​Hadassah BioMed Innovation Day brings together the Hadassah community and external ecosystem partners to showcase groundbreaking innovations emerging from the medical center.

​The event will feature three tracks: Breakthrough Research, Applied Innovation, and Digital & AI Transformation, highlighting advances led by Hadassah researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals.

​Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a poster competition presenting innovative projects and research.

​The event is open to all Hadassah researchers, clinicians and nurses, as well as partners from industry and academia.

​The event is powered by the Hadassah Research & Development Fund, Hadasit - Hadassah Innovation and Entrepreneurship company, and Chief Innovation Office of Hadassah Prof. Chaim Lotan.

​AGENDA

​8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and light refreshments

​9:00 – 9:10 – Opening words by Prof. Yoram Weiss, Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization

​9:10 – 10:30 – Breakthrough Research at Hadassah (5 talks on recent prominent research)

​Opening words by Prof. Eyal Mishani, Director of the Research and Development Fund of Hadassah

• ​Dr. Fares Darawshy (Pulmonary Institute) - "Lower airway microbiome effect on immune response in lung cancer"

• ​Dr. Nir Pillar (Department of Pathology) - "Beyond the microscope: quantitative histology and the next era of cancer subtyping"

• ​Dr. Shlomo Elias (Department of BMT and Cancer Immunotherapy) - "The NK cell line YTS as a novel platform for cellular therapies"

• ​Prof. Neta Levin (Department of Neurology) - "Seeing in the dark: visual functions and brain mapping in rod-only vision"

• ​Prof. Esi Sharon (Dentistry) - "From the Field to the Lab: Evidence-Based Identification of Burnt Dental Remains"

​10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee break and mingling

​10:45 – 11:45 – Innovation in action (Applied research projects, startup talks and venture building perspective)

• ​Amir Dagan, CEO Hadasit - Opening words

• ​Keynote talk - Ran Waisbourd, Biotech Executive, Entrepreneur, Venture Partner at AION LABS - "The Future of the BioTech Industry In Israel"

• ​Jumpstart Pharma Project by Prof. Yonatan Cohen - "Ulcerative Colitis Therapy"

• ​BioConvergence project by Dr. Koby Goren –"Nano-particles drug-delivery system for non-resectable pancreatic cancer"

• ​Portfolio company in the spotlight – "The journey of CardioVia": Dr. Yonatan Demme (Department of Surgery) and Ziv Menshes, CEO CardioVia

• ​Portfolio company in the spotlight - "The journey of the Hopec Pharma": Dr. Vladimir Yutkin and Estee Rosen, CEO Hopec Pharma

​11:45 – 12:00 – Coffee break and mingling

​12:00 – 13:00 – Data and AI innovation (Infrastructure advancements, Data Research projects and industry perspective)

• ​Dorit Tzur, Head of the Data and AI unit - "What is new in Hadassah Data Research Infrastructure"

• ​Prof. Galit Almozhnino - "Dentistry Data research upscaled in the Virtual Research Room of Hadassah"

• ​AI technology emerging from Hadassah (TBD)

• ​Dr. Shay Porat - "Sonognostics: Connecting Data, Intelligence, and Care in OB/GYN"

• ​Dr. Ahmad Naame - "Deep Brief application ER use cases"

• ​Keynote talk (TBD)

​13:00 – 13:10 – Relocation to Panama Hall

​13:10 – 14:10 – Poster competition

​13:10 – 14:10 – Lunch and mingling

​14:10 – 14:30 – Poster competition results announcements and winning project presentation

​14:30 – Closing words

​We look forward to welcoming you at Hadassah!