used in vitro models with which to study polyomavirus biology. In addition to his laboratory research, Imperiale has contributed significantly to the field of science and biosecurity policy. He has served on several NASEM study committees, including chairing a 2018 study on “Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology,” and co-chairing a 2025 study on “The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.” He was an inaugural member of the NSABB from 2005-2014 and a member of the NASEM Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Stefanos Xenios
NTUA
Stefanos Xenios is a passionate chemical engineer with 2 years of experience. Skilled in process design and with a strong background in systems biology and machine learning. Some of my previous works include the design of a curated genome scale model for yeast and the development of large-scale kinetic models muconic acid production. Hisrole in the IPSEN team is to construct detailed metabolic models for bioprocesses of interest and to connect large scale kinetics with bioreactor kinetics for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0.
Vitor Martins dos Santos
Life Glimmer CEO, CSO
Vitor Martins Dos Santos has been a professor at Wageningen University & Research since 2010. He is also the CEO and Founder of LifeGlimmer GmbH since 2012. His research activities have focused on using mathematical models and Computational Biology to answer biological questions, intertwining in silico and experimental methods at all stages. He has a strong interest in exploring the interfaces between Fundamental Biology and bona fide Engineering, specifically in the realm of environmental and industrial problems. The goals of his research group are to contribute to the elucidation of mechanisms underlying basic cellular processes, evolution and ecological interactions of microbes, and to translate this knowledge into Synthetic Biology applications of biomedical, biotechnological and environmental interest.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.
Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.
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Summer Webinar
27-28 August 2025
enter
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registration mandatory
Summer Webinar
27-28 August 2024
Videos
Day 1
Thursday August 27th 2025
Day 2
Friday August 28th 2025
Bio
Speakers
Day 2
Thursday August 28th 2025
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Day 1
Videos
Bio
Speakers
LLMs in Bioindustry: knowledge base expansion, data integration, and insight generation
Marco Anteghini - UNIBO Emanuel Souza de Quadros - DSMZ
14:00
Break
15:30
Real-time insights: the role of Process Analytical Tools in industrial biotech
15:45
Jörn Viell - RWTH
Mari Tenhunen - TimeGate
Martin Kögler - VTT
Closure
17:15
powered by
Day 2
Thursday August 28th 2025
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Day 1
Videos
Bio
Speakers
LLMs in Bioindustry: knowledge base expansion, data integration, and insight generation
Marco Anteghini - UNIBO Emanuel Souza de Quadros - DSMZ
14:00
Break
15:30
Real-time insights: the role of Process Analytical Tools in industrial biotech
15:45
Next generation processes and products: towards real-time optimization with PAT and spectroscopy
Jörn Viell - RWTH
15:50
Next generation processes and products: quantification methods
Jörn Viell - RWTH
16:05
Q&A
16:20
Advanced Raman methods for bioprocess monitoring
Martin Kögler - VTT
16:25
Benefits of Timegated Raman spectroscopy and its application in biotech
Mari Tenhunen - TimeGate
16:40
Q&A & Closure
16:55
powered by
Day 1
Wednesday August 27th 2025
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Day 2
Videos
Bio
Speakers
Auto-Encoders to Use Process Dynamics to Target Metabolic Protein Regulation in Metabolic Pathways
Vassily Hatzimanikatis - EPFL
10:30
Stefanos Xenios - NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis - NTUA
Break
12:00
Creating connected innovation ecosystems in the field of biotechnology - what would these look like and what is required to implement them?
14:00
Danilo Porro - UNIMIB
Vitor Martins dos Santos - LifeGlimmer
Stefanie Bröring - RUB
Break
15:30
15:45
Biotechnology in the age of Artificial Intelligence: benefits and security implications
Michael O'Donohue - INRAE
Michael Imperiale - UMICH
Markus Schmidt - BFC
End
17:15
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Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.
Markus Schmidt
BioFaction
Markus Schmidt is founder of BIOFACTION (www.biofaction.com), a research, technology assessment and art-science intitute in Vienna, Austria. With a multidisciplinary educational background in biomedical and electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment he has carried out inter- and transdisciplinary projects in a number of science and technology fields such as GM-crops, nanotechnology, converging technologies, synthetic and xenobiology, and neurotechnology. Most of his publications focus on risk assessment, biosafety, the collaboration between art and science and the public understanding of science. See markusschmidt.eu
biofaction.com
Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Michael Imperiale
University of Michigan Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emeritus
Michael Imperiale is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan, where he was a faculty member from 1984-2023. He served as Associate Vice President for Research from 2017-2022. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and of the AAAS. Imperiale’s research interests focused on the molecular biology of DNA tumor viruses. His laboratory developed widely used in vitro models with which to study polyomavirus biology. In addition to his laboratory research, Imperiale has contributed significantly to the field of science and biosecurity policy. He has served on several NASEM study committees, including chairing a 2018 study on “Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology,” and co-chairing a 2025 study on “The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.” He was an inaugural member of the NSABB from 2005-2014 and a member of the NASEM Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Danilo Porro
Università degli Studi di Milano
Director of IIBFM-CNR and National Representative in the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Program Committee. He is a member of the Regional Forum for Research and Innovation of the Lombardy Region and teaches at the University of Milan-Bicocca.
Konstantinos Mexis
NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. His expertise centers around Data Science and Machine Learning, particularly in the context of the circular economy. He currently works as a researcher and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Konstantinos is passionate about areas such as machine learning, metabolic engineering, and bioprocesses. He is actively contributing to the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Stefanos Xenios
NTUA
Stefanos Xenios is a passionate chemical engineer with 2 years of experience. Skilled in process design and with a strong background in systems biology and machine learning. Some of my previous works include the design of a curated genome scale model for yeast and the development of large-scale kinetic models muconic acid production. Hisrole in the IPSEN team is to construct detailed metabolic models for bioprocesses of interest and to connect large scale kinetics with bioreactor kinetics for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Stefanie Bröring
Ruhr University Bochum Professor for Entrepreneurship and innovative Business Models + Academic Director Worldfactory Start-up Center
Stefanie Bröring studied medicine at the University of Lübeck, Germany. She received the bachelor's degree in international management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000, the master's degree in business management from the University of Münster, Germany, in 2001, the Ph.D. degree in innovation and technology management from the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, in 2005. She holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models and is a Professor with Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany. She also serves as the Academic Director of the RUB Worldfactory Start-up Centre, Bochum, Germany. Her research interests span the emergence of novel (clean) technology systems, technology transfer, business model transformation, as well as the rise of cross-industry ecosystems triggered by science and technology convergence. Her work has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and more.
Stefanie Bröring
Ruhr University Bochum Professor for Entrepreneurship and innovative Business Models + Academic Director Worldfactory Start-up Center
Stefanie Bröring studied medicine at the University of Lübeck, Germany. She received the bachelor's degree in international management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000, the master's degree in business management from the University of Münster, Germany, in 2001, the Ph.D. degree in innovation and technology management from the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, in 2005. She holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models and is a Professor with Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany. She also serves as the Academic Director of the RUB Worldfactory Start-up Centre, Bochum, Germany. Her research interests span the emergence of novel (clean) technology systems, technology transfer, business model transformation, as well as the rise of cross-industry ecosystems triggered by science and technology convergence. Her work has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and more.
Danilo Porro
Università degli Studi di Milano
Director of IIBFM-CNR and National Representative in the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Program Committee. He is a member of the Regional Forum for Research and Innovation of the Lombardy Region and teaches at the University of Milan-Bicocca.
Markus Schmidt
BioFaction
Markus Schmidt is founder of BIOFACTION (www.biofaction.com), a research, technology assessment and art-science intitute in Vienna, Austria. With a multidisciplinary educational background in biomedical and electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment he has carried out inter- and transdisciplinary projects in a number of science and technology fields such as GM-crops, nanotechnology, converging technologies, synthetic and xenobiology, and neurotechnology. Most of his publications focus on risk assessment, biosafety, the collaboration between art and science and the public understanding of science. See markusschmidt.eu
biofaction.com
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Associate Professor
Dr. Vassily Hatzimanikatis has been Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since 2006. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Jay Bailey, focusing on mathematical analysis and design of metabolic networks. He continued as a research associate at ETH Zurich before joining DuPont and subesequently Cargill (1997–2000) to develop industrial biocatalysts. From 2000 to 2006, he was Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Vitor Martins dos Santos
Life Glimmer CEO, CSO
Vitor Martins Dos Santos has been a professor at Wageningen University & Research since 2010. He is also the CEO and Founder of LifeGlimmer GmbH since 2012. His research activities have focused on using mathematical models and Computational Biology to answer biological questions, intertwining in silico and experimental methods at all stages. He has a strong interest in exploring the interfaces between Fundamental Biology and bona fide Engineering, specifically in the realm of environmental and industrial problems. The goals of his research group are to contribute to the elucidation of mechanisms underlying basic cellular processes, evolution and ecological interactions of microbes, and to translate this knowledge into Synthetic Biology applications of biomedical, biotechnological and environmental interest.
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Associate Professor
Dr. Vassily Hatzimanikatis has been Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since 2006. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Jay Bailey, focusing on mathematical analysis and design of metabolic networks. He continued as a research associate at ETH Zurich before joining DuPont and subesequently Cargill (1997–2000) to develop industrial biocatalysts. From 2000 to 2006, he was Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Konstantinos Mexis
NTUA
Konstantinos Mexis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. His expertise centers around Data Science and Machine Learning, particularly in the context of the circular economy. He currently works as a researcher and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Konstantinos is passionate about areas such as machine learning, metabolic engineering, and bioprocesses. He is actively contributing to the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Michael Imperiale
University of Michigan Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emeritus
Michael Imperiale is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan, where he was a faculty member from 1984-2023. He served as Associate Vice President for Research from 2017-2022. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and of the AAAS. Imperiale’s research interests focused on the molecular biology of DNA tumor viruses. His laboratory developed widely used in vitro models with which to study polyomavirus biology. In addition to his laboratory research, Imperiale has contributed significantly to the field of science and biosecurity policy. He has served on several NASEM study committees, including chairing a 2018 study on “Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology,” and co-chairing a 2025 study on “The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.” He was an inaugural member of the NSABB from 2005-2014 and a member of the NASEM Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Stefanos Xenios
NTUA
Stefanos Xenios is a passionate chemical engineer with 2 years of experience. Skilled in process design and with a strong background in systems biology and machine learning. Some of my previous works include the design of a curated genome scale model for yeast and the development of large-scale kinetic models muconic acid production. Hisrole in the IPSEN team is to construct detailed metabolic models for bioprocesses of interest and to connect large scale kinetics with bioreactor kinetics for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0.
Vitor Martins dos Santos
Life Glimmer CEO, CSO
Vitor Martins Dos Santos has been a professor at Wageningen University & Research since 2010. He is also the CEO and Founder of LifeGlimmer GmbH since 2012. His research activities have focused on using mathematical models and Computational Biology to answer biological questions, intertwining in silico and experimental methods at all stages. He has a strong interest in exploring the interfaces between Fundamental Biology and bona fide Engineering, specifically in the realm of environmental and industrial problems. The goals of his research group are to contribute to the elucidation of mechanisms underlying basic cellular processes, evolution and ecological interactions of microbes, and to translate this knowledge into Synthetic Biology applications of biomedical, biotechnological and environmental interest.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.
Marco Anteghini
UNIBO - Università di Bologna Professor of Process Systems Engineering
Marco Anteghini is a bioinformatician with experience in both academic and corporate environments. He specializes in developing bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing various types of biomedical data, including protein sequences, genomic data, microbial data, and clinical data. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from Wageningen University and a Master's degree from the University of Bologna. The diverse research areas he works on range from deep learning-based protein sequence analysis to AI-driven decision support systems (DSS).
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Emanuel Souza de Quadros
DSMZ Researcher
Emanuel Souza de Quadros is a Natural Language Processing researcher at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ, specializing in information extraction and data integration, with a passion for data accessibility. He holds an M.A. in Linguistics from Yale University, focused on semantics and computational models of language processing. Before joining the DSMZ, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz, teaching courses in the fields of computational linguistics, deep learning, and natural language understanding.
Jörn Viell
RWTH - Aachen University
Jörn Viell received a degree in Chemical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2007. Since 2013, he has been serving as a senior engineer and group leader at the Chair of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT). In parallel, he designed, planned and built the NGP2 Biorefinery in the center for Next Generation Processes and Products (NGP2) as a collaborative research facility for process development and scale-up. In 2020, he was appointed CEO of the NGP2 Biorefinery.
Michael O'Donohue
INRAE Acting Director, IBISBA
Michael O’Donohue works for INRAE, France’s National Institute of Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment. He holds a PhD in protein biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and possesses extensive research experience in enzyme engineering and biotechnology. In INRAE, Michael is head of TRANSFORM, a 600-staff research division possessing 29 labs in France. In 2014, Michael launched a European initiative aimed at developing a more systemic approach to research in industrial biotechnology. Since then, this initiative has grown into IBISBA, a distributed European research infrastructure that gained ESFRI recognition in 2018. IBISBA currently mobilizes staff from 21 research institutions located in 10 European countries.
Martin Kögler
VTT Senior Scientist
Martin Kögler received his Dr. Ing. degree from the Bioprocess Engineering department of the Technical University Berlin, 2018 in Germany where he was studying advanced Raman spectroscopy tools for bioprocess monitoring in collaboration with renowned institutes such as the PAT group of BAM in Germany and Key Lab of Urban Environment in China. Since then, he has been working as Senior Scientist at VTT Oulu, Finland, sensing and integration department, currently in Photonics Biosensor concepts team.
Mari Tenhunen
TimeGate CEO
Mari Tenhunen is the CEO and a co-founder of Timegate Instruments. She has consistently been a part of top-performing teams including ones at CERN, Aalto University, VTT, and Timegate Instruments.