Y  Science 2024 took place on November 20 in Messukeskus Helsinki.
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Stage Program

10.30-14.30

Venue 5, Siipi, Messukeskus

 

10.30 - 10.45 Opening Keynote

Patricia Bubner - Co-Founder and CEO, Orbillion Bio

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10.45 - 11.45 Health & Pharma

Host: Rashad Ismayil - Head of Partnerships, Terkko Health Hub

 

Short talks

• Orion Pharma

Sammeli Liikkanen - Director, Digital Medicine, Orion Pharma​

• Three x Easy for Collaboration in Healthcare

Kenneth Salonius - Founder and CEO, Vertical

• Commercialising research with VC collaboration

Alexandra Gylfe - Founding Partner, Nordic Science Investments

 

Pharma Pitching Competition

Teams

• Aimorphous Health - San Pun

• NeuroEye Insight - Sebastian Högnabba

• Smart Bubbles - Antti Rahikkala

• SURGERIX - Mikko Pitkänen

Jury

• Kati Kaijasilta - Business Development Director, Orion Pharma

• Stina Wallmark -  Investment Director Life Sciences, Voima Ventures

• Tatiana Benavides - Project Manager, Swissnex

 

Student Pitch

Umamaheswari Umasankar - Aalto-Helsini iGEM team

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11.45 - 12.40 Food Systems

Host: Laura Forsman - Manager at Viikki Food Design Factory, University of Helsinki

 

Panel Discussion with the pitching competition jurors

• Johan Jörgensen - Founder and Partner, Sweden Foodtech

• Juha Helenius - Professor of agroecology at University of Helsinki, Program director of FOOD in Strategic Research

• Sagar Tandon - Partner, Beyond Impact VC

 

Food Systems Pitching Competition

Teams

• Tracegrow - Jaakko Nauha

• IRONIC Biotech - Eskil Åhlin

• Farm2Go by UN World Food Programme - Casper Strydom

• Terraviva - Pablo Brigagao

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12.45 - 13.35 Sustainable Materials

Host: Mikhail Yuryev - Innovation Advisor, Aalto University

 

Short talks

• Spider silk from the lab: designing future biomaterials

Sesilja Aranko - Assistant Professor in Cellular Engineering, Aalto University

• Educating for research commercialization and impact

Jens Schmidt - Professor of Strategic Management, Aalto University

• How I met my thesis

Pau Delgado - MSc Student, Aalto University

• ​BioConnect - Creating the action plan for the Baltic-Nordic biotech cluster

Andrii Shekhirev - Co-Founder, Biocatalyst Foundation

 

Sustainable Materials Pitching Competition

Teams

• BonFom - Anmol Bhattarai

• Colorific - Jacky Loo

• Granarium - Paula Viinamäki

• HYGRON - Vinay Kumar

Jury

• Anna Niittylä - Scout and Nordic Representative, CMPC Ventures

• Hanne Wikberg - Head of Product and Business Development, Chempolis

• Kalle Riihinen - Chief Operating Officer, Nordic Bioproducts Group

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13.35 - 14.15 Science to Business Runway

Host: Andrea Dichlberger - Commercialisation Manager at Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd.

 

Short talk

• From Lab to Market: Accelerating Innovation through Technology Transfer

Marko Hakovirta - CEO of Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd.

 

R2B Runway Pitches

• GlobeVAC - Manlio Fusciello

• HydroXgel - Askican Hacioglu

• KAJO - Simas Janutenas

• MammalExpress - Jaan-Olle Andressoo

• Mitoguarder - Brendan Battersby & Sarah O'Keefe

• OxyBioStroke - Ilkka Fagerlund

• SootSense - Tommi Mikkonen

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14.15 - 14.30 Pitching Competition Awards & Closing

Awarding the winners of the three pitching competitions

 

Closing remarks

• Anne Portaankorva - Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki 

• Santtu von Bruun - Director of Innovations and Ecosystems, University of Helsinki

 

Networking

10.30-15.30

Venue 6, Siipi, Messukeskus