About this Event
Bringing together world-class researchers, biopharmaceutical innovators, and translational leaders, the conference explores the breakthroughs, technologies, and emerging modalities that will define the next generation of medicines.
Science for Health creates a unique environment where scientific excellence, translational challenges, and real-world application meet, fostering dialogue across disciplines and sectors.
Anchored in Belgium’s globally recognized life sciences ecosystem and enriched by international perspectives, the conference seeks to accelerate the path from discovery to patient impact by putting science at the center of innovation.
Find out more about Science for health at www.scienceforhealth.eu
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Doors open and welcome coffee
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Welcome words
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote
Host: Peter Ulrichts (CSO at Argenx)
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Patient spotlight: Can Belgium Lead the Immunology Revolution?
Host: Els Van Gysel
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking coffee break and booths & poster presentations
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
Keynote: Multispecific T Cell Engagers: The Next Gen of Cancer Immunotherapy
Host: Ulrike Philippar (VP Oncology at J&J)
🕑: 11:55 AM - 12:30 PM
Keynote: TBA
Host: UCB
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Networking lunch break and booths & poster presentations
🕑: 01:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Afternoon breakout session: Track 1 - Immunotherapy
Info: Track 1 focuses on how immunology is translated into therapies that directly impact patients.
It explores clinical applications such as cancer immunotherapies, cancer vaccines and antibody–drug conjugates, with a strong emphasis on clinical outcomes, treatment strategies and real-world challenges in bringing these therapies to patients.
🕑: 01:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Afternoon breakout session: Track 2 - Antibody Engineering
Info: Track 2 centres on the scientific and technological foundations that enable next-generation immunotherapies.
It examines how antibodies are designed, engineered and optimised — from molecular architecture and functional enhancement to manufacturability — to create more precise, robust and scalable treatments.
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Coffee Break
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing Keynote: Rewriting the Rules of the Immune System
Info: This keynote explores how advances in immune biology are redefining medicine. From antibody engineering to cell-based approaches, the session highlights how the immune system is increasingly understood not just as a defense mechanism, but as a programmable platform for precision therapies.
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Roundtable: Is Immunology Delivering on Its Promise?
Info: This roundtable brings together experts from academia, biotech and pharma to openly discuss the current state of immunology. Moving beyond hype, the panel will debate what is working, what is not, and how to build cross regional collaborations to ensure innovation impact and resilient companies.
🕑: 05:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Closing Words
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Reception
Event venue & nearby stays
SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre, Mont des Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.