Auditorium della Tecnica // Roma 13-14 ottobre 2026
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DAY 1 // 13 October 2026
- Auditorium // MAIN STAGE
INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LIFE SCIENCES
- 9:30 – 10:30
• Olivér Várhelyi, Commissario per la Salute e il Benessere degli Animali, Commissione Europea (videomessaggio)
• Sandra Gallina, DG SANTE, Commissione Europea (videomessaggio)
• Alessandra Gelera, Presidente, Cluster ALISEI
• Maria Domenica Castellone, Senatrice della Repubblica
• Elena Murelli, Senatrice della Repubblica
• Cinzia Marchese, Presidente Fondazione Tech e Biomedical
• Lorenzo Galanti, Direttore Generale ITA - Italian Trade and Investment Agency
• Antonio Tajani, Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale *
• Orazio Schillaci, Ministro della Salute *
• Emanuele Orsini, Presidente, Confindustria *
• Marco Alparone, Vicepresidente, Regione Lombardia (videomessaggio)
• Nazareno Neri, Consigliere Regionale, Regione Lazio
• Alessandra Gelera, Consigliere Regionale, Regione Lazio
- 10:30 - 11:00
• Giovanna Iannantuoni, Presidente del Comitato Scientifico, Cluster ALISEI
- 11:00 - 11:30
From Research to Care: Scaling Preclinical and Clinical Research for Advanced and Precision Medicine
• Carlo Maria Petrini, Presidente Centro Coordinamento Nazionale Comitati Etici
- 11:30 - 12:10
Fostering Innovation Shaping Europe’s Life Sciences Future: Strategy, Investment and Competitiveness
• Donatella Proto, Dirigente Generale Direzione generale per le nuove tecnologie abilitanti, MIMIT
• Fabio D’Atri, Policy Officer DG SANTE, Commissione Europea
- 12:10 - 12:40
Human Capital & Talent Challenge: Skills, People, Future
• Oscar Adriani, Vice Presidente, INFN
- 12:40 - 13:00
- 14:00 - 15:15
Institutional greetings
• Edvinas Grikšas, Minister of the Economy and Innovation, Republic of Lithuania
Strengthening local and international cooperation: from Clusters to ecosystems actions
• Alberta Pasquero, Vice Presidente, Cluster ALISEI
• Roberta Lauro, Commissario Enti Territoriali, Cluster ALISEI
• Hickmah Tagaully, President, Council of the European Bioregions
• Joana Feijó, Business Development Director, Health Cluster Portugal
• Caterina Vizzardelli, Scientist, Medical University of Vienna, President of ASSAI
The value of partnerships for life innovations
• Alberto Traverso, Ricercatore, Fondazione D³4Health
• Silvia Rossi, Direttore Medico argenx Italy
- 15:15 - 16:30
The Ministry’s Vision
• Francesco Saverio Mennini, Head of the Department for Planning, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, and National Health Service Policies, Ministry of Health
National Strategies for Access to Innovation
• Alessandra Lo Scalzo, HTA Unit, AGENAS
• Marco Pantera, Director of Procurement, ARIA SpA
• Giandomenico Nollo, President, SIHTA
The European Vision
• Frédérique Debroucker, Sr. Director Health Economics, Policy & Reimbursement, Medtronic Western Europe
- 16:30 - 17:30
• Giovanni Migliore, Direttore Generale della Direzione della Comunicazione, Ministero della Salute
• Annalisa Scopinaro, Presidente, UNIAMO
• Anna Chiara Izzo, Co-founder Famiglie GNAO1 aps e paziente esperto EUPATI
• Debora Berti, Prorettrice alla ricerca dell’Università di Firenze; referente di sede, Age-it
• Elisabetta Marano, Patient Advocacy and Access Policy Director, Alfasigma
- 18:30-22:00
DAY 2 // 14 October 2026
- Auditorium // MAIN STAGE
- 10:30 – 13:00
Moderated by: Silvia Alparone, journalist
Institutional Greetings
• Carlo Fidanza, Member of the European Parliament (video message)
• Marcella Panucci, Advisor to Minister Bernini for Research and University Competitiveness, Internationalization and Relations with Businesses, Ministry of University and Research
Research and Innovation: generating responses to emerging needs, from technology transfer to advanced therapies
• Giulio Pompilio, Scientific Coordinator, PerfeTTO Network
• Rosario Rizzuto, President, National Center for the Development of Gene Therapy and RNA Technology-based Drugs
• Matteo Floris, Associate Professor, University of Cagliari
European Assets for Life Science Innovation: Collaborating to Win
• Elisabetta Vaudano, Senior Scientific Programme Manager, Innovative Health Initiative
Life Science Value Chain: Value, Innovation and Competitiveness at the Service of Health
• Andrea Scotti, Solutions Hub Director EMEA Boston Scientific
• Guido Beccagutti, General Director, Confindustria Medical Devices
• Americo Cicchetti, Professore Ordinario, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Healthcare Governance: Priorities and Strategic Trajectories of Public Healthcare across Hospitals, Community Care, Community Health Centres and Pharmacies
• Marco Cossolo, President, Federfarma
• Giuseppe Quintavalle, President, FIASO
• Gennaro Sosto, Vice President, Federsanità ANCI
• Anna Lisa Mandorino, Secretary General, Cittadinanzattiva APS
Networks, Logistics and Transport: Infrastructure for the Healthcare of the Future
• Michele Vietti, President, Confsalute
• Mila De Iure, General Director, LIPHE Integrated Pharma Healthcare Logistics
• Stefano Erba, Chief Strategy Officer, FNM Group
- 14:00 - 15:30
National policy priorities for data governance
• Fidelia Cascini, Head of the Presidential Scientific Secretariat, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) (video message)
Digital transformation and data integration: from opportunities to challenges for Healthcare 5.0
• Marco Foracchia, President, AISIS
• Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Coordinator, Spoke 4, D³4Health Foundation
• Ginevra Eramo, Policy Manager, Anitec-Assinform
Digitalization and telemedicine: successful models for healthcare in Italy
• Federico Reali, Vice President, Scientific Committee, ALISEI Cluster
• Salvatore Di Somma, Founder, AISC (Italian Heart Failure Association)
• Lorenzo Chiari, President, DARE Foundation
The voice of the institutions
• Massimo Garavaglia, Chair, 6th Standing Committee on Finance and Treasury, Senate of the Republic
• Francesco Zaffini, Chair, 10th Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health, and Labor, Senate of the Republic
- 15:30 - 16:30
• Marco Alparone Vice President, Lombardy Region
• Federico Riboldi Regional Minister for Health, Piedmont Region
• Nazareno Neri Regional Councillor, Lazio Region
• Antonio De Caro President, Puglia Region*
- 16:30 - 17:00
INNOVATION STAGE
DAY 1 // 13 October 2026
- Open Hall // 1st Floor
- 15:00 – 16:00
Organized by CNR
Moderator: Irene Dell’Aversana, CNR Research Valorization and Innovation Unit
CNR Strategies for Technology Transfer and Innovation
• Barbara Angelini, Coordinator for Relations with Industry Stakeholders, CNR Research Valorization and Innovation Unit
Overview of valorization pathways for technologies and start-ups in the Life Sciences sector
• Industrial Property Pathway: Carmela Spagnuolo, CNR-ISA Avellino, co-inventor of the patent “ALIOPHEN-XP, New polyphenolic composition”
• Spin-off Pathway: Daniele Catalucci, CNR-IRGB Milan; co-founder and cardiovascular science advisor at NanoPhoria
• Public-Private Collaboration Pathway: Francesca Spataro, Research Infrastructure Manager, Italian Research Infrastructure for Neuroscience – CNR-IBF Palermo
Success stories of collaboration between CNR and other stakeholders in designing and developing effective tools to boost interaction between public research and the industrial sector at national and international levels
Unioncamere
• Antonio Romeo, Head of Innovation and Digital Area, Unioncamere Business Register
Tecnopolo SpA
• Angela Ciancia, Head of Projects and Business Services
- 16:00 - 17:00
Moderator:
• Felice Lopane, Director, BION Cluster
• Fabrizia Lattanzio, Scientific Director, IRCCS INRCA; Scientific Coordinator, DHEAL-COM project
• Fabio Blandini, Scientific Director, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Scientific Coordinator, INNOVA project
• Andrea Onetti Muda, Scientific Director, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS
• Concetta Quintarelli, Head of the Cancer Gene Therapy Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS; Hub Representatives, LSH-TA project
• Giulio Pompilio, Scientific Director, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS; Scientific Coordinator, Network PerfeTTO project
- 17:00 - 18:00
From Science to Value: Technology Transfer and Research Valorisation in Life Sciences
• Cristina Ress, Technology Transfer Manager, Fondazione Hub Innovazione Trentino (HIT)
From Systems Models to Medicines: Informing Decisions Across the Drug Development Journey
• Enrico Domenici, Fondazione The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI)
Life Science HUB
• Monica Carotta, Head of Business Attraction, Incubation and Key Account Management Unit, Trentino Sviluppo S.p.A.
DAY 2 // 14 October 2026
- Open Hall // 1st Floor
- 10:00 – 13:00
Moderatore: Johnny Della Giustina, Project Supervisor for Open Innovation, Small Business, and Internationalization, Confindustria Dispositivi Medici
- 10:00 - 10:10
- 10:10 - 10:30
• Augusto Reggiani, Dirigente Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (videomessaggio)
• Mario Alparone, Direttore Generale, Finpiemonte
- 10:30 - 11:30
• BioLogic Lab · Italy
• Fundació Centre CIM / AM Health - VETREGEN · Spain
• GINfinity · Spain
• HELICURE · Spain
• JSSYSTEMS STUDENT - Silesian University of Technology · Poland
• Organoids Factory Lab · Italy
• TarGLIO · Spain
• NSCLC Spatial Omics Team – Università di Salerno · Italy
• URiNBB · Italy
- 11:30 - 11:45
- 11:45 - 12:45
Introduction:
• Giacomo Cavalli Senior ecosystem and project developer - Factory Plus
Pitching Session:
• BrightMol Biotech · Italy
• KardioVis · Italy
• D-Tails · Italy
• Rilemo · Italy
• Vectorialis · Italy
• Repertor.IO · Italy
• Shape-Up · Italy
• SAMIRA DTx · Italy
• IMPAVID · Italy
• WholeTech · Italy
- 12:45 - 13:00
- 13:00-13:45
- 13:45 - 14:00
- 14:00 - 14:15
- 14:15 - 15:15
• THERA65 · Italy
• Cristina Contini Research Team · Italy
• Ajesh Jacob Research Team · Italy
• Gloria Rita Bertoli - CNR Research Team · Italy
• Sofia Remedia - CNR IBSBC Research Team · Italy
• PoliRNA · Italy
• Synflora - Helena Kapuscinska-Ghaemi Research Team · Italy
• Rossella Sartorius Research Team · Italy
• Massimo Alfano Research Team · Italy
- 15:15 - 15:30
- 15:30-17:00
• Moderatore: Domenico Greco
Opening and moderation: The program’s international open innovation model and the AI vertical emerging from the applications
Lab Innova Morocco: How the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) supports Italian companies in open innovation with the Moroccan ecosystem
• Alessandro Cugno
• Francesco Pagnini
The scientific partner’s perspective: Clusters and the application of AI in life sciences for accessible healthcare
• Felice Lopane
• Testimonials from innovative Italian and Moroccan entrepreneurs in the Lab Innova Morocco program delegation
• Q&A with the audience
MEET LAB
DAY 1 // 13 October 2026
- MEET LAB I
- Room 1 // 1st Floor
- 15:00 – 16:00
Organized by ART-ER
Moderated by: Cecilia Maini and Chiara Di Lucente - ART-ER
Keynote speech:
• Chiara Maiorino, EIT Health
Roundtable:
• Susanna Maria Roberta Esposito, University of Parma
• Lorena Martini, AGENAS
• Daniela Gamberini, Chiesi Group
- 16:00 – 17:00
• Giampiero Bartolomei, BioEngineer Specialist & Researcher at Math Biology
- 17:00 – 18:00
- MEET LAB II
- Room 2 // 1st Floor
- 15:00 – 16:00
• Gabriele Trianni, Turin Branch Manager, Value service
- 16:00 – 17:00
• Michela Spagnuolo, Director at CNR
FVG Life Sciences Cluster – AA Technological Polo
• “BEYOND FUNDING — From Research to Market: Regional Cluster Models in Life Sciences”
bioPmed
• “Connecting Opportunities, Catalyzing Growth: From Ecosystem to Impact”
Lombardy Life Sciences Cluster (BION)
• “Lombardy Life Science Gateway: Scaling Health Innovation” — Alessio De Simone
Clust-ER Health
• “Driving Innovation Through Excellence Networks and Ecosystem Strengthening: The BioHubs of Emilia-Romagna Region”
Q&A
- 17:00 – 18:00
• Laura Morgagni, Segretario Generale, Cluster Nazionale Smart Communities Tech
• Alessandra Gelera, Presidente, Cluster Nazionale Scienze della Vita ALISEI
DAY 2 // 14 October 2026
- MEET LAB I
- Room 1 // 1st Floor
- 10:00 – 11:00
Moderator: Andrea Fabbri
EPIC Cloud: Enabling Trusted Health Data Spaces through Secure Cloud and AI Services
• Alessandro Costantini, National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Health Big Data: the project and the data management solution
• Paolo Locatelli, Politecnico di Milano Foundation
Computational genomics for healthcare
• T. Pippucci, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna
- 11:00 - 12:00
Opening and Strategic Vision
• Prof. Vincenzo Nigro, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
The NIG/GENERA framework: integrating clinical and genomic data to accelerate research and diagnosis on a national scale
HPC Infrastructure and Data Management
• Dr. Elisa Rossi, CINECA
CINECA's role in the project: High Performance Computing (HPC) resources, protocol standardization, and management of omics big data
Nextflow Implementation for Variant Analysis, Filtering Criteria, and Fine-Mapping Tools
• Prof. Tommaso Pippucci, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna
Nextflow implementation for variant analysis, filtering criteria, and fine-mapping tools
Polygenic Risk Scores and Clinical Applications: Examples from Italian Networks
• Prof. Giuseppe Matullo, University of Turin
Italian reference genome, imputation, and the next generation of PRS
Artificial Intelligence and Biomarkers
• Prof. Andrea Ciolfi, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Predictive models based on machine learning strategies and the use of omics platforms for biomarker identification
Round Table: Overcoming Challenges Related to Population Bias and Harmonizing Processes Across Centers
Moderator: Prof. Giuseppe Matullo
Participants:
• Vincenzo Nigro
• Elisa Rossi
• Tommaso Pippucci
• Andrea Ciolfi
Closing Remarks
• Prof. Vincenzo Nigro
- 12:00 - 13:00
Organized by PerfeTTO, INNOVA, DHEAL-COM, LSI-HA
Moderator:
• Paola Burioli, Patents and TTO Coordination Unit, Scientific Directorate, IRCCS Sant'Orsola University Hospital
Speakers:
• Christiancarmine Esposito, University of Salerno, Data Governance Lead for the DHEAL-COM project
• Andrea Damiani, Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, Sandbox Platform Lead for the INNOVA project
• Concetta Quintarelli, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Head of the Cancer Gene Therapy Research Unit, LSH-TA project
• Erica Rurali, Monzino Cardiology Center IRCCS, General Manager of the PerfeTTO Network project
- 16:00 - 17:00
Produced by APRE and CNR
4.00pm - Opening
• Caterina Buonocore, OPENS
16:05 - Horizon Europe funding landscape for Life sciences: from research to market
4.10pm - Caterina Buonocore and Alessia Rotolo, APRE NCP for Cluster Health and NCP for EIC
Moderator: Caterina Buonocore
Panel: Insights on the Pathway to Market and how Horizon Europe instruments are supporting the journey
Moderators: Caterina Buonocore and Alessia Rotolo
Panelists:
• Alfredo Cesario, Evaluator for Horizon Europe CL 1, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
• Diana Saraceni, EIC Accelerator Jury Member, Panakès Partners
• Alberto Zanini, Evaluator for EIC Accelerator, Maggioli Spa
• Emmanouil Tsiasiotis, Coordinator EDIHTA project, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
• Stefano Sedola, Coordinator AIDA project, StrateJai
• Montserrat Daban Marín, PRECISEU project, Biocat
• Ilaria Corsi, Enterprise Europe Network Health Sector Group, Lazioinnova
Q&A
4.50pm - Closure and Free networking
- MEET LAB II
- Room 2 // 1st Floor
- 12:00 - 13:00
Welcome Roberta Lauro – Cluster Campania Bioscience
Introduction Caterina Verde Project Adviser EISMEA
Moderator: Federico Reali - COSBI - Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Group Leader
Antal Kuthy (E-Group) – I3 project - Helix
The Sovereign Data and AI Infrastructure: Enabling Trust and Scalability across Europe
Montse Daban (Biocat) – I3 project - Bridge & HORIZON-EIE - Preciseu
The European Biotech Act: Integrating Health Data Spaces and Advanced Biomanufacturing
Cecilia Maini (ART-ER) – HORIZON-EIE - Preciseu
Cross regional EHDS maturity assessment in the PRECISEU project
Marco Aiello (Synlab – SDN) – I3 project - Helix
Multimodal Data Platforms for European Research: Scaling Advanced Diagnostics
Gianluigi Riccio (Meditech) – FSC - MIMIT - CTE Calliope
Digital Transformation and EU Data-Driven Regulations: The Calliope Framework
Peter Nagy (InnoStars) – I3 project - Bio-Red – BRIDGE - HELIX - VALUEMAP
Accelerating Sustainable and Digital Transformation in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
- 14:00 - 15:00
One objective: Bring cardiovascular health to the center of the national agenda, discussing the priorities of the Safe Heart Plan by establishing a dialogue among institutions, patients, clinicians, and life science companies to build a shared vision and actionable proposals.
Opening and Welcome
• Cristina Meneghin, Strategic Advisor for Life Sciences, Healthcare Ecosystems & Medical Education
Institutional Remarks
• Pasqualino Rossi, Director of Office 4, Directorate-General for Health Prevention, Ministry of Health
• Marco Silano, Director of Cardiovascular, Endocrinometabolic Diseases and Aging, ISS (National Institute of Health)
Panel Discussion
• Stefano Bianchi, Head of UOC Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology, Tiber Island Hospital
• Maria Rosaria Di Somma, Board Member, AISC (Italian Association of Heart Failure Patients)
• Domenico Gabrielli, Rappresentante, SHD Coalition