What is this event about?
The “Health Tech Hub Styria – Pitch & Partner” is a high-class event dedicated to future-oriented health technologies with numerous expert presentations, start-up pitches, panel discussions and expert talks from international stakeholders from the entire health sector.
Event Program
A warm welcome from the organisers!
- Sandra Holasek
- Heinz Mayer
- Hellmut Samonigg
Andreas Lymberis: The EIC and the health tech market
The European innovation Council (EIC) is the core instrument of the European Commission to support high tech and deep tech SMEs to scale and disrupt their market. Andreas Lymberis, Head of Sector of the EIC Accelerator Challenges, will give an overview on this unique instrument and share the rationale behind this instrument in relation to the health tech market from the point of view of the European Commission.
Nadine S. Sommerfeld: From Bench to Business
Knowledge about building startups is much more widespread these days. The increase in focus on entrepreneurship means it’s easier than ever to start a company. But do scientists make good entrepreneurs?
As chemist and co-founder and ex-CEO of P4 Therapeutics she shares her experiences of bridging the gap between academia and industry. A journey about challenges, success, failures and new opportunities.
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- Co-Founder and CEO Ulrich Weigelt presents RobotDreams
- Co-Founder and CEO Christian Veit Sist presents iOTIS
Daniele Dosi, Project Advisor within the Single Market Program/SMP Pillar Unit of the EISMEA (the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency)
Karin Hölbling is head of EEN and EU projects at the Internationalisation Center of Styria. She is a member of the SG Health and lead partner of the Eurocluster “DESIRE” in the field of health.
Panel discussion
- Andreas Frankl, Opus Novo
- Robert Pasold, Probando
- Silvano Ciani, Dr. Schaer
- Lara Dipace, Area Science Park Trieste
Impulse on the subject of focus, mindfulness and mental strength by GoldenMind
Startups get the chance to pitch in front of investors.
The goal of our investor pitching sessions is to connect innovative start-ups, scale-ups and researchers with relevant industry players and investors. In the framework of HTH Styria, we want to foster a European marketplace for pre-seed and seed investments in the health and biotech sector.
With:
- Nicola Weiroster, Investment Manager Onsight Ventures
- Gordon Euller, Partner APEX Medical
- Christian Laurer, Senior Investment Manager tecnet
- Martin Mössler, Managing Director SPG | ESA Space Solutions Austria General Manager
- Anna Mössner-Steiner, Head of Business Financing at the Styrian Business Promotion Agency SFG
Each start-up should submit the following application form: Typeform
Gerda Achzet, PhD, Director Business Development & Healthcare Liaison in EIT Health AT Co Location Center will give an overview of the partner network, knowledge triangle (education, innovation, business creation) and Startup directed programs which facilitate the entrepreneurial journey of innovators.
The speakers
INPUTS
IDEAS
INSPIRATIONS
We are very much looking forward to the great variety of inputs from our speakers!
Stay tuned: The list of speakers is updated continuously!
Emma Somerville
Hellmut Samonigg
Sandra Holasek
Andreas Lymberis
In 1999 he joined the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) as a scientific officer in eHealth where he initiated R&D activities on “smart wearable health systems and biomedical clothing”. Senior research program officer in electronic components and systems from 2004, he has been appointed in 2016 as head of sector "Wearables and Bioelectronics" and in 2020 he joined the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) as Head of sector “Project Management” in the Unit EIC Accelerator – SME Instrument.
He is currently head of sector EIC Challenge-based Accelerator at the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) established by the European Commission. He is Senior IEEE Member and chaired the IEEE-EMBS Technical Committee on Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems (2004-2007). He published over 60 articles in journals, conference proceedings & books and he is editor of 2 books on wearable and mobile health systems.
Christian Veit Sist
Karin Hölbling
Robert Pasold
Lara Dipace
Martin Mössler
Gordon Euller
Anna Mössner-Steiner
Lorenz Neuhäuser
Hannes Allmaier
Michael Kerschbaumer
Heinz Mayer
Nadine S. Sommerfeld
Ulrich Weigelt
Daniele Dosi
Silvano Ciani
Andreas Frankl
Viktoria Zinner
Nicola Weiroster
Christian Laurer
Lejla Pock
Wolfgang Kratky
Gerda Achzet
Strong interest in Sustainability topics / UN Sustainability Goals including health and wellbeing, gender equality and quality education.
PhD in Tumor Biology and Cancer Research and Master in Toxicology from University of Vienna, Austria. Graduated from Pharmaceutical Medicine Program of University of Surrey, England, Sustainability Certificate University Rotterdam, GWGF für Handel mit Arzneimitteln.
Founder | Owner of the Consulting Company art2innovate
For whom
The HTH connects all members of the healthcare ecosystem.
Start-ups
What would a community be without fresh ideas?
Investors
Even the best idea needs financial support to grow.
Industries
The strong backbone of every business network
eHealth Experts
A modern healthcare industry cannot be conceived without digitalisation.
Researches
Progress needs research, especially in the health sector.
Companies
The diversity of companies in the healthcare space is huge, from small digital start-ups to large, manufacturing industrial companies – and everything in between.
Health care providers
They work very directly for our common objective: the health of each and every person.
Regional and national stakeholders
Our network includes opinion leaders and experts far beyond Styria. Regionally anchored, we network with key players from all over the world.
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