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Thursday, 2.07.2026 - first day of the Eurobiotech Congress
- 2 July 2026
- Registration
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 08:00 - 09:00
    
    Expo Kraków
    
    Registration
- Opening address
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:00 - 09:10
    
    Wiedeń Room
    Opening address
    
    Grzegorz Dubin, Professor
    About the speaker
- Plenary lecture (P1)
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 09:45
    Plenary lecture (P1)
    
    Markus Conrad
    About the speaker
- Cell Biology
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Understanding Chronic Disases (Basic Science & Clinical Insights)
    
    Anna Czarna, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 09:50 - 10:05
    Understanding Chronic Disases (Basic Science & Clinical Insights)
    
    Aneta Radziwon-Balicka
    About the speaker
  - 10:05 - 10:20
    Understanding Chronic Disases (Basic Science & Clinical Insights)
    
    Arturs Abols
    About the speaker
  - 10:20 - 10:35
    Understanding Chronic Disases (Basic Science & Clinical Insights)
    
    Miłosz Ruszkowski
    About the speaker
  - 10:35 - 10:50
    Understanding Chronic Disases (Basic Science & Clinical Insights)
    
    Grzegorz Kreiner
    About the speaker
- Plany Biotechnology
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Structural diversity of plant genomes
    
    Dariusz Grzebelus, Professor
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 09:50 - 10:05
    Structural diversity of plant genomes
    
    Marie Mirouze
    About the speaker
- Bioinformatics
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Mictrobiome-based inventions and therapeutics
    
    Tomasz Kościółek, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Protein structure & engineering
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Enzyme biocatalysis - fundamental and applied studies
    
    Maciej Szaleniec, Professor
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 09:50 - 10:05
    Enzyme biocatalysis - fundamental and applied studies
    
    Francesco Mutti
    About the speaker
  - 10:05 - 10:20
    Enzyme biocatalysis - fundamental and applied studies
    
    Katarzyna Świderek
    About the speaker
- Reseach in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Ecosystem for innovation
    
    Kazimierz Murzyn
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Reseach in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Czech R&D-based biotech companies and opportunities to cooperate
    
    Jiri Fusek
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Reseach in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:50 - 11:05
    Development of Polish Biotechnology comapnies- research & manudacturing capacities
    
    Magdalena Kulczycka, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 09:50 - 10:05
    Development of Polish Biotechnology comapnies- research & manudacturing capacities
    
    Mieczysław Starkowicz
    About the speaker
  - 10:05 - 10:20
    Development of Polish Biotechnology comapnies- research & manudacturing capacities
    
    Dominik Lipka
    About the speaker
  - 10:20 - 10:35
    Development of Polish Biotechnology comapnies- research & manudacturing capacities
    
    Jeremy Launders
    About the speaker
  - 10:35 - 10:50
    Development of Polish Biotechnology comapnies- research & manudacturing capacities
    
    Michał Wszoła
    About the speaker
- Coffee break
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:05 - 11:35
    
    Coffee break
- Cell Biology
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    New research institutes - adressing the challenges of modern science
    
    Agnieszka Chacińska
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Biotech Environment
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    Global IP Strategies: Navigating Diverse Laws and Cross-Border Enforcment in Biotechnology
    
    Lise-Lotte Laane
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 11:35 - 11:50
    Global IP Strategies: Navigating Diverse Laws and Cross-Border Enforcment in Biotechnology
    
    Petri-Jaan Lahtvee
    About the speaker
  - 11:50 - 12:05
    Global IP Strategies: Navigating Diverse Laws and Cross-Border Enforcment in Biotechnology
    
    Barbora Dubanska
    About the speaker
- Biotech Environment
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    The achievements and problems of research funding system in Poland
    
    Krzysztof Pyrc
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    Discussion panel: Development of Polish Biotechnology
    
    Magdalena Kulczycka, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    Discussion panel: Business - academia synergy is vital, but not easy
    
    Marta Winiarska
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 11:35 - 12:50
    Future Sklills in Biotechnology: What employers look for
    
    Zbigniew Zasłona, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Lunch
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 12:50 - 13:50
    
    Lunch
- Plenary lecture (P2)
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 13:50 - 14:25
    Plenary lecture (P2)
    
    Luke O'Neill, Professor
    About the speaker
- Cell Biology
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Excellent research and translation in Czech Republic
    
    Jan Konvalinka
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Plant Biotechnology
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Plany tolerance to abiotic stresses
    
    Arkadiusz Kosmala, Professor
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
  - 14:35 - 14:50
    Plany tolerance to abiotic stresses
    
    Marcin Rapacz
    About the speaker
  - 14:50 - 15:05
    Plany tolerance to abiotic stresses
    
    Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek
    About the speaker
- Bioinformatics
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Space biotechnology
    
    Pawel Labaj, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Protein & Structure engineering
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    From Structure to Application: Structureal Biology in Biotechnology
    
    Michał R. Szymański, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Biotech Environment
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Highlight biotech research projects and service opportunities through Academic Centers of Technology Transfer
    
    Gabriela Konopka-Cupiał
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Bridging Lithuanian and Polish Life Science Ecosystems for a Competitve Europe
    
    Agne Vaitkeviciene
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 14:35 - 15:50
    Startups
    
    Michal Szymanik, PhD
    About the speaker
    
    Chair of the session
- Plenary lecture (P3)
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 15:55 - 16:30
    Plenary lecture (P3)
    
    Anna Fryszkowska, Ph.D
    About the speaker
- Poster Presentation and Welcome Reception
  
  Thursday 02.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 16:30 - 18:30
    
    Poster Presentation and Welcome Reception
Friday, 3.07.2026- second day of the Eurobiotech Congress
- 3 July 2026
- Plenary lecture
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 08:30 - 09:05
    Plenary Lecture
    
    Etienne Bucher, Ph.D
    About the speaker
- Cell Biology
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Current Achievements and Future Directions in Regenerative Medicine
    
    Anna Czarna, PhD
    About the speaker
- Plant Biotechnology
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Plant resistance to biotic stresses
    
    Arkadiusz Kosmala, Professor
    About the speaker
- Bioinformatics
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Environmental biomes
    
    Pawel Labaj, PhD
    About the speaker
- Protein structure & engineering
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
    
    Michał R. Szymański, PhD
    About the speaker
- Biotech environment
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Polish biotechnology startups
    
    Gabriela Konopka-Cupiał
    About the speaker
    
    This session will feature innovative biotechnology start-ups originating from both Polish and foreign universities and research institutions. Participants will have the opportunity to discover groundbreaking solutions developed at the intersection of science and business. Presentations by founders and researchers will demonstrate how scientific potential has been transformed into real-world products and services that have the power to reshape medicine, healthcare, the environment, and the biotechnology industry.
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Gene Editing and Gene Therapy
    
    Agne Vaitkeviciene
    About the speaker
  - 09:10 - 10:25
    Basic research in drug development
    
    Zbigniew Zasłona, PhD
    About the speaker
- Coffe Break
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
- Biotech environment Panels
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 10:45 - 12:00
    From Lab to Market: Bridging the Gap in Biotech Commercialisation
    
    Lise-Lotte Laane
    About the speaker
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 10:45 - 12:00
    Business – academia synergy is vital, but not easy (case studies)
    
    Marta Winiarska
    About the speaker
  - 10:45 - 12:00
    Ecosystem for innovation
    
    Kazimierz Murzyn
    About the speaker
- Plant Biotechnology
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 12:10 - 13:25
    Mobile genetic elements
    
    Dariusz Grzebelus, Professor
    About the speaker
  - 12:10 - 12:25
    Mobile genetic elements
    
    Clementine Vitte
    About the speaker
  - 12:25 - 12:40
    Mobile genetic elements
    
    Olivier Panaud
    About the speaker
- Bioinformatics
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 12:10 - 13:25
    Gene and protein function
    
    Tomasz Kościółek, PhD
    About the speaker
- Protein structure & engineering
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 12:10 - 13:25
    Biotransformations for industrial processes
    
    Maciej Szaleniec, Professor
    About the speaker
- Research in biotech industry
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 12:10 - 13:25
    Czech R&D-based biotech companies and opportunities to cooperate
    
    Jiri Fusek
    About the speaker
  - 12:10 - 13:25
    Startups
    
    Michal Szymanik, PhD
    About the speaker
- Plenary Lecture
  
  Friday 03.07.2026
  
  Expo Kraków
  - 13:25 - 14:00
    Plenary Lecture
    
    Kevin O’Connor, Professor
    About the speaker