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Cristian Pascual is an industrial engineer and MBA from Esade and the Carlson School of Management. For 19 years he held various management positions in large companies before founding Mediktor, the most advanced and accurate symptom checker for triage and prediagnose, in 2014. In addition, for 12 years he has been a business angel and currently participates in more than 15 startups. Nowadays, Cristian is also president of Barcelona Health Hub, a non-profit private organization created to promote innovation in digital health and its transfer to the sector, linking startups, health organizations, companies and investors.

Francesca Wuttke is the CEO and Founder of nen- bringing evidence-based DTx pain solutions to kids with cancer. Dr. Wuttke brings broad drug development and digital health expertise in both the US and Europe, with nearly 30 years of clinical, commercial, strategic and transactional experience. Formerly the Chief Digital Officer of Almirall. Previously she led European investments for the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. Dr. Wuttke holds a Ph.D. Weill Cornell and a BA from Cornell University.

César is a great professional with 15 years experience in national and international public organizations. He has a degree in medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid, a Doctorate in Medicine and Global Health from the University of Barcelona. He worked in the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, where he specialized in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Vall d’Hebron Hospital, the Catalan Health Evaluation, etc. Since 2014, he has been an expert member of the WHO’s SAGE advisory panel. In 2016, he was chosen by Forbes magazine as one of the most influential young people under thirty in Europe, leading the science and health category.

Dr. Nick is a physician leader and business strategist who draws on his clinical experience, technological prowess, and relationship management capabilities to craft and implement transformative, patient-centered strategies aimed at improving operational performance and efficiency.

Guillem is primarily responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing investments, with a major focus in the firm’s health-tech portfolio. He is also leading Asabys’ deal structuring, transactions and negotiations. He currently serves on the board of directors of Amelia Virtual Care and Cara Care, and is an observer on the boards of Koa Health and Sidekick Health.

Prior to joining Asabys, Guillem was the Portfolio Manager of the Life Sciences portfolio at Caixa Capital Risc for four years. Before that, he served at EY within the Transaction Advisory Services primarily focusing on PE and VC transactions.

Guillem holds a BBA with a major in finance from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).

Allegra Mulas is Venture Portfolio Manager at InvestHealth, EIT Health, managing the start-up deal flow to source those able to benefit from the InvestHealth Access to Finance programmes. Throughout her career, Allegra has built a strong understanding of the needs of start-ups and is passionate about creating an ecosystem that empowers innovation to access the market.

Allegra has a background in Psychology with Neuroscience, and a Master’s in Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics, where her thesis focused on the role of biases in Venture Capital investment decision making processes.

Josep Santacana is a Senior Executive with over 20+ years of experience in Investment Banking and Venture Capital, I have a proven track record of contributing to the profitability and growth of organizations through strategic investments in technology businesses.

Yahel Halamish is Principal at Nina Capital. She joined the company in June 2020. At Nina Capital, besides being an active member of the investment team, she is also in charge of Investors Relations and D&I in the fund, promoting an active approach to increasing diversity. Prior to joining Nina Capital, Yahel gained experience investing in a wide range of Alternative Assets such as private companies, VC/PE funds, and Hedge funds. Yahel holds an MBA from IESE Business School, LLB and, BA in economics from the Hebrew University.

Christi is a  hands-on startup enthusiast and passionate investor. He leads debt investments in a variety of verticals, such as fintech, health, B2B & food within BBVA Spark, helping extraordinary founders fulfil their growth dreams with a mix of strategic financing instruments e.g. venture debt, debt facilities & more .

He serves on a variety of boards, supporting extraordinary startup leaders in their growth trajectory. Passionately involved in the innovation ecosystem, he mentors leaders and uses his network to further startup growth.

Former Head of Europe in Capital Markets, he combines over a decade leading investment banking businesses with a global fintech trajectory as investor, founder and C-level executive in various companies in the US and Europe.

Asmae Hadine currently works in Mediktor. She focuses on customer’s needs and consultancy capacity to guide them towards best practices to achieve optimum engagement when launching and maintaining a blended solution and/or a hub. Her empathy and excellent communication skills in 6 foreign languages have allowed to strengthen the relationship with the business in many industries especially in healthcare. Asmae has a wide experience in consultancy including the like of customer care, technological innovation, translation of data into insights, and digitization of processes. This makes her think about new ways to develop and improve internal & external business processes. 

Thibault DEMOURES is a person that works for the Digital healthcare platform DHP that was born from a collaboration between Healthanea  and Microsoft. One that was designed to combine their strengths and values with one objective: To enable a seamless and patient-centric healthcare experience. Thibault has worked 18 years in Asia in all aspects of Health: from a distributor to a product manufacturer through to a service provider.

Sílvia Vinyes holds a BSc and a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. She has dedicated to digital health innovation for the past 8 years. Currently, she leads the Open Innovation division at DKV Innolab, where is responsible for defining and managing the framework for open innovation operations in line with the company’s strategic health innovation roadmap.

Ricardo Jauregui is the CTO and co-founder of a tech company, holding a PhD in Electronics and a Project Manager Professional certification. With over 15 years of experience in technology and innovation projects, he has worked with renowned companies such as Roche Diagnostic, Alstom, and UPC. His role in the company is to oversee the technical development and ensure that the team is delivering top-notch solutions to their clients. With his extensive knowledge and experience, he is a valuable asset to the company, helping them stay ahead of the curve in the fast-paced world of technology.

Teo Sardà is the CEO of BeHit. With over 21 years of global entrepreneurial experience, including general management, corporate development or product development; Teo has lived and worked in over 15 countries across Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, and Latin America. Teo served in key leadership roles in several health care companies.

Dr. Tomás Torres is an specialist in Intensive Care Medicine, trained via MIR in the ICU of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital – Can Ruti (1997 – 2002).He has been in charge of the ICU of the Sant Jordi Cardiovascular Center of Barcelona (monographic medical-surgical center for cardiology and vascular diseases) from 2002 to 2009.

Ricky Rubio is a professional basketball player. Playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers in my 12th year in the NBA which is my 4th team in the league. (Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns) I played in Spain, ACB with two teams: Joventut Badalona and F.C.Barcelona.

I created my foundation “The Ricky Rubio Foundation” in 2018 in honor of my mom. She passed away from lung cancer in 2016. My foundation fights against cancer and helps underprivileged and disabled youth.

Josep Heredia is passionate about his career and his work. After completing his studies in Business Administration and Management at IQS Business School, he had the opportunity to participate in an exchange programme at Loyola Chicago University, broadening his horizons and improving his knowledge in his field.

Josep Heredia had a successful career in business. He worked as Project Manager and BI Programmer at Seidor, and as Manager of NBA Player Ricky Rubio. In his current role as General Coordinator at The Ricky Rubio Foundation, Josep Heredia combines his experience and skills to help the foundation achieve its goals and make a positive difference in the community.

Clàudia Gustems is graduated in translation and advertising. She now leads the sales and partnerships department at Nixi for Children.

Tomàs Lóbez is a social entrepreneur and designer. He has a background in design (EINA – UAB) and has been a speaker and lecturer at educational institutions such as ESADE, UIC and EINA. In 2019 he founded Nixi for Children, the impact company of which he is CEO. The company has been recognised with different awards from institutions, including the award for the best technological initiative in health from DKV Impacta and the award for Catalan Startup of the Year 2021 granted by ACCIÓ.

Jordi Giralt is currently Head of the Radiation Oncology Group at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is actively involved in translational research and technology development, with special attention to the EGFR family, in dose escalation programs in head and neck cancer and in pediatric tumors.

Myriam is a Nurse and holds a PhD in Health Sciences and an executive certification in healthcare management from the University of Missouri. She has more than twenty years of experience working with management teams of healthcare organizations in advising on strategic projects of digital transformation in healthcare. As head of clinical innovation for Amazon Web Services in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Dr. Fernandez is responsible for guiding AWS customers and partners in results-oriented strategies, applying innovation and continuous improvement methodologies and making their digital transformation projects mechanisms for the improvement of health, operational and financial objectives.

Ayelen Fernandez is Healthcare Product Manager at HP’s Personalization and 3D Printing Business. In this role she is responsible for leading the development of 3D printing systems focused on the Healthcare Segment. Ayelen has over 9 years’ experience in business development of specialty in the healthcare sector. Prior to her current role, Ayelen worked as a healthcare segment manager, defining, and developing new subsegments for the 3D Printing Business. She holds an Executive Master’s degree in Marketing and Sales Management, a second master’s degree in Strategic Communication, and a Major in Public Relations.

Tayfun is the Ecosystem Manager at Huawei. Currently, he is responsible for the Healthcare and Web3 Ecosystem in the EMEA region at Huawei. He graduated from Utrecht University and has worked for several major technology firms such as Apple, VMWare, and Microsoft.

George is a medical practitioner with over 30 years healthcare experience.

He was the CMIO of an Australian private hospital group before joining Intel in 2005 as part of their health group before moving to the Intel-GE joint venture. He was appointed to the IT in Aged Care Hall of Fame in 2014 for his work in introducing digital innovation for older citizens. In 2019 he was appointed chair of the ACIITC, co-chair of the Digital Aged Care Advisory Group of the Australian Digital Health Agency.

Iván Martinez is a successful mechanical engineer and business executive with more than 20 years of experience leading operations in various industries. He studied Mechanical Engineering at Tecnun and later obtained a degree from Glasgow University.

In 2021 founded ROBOPEDICS, where I currently serve as CEO and Founder. The company focuses on developing cutting-edge technology solutions for the healthcare industry. I am also a member of the  Board for CSCMP Spain (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) and an advisory board member for Operations and Data Science at EAE Business School.

José María is an Specialist in digital health and telemedicine. Economist and Master of Digital Health. In his professional career, he has held executive positions with multinational companies both in Spain and abroad. Currently, he holds the position of Managing Director at Doole Health, the company he also co-founded and which is responsible for creating the Telemedicine and Telehealth Platform Doole.

Daniela Clape is Founder and CEO of Xpeer Medical Education, the next generation medical education platform. Shas has over 17 years of experience in the medical education sector, where she has lead some of the most successful companies and teams. She is an educational expert and advocate and a passionate and energetic supervisor. Daniela is committed to an integral approach to healthcare professional’s education and training that includes mastering the entire set of skills, knowledge and technologies required to succeed in current and future healthcare systems.

Asier Perez is a leader in Patient Experience, a field in which he has been working for more than 10 years. 2 years ago he created Panel Health to offer a simple and methodological tool for measuring the patient experience. His current focus is to improve patients’ health and reduce health providers costs by improving health service delivery. He is one of the main authors of the book “Guide for the design, implementation and measurement of the patient experience” published by AMCA.

Organic Chemist from Institut Químic de Sarrià, obtained his PhD from University of Warwick and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School. He has extensive international experience as an entrepreneur, he has founded three start-ups in the biotech sector and a healthy beverages brand. He combines a background in life sciences with a set of managerial soft skills that he has mastered to build strong and successful teams.

Marc Torrents is the Head of Digital and Direct Business of Zurich. He has a degree in Economics from Pompeu Fabra. He started his career in 2010 as a strategy consultant in the banking and insurance sector developing different projects within the field. In 2017, he joined Zurich Spain’s Digital Business, which was only just starting, and developed projects such as Klinc, Azul and the Zurich Health and Wellness ecosystem. After 6 years in the company, he is currently Director of the Digital Business of Zurich Klinc, Zurich Insurance Digital branch in Spain.

Dr. Jay Rajda is responsible for strategy and execution of international payor partnerships, where he works with global payors to enable them to meet their business objectives through the use of technology. Prior to his role with AWS, he provided clinical leadership to the business development and partnerships team at Amazon Health Services and Amazon Care (Amazon’s virtual-first primary care business). Prior to joining Amazon, he served in multiple leadership roles at Aetna and CVS Health, where he led development of population health management initiatives, analytic models focused on clinical decision support and prospective risk, and execution of innovative value-based contracting models.

Omar Najid is an economist and tech expert with more than 10 years of experience in Innovation and the Digital Health Industry. Following its mission to make healthcare more accessible through technology, for anyone, anytime, anywhere, He founded Docline, in 2016 and has gained the trust of its customers and investors by offering the solution to two of the most important problems in the healthcare sector: the delay in its digitalisation and the lack of doctors.

Pedro Díaz is CEO at Savia, Mapfre subsidiary for digital health. He is leading the development of a new initiative in digital health, with the brand Savia, the leading digital platform for health in Spain (the ‘Spotify of health’), based in integrations of different start-ups in the health-tech arena, with a strong test&learn philosophy. Previously, he worked as Head of Industry in the Finance sector at Google Spain, helping Spanish banks and insurance companies to take advantage of the business development opportunities in digital. Pedro also worked as Internet Director for four years in Sanitas (Spanish subsidiary of BUPA Group), leading the digital transformation of the company.

Anna is Partner at SDLI and CEO of Voltea Communities startup. She has been leading Open Innovation initiatives for +8 years. Connected to the educational sector, she teaches innovation classes in universities such as Elisava, ESDI, ESCI-UPF etc.

She helps clients to define innovation relevant business opportunities, discover the customer and their needs, explore trends as a means of change, and drive valuable relationships with the company’s ecosystem among many others. She understands technology and digital knowledge as a lever of change for any business. 

Francisco Corral is a Pharmacist and co-Founder of PharmaDate. He has developed his professional career in the pharmaceutical industry, working in companies as Reig Jofre, GSK or Pfizer and has managed Life Sciences Digital Transformation clusters in consultancy firms as Alten, Everis or Neoris.

Gloria Gonzalez is a highly qualified Clinical lab specialist with a PhD in cancer research, as well as degrees in Biology and Biochemistry. She is also a clinical consultant in infectious diseases, Genomics, and Precision Medicine. Gloria is recognized as an expert in terminologies.  SNOMED CT Authoring Certification – CIE10MC/PCS – LOINC – HPO – ORPHA – OMIM.

Frank Queralt is the founder of Terap. He is a serial entrepreneur with international business acumen. Now he is building Terap at the intersection of mental health, fintech and media.

Jordi is super focused in a Platform to provide Prevention with Interventions aiming to improve the determinants of Health (UhDa Health). A second phase of this platform is preparing the field to get paid by Valued-Based care. We are looking for investors after a successful year of implementations. Very well known in the Digital Health Space, Jordi is a MD (Family Doctor) in a polyamory with Entrepreneurship and Public Health in equal terms. His initial company UniversalDoctor is widely recognized and became a consultancy company for Digital Global Health with International Organizations (WHO) and governments.

Jakub Zieliński is the CEO & Founder of Mindgram.  Is considered a digital health expert, investor, startup mentor, keynote speaker. He is a serial entrepreneur and executive with broad experience in all aspects of online business. He has over 20 years in the online industry with 8 years of experience in big multinational companies directly in charge of online strategy and execution. Also developed strong online businesses in over 8 markets across Europe.