2024 Speakers

Eric Wyart is the Operational Director of the LiEU Network, the network of technology and knowledge transfer offices of the French-speaking universities in Belgium (TTO/KTO). After completing his engineering degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, he began his career at Cenaero when the centre had just been created in 2002. He completed his doctoral thesis on the industrialization of crack propagation computation methods for aeronautical structures under the supervision of Professors Pardoen and Remacle at the Université catholique de Louvain.

Subsequently, he was successively in charge of the Metallic Structures & Processes and Computational Multiphysics Software Development teams at Cenaero. During this period, he contributed to the setting up of regional and European projects while pursuing actions to promote and raise awareness among companies. Activities he led until his departure for the R&D center of Plastic Omnium where he was in charge of the multiphysics design platform dedicated to fuel tanks.

Jürgen studied biology/molecular biology in Osnabrück and Aberdeen (UK). After his diploma thesis at the EMBL in Heidelberg, he worked at Genentech, Inc. (USA). He undertook his PhD-thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen. He joined Cellzome AG (Heidelberg, now part of GSK) as the first employee where he was instrumental in setting up the company and was later responsible for IP-issues. After a stint in the patent department of Baxter AG in Vienna, he changed to technology transfer. At Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, Vienna, he was managing life science inventions developed at Austrian universities.

In 2007, he moved to PROvendis, the central technology transfer agency of the universities of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where during most of his time he served as a head of the Life sciences team. In between, he stayed for another one and a half years in Vienna, as head of technology transfer at the University of Vienna and furthermore for about one and a half years as Managing Director of Life Science Nord, the cluster organisation of the life science industry in the German states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

He also holds a Master´s degree in Pharmaceutical Business Development and Licensing from the University of Manchester.

Olivier Martinon is Vice President, External Innovation at Zoetis where he leads the team responsible for identifying and developing strategic partnerships that enhance the company’s own research and development pipeline. He joined Zoetis via its legacy companies in 2006, and has previously held roles at the company including Executive Research Director for Zoetis’ global therapeutics group and led portfolio projects and mentored researchers critical to securing global approvals for our new monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to control pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. He also previously led the livestock therapeutic area identifying key external partners to advance that portfolio, was the original champion in creating the biotherapeutic discipline within Zoetis’ Veterinary Medicine Research & Development organization. Dr. Martinon completed his veterinary studies in Paris-Alfort France in 1990, and he studied molecular biology at CIRAD before moving to a DEA/MS in Biotechnology from Paris VI. He then pursued a cursus in Immunology for three years with Institut Pasteur Professor. Olivier is French and American having grown up in Lyon (France) and moved to the U.S. in 2002. He and his wife live near Grand Rapids, Michigan and have three grown sons.

Paul Bravetti (PharmD, HEC Paris) is a strategic executive with a particular interest in scientific innovation and entrepreneurial adventures.

With his international experience in major pharmaceutical companies, which has shaped his understanding of the biopharmaceutical industry, he has successfully led the launches of therapeutics in immuno-oncology and biomolecular diagnostics across Europe and Asia. He joined Brenus Pharma in 2020 and became Chief Executive Officer in 2022 with a clear vision, mission, and leadership to address current unmet needs and make a significant impact for cancer patients.”

Brenus Pharma is a French clinical-stage biotech developing a pioneering technology platform, Stimulated-Tumor-Cell (STC).

STC is designed to generate ‘off-the-shelf’ and ‘first-in-class’ therapeutic cancer vaccine leading the way to a new precision medicine in immuno-oncology.

Brenus Pharma is on the brink of a breakthrough and will start its first-in-human study in 2024 in colorectal cancer, 2^nd cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.

We are building a strong portfolio in solid tumors, leveraging our patented STC platform, to change a paradigm in oncology.