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PharmaCamp 2024
From Laboratory Findings to Industry Innovations
Compete with other young professionals and students in a pharmaceutical case challenge. Show your skills to leading pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland and win the award!
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When?
11th-13th September 2024
Where?
At the Swiss Institute for Translational
and Entrepreneurial Medicine (Sitem Insel), Bern
ABOUT US
PharmaCamp is an organization that aims to connect pharmaceutical and biotech companies with top talents in Switzerland by arranging whole day networking events. These events typically attract graduates, PhDs and PostDoc scientists who are eager to explore career paths outside of academia and engage with industry leaders.
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Who can participate? PhDs, PostDocs, last year master's students and recent graduates
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Three days event:
· Day 1: Open for the public, giving you a chance to learn more about new trends such as the personalised & precision medicine field. As attendees, you will gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of the pharmaceutical industry and the intersection of technology and medicine.
· Day 2: Selected participants will engage in a realistic case challenge from pharmaceutical companies. Register via the Google form in the "Apply now" button, to have the opportunity to gain valuable insights, into the pharmaceutical field and to enhance your public speaking abilities.
· Day 3: Teams will be given time to brainstorm and prepare their presentations. Each team will have the chance to convince an expert panel that their solution is the most impactful and promising.
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Awards:
Winning Team
2 000 CHF
The Best Presenter
Award
250 CHF
The Social Media
Engagement Award
250 CHF
Industry Visit
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​September 3rd :
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Registrations are close
​September 17th :
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Registrations are close
Schedule
DAY 1 Open for the public
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
Felix Frey Auditorium, Sitem-insel, Freiburgstrasse 3, 3010 Bern
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 9:40
Event introduction
9:40 – 10:15
Talk
Innovative Tech for Gender Equity in Healthcare – Balancing Hope and Challenges
Dr. Samantha Paoletti
Head of Research and Business Development for Life Science Technologies at CSEM
10:15 – 10:50
Talk
How CSL is committed to innovation throughout the whole R&D process to identify suitable novel therapies for patients with unmet medical needs
Dr. Max Corbett
Head of Chemical Product Development at CSL Behring
Dr. Alexander Schaub
Associate Director, Co-Lead Translational Research at CSL Behring
10:50 – 11:20
Coffee break
11:20 – 11:55
11:55 – 12:25
Drugging unprecedented targets: where to start?
Dr. Fabian Sesterhenn
Lab head in Discovery Sciences at Novartis Biomedical Research
Talk
Talk
TBD
Dr. Burcak Yesildag
Vice President, Islet Biology at InSphero
12:25 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 14:45
Drug Development from bench to bedside (and how to transition to the industry after your studies)
Keynote talk
Dr. Markus Kalousek
Lecturer at ETH Zürich; Venture Partner at BioGeneration Ventures; former Head of External Innovation (S&E) for Novartis
14:45 – 15:20
Poorly soluble Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and enabling technologies
Talk
Dr. Arnaud Grandeury
Associate Director in Materials Science Novartis Leading ScientistLead of TRD academic network
15:20 – 15:50
Coffee break
Developing advanced in vitro human models for preclinical drug discovery
Talk
15:50 – 16:25
Dr. Olga Mitrofanova
Postdoctoral Scientist at Roche pRED Institute of Human Biology
Presentation
16:25 – 16:35
Innovation at the University of Bern
Arno Ratzinger
Innovation & Impact Advisor
​University of Bern, Innovation Office
16:35 – 17:00 Case challenge introduction
DAY 2 Selected participants
Thursday, 12th of September 2024
9:00 – 12:00
Teamwork on the PharmaCamp case challenge
13:00 – 16:00
Workshop
Job Hunting: Unlocking the code to success
Carl Emerson
Facilitator, Trainer, Senior Advisor: HBA Ambassador program, and Accountability Coach.
16:00 – 18:00
Teamwork on the PharmaCamp case challenge
DAY 3 Selected participants
Friday, 13th of September 2024
9:00 – 9:15
Coffee refreshment
9:15 – 9:30
Introduction
9:30 – 11:40
Team presentations
11:40 – 12:15
Jury discussion
12:15 – 13:00
Winner announcement
Closing remarks
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch and networking
Carl Emerson's Workshop
Job hunting can be tough, but with some key insights, you can unlock the code to success!
Facilitator, Trainer, Senior Advisor: HBA Ambassador program, and Accountability Coach.
Originally from the UK, Carl spent 30 years working for biotech, vaccine, and pharmaceutical companies, both large and small, in the UK, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Ten years ago, he set up his own company, InsideOut Solutions, in Basel. There, he specializes in conference moderation, meeting facilitation, communication skills training, job finding, and photography.
Working with companies, universities, individuals, and voluntary organizations, he likes to use storytelling to illustrate key concepts in the real world.​
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➥ Have you ever seriously considered what the main purpose of a CV is?
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➥ How can you build confidence and drive the narrative to your advantage?
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➥ What inspiration can you get from fairy tales?
Curious? Find out more at our stimulating workshop!
Speakers
We are happy to prensent our first speaker for 2024
Dr. Fabian Sesterhenn
Lab head in Discovery Sciences at Novartis Biomedical Research
Dr. Samantha Paoletti
Head of Research and BD Life Science Technologies
Dr. Alexander Schaub
Associate Director
Co-Lead Translational Research at CSL Behring
Dr. Arnaud Grandeury
Associate Director in Materials Science
Novartis Leading Scientist
Lead of TRD academic network
Dr. Kalousek Markus
Lecturer at ETH Zürich & Venture Partner at BioGeneration Ventures
Dr. Max Corbett
Head of Chemical Product Development at CSL Behring
Dr. Olga Mitrofanova
Postdoctoral Scientist
at Roche pRED, Institute of Human Biology
Dr. Burcak Yesildag
Vice President, Islet Biology at InSphero
More details to be announced soon!
Jury and Guests
We are happy to prensent a part of the expert panel for 2024
Dr. Stefanie Dobitz
Senior Innovation & Startup Advisor
Arno Ratzinger
Innovation & Impact Advisor
Dr. Christoph Roesli
Director Research Bern Platforms at CSL Behring
Dr. Gilles Weder
Head Research & BD Life Sciences Technologies at CSEM
More details to be announced soon!
Organising Team
Carlos is President and Head of Events Management of PharmaCamp. Prior to joining Pharmacamp, he was an elected student representative at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel, where he completed his doctoral studies with Nico Thomä. Carlos holds a BSc in chemistry, a MSc in molecular biology and a PhD in biomedicine. In his free time, he is a competitive athlete and enjoys learning about business operations and strategy.
Carlos Pla Prats
President
Sara is a PhD Candidate at the University of Bern and Inselspital and works in the field of hemostasis and inflammation with a focus on septic disorder. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, tennis and connecting with people.
“Where others see limits, I see exceptional opportunities to unleash my innovative spirit.” https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-caku22
Sara Caku
Vice-President & Treasurer
Gabriela is part of a selective dual degree program from the University of Strasbourg, which allows her to do her MSc at the same time of her pharmacy studies. Gabriela holds a MSc in Biomedicine and her master’s thesis was done in Li Tang’s lab at the EPFL. She will become a Doctor in Pharmacy in September of this year. In her free time, she practices fit-training and boxing and learning more about sciences! www.linkedin.com/in/maria-gabriela-kirsch21
Gabriela M. Kirsch
Marketing Manager
Asma is completing her master's thesis at the University of Bern on Zebrafish heart regeneration. In addition to having a great interest in therapeutic approaches and translational sciences, I am passionate about swimming and cooking, as well as having an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a love for learning new things.
Asma Laleh
Media designer
Mina Hanna holds a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Master's in Molecular Biology. With a thriving five-year career in the biopharmaceutical industry across various departments, Mina transitioned to academia in 2021. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Life Sciences at the University of Lausanne, his research focuses on ion channels pharmacology, with a particular emphasis on developing ion channel-based biosensors.
Mina Hanna
Communications Manager
Ali is a PhD candidate at EPFL, studying computational and quantitative biology. He applies statistical methods on genomics data to understand the underlying mechanisms of biological systems. Last year, he joined Roche as a summer intern to work on novel drug discovery using machine learning. In his free time, he enjoys dancing, hiking, and watching anime.
Ali Sadaat
Event Manager
Antonia is a last-year pharmacy student at Strasbourg University, following a Master's Degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology and undertaking her graduate traineeship at the regional pharmacovigilance center in Geneva. Alongside her interest in drug safety and regulatory affairs, she enjoys spending her free time reading, hiking, playing guitar, learning new languages and bouldering.
Antonia Horea
IT manager
Andraž has finished his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Pavia, Italy. During his doctoral and master’s studies, he was able to gain more experience in organic synthesis and methodology with research visits in Germany, the United States, and Japan. He obtained his MSc and BSc at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. In his free time, he enjoys running and spending quality time with his friends. Andraž Oštrek | LinkedIn
Andraž Oštrek
Event Organizer
Advisors
Adèle has a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology and have transitioned to a Business Development role in the industry. While she appreciates the lab, she is more passionate about science communication and you would have more chances to find her performing on a stage or working on her latest project to spread science in a fun way!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adele-rakotonirina/
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Adèle Rakotonirina
Anastasia Sveshnikova is a recent PhD graduate in computational systems biotechnology. Currently, she is working as a software developer in the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
Anastasia Sveshnikova
Ksenia Kapitanova is a PhD student at UNIGE, exploring the role of S100A4-expressing smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
Ksenia Kapitanova
Camilla Calastra
Marketing Manager
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