Basel. 13–14 October.

Twenty-One Years On. The Same Room. A Different Conversation.

Now in its 21st year, Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine Europe is the flagship European event for biomarker validation, companion diagnostics and AI-driven precision medicine.

In 2026 it co-locates with NextGen Omics, Tech & Data at Congress Centre Basel. 
The IVDR-shaped regulatory landscape, the AI-driven diagnostic technologies, and the senior pharma, regulatory, academic and healthcare audiences reshaping European clinical practice are all in one place for two days.

The Formats

Pre-arranged One-to-one Meetings

At Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine Europe, pre-arranged meetings with solution and technology providers are a structured part of the event.

The value sits in the matches that are not obvious. A biomarker validation team meeting a computational pathology platform they were not aware of. A CDx programme meeting a regulatory consultancy that has walked the IVDR pathway. The kind of conversation that is hard to engineer any other way.

In a field moving as fast as precision medicine, that matters more than it used to.

Collaboration Hubs

Four registration-required Collaboration Hubs run alongside the conference.

The Day 1 Hubs cover AI in precision medicine, moderated by Günter Schmidt (VP Image Data Sciences, Computational Pathology, AI for Science Innovation, AstraZeneca); and pharma, start-up and academia partnering in omics and precision medicines, moderated by Raif Yuecel of the University of Exeter.

The Day 2 Hubs cover research-to-clinic translation, moderated by Richard Barker (Co-Founder & CEO, New Medicine Partners); and multi-centre networks and consortia for genomic medicine.

Capped attendance. Invited specialists. Fifty minutes behind closed doors. The format that produces the most direct exchange of the two days.

Closed-Door Panels

Two invite-only closed-door panels run on the Day 1 lunchtime, outside the main programme.

One on the Multi-Omics Investment Landscape, where VCs, founders and senior pharma BD voices discuss the recent shift in funding outlook, how breakthrough science becomes investible, and how the regulation and reimbursement landscape is reshaping early-stage diagnostics.

One on Unlocking Population Genomics with Large Scale Cohort Studies, with Aarno Palotie of FIMM carrying the FinnGen thread directly from his Day 1 plenary into the closed-door room.

These are not panels designed for an audience. They are structured conversations for the people in the room.

Day 2 Roundtable Sessions

Day 2 opens with eight parallel roundtable sessions across four conference rooms. Each table seats senior peers around one specific challenge from the wider programme — biomarker, CDx, multi-omics, spatial biology or computational pathology — for a focused conversation in a small group setting.

The roundtables are designed to surface the questions that don't make it onto a main-stage panel. The format pulls VP and Director level delegates into the room before the day formally begins.

The Investing in Precision Medicine Breakfast

Day 2 also opens with a separate breakfast session, this one bringing senior pharma R&D leaders, biotech founders, BD heads and the investor community into one room. The conversation runs on what investors are funding in precision medicine right now, what founders need to bring to a fundraise in 2026, and what role investors play beyond writing the cheque.

It pairs with the Day 1 Multi-Omics Investment Landscape panel for delegates tracking the funding side of the field.

The Start-Up Zone

Building an omics, biomarker, AI pathology or precision diagnostics company? The Start-Up Zone gives early-stage teams a stage in front of the same 1,000+ senior pharma, biotech, academic and healthcare audiences.

The Event in Numbers

1000

senior pharma, biotech, regulatory and academic delegates across both co-located events

90
partners exhibiting across the two days
17

content tracks across four programmes

10
of pre-arranged 1:1 meetings

Key Event Highlights

An unmissable journey awaits you: from celebrated keynote speakers and insightful private roundtables, to an exclusive gala dinner. Discover the moments that will transform your NextGen Omics & Spatial experience. 

Key Event Highlights

An unmissable journey awaits you: from a high-energy AI & Data Zone to celebrated keynote speakers. Discover the moments that will transform your Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine experience.

Who Will Be in the Room?

Over 1,000 senior attendees across the two co-located events. The audience split is 65% pharma and biotech, 20% healthcare, and 15% academic. Most delegates work directly in biomarker validation, CDx development, regulatory affairs, computational pathology, AI in diagnostics, multi-omics and clinical translation.

Over 110 confirmed speakers in total across the two days, drawn from the senior pharma R&D, regulatory, computational pathology, and academic communities defining the field in Europe.

Confirmed Highlighted Speakers include Johan Luthman (EVP and Head of R&D, Lundbeck), Günter Schmidt (VP Image Data Sciences, Computational Pathology, AI for Science Innovation, AstraZeneca), Rene Kubiak (Global Head of Translational Medicine and Research Statistics, Sanofi), Marta Milo (Director of Computational Oncology, Oncology Data Science & AI, AstraZeneca), Arianna Sabò (Head of Research and Discovery, Quantro Therapeutics), Emma Huang (VP and Head of Experimental Medicine, Engitix Therapeutics) and Liliana Greger (Senior Director of Bioinformatics, Amphista Therapeutics).

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Key Event Highlights

An unmissable journey awaits you: From celebrated keynote speakers and insightful fireside chats, to the brand new Awards Dinner. Discover the moments that will transform your Biomarkers & Precision Medicine experience. 

2025 Programme Highlights

Explore dynamic panels, engaging roundtables, and hands-on workshops designed to drive innovation and foster collaboration, including:

NGS, CLINICAL OMICS & DIAGNOSTICS 
Panel Discussion: Overcoming Multi-Omics Data Harmonisation & Analysis Challenges 

Moderator: RUSLAN SADREYEV, Director of Bioinformatics & Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital
Panellists: 
ARIDAMAN PANDIT, Senior Principal Research Scientist, AbbVie 
FELIX FRANCIS, Sr. Manager, Data Management and Analytics Technology Lead, Takeda 
LUCA PINELLO, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School 
MEDHI DAMAGHI, Assistant Professor & Group Leader, Stony Brook University 
SIMONA CRISTEA, Head of Genomics Data Science & AI, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
LUCAS SCHÜTZ, Chief Operational Officer, AriadneAI 

SINGLE CELL 
Presentation: Comparative Insights In Single Cell RNA-seq & Advances In Large-Scale Multimodal Profiling

ZORA MODRUSAN, Senior Director of NGS, Genentech

SPATIAL MULTI-OMICS
Panel Discussion: Guiding Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs With Spatial Biology

Moderator: ALINA AINBINDER, Scientific Associate Director, Oncology, Takeda
Panellists:
JASMINE PLUMMER, Director, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
JIA-REN LIN, Technical Director of Tissue Imaging Platform, Harvard Medical School
NIR BEN CHETRIT, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
COLLES PRICE, Scientific Associate Director, Takeda
YASSER RIAZALHOSSEINI, Associate Professor & Head of Cancer Genomics, McGill University

CROSS PROGRAMME  
Breakfast Roundtables - with topics including 

•   The Potential Of Multi-Omics In Cell & Gene Therapies
•    New Frontiers In Liquid Biopsies
•    Integrating Single Cell Data Across Samples
•    Overcoming Cell Segmentation Challenges In Multiplex Immunofluorescence Biomarker Imaging
•    Single Cell Multi- Omics Integration– From The Pharma Perspective
•    Safety Biomarkers In The Age Of Spatial Biology
•    Harnessing Spatial Transcriptomics In Immunoscience
•    Spatial Analysis Of Cancer Data
•    Advancing Spatial Biology Using The Complexities Of Immune Cell Interactions In

NextGen Biomed 2025 Programme Highlights

Explore dynamic panels, engaging roundtables, and hands-on workshops designed to drive innovation and foster collaboration, including:

Proteins, Antibodies & ADCs
Panel Discussion: What Is The Next Game Changer In Antibody Engineering?

Moderator: Karen Silence, Head Preclinical Product Development, ArgenX
Panellists include Berit Olsen Krogh, Senior Research Fellow; and Lundbeck Andrew Buchanan, Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca

Peptides
Roundtable: Regulatory Insights On Bringing A Peptide To Human Trials

Moderator: Paul Reid, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Celtic Bio

Oligonucleotides
Workshop: Development Of Targeted Delivery Systems

Two Presentations, followed by a Panel Discussion on 'The Next Chapter Of Oligonucleotide Delivery'
Moderator: Steve Hood, Senior Director, Oligonucleotide ADME Strategy, GSK

Sustainability in Tides & Biologics
Panel Discussion: Navigating The Paradigm Shift Towards Greener Approaches

Moderator: Walter Cabri, Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Bologna
Panellists include Daniel Sejer Pedersen, Chemical Development Specialist CMC API Development, Novo Nordisk;
Anna Maria Papini, Full Professor & Group Leader, University of Florence;
Louis Diorazio, Senior Principal Scientist, New Modalities, AstraZeneca;
Alessandra Tolomelli, Associate Professor, University of Bologna

Immunotherapy & Immuno-oncology
Presentation: How The RNA Technologies Could Help To Prevent Infectious Diseases And Could Be Applied To Various Chronic Disease Immunotherapies?

Presented by: Daniel Larocque, Innovation Lead, Innovation and Emerging Science, Sanofi

Who is Speaking at NextGen Biomed 2025?

Featured Speakers for NextGen Biomed 2025

Anna Perdrix
co-CEO,
Sixfold Bioscience
Fernando Albericio
Research Professor,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Kelly Loyet
Distinguished Scientist,
Genentech
Kevin Fitzgerald
Chief Scientific Officer,
Epsilogen
Livija Deban
Chief Scientific Officer,
Prokarium
Maria Koufali
Director,
UK Vaccine Innovation Pathway
Marta Amaral
Head High Throughput Protein Engineering in Large Molecules Research,
Sanofi
Nazneen Dewji
CEO,
Cenna Biosciences Inc.
Philip Beer
Chief Scientific Officer,
Step Pharma
Rick Hibbert
Vice President & Head of CMC Science & Technologies,
Genmab
Sudhir Agrawal
Founder,
Arnay Sciences
Tristan Vaughan
Vice President Protein Engineering,
Immunocore
Sandor Batkai
Freelance Consultant,
Cardior Pharmaceuticals
Kerry Chester
Professor of Molecular Medicine, Research Department of Oncology - University College London, Director at The Antibody Society,
The Antibody Society
Dorothy Bray
Senior Executive,
Celtic Biotech
Aaron John Balana
Scientist III,
Genentech
Aikaterini Gatsiou
Assistant Professor,
Lancaster University
Alain Wagner
Research Director,
Strasbourg University
Alastair Lawson
Fellow,
UCB
alessandra tolomelli
professor,
university of Bologna
Alessandro Gori
Group Leader,
National Research Council of Italy
Alexandria Cogdill
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Global Business Development,
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc
Álvaro Enríquez García
Medicinal Chemist,
Eli Lilly
Amita Vaidya
Principal Scientist,
Sanofi
Ammar Ahmed
Senior Scientist,
Imperial College London
Amy Li
Director, Drug Discovery,
T-Therapeutics Ltd
Anand Kumar
Senior Scientist,
Sanofi
Andreas Midbøe Hoff
Head of In Silico & AI Department,
Nykode
Andreas Reichel
Vice President, Head of Research Pharmacokinetics,
Bayer
Andrew Buchanan
Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Andrew Creese
Scientific Director, Analytical Development at Immunocore,
Immunocore
Andrew Jamieson
Professor Of Chemical Biology ,
University of Glasgow
Andrew Slee
Chief Operating Officer,
AgenusBio
Andri Vasou
Head of Platform Development,
Bioarchitech
Aneesh Karatt Vellatt
Chief Scientific Officer,
Maxion Therapeutics
Anna Hine
Professor of Protein Engineering,
Aston University
Anna Maria Papini
Professor, Interdepartmental Research Unit of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff",
University of Florence
Annelise Vuidepot, PhD
SVP CTO - Head of Pipeline & Platform Research and UK site Head,
Immunocore
Antonio Postigo
Chief Scientific Officer,
Stratosvir
Aswin Doekhie
Chief Technology Officer,
Ensilicated Technologies Ltd
Baldur Sveinbjørnsson
Chief Scientific Officer,
Lytix Biopharma
Bassam Hallis
Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation,
UK Health Security Agency
Benjamin Lindner
Data Scientist,
Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG
Berit Olsen Krogh
Senior Research Fellow,
Lundbeck
Bernard Maillere
Head of Laboratory,
CEA
Bjorn Onfelt
Professor of Applied Physics,
Royal Institute of Technology
Brian Schanen
Head of Biomarker Research for the mRNA Center of Excellence,
Sanofi
Caleb McClain
Chief Executive Officer,
ANUNA (AI+BIO)
Callum Scott
Head of Development,
Scancell Ltd
Carla Vinals
Vice President, Global Regulatory Product Strategy,
Moderna Therapeutics
Carol Sze Ki Leung
Principal Investigator ,
Ludwig Institute, Oxford University
Charlotte Vernhes
Scientific and Medical Affairs Director,
Vaccines Europe
Christian Garde
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics,
Evaxion A/S
Christopher Scott
Professor,
Queen's University Belfast
Dan Hardy
CEO,
Microsol
Daniel Fonseca
Senior Research Scientist I ‑ Experimental Immunology,
Immunocore
Daniel Larocque
Innovation Leader,
Sanofi
Daniel Sejer Pedersen
Chemical Development Specialist,
Novo Nordisk A/S
David Brockwell
Professor,
University of Leeds
David Craik
Professor,
The University of Queensland
David Pejoski
Co-founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, & Board Member,
Adoram Therapeutics
David Wraith
Professor,
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Denise Steckel
Industry Clinical Collaborations Lead,
Genentech
Deniz Eris
Principal Scientist,
Novartis
Ed Tate
Professor,
Imperial College London
Eef Dirksen
Director Analytical Development & Quality Control,
Byondis B.V.
Elisa Marelli
Research Scientist,
Scancell
Elizabeth Boulter
Senior Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Erik Vernet
VP,
Novo Nordisk
Ernst Weber
Head of Molecular Design & Engineering & Bayer Science Fellow,
Bayer AG
Etienne Matous
Sr. Principal Scientist - Antibody Discovery and Engineering – Head of Lead Optimization,
IGI - Ichnos - Glenmark Innovation
Fazel Shabanpoor
Lab Head Peptide And Oligonucleotide Therapeutics,
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Felix Schumacher
Program Leader Targeted Therapeutics,
Roche
Francisca Wollerton
Senior Director,
AstraZeneca
Gabriel Wong
Senior Medical Director,
AstraZeneca
Georgios Skretas
Director,
Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming"
Giulio Russo
Senior Scientist,
Merus
Hans Melo
CEO,
Menten AI, Inc
Hans van der Vliet
Professor, Medical Oncologist,
LAVA Therapeutics
Helen Bright
Chief Scientific Officer,
Centauri Therapeutics
Helene Kaplon
Translational Scientist,
Servier
Henry Maun
Staff Scientist,
Genentech
Hester Van Zeeburg
Project Manager Immune & Disease Monitoring,
Mendus AB
Ian Hamley
Professor of Physical Chemistry,
University of Reading
Ijeoma Uchegbu
Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience,
University College London
Immanuel Lerner
Chief Executive Officer,
Pepticom
Isabelle Sermadiras
Associate Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Itishri Sahu
Program Lead Therapeutics,
Ziphius Vaccines
Iulia Oita
CMC Manager,
Ziphius Vaccines
Janos Tibor Kodra
Principal Scientist,
Novo Nordisk
Jean Ge
Patent Attorney,
Wolf Greenfield
Jennifer Percival-Alwyn
Scientific Leader,
GSK
John Maher
Chief Scientific Officer,
Leucid Bio
Jonathan Kwok
Chief Executive Officer,
Infinitopes
Joost Uitdehaag
Head of Biology,
Crossfire Oncology B.V.
Jörg Wischhusen
Professor,
University Hospital Würzburg
Jutta Eichler
Professor Medicinal Chemistry,
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Karen Silence
Vice President,
Argenx BVBA
Kate Smith
UK Head Protein And Cell Sciences,
GlaxoSmithKline
Ken Chow
Health Tech Counsel,
Flanders Investment & Trade
Kevin Maskell
Research Director,
Bioarchitech
Knud Jørgen Jensen
Professor,
Copenhagen University
Kuda Muchandibaya
Lecturer for Supply Chain Management & Logistics,
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Laura Collins
Director Bioinformatics,
Immunocore
Laura Starkie
Director,
UCB
Leonardo De Maria
Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Louis Diorazio
Senior Principal Scientist, New Modalities,
AstraZeneca
Lucia Ferrazzano
Junior Assistant Professor,
University of Bologna
Lukas Pekar
Lab Head,
Merck
Mads Hald Andersen
Professor,
National Centre For Cancer Immune Therapy (CCIT-dk)
Mani Mudaliar
Director, Quantitative Biomarkers,
Recursion
Marc Vendrell Escobar
Professor of Translational Chemistry,
University of Edinburgh
Maria Fawaz
Associate Principal Scientist,
MSD
Marie McAvoy
Chief Scientific Officer,
Nanosyrinx
Marina Fedorova
Scientific Investigator,
GSK
Mark Eccleston
Chief Executive Officer,
ValiRx
Martina Ochs
Project Leader,
CEPI
Mathieu Cinier
Scientific Director,
Affilogic
Matthew Burrell
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Mattias Malm
Senior Scientist,
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Micaela Graglia
Analytical Chemist, Molecular Design,
Silence Therapeutics
Michael Delaney
Senior Principal Scientist,
Novo Nordisk
Mihaela Bozic
Scientist,
T-Therapeutics Ltd
Mikhail Kuravskiy
Proncipal Scientist,
UCB
Nathan Alves
Research Director,
Indiana University School of Medicine
Nesrine Chakroun
Associate Director,
Merus NV
Norbert Furtmann
Head of AI Innovation NANOBODY® Platform,
Sanofi
Obinna C Ubah
Principal Scientist/Programme Lead,
Elasmogen Ltd
Owen Vickery
Associate Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Patricia Alves
Head of the Sanofi Satellite Lab & Coordinator of Analytical Services Unit and Mass Spectrometry Unit,
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
Paul Wassmann
Senior Principal Scientist,
Novartis AG
Pawel Stocki
Vice President,
Ossianix
Peter Sondermann
Chief Executive Officer,
Tacalyx GmbH Privacy Policy Imprint
Prasun Chakraborty
CEO and Founder,
Genevation LTD
RAJ Mehta
CEO,
Adendra Therapeutics
Raymond Tesi
President & Chief Executive Officer,
InMune Bio
Reeta Daswani
Senior Scientist II,
Sixfold Biosciences
Rita Martello
Scientific Director, NBE DMPK Lead,
Merck KGaA
Robert Andrews
Partner,
Mewburn Ellis LLP
Rodrigo Abreu
Principal Scientist,
LifeArc
Russell LaMontagne
Chief Executive Officer,
BITT
Sagar Kathuria
Sr. Scientist, Protein Engineering I,
Sanofi
Sandra Tremmel
Microbiology Engineer, Pharma Technical Product Quality- Analytical Sciences,
Roche
Sandrien Janssens
CMC Director,
Mosanna Therapeutics
Santiago Parpal
Principal Scientist,
Sprint Bioscience
Sarah Hindson
Senior Scientist,
GSK
Sarah Stuart
High Throughput Characterisation Team Leader,
GSK
Saurabh Sen
Associate Director, Cell Line Development, Mammalian Platform Biologics,
Sanofi
Sebastian Sten
Associate Principal Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Sevim Ozgur Bruderle
Lab Head,
Sanofi
Shao-An Xue
Honorary professor,
University College London
Silvia Crescioli
Business Intelligence Creator,
The Antibody Society
Simon Hufton
Section Head Molecular Immunology, Division of Biotherapeutics,
MHRA
Simone Friedrich
Director Antibody Discovery & Development,
iOmx Therapeutics
Sonia Macia
Chief Medical Officer,
Aromics Therapeutics
Sonja Merkas
Founder, Creator & Doer,
Livinovea
Sophia Karagiannis
Professor of Translational Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy,
King's College London
Sritama Bose
Associate Director of Chemistry,
Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator, Medical Research Council (UKRI)
Stefan Zielonka
Senior Director, Global Head of Antibody Discovery & Protein Engineering,
Merck KGaA
Stephen Miller
Principal Scientist,
Genentech
steve Hood
Director Oligo ADME Strategy,
GSK
Steven Schmitt
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Myria Biosciences
Stine Friis Thorsen
Director Clinical Development,
Evaxion Biotech
Sue Charlton
Head of Clinical Evaluation,
UK Health Security Agency
Talip Ucar
Senior Director,
AstraZeneca
Tatyana Ponomaryov
Principal Scientist,
Plasticell
Thomas Kraft
Principal Scientist,
Roche
Thomas Powell
Senior Scientist,
Immunocore
Timothy Hickling
Immunogenicity Expert Scientist,
Roche
Tomasz Witkos
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Trevor Smith
Vice President,
Inovio
Ulrike Rieder
Scientific Lead & Project Leader Oligonucleotides / New Modalities,
Novartis
Vaios Karanikas
Biomarker Portfolio Leader,
Roche
Victoria Legh-Land
COO,
Microsol Ltd
Vik Reebye
Head of Academic Partnerships,
MiNA Therapeutics Ltd
Vincent Dewar
Head immunoassay analytical research development Belgium,
GSK
Vincenzo de Filippis
Associate Professor Biochemistry,
University of Padova
Walter Cabri
Professor,
University of Bologna
Wen-Hsuan Chang
Associate Vice President, Discovery and Early Development,
AcuraStem
Will Nesbit
Senior Director - Process Chemistry & CMC,
Bicycle Therapeutics
Wolfgang Koch
Senior Scientist,
F-star Therapeutics Inc
Yann Abraham
Associate Director AI for Single Cell,
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Yiping Wu
Senior Scientist,
AstraZeneca
Zahra Rattray
Reader,
University of Strathclyde
Zinaida Dedeic
Senior Scientist,
University of Oxford

Interested in Sponsoring NextGen Biomed?

Become a driving force in accelerating the next generation of biologics and immunotherapy medicines to patients. NextGen Biomed offers a unique platform to enhance your brand visibility and connect with thousands of pharma, biotech, and R&D experts. Our branded event opportunities, immersive experiences, and content services enable you to engage, educate, and collaborate with the community shaping the future of biomedicine today.

Interested in Sponsoring NextGen Biomed?

Become a driving force in accelerating the next generation of biologics and immunotherapy medicines to patients. NextGen Biomed offers a unique platform to enhance your brand visibility and connect with thousands of pharma, biotech, and R&D experts. Our branded event opportunities, immersive experiences, and content services enable you to engage, educate, and collaborate with the community shaping the future of biomedicine today.

2025 Sponsors Include

GenScript

The 1-2-1s are the best thing about Oxford Global events, well organised and good number of relevant contacts. Good high level contacts from big companies.

 

Advanced Therapies Specialist Team Leader,
Genscript

Biosystems Acro

Biologics 2024 has been one of the best events I have attended so far in my career.

 

Territorial Sales Manager UK,
ACROBiosystems Co., Ltd.

Bioassay

 

Impressed by the effort to bring people together.

 

Business Development Director,

Bioassay

IpA

 

Nice set-up, with good support for exhibitors

 

Director of Client Relations,

ImmunoPrecise

New Opportunities

The Start-up Zone

The start-up zone provides a unique opportunity for you to exhibit, network, and pitch to our global audience of pharma, biotech, and investment professionals. 

It's designed for start-ups from across the biologics space, working on cutting-edge therapies, innovative platform technologies, products, and solutions and is an ideal platform to share your business plans and promote your science.

There are two options, based on the type of your organisation with prices starting from £1,500 (+VAT) for companies with own therapeutic research pipeline and registration from £3,500 (+VAT) available for companies offering solutions, services or platform technologies.

For further information and to get started submit the application form below.

Criteria:

To qualify your company must be:

  • Therapeutic Start-Up, Emerging Technology OR Service Start-Up
  • Operating No More Than 5 Years
  • 0 – 30 employees
  • Pre-Series A Funding

 

Successful applications receive:

  • 1 Full Conference Pass
  • 10-Minute Presentation Opportunity
  • 1x1m Space in Start-Up Zone
  • Logo Featured on Event Website & App as a Participating Start-Up
  • Ability to Arrange Peer to Peer Meetings via the Congress App

2025 Best Poster Presentation Competition & Award

The NextGen Biomed Best Poster Presentation Competition & Award includes the best poster presentation award and is intended to honour an outstanding individual performance for a scientific work by either an early career or established scientist, including PhD student and PostDocs.  

Please submit your poster presentation by no later than 13th January 2025 in the below category:

  • Protein/Antibody Engineering
  • Bioanalysis & Characterisation
  • Next Generation Biotherapeutics
  • Peptides Chemistry & Therapeutics
  • Oligonucleotides Chemistry & Therapeutics
  • Sustainable Chemistry & Manufacturing
    • Open to all scientists, including students (PhD), PostDocs, and established researchers representing pharma & biotech companies and/or academic institutions  
    • Applicants must be the first AND presenting author of the submitted paper and register for the meeting by 13th January 2025 
    • ONLY ONE submission per person will be accepted. If authors submit multiple abstracts for consideration for the competition, only one abstract will be taken into consideration  

Applicants must follow the procedure as follows:  

  • Register and submit an abstract by 13th January 2025 using the registration link to the right on this page. Please ensure you add the poster display option on the registration page to secure your admission into the Best Poster Competition & Award
  • Once registered you will be provided with the online abstract submission form  
  • Prepare the poster or platform and present it (The poster presenter should be at the poster during all breaks.)  
  • The winner with the highest scores will be announced at the Morning Networking Break on Day 3 of the event  

The poster presentations will be evaluated by everyone attending the event on the basis of originality of the approach and quality of the work (e.g. appropriate methodology, interpretation of results, conclusiveness). Attendees will be allowed to cast one vote by selecting their favourite work in the poster area. All votes will be counted at the end of Day 2 at 5pm and results will be announced during the morning networking break on Day 3. .

The winner receiving the highest scores will be announced on Day 3 and will be given a trophy as well as £600 contribution towards travel & accommodation costs to attend the 2026 NextGen Biomed event. Oxford Global will also provide winners with PLUS Pass – 12 months access to our digital content platform providing access to on-demand presentations, exclusive reports and highlights.  

Computational Pathology Hackathon

The Computational Pathology Diagnostic Solution Hackathon will bring together clinicians, pathologists, AI experts, pharma biomarker teams, diagnostics partners, and regulatory stakeholders to develop practical computational pathology diagnostic solutions for real-world biomarker and clinical decision-making challenges. Focusing on 5 key questions, teams will have the chance to collaborate and discuss these challenges before providing a 10 minute presentation, with winners announced by our judges on the day.

Hackathon

Featured Speakers for Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine 2026

Abhishek Aggarwal
Director,
Gilead Sciences
Adisa Trnjanin
Co-Founder & Co-Head,
ZHAW Life Sciences
Aditi Deshpande
Principal Scientist,
Bioage labs
Ansh Kapil
Senior Director,
AstraZeneca
Antonino Carbone
Chairman of the Department of Pathology,
CRO
Arijit Patra
Senior Principal Scientist,
Ucb
Banafshe Larijani
Professor and Director of Consortium for Precision Health,
University of Bath
Bernhard Polzer
Head of Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics,
Fraunhofer Institute
Bogdan Munteanu
Lab Head Global Imaging Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Platform (DMPK),
Sanofi
Carsten Krantz
Associate Director,
Novartis
Céline Pallaud
Global Biomarker Diagnostic Head,
Novartis
Daniel Truhn
Professor of AI in Medicine,
Technical University Dresden
David Klug
Professor of Chemical Biophysics, Department of Chemistry,
Imperial College London
Dirk Kemming
Regional Medical Director Diagnostics,
Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH
Emma Huang
Vice President,
Engitix
Emmanouil Karteris
Professor in Biomedical Sciences,
Brunel University of London
Emmanouil Karteris
Professor in Biomedical Sciences,
Brunel University of London
Enchi Liu
Vice President & Head Experimental Medicine,
Lundbeck
Eric Letouzé
Head of Single Cell,
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
Espen Walker
Head of Global Medical Diagnostics,
AstraZeneca
Fabien Gaire
Senior Director, Imaging Chapter,
Hoffmann La Roche
Guillaume Cettou
Executive Director Diagnostics,
GSK
Isabella Gashaw
Head of Experimental Sciences CRM,
Boehringer Ingelheim
Jacek Lukawy
Innovation Program Director @ Translational Medicine Clinical Sciences and Innovation/NIBR,
Novartis
Jan Lukas Robertus
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Jennifer Tucker
Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Pathology Lab,
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
Johan Lundin
Research Director,
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki
Johan Luthman
EVP & Head R&D,
Lundbeck
Julia Jabs
Head of Biomarker Lab Histology,
Merck Healthcare KGaA
Junmei Cairns
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca
Karen Wang
Global Head Translational Profiling, Discovery Sciences, Biomedical Research at Novartis,
Novartis
Katrien Grünberg
Professor of Pathology and Head of Pathology Department,
Radboud UMC
Maciej Cabanski
Vice President Biomarkers and CDx,
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
Magda Meissner
Clinical Academic Oncologist,
Velindre University NHS Trust
Maham Ansari
Sr Director, Regulatory Affairs,
Precision for Medicine
Marco Tecilla
Scientific Area Lead Digital Pathology,
Hoffmann La Roche Ltd
Mario Kreutzfeldt
Research Fellow,
University of Geneva
Michael Rebhan
Associate Director,
Novartis
Michal Rosen-Zvi
Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences ,
IBM
Miro Venturi
CEO,
DIAMANTE Healthcare
Nicola Fusco
Associate Professor,
European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan
Nikolas Stathonikos
Principal Investigator AI Development & Implementation,
UMC Utrecht
Nina Linder
Guest Professor of Medical Diagnostic Artificial Intelligence,
Uppsala University
Peter Schueffler
Professor for Computational Pathology,
Technical University of Munich
Petra Kukkaro
Global Biomarker Diagnostic Director,
Novartis
Philip Beer
Chief Scientific Officer,
Step Pharma
Philipp Brestel
Director, Computational Pathology Biomarker Lead,
AstraZeneca
Pim French
Professor Molecular Biology of Gliomas,
Erasmus MC
Raif Yuecel
Director, Centre for Life Sciences Technologies (CLST),
University of Exeter
Rene Kubiak
Global Head Early Development & Non-Clinical Biostatistics,
Sanofi
Richard Barker
Founder,
New Medicine Partners
Serena Bologna
Principal scientist,
FoRx Therapeutics
Susanne Haneder
Director, Pathology,
AstraZeneca
Svetlana Mukhina
Director Global Regulatory Affairs, CDx,
Merck Healthcare KGaA
Vihanga Pahalawatta
Director,
AbbVie
Yixin Wang
Associate Director,
AstraZeneca

Getting There

Congress Center Basel
Messeplatz 21, CH-4058 Basel

By Rail

Basel is an international rail hub with direct ICE, IC and EC connections to Germany, Austria, Italy, France and the Benelux countries. Messe Basel can be reached in five to ten minutes from the three railway stations in Basel: SBB (Switzerland), SNCF (France) (Frankreich) and DB (Badischer Bahnhof, Germany)

By Tram

From the SBB/SNCF railway station, it’s a ten-minute journey on the No. 1 or 2 Tram to the “Messeplatz/Exhibition Square” stop where Messe Basel and the Congress Center are located. From Badischer Bahnhof railway station, “Messeplatz/Exhibition Square” is the second stop on the No. 2 or 6 tram.

By Air

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is 15 minutes by car from Messe Basel. Basel municipal transport’s No. 50 bus additionally provides a straightforward connection from the airport to the SBB/SNCF railway station. From there, tram No. 1 or 2 will take you directly to Messeplatz/Exhibition Square. From Zurich Airport a direct rail connection will bring you to the SBB/SNCF railway station in Basel in less than an hour. For further information including a map and full directions, please visit: https://www.messe-basel.com/en/about-us/getting-to-messe-basel/

By Car

Basel is located at the point where the Swiss, German and French motorway networks all meet. The exhibition and congress site has its own direct link to the A2 motorway. The “Messe” exit will take you straight to the Messe Basel car park with its 1,200 parking spaces.

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Basel.
13–14 October.

Twenty-one years of Biomarkers, CDx & Precision Medicine Europe. Co-located with NextGen Omics, Tech & Data. Four programmes, two days, one decision chain. Join us.