RegMed XB 3rd Annual Conference 2025

We are happy to invite you to the 3rd RegMed XB Annual Conference, a pivotal event for the regenerative medicine community. Mark your calendar for June 18th and 19th, 2025 and join us in the vibrant and historic city of Leuven at the Irish College, Belgium.

Welcome

This event welcomes professionals across the spectrum of Regenerative Medicine. From innovative (start-up) companies, researchers, industry experts, governments, health foundations, to visionaries in the regenerative field. Be part of the 3rd RegMed XB Annual Conference, get inspired and expand your network within the field of Regenerative Medicine.

Beyond Borders

This year, we are excited to hold our conference Beyond Borders in Leuven. Following the success of our previous conferences in Leiden (2023) and Maastricht (2024), we have chosen Leuven, a city not only rich in history but also a hub for cutting-edge research and innovation in regenerative medicine, making it an ideal setting for our conference.

We’re excited to announce that we’re introducing the Conversation Starter tool. After registration, you’ll be able to set up one-on-one meetings with participants—making networking more effective and personalized.

Preliminary Program

Day 1, Wednesday, June 18th

TIME	SESSION
09:00 - 10:00	Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:10	Opening Gunther Coppens, Province of Vlaams-Brabant
10:10 - 10:35	Vision and ecosystem of RegMed XB Conny Helder, Chair of the Supervisory Board Bernard Mulder, General Director
10:35 - 10:50	RegMed XB Pilot Factory *Dominique de Jong*, Business developer
10:50 - 11:05	Eye-Cornea Moonshot of RegMed XB *Moonshot leader(s)*
11:05 - 11:20	Cardiovascular Moonshot of RegMed XB Anke Smits, Associate Prof. Cardiovascular Cell Biology, LUMC Veronique Meijborg, Postdoctoral Researcher, UMC Utrecht Boudewijn Kruithof, Senior Researcher, LUMC
11:20 - 11:35	Kidney Moonshot of RegMed XB Murillo Bernardi, Postdoctoral Scientist, Mimetas
11:35 - 11:50	Osteoarthritis (OA) Moonshot of RegMed XB *Moonshot leader(s)*
11:50 - 12:00	Diabetes Moonshot of RegMed XB *Francoise Carlotti,* Associate Prof., Head of Islet research lab, LUMC
12:00 - 13:15	Eat & Meet
13:15 - 13:40	Patient Testimonial:
13:50 - 14:05	Clinician's Perspective: Barend Mees, Prof. of Vascular Repair and Regeneration, Maastricht UMC+
14:05 - 14:35	KEYNOTE: Providing a fully automated process backbone for AI-driven organoid-based tissue manufacturing: living implants 4.0 Ioannis Papantoniou, Associate Prof. KU Leuven
14:35 - 15:00	Volumetric 3D Printing *Riccardo Levato*, Associate Prof. Biofabrication, UMC Utrecht
15:00 - 15:30	*Break*
15:30 - 15:50	Eye Moonshot as a Case Study for Collaboration An Van Den Bulcke, Business developer UGent
15:50 - 16:20	KEYNOTE: Status of the Regenerative Medicine field from an industrial perspective Bob Smith, Venture Partner/Chairman, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM)
16:20 - 16:45	Financing landscape for ATMP's Jan De Kerpel, Managing Director Investment Banking at Van Lanschot Kempen
16:45 - 17:15	Panel Discussion: Translating Regenerative Medicine innovations in a changing world.
17:20 - 17:30	Closing
17:30 - 19:00	Break - Changing Venues
19:00 - 23:00	Reception and Walking diner with Belgian beer pairing at Brewery ' de Hoorn'

Day 2, Thursday, June 19th

TIME	SESSION
08:30 - 9:00	Registration and coffee
09:00 - 09:10	Opening: Integration of Innovative treatments such as cell and gene therapy into the Healthcare system Coming soon
09:10 - 9:40	Role of academic partners/public domain in the development of ATMP's *Frank Hulstaert,* Senior Researcher Federal Healthcare Knowledge Centre (KCE)
09:40 - 10:10	KEYNOTE: Developing advanced medicines for the future in an evolving regulatory framework: stakeholder roles and interactions Ana Hidalgo-Simon, Associate Prof. working on development, translation and access to patients of advanced therapy medicinal products, LUMC
10:10 - 10:30	Case study TIL therapy Inge Jedema, Head of Translational Cellular Therapy, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:30	Overview Translational landscape Flanders Bart Geers, Investment Manager KU Leuven
11:30 - 11:45	Stimulating public-private partnerships - Health~Holland Ernst Nagel, Operations Director Health~Holland
12:00 - 12:30	Panel Discussion
12:30 - 13:45	Eat & Meet
13:45 - 14:15	Cardiovascular Disease & Toxicity in Human iPSCs: Where Are We Now? Christine L. Mummery, Prof. Developmental Biology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
14:15 - 14:45	Commercial viability of Cell Therapies - the role of iPSC Stefan Braam, Startup Incubation Lead, UtrechtInc
15:05 - 15:35	On the way to the Moon! Aart van Apeldoorn, Assistant Prof at: MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Eelco de Koning, Professor of Diabetology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
15:35 - 15:45	Closing Bernard Mulder, General Director RegMed XB
15:45 - 17:15	Networking & drinks