Besides the company booths, the CONTACT2022 also offers keynotes on different career paths and perspectives in the field of life sciences. Many of the exhibitioners will present their company in a 15-30 minutes’ talk.
Please find an overview of the lectures here.
You can find a brief description of our external speakers from Spektrum der Wissenschaft and the Patentanwaltskanzlei Ullrich und Naumann here.
All lectures will be held in english, unless indicated otherwise.
Live streaming
The lectures will also be live streamed via Zoom. Please find the links to the streams here.
Lecture Program
Stage 1
9:15-09:30 | Welcome by BioContact e.V. and Prof. Dr. Rienk Offringa (DKFZ) |
09:30-10:00 | DKFZ Career Service | Barbara Janssens Career Paths in the Life Sciences |
10:00-10:30 | Rentschler | Sabine Lotz![]() |
10:30-11:00 | Bayer | Bärbel Volkmann Be you, be Bayer! |
11:00-11:30 | Sanofi | Katrin Köhler![]() |
11:30-12:00 | Merck kGaA | Lisa Herge START YOUR JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY |
12:00-12:30 |
McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Martin Ellmers, Tomke Pauly |
12:30-13:00 | Lonza | Ivonne Marschall![]() |
13:00-13:30 | Break |
13:30-14:00 | Abbvie | Alfred Stefan![]() |
14:00-14:30 | BASF | Dr. David Maurer Bioscience Research & Career at BASF |
14:30-15:00 | Procter & Gamble | Juan Hernandez P&G - the best place to work at |
15:00-15:30 | Novo Nordisk | Anneke Janz, Ana Mora Agudo Life-changing careers at Novo Nordisk |
15:30-17:00 | Paneldiscussion | Abbvie, DewpointX, Eurofins, Lonza, Novo Nordisk, Sciomics, Zamann Work trends - how will the workplace and culture change in the future? |
Stage 2
9:30-10:30 |
Short Talks with Zamann Pharma | Candice Birch R-Biopharm | Dr. Anne-Susan Gantzert Patentanwaltskanzlei Ullrich & Naumann | Dr. Jan Erwig Sciomics | Dr. Ronny Schmidt |
10:30-11:00 | DewpointX | Dr. Michael Wagner Dewpoint Therapeutics – Condensates Matter |
11:00-11:30 | ICON plc | tbd Company presentation ICON plc |
11:30-12:00 | Trinity Life Science | Benjamin Anstett Trinity Life Sciences - Every Decision Impacts a Life. |
12:00-12:30 | PPD | Michael Wingerter![]() |
12:30-13:00 | Affimed | Sheena Pinto, Christian Breunig Affimed – Untapping the Power of Innate Immunity to Treat Cancer |
13:00-13:30 |
InfectoPharm | Dr. Dominik Vogt, Thu Huyen Nguyen |
13:30-14:00 | Gotthardt Healthcare AG | Marco Bleistein Medical Evidence to Action |
14:00-14:30 | Agap2 | Alexander Pfriem![]() |
14:30-15:00 | ZS Associate | Falko Graf-Meisner, Nils Niemann, Lucy Carter, Janneke Blisjswijk Scientists in Consulting |
15:00-15:30 | Spektrum der Wissenschaft | Dr. Frank Schubert![]() |
15:30-16:00 | Catalent | Anita Ihrig![]() |
Talk in German