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2026 Speakers Included

Confirmed Speakers & Panelists to Date
Christopher Reyes
Christopher Reyes
CEO & Co-Founder
Bloom Science
Sam Possemiers
Sam Possemiers
Chief Executive Officer
MRM Health
Rob Lavigne
Rob Lavigne
Professor, Laboratory of Gene Technology
KU Leuven
Yang Chen
Yang Chen
Investor
NaturalX
Nikole Kimes
Nikole Kimes
CEO & Co-founder
Siolta Therapeutics
Sou Miyake
Sou Miyake
Head of Venture Investment
Corundum Systems Biology
Valerie H Taylor
Valerie H Taylor
Department Chair / Founder & CEO
Taylored Biotherapeutics
Stephen Robinson
Stephen Robinson
Group Leader / Co-Founder
Quadram Institute
Peter Holme Jensen
Peter Holme Jensen
Chief Executive Officer
Cambiotics
Herve Affagard
Herve Affagard
Founder & CEO
MaaT Pharma
Russell Wyborski
Russell Wyborski
Senior Director, IBD Ventures
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Yolanda Sanz
Yolanda Sanz
Research Professor
CSIC
Jay Tiesman
Jay Tiesman
R&D Senior Director Research Fellow
P&G
Thomas Veje Flintegaard
Thomas Veje Flintegaard
Founder
Collaborome
Brian van der Veer
Brian van der Veer
Senior Manager, Microbiology
NimaGen
Rosella Brozzi
Rosella Brozzi
Scientific Officer
EFSA
Hugo Roume
Hugo Roume
Microbiome Program Coordinator
Lesaffre
Johanna Roostalu
Johanna Roostalu
Director, Human Health, Venture Creation
BioInnovation Institute
Patrick Tripp
Patrick Tripp
Laboratory Director
Zymo Research
Matthew Henn
Matthew Henn
Executive VP, Chief Scientific Officer
Seres Therapeutics
Karl Alex Hedin
Karl Alex Hedin
CSO
Karin van het Hof
Karin van het Hof
Sr. Director R&D Life Sciences, 1st Biome
PepsiCo
Marcel Thalen
Marcel Thalen
CEO
Biolyo
Nick Quinn-Bohmann
Nick Quinn-Bohmann
Postdoctoral Fellow
ISB
Isabelle de Cremoux
Isabelle de Cremoux
CEO
Seventure Partners
Claire Tardy
Claire Tardy
Business Development Manager
Capsugel-Lonza
Laurie Rey
Laurie Rey
Head of EXPERT'Biome CDMO Business Development
Lallemand
Maitrayee Chatterjee
Maitrayee Chatterjee
Sr. Scientist & Project Manager
InnoGI
Luis Gosálbez
Luis Gosálbez
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Sandwalk Bio
Joshua McClure
Joshua McClure
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Maxwell Biosciences
Kevin Horgan
Kevin Horgan
Head of Research and Development
Melius Microbiomics
Nicolas Delalez
Nicolas Delalez
R&D Director
BYOME Labs
Jeroen Raes
Jeroen Raes
Full Professor
VIB-KU Leuven
Jacques Ravel
Jacques Ravel
John L. Whitehurst Professor of Medicine / Co-Founder
LUCA Biologics
Seth Bordenstein
Seth Bordenstein
Director of the One Health Microbiome Center
Penn State
Curtis Huttenhower
Curtis Huttenhower
Professor, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Andrew Bartko
Andrew Bartko
Executive Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation
UC San Diego
Jonathan Swann
Jonathan Swann
Professor Biomolecular Medicine / Director
GIBA Network
Amy Kruse
Amy Kruse
Chief Investment Officer
Satori Capital
Bruno Pot
Bruno Pot
Science Director
Yakult
Marius Swart
Marius Swart
Managing Partner
Pace Ventures
Holly Baines
Holly Baines
Program Director
Leap
Isabelle Guelinckx
Isabelle Guelinckx
Executive & Scientific Director | TITAN Coordinator
ILSI Europe
Jonathan Lane
Jonathan Lane
Associate Director, Research & Innovation
H&H Group
Claire Derlot
Claire Derlot
Microbiome and Bio-Industry Investment Expert
Seventure Partners
Amine Zorgani
Amine Zorgani
Founder & CEO
SwipeBiome
Shelly Buffington
Shelly Buffington
Scientific Director
Baylor College of Medicine Ventures
Mattia Bolzan
Mattia Bolzan
Chief Technology Officer
PreBiomics
Robert JM Brummer
Robert JM Brummer
Director, Nutrition-Gut-Brain Interactions Research Centre
Örebro University
Sudarshan A. Shetty
Sudarshan A. Shetty
Team Leader Microbiomics
Danone R&D
Henrik Bjørn Nielsen
Henrik Bjørn Nielsen
CSO
CMbio
Alice Ko
Alice Ko
Investment Partner
Joyance Partners