Programme

12:30       Arrival and Registration

13:00       Welcome to Cluster Day 2024 by Sofie Singbrant Söderberg

13:10       Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation

13:30       Grant Holder Presentations

• Novo Nordisk Foundation Cellerator: Advancing the cell therapy ecosystem and enabling transformative treatments
  Thomas H.R. Carlsen, CEO
• PRECISE: PREdicting Changes in Ice Sheets on Earth
  Christine Schøtt Hvidberg, Professor, Physics of Ice Climate and Earth, University of Copenhagen
• ACETATE: CO2 as a sustainable raw material in our future food production
  Sune Dalgaard Ebbesen, Partnerships & Project Lead, Topsøe
  Carsten Hjorth, Senior Director, Novonesis
• Embark Biotech: Novel therapeutic solutions for cardiometabolic indications
  Zach Gerhardt-Hines, Co-Founder and CTO
• Partnership for Education of health Professionals (PEP)
  Evelyn Gitau, Director for Research Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center

15:00       Break

15:30       Panel Debate: Collaboration between Man and Machine
How will technological advancements in AI, computer power, and big data mean for the future of research and health?

• Moderator: Ida Ebbensgaard, Fellow in AI X Journalism, University of Southern Denmark
• Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard, Tech ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
• Jens Nielsen, CEO, BioInnovation Institute
• Natasha Friis Saxberg, CEO Danish ICT Industry Association & Vice chairman, Danish Quantum Community
• Serge Belongie, Professor & CEO, Pioneer Center for AI

16:30       Meet the Foundation

• Medical Science
• NatTech
• BioTech
• Innovation
• Social & Humanitarian
• Education & Outreach
• Infectious Diseases
• Obesity & Nutritional Sciences

17:30       Aperitif in Atrium

18:00       Evening Lecture

• Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, Founder & artist at ARTificial Mind
  Using machine learning, blockchain, hacking and other cutting-edge technologies to create interactive artworks.

19:00       Dinner

21:00       Thanks for today