Archives: Speakers

Dimitris Christodoulou

Dimitris is a strategy, digital innovation, and business transformation leader with over 12 years of experience in personalized (digital) healthcare, management consulting, and biomedical research. With more than 1,180 citations in computational systems biology, he integrates AI, computational biology, and health-tech to drive the design, development, and deployment of impactful healthcare solutions.

He has extensive experience working within large multinational matrix organizations at both country and global levels, across diverse business areas, markets, and cultures. His expertise lies in digital health innovation, combining a strong scientific foundation with business acumen to create technology-driven, human-centered solutions that address unmet needs in personalized healthcare and clinical development.

Equipped with analytical thinking, multidisciplinary project management skills, and a problem-solving mindset, Dimitris is dedicated to modernizing, digitalizing, and personalizing healthcare through data science, AI, and emerging technologies—ultimately improving patient outcomes and shaping the future of the industry.

Jan Bernard Slabek

Jan Bernard Slabek is an attorney with over 12 years of experience in clinical research contracts and legal support for study start-up. He currently serves as Manager, R&D Agreements and Budgets at Incyte, where he advises on and oversees negotiations of clinical trial and research agreements across global studies. Before joining Incyte, Jan worked with several CROs as part of legal start-up teams, gaining extensive hands-on experience in site contracting and collaboration with clinical and medical affairs stakeholders.

An Maris

After her PhD in Biochemistry, An Maris spent over 10 years in various Business Development roles across the Food & Pharma industries. Three years ago, she heeded the call of her scientific roots and joined Rousselot in a role where she could leverage her expertise in proteins together with her business development acumen. As Business Development Manager for the Health & Nutrition segment, An is focused on implementing a next-gen collagen peptides platform across the EMEA market, driving growth and innovation in the health and nutrition sector.

 

Lewis Rogers Duffield

Lewis is the Lead Supplier Quality Manager for Europe at Baker & Baker. He oversees the team responsible for TraceGains and leads the approval and ongoing governance of all raw material, packaging, and co-manufacturing suppliers across the European network. With more than twelve years of experience in the food industry, he is a strong advocate for robust food safety culture, and the critical role digitalisation plays in advancing it.

Ivo Timmermans

  • Strong record in clinical development, regulatory, medical affairs, medical information, pharmacovigilance
  • Worked at senior management level ranging from small biotech companies to major pharmaceutical companies, with strong cross functional and commercial alignment
  • Result-oriented, hands-on management style, entrepreneurial, team player
  • Experience in variety of international roles managing teams across the globe
  • Specialities: infectious diseases, virology, immunology, oncology, vaccines
  • Languages: proficient to fluent in English, German, French, Swedish, Dutch