Your Expert Speaker Faculty for 2026

Take a look at the acclaimed speaker faculty for the 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe 2026.

Academic Pioneers
Pharma Powerhouses
Investment Leaders
Biotech Visionaries

Academic Pioneers

Dmitri Segal

Dmitri Segal

Postdoctoral Fellow
AITHYRA Institute for Biomedical AI
Victor Guallar Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Victor Guallar

Professor & Group Leader
Barcelona Supercomputing Group
Zoran Rankovic Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Zoran Rankovic

Professor & Director, Chemical Biology, & Centre for Protein Degradation
Institute of Cancer Research
Radoslaw nowak Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Radoslaw Nowak

Professor
The University of Bonn
Alessio Ciulli Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Alessio Ciulli

Professor ,Founder & Director - Targeted Protein Degradation
University of Dundee

Pharma Powerhouses

Laura Gasparini Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Laura Gasparini

Scientific Director
Abbvie
Christopher Woelk Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Christopher Woelk

EIP
Astellas Pharma
Juan Carlos Mobarec

Juan Carlos Mobarec

Head Computational Structural Biology
AstraZeneca
Maxime Couturier

Maxime Couturier

Senior Research Scientist (Assay, Profiling and Cells Sciences)
AstraZeneca
Chrstin Rakers Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Christin Rakers

Scientist
Merck
Bjorn Niebel Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Björn Niebel

Senior Principal Scientist
Sanofi, Large Molecule Research

Investment Leaders

damien crowther Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Damian Crowther

Entrepreneur In Residence, Head of Research
Cambridge Innovation Capital & SV Health Investors DDF, TRIMTECH Therapeutics
Mary Canning Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Mary Canning

partner
Epidarex Capital
Luka Nicin Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Luka Nicin

Venture Capitalist
Pace Ventures
Tiziana Rosetti Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Tiziana Rosetti

Principal
Sofinnova Partners

Biotech Visionaries

Christian Ottmann Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Christian Ottmann

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Ambagon Therapeutics
Louise Modis Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Louise Modis

Chief Scientific Officer
Amphista
Changhoon Ji Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Changhoon Ji

Executive Director
Autotac Bio

George Crane

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Bindbridge
Xiaobing Qian

Xiaobing Qian

CDO
Degron Therapeutics
Simon Glerup Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Simon Glerup

CSO
Draupnir Bio
Shyra Gardai Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Shyra gardai

CSO
EpiBiologics
Jamie Im Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Jamie Im

Director, Medicinal Chemistry
Foghorn Therapeutics
GSK

Carlos Martinez

Scientific Leader & Investigator
GlaxoSmithKline
Flavio Lima Bianchi

Flavio Lima Bianchi

Research Analyst
Hanson Wade
Hongbo Zhang

Hongbo Zhang

Chief Scientific Officer & Head of Drug Discovery Service
HitChem
Ian Churcher Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Ian Churcher

CEO & Founder
Janus Drug Discovery Consulting Ltd
Maureen Galmes Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Maureen Galmes-Spit

VP Research
Laigo Bio
Henrik Daub

Henrik Daub

CSO
NEOsphere Biotechnologies GmbH
Jenny Knickelbine

Jenny Knickelbine

Senior Scientist - Research
Promega Corporation
Kirill Pevner Speaker at 6th TPD & Induced Proximity Summit Europe

Kirill Pevzner

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Protai Bio
Giovanni Spagnolli

Giovanni Spagnolli

Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
Sibylla Biotech srl
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