Digital Programme

The 2020 digital AMR Conference was an international forum to discuss AMR in the context of COVID-19 and beyond.

Each day covered a focus topic with LIVE sessions and high-level panels:
Lessons learned from COVID-19 | Business Models & Policy Incentives | Global Markets | Financing & Investing | Outlook & Policy Roadmap

Registered participants have access to on-demand versions of all sessions.

Overall theme of the day: Lessons learned from COVID-19

09:45–10:45 CET

Additional programme:
BEAM Alliance meet-up (for members only)

11:00–12:30 CET

Additional programme:
Expert campus | Top 10 mistakes in antibacterial development

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Jointly organised by Novo REPAIR Impact Fund, CARB-X, GARDP and Wellcome Trust

                      

Moderator:

  • Ursula Theuretzbacher – Founder, CEFAIA

Speakers:

  • Peter Warn – SVP, Anti-infective Discovery, Evotec
  • Richard Knight – Director & Co–founder, ApconiX
  • Aleksander Danilovski – CSO & Senior Vice President Global R&D and Regulatory Affairs, Xelia
13:30–15:00 CET

Opening Session | Infectious diseases in the global spotlight: Why COVID-19 has an impact on AMR

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Moderator: 

  • Deborah A O’Neil – CEO, NovaBiotics Ltd & Board Member, BEAM Alliance

Speakers:

  • Manica Balasegaram – Executive Director, GARDP
  • Rafael Cantón – Head of the Clinical Microbiology Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal Madrid
  • Sergio Carmona – Chief Access Officer, FIND

Further reading tips:

15:15–16:15 CET

Diagnostics | Why diagnostics are a gamechanger to control a pandemic and what this means for combatting AMR

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Moderator and speaker:

  • Sergio Carmona, Chief Access Officer, FIND

Speakers:

  • Rosanna Peeling, Professor and Chair, Diagnostics Research & Director, International Diagnostics Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Claudia Denkinger, Head of Division of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg
  • Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer, a clinical expert from University Clinic of Jena, Germany
  • Joe Fitchett, Medical Director, Mologic

Further reading tips:

16:30–18:00 CET

One Health | Why it is more important than ever to think cross-sectoral

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Moderator and Speaker:

  • Ghada Zoubiane – Head of Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement, ICARS

Speakers:

  • Viviana Muñoz-Tellez – Coordinator, Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme (DIIP), South-Centre
  • Mark Holmes, Professor in Microbial Genomics & Veterinary Science, University of Cambridge
  • Elmar Nimmesgern – Secretariat Lead, Global AMR R&D Hub
  • Timo Minssen – Founder and Managing Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL)

Further reading tips:

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Overall theme of the day: Business Models & Policy Incentives

09:30 – 11:00 CET

Expert campus | How to accelerate AMR drug discovery & development

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Moderation:

  • Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding – Head of Department, Paul-Ehrlich Institut

Speakers:

  • Claus Stie Kallesøe – CEO & Co-founder, grit42
  • Dirk Bumann – Professor for Infection Biology, The Center for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Basel
  • Dave Madge – Vice President, Research Service Division, WuXi AppTec
  • Cuong Vuong, Director Bacteriology, AiCuris

Further reading tips:

11:15–12:15 CET

ENABLE: A public-private partnership for antibiotic development

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Speakers:

  • Anders Karlén – ENABLE Coordinator, Uppsala University
  • Jürgen Brem – Project Leader OU-ENABLE, Oxford University
  • Francois Moreau – Scientific Director, Mutabilis
  • Sven Hobbie – CEO & Co-founder, Juvabis

Further reading tips:

13:30–15:00 CET

Business models | The AMR company of the future – Which route to success

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Sponsored by:

Moderator: 

  • Erin Duffy – Chief of Research & Development, CARB-X

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Butcher – Head of Business Development, BioVersys AG
  • Cherif Bousselham – Senior Vice President, Head of Sales, EMEA, Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.
  • Jean-Pierre Paccaud – Director of Business Development and Corporate Strategy, GARDP
  • Kenneth Bradley – Global Head, Infectious Disease Discovery, Roche

Further reading tips:

15:15–16:15 CET

Business models in AMR | How to develop strategic decisions in a challenging and global AMR market

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Sponsored by:

Moderator: 

Speakers:

  • Peter Beyer – Senior Advisor Department of Essential Medicines & Health Products, WHO
  • Erin Duffy – Chief of Research & Development, CARB-X
  • Holger Zimmermann – CEO, AiCuris

Further reading tips:

16:30–17:45 CET

AMR pull incentives | Will COVID-19 speed up or slow down implementation?

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Moderator:

  • Kathy Talkington, Director Health Programs, Pew Charitable Trust

Speakers:

  • Suzanne Edwards – Programme Officer/Economist, Global AMR R&D Hub
  • Kevin Outterson – Professor of Law & Executive Director, CARB-X
  • Colm Leonard – Clinical Advisor/Consultant, NICE
  • Daniel Berman – Lead of the Global Health Team, Longitude Prize / Nesta

Further reading tips:

17:45–18:45 CET

Diagnostics | Novel solutions to solve the reimbursement challenge

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Moderator:

  • Till Bachmann – Deputy Head of Infection Medicine and Personal chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection, University of Edinburgh

Speakers:

  • Colm Leonard – Clinical Advisor/Consultant, NICE
  • Philippe Cleuziat – Innovation Program Senior Director, bioMérieux, VALUE-Dx
  • Daniel Berman – Lead of the Global Health Team, Longitude Prize / Nesta
  • Cecilia Ferreyra, Head of AMR Programme, FIND

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19:00–20:00 CET

Expert Campus | Diagnostics in clinical trial settings

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Supported by:

Moderator:

  • Daniel Berman – Lead of the Global Health Team, Longitude Prize / Nesta

Speakers:

  • Kwangmin Son – Co-founder & CEO, Phast Corp.
  • Michael Lobritz – Translational Project Leader, Roche
  • Laurenz Kellenberger, CSO, Basilea

Further reading tips:

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Overall theme of the day: Global Markets

09:15–10:45 CET

Expert campus | Focus on tuberculosis

Supported by:

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Moderation & Introduction:

  • Santiago Ramón-García, Research & Development Agency of Aragon (ARAID) Foundation & Mycobacterial Genetics Group, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Zaragoza
  • Ruben Hartkoorn – Institut Pasteur de Lille, INSERM

Speakers:

  • Michel Pieren – Project Manager, BioVersys AG, CH
  • Florian Kloss – Head, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), GER
  •  Michael Hoelscher – Network Coordinator, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), GER

Further reading tips:

11:00–12:30 CET

Expert campus | Diagnostics in Drug-resistant TB

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Moderation: 

  • Anita Suresh – Head of Sequencing, FIND

Speakers:

  • Courtney Maus – Scientific Director Life Sciences, BD
  • Sebastian Dümcke – CEO, Clemedi AG
  • Dessislava Tarlton, Programme Management Officer, molecular diagnostics and cervical cancer, Unitaid

Further reading tips:

13:30–15:00 CET

Global markets | Why we need to think global to tackle AMR

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Moderator:

  • Marc Lemonnier – Founding CEO, Antabio SAS

Speakers:

  • Heiman Wertheim – Head of Clinical Microbiology Department, Radboud University Medical Center
  • Anand Anandkumar – CEO, Bugworks
  • Alexandra Cameron – Senior Technical Manager Strategy Team, UNITAID
  • Bruce Altevogt, Vice President and Head External Medical Engagement, Hospital Business Unit, Pfizer

Further reading tips:

15:15–17:00 CET

Clinical trials | Why global networks are crucial to speed up late stage clinical development

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Moderator:

  • Ron de Winter – Programme Manager European Projects, UMC Utrecht

Speakers:

  • Seamus O’Brien – R&D Director, GARDP
  • Tim Jinks – Head of Antibiotic Resistance Infections Program, Wellcome Trust
  • Florence Séjourné – CEO, DaVolterra & President, BEAM Alliance
  • Kamini Walia – Head of AMR, ICMR, Government of India

Further reading tips:

17:45–18:30 CET

Regulatory perspective | Current status and the post-COVID outlook for antibiotic clinical trials & approvals

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Moderator:

  • John Rex, Chief Medical Officer, F2G Ltd.

Speakers:

  • Sumathi Nambiar – Director Division of Anti-Infective Products, Office of Infectious Diseases, FDA
  • Marco Cavalieri – Head of Antiinfectives and Vaccines, Safety&Efficacy Sector, EMA

Further reading tips:

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Overall theme of the day: Financing & Investing

09:45–10:45 CET

Start-up campus | Live pitches with jury voting hosted by Novo Repair Impact Fund

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Congratulations to the winner of our Start-up up pitch session, Neciah Dorh, CEO & Co-Founder of FluoretiQ.

Jury Members:

  • Peter Jackson, AMR Centre (Moderator)
  • Camilla Petrycer Hansen, Novo Holding 
  • Erin Duffy, Chief of R&D, CARB-X
  • Holger Zimmermann, CEO, AiCuris
  • Fiona Marston, Director, CEIDR 

With pitches from:

  • Irene Wütherich , Co-Founder, Spherobiotics
  • Thomas Hesterkamp, Head of Translational Project Management Office, HZI/DZIF & Myxobiotics
  • Miron Tokarski, CEO & Co-Founder, Genomtec
  • Neciah Dorh, CEO & Co-Founder, FluoretiQ

Further reading tips:

11:00–12:00 CET

SME campus (Part I) | Focus on therapeutics

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Speakers:

  • Marc Gitzinger – CEO and Founder, BioVersys AG
  • Nadine Taudte – Head of Laboratory, Periotrap Pharmaceuticals
  • Samareh Azeredo da Silveira Lajaunias – Founding Partner and General Manager, Combioxin SA
  • Holger Zimmermann,  CEO, AiCuris

Further reading tips:

12:00–13:15 CET

SME campus (Part II) | Focus on diagnostics

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Moderation:

  • Betsy Wonderly Trainor, Alliance Manager, CARB-X

Speakers:

  • Colin Denver – CEO, SpeeDx
  • Peter Haug – CFO & Co-Founder, Head of Business Development & Licensing, Noscendo GmbH
  • Piotr Gastrecki – CTO, Scope Fluidics
  • Rosemarie Preyer – GenID GmbH
  • Doug Kwon, Scientific Co-founder, Day Zero Diagnostics & Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Further reading tips:

13:30–15:00 CET

Financing resistance | Why new investors are urgently needed and where they come from

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Moderator:

  • Peter Beyer – Senior Advisor Department of Essential Medicines & Health Products, WHO

Speakers:

  • Thomas Cueni – Director General, IFPMA
  • James Anderson – Head of Corporate Government Affairs, GSK
  • Silas Holland – Head of External Affairs for the AMR Action Fund &  Director for Global Public Policy MSD
  • Deborah A O’Neil – CEO, NovaBiotics Ltd & Board Member, BEAM Alliance
  • Aleks Engel – Partner, Novo Holdings (Novo Seeds) & Director, REPAIR Impact Fund at Novo Holdings

Further reading tips:

15:15–16:15 CET

Spotlight on UK | Investor Action on AMR

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Sponsored by:

  

Moderator:

  • Louise Norton-Smith, Head of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy & Delivery, UK Department of Health & Social Care

Keynote:

  • Dame Sally Davies – UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance & former Chief Medical Officer for England

Speakers for the panel discussion:

  • Maria Lettini, Executive Director, FAIRR Initiative
  • Mara Lilley, Investor Engagement Manager, Access to Medicine Foundation
  • Catherine McCabe, Senior Associate | Analyst | Responsible Investment, BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA)
  • Matt Crossman, Stewardship Director, Rathbone Investment Management

Further reading tips:

16:30–17:30 CET

Behind the scenes | Perspectives from investors, accelerators & incubators

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Moderator:

  • Erin Duffy – Chief of Research & Development, CARB-X

Speakers:

  • Aleks Engel – Partner, Novo Holdings (Novo Seeds) & Director, REPAIR Impact Fund at Novo Holdings
  • Uzma Choudry – VC Investor at Octopus Ventures
  • Igor Orshanskiy, Associate Director Business Development & Alliance Management, AiCuris
  • Graham Somers, IMI portfolio Director, GSK

Further reading tips:

17:45–18:30 CET

Expert campus | Perspective on late stage clinical development

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Moderation:

  • Fiona Marston, Director, Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases (CEIDR)

    Speakers:
  • Sarah Paulin, Technical Officer on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Laurenz Kellenberger – CSO, Basilea
  • Patrick Velicitat – CMO, Allecra

Further reading tips:

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Overall theme of the day: Outlook & Roadmap

09:30–10:45 CET

Expert campus | Animal Health

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Speakers:

  • Klaus Hellmann – Klifovet AG
  • Harald Peter – Fraunhofer IZI-BB
  • Christophe Chatain – Executive assistant & Sales Manager, Vetophage
  • Mai Huong Chatain-Ly -President & Scientific Director, Vetophage
  • Hosny El-Adawy – Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI)

Further reading tips:

11:00–12:30 CET

Expert campus | Novel approaches in Drug development

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Moderator:

  • Till  Schäberle – Professor, Department of Insect Biotechnology at University of Gießen &  Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME)

Speakers:

  • Albina Poljak – Director Business Development, PhagoMed Biopharma GmbH
  • Timothy Schulz-Utermoehl – Co-founder & Director, Pedanius Therapeutics
  • Niamh Máire Mohan – Pre-Clinical Technologist, Nuritas limited
  • Till  Schäberle – Professor, Department of Insect Biotechnology at University of Gießen &  Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME)
  • Cesar de la Fuente – Machine Biology Group, University of Pennsylvania

Further reading tips:

13:30–15:00 CET

Closing session The future of AMR: How a new post-COVID-19 policy roadmap could look like

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Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Renu Swarup –  Secretary, Head of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology,  Government of India
  • Dame Sally Davies – UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance & former Chief Medical Officer for England
  • Tiemo Woelken – MEP S&D German, vice-chair of European Parliament MEP Interest Group on AMR
  • Catharina Boehme – CEO, FIND
  • Evan Loh, MD, CEO, Paratek & Chair, Antimicrobials Working Group, US

Further reading tips:

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BEAM Alliance programme committee

Marc Gitzinger

Marc Gitzinger

CEO, BioVersys AG & President, BEAM Alliance

Marc Lemonnier

Founding CEO, Antabio SAS
Deborah O’Neil

Deborah O’Neil

CEO, NovaBiotics Ltd & Board Member, BEAM Alliance