MIB Future Panel 2026

October 14th, 2026

Venue:
DZNE lecture hall
Venusberg-Campus 1
DE-53127 Bonn

Medical Pitch Contest Bonn

For the fifth 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.

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Program

The program will be announced soon.

09:00 – 09:30

Registration & Coffee

09:30 – 09:40

Welcome by Host Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz

09:40 – 10:35

Medical Pitch Contest 2026

BradyMX – Prof. Michael Sommerauer, Prof. Björn Krüger, Dr. David Engel

Probiotex – Dr. Thomas Fließwasser, Dr. Mariangela Sociale

MRIQT Neo – Prof. Shadi Albarqouni, Prof. Hemmen Sabir, Malek Al Abed, Dr. Anne Groteklaes, Dr. Sebiha Demir

Rhenar – Prof. Philipp Vollmuth, Dr. Martha Foltyn-Dumitru, Dr. Kai Schlamp, Jaeyoung Cho

TopMer – Prof. Natalija Novak, Prof. Irmgard Förster, Prof. Günter Mayer, Dr. Christian Renzl, Laura Bahr

10:35 – 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 – 11:45

Medical Pitch Contest 2026

VisioGuide AR – Prof. Gabriele Cevenini, Prof. Luca Rosetti, Prof. Gian Marco Tosi, Dr. Karl Mercieca, Dr. Giovanni Rubegni, Duccio Meconcelli, Paolo Ferri, Emanuele Mocciardini

CARE – Prof. Kristian Welle, Prof. Björn Krüger, Dr. Anna Vögele, Koray Simek

IchorNab – Prof. Bernd Pötzsch, Prof. Jens Müller, Prof. Florian Schmidt, Dr. Stephan Menzel, Dr. Julia Charl

GlioVox – Prof. Matthias Schneider, Prof. Alexander Effland, Prof. Benedikt Wiestler, Dr. Anna-Laura Potthoff

OncoDegrade – Prof. Radoslaw Nowak, Prof. Aleksandra Pandyra, Prof. Dirk Baumjohann, Prof. Michael Gutschow, Prof. Christian Steinebach, Dr. Lorenzo Cianni, Dr. Thomas Geiger

11:45 – 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 -13:00

Keynote & Panel Discussion

„Can we control AI? As AI becomes more autonomous, who remains in charge of decisions in healthcare?“

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bauckhage
Professor of Computer Science (Intelligent Learning Systems) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS, and Co-Director of the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Panelists

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Wolfram Barfuss
Argelander-Professor of Integrated Systems Modeling for Sustainability Transitions,
Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) Sustainable Futures,
Center for Development Research (ZEF),
Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn

Prof. Dr. Elena Demidova
Group-Leader Data Science and Intelligent Systems Group, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn; Principal Investigator, Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Dr. Martin Reuter
Group-Leader AI in Medical Imaging, DZNE Bonn; Professor of AI in Medical Imaging, University of Bonn

Benjamin Wulff
Head of Research IT, University Hospital Bonn; Research Associate, Fraunhofer IAIS

13:00 – 13:30

Award Ceremony
Dean Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Weber

13:30 – open end

Networking Lunch

13:30

Speed Dating Pitch Teams & Investoren (by invitation only)

Jury

Dr. Alexander Zink, Xlife Sciences
Jessica Hanneken, Bfs health finance
Dr. Sarah Buchholz, TechVision Fonds
Dr. Marek Kozlowski, NRW.Bank
Dr. Vahid Asimi, Heal Capital