HFSPO Science Summit 2026
Frontier Life Science as an Engine of Innovation: Scientific Showcase and Policy Discussions (Campus Biotech Geneva, 7 July 2026 from 14:00)
On the occasion of the Triennial Conference of HFSPO Members, the SNSF and HFSPO are organising a Science Summit to bring researchers in the life sciences together with policy-makers to discuss the topic Frontier Life Science as an Engine of Innovation.
14:00
Welcome remarks
14:30
Policy panel discussion: “Steering the Life Sciences Innovation Engine: Directions, Needs, and Challenges” moderated by Mona Nemer, Chief Scientist of Canada, with representatives from HFSPO Member States
15:10
Georg Keller (Friedrich Miescher Institute, HFSP Fellow), “Understanding Psychiatric Treatments”
15:30
Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL, Swiss Science Prize Latsis 2024), “Application of machine learning to problems in biology”
15:50
Auke Ijspeert (EPFL), “Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion”
16:10
Interactive coffee break with hands-on demonstrations from the speakers
16:50
Jess Snedeker (ETH Zürich, SNSF Research Council), “How Fibroblasts Read the Matrix: Translating Tendon Healing Insights into Medicine”
17:10
Prisca Liberali (ETH Zürich), “Scaling Life: How Single Cells Orchestrate Tissue-Level Coordination”
17:30
Steve Pascolo (Zürich University Hospital), “Accelerating Personalized Anticancer Vaccine Production via Chemical RNA Synthesis”
17:50
Science panel discussion: “Steering the Life Sciences Innovation Engine: Directions, Needs, and Challenges” moderated by Torsten Schwede (President of the SNSF Research Council)
18:20
Closing remarks
18:30
Cocktail reception
Please note that the 25th HFSP Awardees Meeting will follow on Wednesday 8 July until Friday 10 July and will also take place at Campus Biotech.