MIB Future Panel 2025
October 2nd, 2025
Venue:
DZNE lecture hall
Venusberg-Campus 1
DE-53127 Bonn
Medical Pitch Contest Bonn
For the fourth time, the Transfer Team of the Medical Faculty Bonn is organising an exciting pitch event. Scientists and members of the Medical Faculty Bonn will have the opportunity to present their innovations to renowned venture capital investors and win a generous cash award of 60.000 EUR.
Panel Discussion
In the interdisciplinary Panel, speakers will discuss a current Hot Topic in Medicine and give food for thought about the future of the medical field.
We will again have plenty networking opportunity between academia, start-ups and industry with a focus on medical imaging and artificial intelligence.
Program
9:00 Registration open & Coffee
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome by the Dean Prof. Bernd Weber |
| 09:40 – 10:30 10:30 – 10:45 10:45 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45 | Medical Pitch Contest 2025 OncoDegrade Prof. Dr. Michael Gütschow, Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Nowak, Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Pandyra, Dr. Lorenzo Cianni, Dr. Thomas Geiger, Dr. Christian Steinebach, Anita Maksutova ADHD Cycle Prof. Dr. Alexandra Philipsen, Dr. Marie-Christin Atzor, Rafael Schaider, Victoria Schöffel OvOnco Prof. Dr. Michael Hölzel, Anna Hartel, Jacob Mayer, Anna Stettner AsthmaPanel Prof. Dr. Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich, Prof. Dr. Dirk Skowasch, Harald Grün, Bernd Merzenich CARe RAiSE Ex-Vivo Assay Prof. Dr. Valentin Schäfer, Dr. Josephine Blersch, Dr. Philip Denner, Dr. Simon Petzinna Coffee break AlzGen Prof. Dr. Bernardo Franklin. Prof. Dr. Florian I. Schmidt, MD-PhD Sergio Castro-Gomez, Ida Kulińska LSECure Prof. Dr. Johannes Oldenburg, PD Dr. Osman El-Maarri, Dr. Heike Singer, Mira Ibrahim TREMORA Prof. Dr. Ullrich Wüllner, Dr. Berkan Koyak, Jonas Krauß, Andreas Przewodnik NeuroWave PD Dr. Marcus Thudium, Dr. Maximilian Oremek CARzi – Tiny Binders, Mighty Fighters Prof. Dr. Tobias Bald, Carolin Birr, Franziska Schneppenheim Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 11:50 | Welcome by the Host Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz |
| 11:50 – 12:45 | Keynote & Panel Discussion „AI Applications & Large Language Models in Medicine: A balancing act between data utilisation and data protection“ Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information  Panel Discussion Moderation PD Dr. med. Theodor Rüber Head of Translational Neuroimaging group, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Bonn Medical Center; General manager of the Center of Medical Data Usability and Translation, University of Bonn Panelists Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lucie Flek Head of Data Science and Language Technologies group, Bonn-Aachen International Center for IT (b-it), Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn Dr. Sebastian Nowak Data Scientist, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn Prof. Dr. med. Maximilian Pfau Clinician Scientist, Professor for Medical Retina & Digital Imaging, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bonn |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Award Ceremony |
| 13:00 – open end | Networking Lunch |
| 13:00 | Speed Dating Pitch Teams & Investoren (by invitation only) |
| Jury | Dr. Mathias Falcenberg, Venture Partner, V-Bio Ventures Dr. Frank Hensel, Principal, High-Tech Gründerfonds Dr. Marek Kozlowski, Senior Investment Director, NRW.Venture Ina Mayländer, Investment Analyst, TechVision Foonds Dr. Alexander Zink, CSO, Xlife Sciences AG |
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Sponsorship Opportunities
For Industry we offer different sponsoring packages and the opportunity to showcase at an exclusive exhibition during the entire day. Details on the packages can be found here.
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