Life Sciences Baltics 2016

Conference Program
Startup Pitch Challenge

Conference Program

Conference Day 1, 14 September 2016

09:00 – 09:15

Opening Session

Greetings: Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius

09:15 – 10:00

Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Dan Shechtman, Israel

Technological Entrepreneurship – Key to World Peace and Prosperity

10:00 – 10:15

Refreshments

10:15 – 11:00

Session:

Private-public partnerships in life sciences research and innovation

Mr. Yūji Kuroiwa, Governor of the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Mr. Takaaki Iwasa, Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Mr. Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, Executive director, Japan Bioindustry Association
Mr. Marius Skarupskas, Viceminister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr. Zhang Shixin, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science & Technology of Shandong Province

11:00 – 11:10

Rudy Van Eijsden, Netherlands, Digital Quantification of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Rokas Janauskas, Lithuania, Regulation of clinical trials in Lithuania
Tadas Juknius, Lithuania, Smart Bandage – Medical Device that Can Control Healing Process

11:40 – 13:10

11:40 – 13:10	Session 1 Development Co-chairpersons: prof. David Mirelman and prof. Vladas Algirdas Bumelis	Session 2 Systems Medicine Chairperson: Vidmantas Petraitis
11:40 – 12:10	Keynote: David Mirelman, Israel Technology Transfer: From the Academic Lab Bench to the Patient Bedside	Keynote: Makoto Suematsu, Japan AMED Reforms Medical Research and Development in Japan: Challenge in IRUD and Medical Arts
12:10 – 12:30	Vytenis Arvydas Skeberdis, Lithuania Membranous Tunneling Tubes: Properties and Their Exploitation	Irene Fermont, Israel ISOP Israel’s Project to Address Public Health Issues Through a National Integrative Risk Management Plan
12:30 – 12:50	Desire Collen, Belgium Biopharmaceutical Drug Development Between Academia and Industry – Role of Serendipity in the Development for Clinical use of t-PA and Microplasmin	Kenjiro Kosaki, Japan Importance of Phenotype Data Sharing in Delineation of Undiagnosed Diseases
12:50 – 13:10	Dagi T Forcht, USA How to Pitch Your Company to Venture Capitalists	Vidmantas Petraitis, USA 25 Years of Experience and Future Directions of Bench-to-Bed Infectious Diseases Translational Research Disease Program of Cornell University against Multidrug Resistant Pathogens

13:00 – 17:00

Workshop Horizon 2020: Opportunities for SMEs by Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology together with the Ministry of Economy

13:10 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:50

Plenary

Michael May, Canada

CCRM: Maximizing Commercial Outcomes from Academic Discovery Through Global Collaboration

14:50 – 15:00

Laura Kaliniene, Lithuania, Bacterial viruses: have we harvested it all? The lessons we learned from studying unique phage
Veronique Jasner, Israel, Risk Management in medical devices using animal tissues
Arvydas Ūsas, Lithuania, Muscle-derived stem cells for tissue engineering and regeneration

15:00 – 15:30

Poster Session. Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

	Session 3 Regenerative Medicine Chairperson: Sigalit Ariely-Portnoy	Session 4 Collaborations Chairperson: Ryan Wiley
15:30 – 16:00	Keynote: Takuya Yokokawa, Japan Regenerative Medicine Industrialization update in Japan	Keynote: Ryan Wiley, Canada Partnerships in Health Innovation: Expanding Paradigms of Private Profit and the Public Good
16:00 – 16:15	Aras Mattis, USA Patient iPSC-Derived Hepatocytes model NAFLD	Manfred Horst, France How to Develop Innovative Medicines Together – Partnerships Between Academia, Biotech and the Pharmaceutical Industry
16:15 – 16:30	Makoto Asashima, Japan Organogenesis and Control of Cell Differentiation in Vertebrates Using Mammalian Stem Cells	Vitalis Briedis, Lithuania Pharmaceutical development – opportunities for academia
16:30 – 16:45	Valentin Fulga, Canada Regenebank – A multifaceted approach to solve major health challenges	Juergen Bauer, Germany Innovations from the EMBL, Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences
16:45 – 17:00	Arik Hasson, Israel Intrathecal Transplantation of Human Astrocytes Reduces Clinical Symptoms in Rat SOD1G93A ALS Model	Ariel Blumovich, Israel From Teva to Samsung – Making Deals with the Giants

Conference Day 2, September 15

09:00 – 09:50

Plenary

Lumir Hanus, Czech Republic

Endocannabinoid System, Phytocannabinoid History, and Israeli Model for MMJ

09:50 – 10:00

Eriks Jakobsons, Latvia, Tissue evacuated during joint replacement procedure as a significant source of mononuclear cells
Juozas Kupcinskas – Lithuania, Challenges and Perspectives of Biomarker Research in Complex Gastrointestinal Diseases
Prof. Zeev Zalevsky – Israel, The Era of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Bio-Medical-Optics

10:00 – 10:30

Poster Session. Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15

	Session 5 Cannabinoids Chairperson: Jokubas Ziburkus	Session 6 Medical Devices Session Chairperson: Milda Jokymaityte
10:30 – 10:50	Ronen Shemesh, Israel FertiProt: Cannabinoid Receptors and the Cannabinoid System as Targets for Fertility Enhancement and an Alternative for Assisted Reproduction Treatment	Keynote: Luis Lasalvia, USA How to Lead and Succeed in the Revolution of Healthcare
10:50 – 11:10	Tomas Andrejauskas, Lithuania SatiMed – A Blend of Nature, Science, and Global Partnerships	Linas Jonušauskas, Lithuania Femtosecond laser 3D Micro- and Nanostructuring: Enabling Technology for Medical Applications
11:10 – 11:30	Panel discussion Moderator: Jokubas Ziburkus Panel Members: Lumir Hanus, Tomas Andrejauskas, Ronen Shemesh, Birute Mockute-Bukiene, Tamir Gedo	Mangirdas Malinauskas, Lithuania Ultrafast Laser 3D Lithography of Bio-Resists: Materials, Structuring and Applications
11:30 – 11:45		Arita Dubnika, Latvia Biomaterials R&D from Bench to Bedside at Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre of Riga Technical University
11:45 – 12:00		Shay Leventhal, Israel Shortening Medical Device Time to Market: How to Expedite the Regulatory Clearance
12:00 – 12:15		Domantas Ozerenskis, Lithuania Innovative Programmable Drug Delivery Method for Arthroplasty Surgery

12:15 – 13:15

Lunch

13:15 – 15:45

Startup Pitch Challenge

Top 10 entrepreneurs of Life Sciences Baltics 2016 Startup Program on stage at exhibition area

13:15 – 13:50

Plenary

Virginijus Siksnys, Lithuania

CRISPR-Cas9: From Microbial Antiviral Defense System to Genome Editing

13:50 – 14:00

Janis Ancans, Latvia, Standardized Cell Transplantation for Treatment of Tendon Injuries in Horses
Vaida Surviliene, Lithuania – The Use of Saliva Samples to Estimate Levels of Steroids in Grey Seal (Halichoerus Grypus) Pups
Sima Garberytė, Lithuania, Evaluation of Predictive Markers in the Ovarian Cancer Microenvironment and Peripheral Blood

14:00 – 14:30

Poster Session

14:30 – 16:00

	Session 7 Supportive Environment Chairperson: Dr. Liora Shiftan	Session 8 Ageing Chairperson: Adv. Amos Bentzur
14:30 – 15:00	Serge Pampfer, Belgium Bio Incubation: A Business of Many Trades and Skills	Yoshihide Esaki, Japan Viewpoint of Assessment on Healthcare Technologies
15:00 – 15:20	David Quarm, United Kingdom Shaping Future Clinical Trials through Innovation	Anna-Winona Struck, Germany Introducing BFCC – the Baltic Fracture Competence Centre
15:20 – 15:40	Osvaldas Pugovics, Latvia Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis: advanced partner for drug discovery projects in the Baltic region	Mauricio Wajngarten, Brazil The Role of ¨Mobile-Health¨ and ¨Personalized-Health¨ in Promoting Active Ageing
15:40 – 16:00	Aiste Jekabsone, Lithuania A Novel Peptide Based Hydrogel Matrix for Controlled Development of 3D Neuroglial Cultures	Alisa Buchman, Israel MP-1™, Clinical Trial Results of Total Hip Replacement

Startup Pitch Challenge

Winner of Life Sciences Baltics Pitch Challenge

Koatum (Latvia). A med-tech startup, working on development of hybrid bioactive medical implant coatings. The method allows creating multiple bioactive layers on one implant, where both isolative and bioactive features are present. As a result, no metal-to-tissue contact is guaranteed, providing for rejection-free faster healing with no complications. Patients, suffering from intolerance of implants, are also able to rehabilitate.

Participants of Life Sciences Baltics Pitch Challenge

BabyMoon Project (Moldova). It is a biomonitoring system, based on a baby carrier, specially designed for premature babies, that uses sensor technology for biomonitoring the vital signs and development of the baby, and sends the collected data to a mobile app for parents, to web interface for medical personnel and to its API for data analysis.
CheeksUp (Latvia). A startup building a virtual mirror game that interacts with patients through visual biofeedback used for orofacial rehabilitation (facial nerve paralysis) and articulation improvement for children.
Violet Cell (Lithuania). They develop technologies for interfacing therapeutic cells with human body. Their technologies allow cells to survive in environments where they usually do not – this enables advancing synthetic biology and cell therapies towards clinical applications, as currently this is limited by the issue of therapeutic cell rejection.
Fidens (Lithuania). A company creating devices for treatment of blood circulatory disorders and hands shake stabilizer for Parkinson’s disease.
Antimicrobial silicone coatings and antimicrobial catheters (Lithuania). A team that created antibacterial catheters and silicone coatings with strong antibacterial effect to gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains using multifunction, unique nanocomposites. These new, cheap silicone-nanocomposites material could be used as catheters materials and in other medical fields.
Fractomus (Lithuania). A company that develops innovative tools for biotechnology industry based on direct, as well as indirect application of proprietary type of electromagnetic fields, which stimulate and control biochemical and biological processes across a full range of scale – from atomic to cellular to inter-cellular. The novelty of indirect application involves various mediums which can absorb, maintain and transfer the effect of electromagnetic fields.
Breathcount (Lithuania). A device and an app monitoring lung functionality and helping to prevent asthma attacks.
Aresi Labs (UK). A multidisciplinary startup focusing on the areas of innovation and digital development, and providing services in 3 major areas: Intelligence & Consulting, Research and Software Development.
Koatum (Latvia). A med-tech startup, working on development of hybrid bioactive medical implant coatings. The method allows creating multiple bioactive layers on one implant, where both isolative and bioactive features are present. As a result, no metal-to-tissue contact is guaranteed, providing for rejection-free faster healing with no complications. Patients, suffering from intolerance of implants, are also able to rehabilitate.
Conelum (Latvia). A startup developing rapid microbiological diagnostic tests for food and drink industry companies.