EYENOVATE Agenda

(Subject to change based on speaker confirmations.)

Wednesday, December 3

12:00 – 17:00 CEST | Fortezza da Basso | Florence, Italy

PRELIMINARY SESSION

12:00 – 12:15

Opening Remarks

Keynote Address
Through the eyes of an investment banker: trends shaping the future of retinal innovation

12:15 – 13:00

SESSION 1:
Investment Trends in the Global Ophthalmic Sector

13:00 – 13:45

Review Key Objectives by Moderator

Session Topics:

  • Global investment landscape: overcrowded or underfunded indications–what are they looking for?

  • Early-stage funding gaps for EU and ROW start-ups

  • Financing strategies for private and public companies

  • Lessons from recent successful raises in public and private settings

Fireside Chat – Lessons From Investors and Founders

Panel to include session speakers with invited industry leaders of relevance

SESSION 2:
Big Biopharma R&D –
The Innovation Pipeline

13:45 – 14:45

Review Key Objectives by Moderator

Session Topics:

  • Improved vision vs. treatment burden: what’s the real unmet need?

  • The horizon to access sustainable treatment strategies in retinal vascular diseases: TKIs, gene therapies, and topical options

  • Dry AMD and geographic atrophy development update: an elusive target therapeutic area in Europe

  • IRDs: most promising innovations

Fireside Chat – What’s Next in Biopharma R&D

Panel to include session speakers with invited* industry leaders of relevance

SESSION 3:
Geopolitical Climate –
What’s at Stake for Biotech?

14:45 – 15:15

Global events and policy shifts: influence on biotech innovation and cross-border collaboration

NETWORKING RECEPTION
Opportunities to connect with investors, innovators, and regulators.

15:15 – 17:00

Reception

Thursday, December 4

08:00 – 12:30 CEST | Fortezza da Basso | Florence, Italy

SESSION 4:
Innovator Company Presentations

8:00 – 9:15

Opening
[3-5 minutes per presentation, approximately 12 companies]

SESSION 5:
Dolphin Tank –
Emerging Innovator Pitch Session

9:15 – 10:30

Dolphin Tank Rules by Moderator
[10 minutes per presentation, 5 minutes Panel Questions, approximately 4 companies]

Dolphin Tank Panel Discussion and Audience Vote

Learnings From the Day Panel

10:30 – 11:00

Panel Discussion

CLOSING

11:00 – 11:15

Closing

Networking Reception and Lunch

11:15 – 12:30

Reception and Lunch