PROGRAMME
Registration
Official opening
SOMMa Presidency · Amparo López
CRG Directorate (host institute) · Monica Bettencourt
Opening keynote
José Moisés Martín Carretero ↗ · Director General of CDTI
Networking lunch & poster session
SOMMa success stories
Investment Pitch Session
4 parallel panels
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HealthTech
Marie Curie Room
Moderated by Eduardo Salas · IBEC
MiCRC: Microbiome-AI screening for colorectal cancer and precancerous lesions
Cancer Vaccine: Reprogramming tumour cells into antigen-presenting cells
Aurkines: New strategy for naïve and cisplatin-resistant solid tumours
PIAS2b-siRNA: Gene silencing for anaplastic and undifferentiated carcinomas
PROMETHENZ: Local activation of chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer
Agro-Food & CleanTech
Rita Levi Montalcini Room
Moderated by Arantxa López · IATA
ARIES For Business: Uncovering the financial potential of nature
Celiacase: the gluten-degrading enzyme
CO2 valorization by magnetic induction
SEMICON BIOSOLUTIONS
Siembras de Origen
DeepTech & Advanced Engineering
Ramon y Cajal Room
Moderated by José Luis Cerillo · ITQ-UPV
PulSensing: Electronics for medical imaging and beyond
Eroica Dx: Photonics for Precision Diagnostics
NANO-RNA: A non-viral platform for primary cell transfection and RNA-based therapies
PlasmOnCo: Plasma-treated hydrogels for the local treatment of solid tumors
SiCure: Precise real-time radiotherapy monitoring
Better Societies
Charles Darwin Room
Moderated by Enrique Doblas · CREAF
JEPMEN: Journaling through E-coaching to Promote Mental Health
Famba: A global surveillance and data analytics platform for prediction and prevention of emerging diseases
MoodNG: Bacterial strain selection for next-generation psychobiotics
Helix: A new personalised AI-based computational platform to longitudinally monitor healthspan and aging
PRECISION-CHEMO: A first-in-class, tumour-agnostic chemotherapy resistance test
Evening networking
Opening keynote
Asier Rufino ↗ · The Tecnalia model: enabling ecosystems for collaboration with industry
Round table
Successful public-private partnerships at SOMMa
Moderator: Jorge Barrero ↗
- Mabel Loza ↗ — Innopharma · CiMUS & Juan Buela ↗ — SunRock Biopharma
- Miquel Sureda Gómez ↗ — ICM & Andrea Gonzalez Vaude ↗ — Repsol
- José Luis Cortina ↗ — CCEM · UPC & Marina Arnaldos ↗ — Cetaqua
Coffee break & networking
Round table
Financing Vehicles for Innovation
Moderator: Anabel Sanz ↗
- David González ↗ — European Investment Fund (EIF)
- Luis Jesús Guerra — European Innovation Council (EIC)
- Elisa Rivera — Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
- Anna Bellmunt ↗ — Asabys Partners
- Jordi Vallès ↗ — ”la Caixa” Foundation
Official closing and final remarks
Elisa Rivera · General Director for Planning, Coordination and Knowledge Transfer of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Javier Aramayona · SOMMa Presidency
