CLUSTER Health Horizon Europe Brokerage Event 2026

Participants looking for partners will have a unique opportunity to present their organisations and ideas and/or expertise for project proposals in front of the audience in the form of a brief oral presentation (5 minutes max. and only one presentation per entity/lab or proposal idea).

For the presentation during the oral session please use this TEMPLATE with the recommendations provided and refer to the guidelines in the presentation titled “How to Prepare a Successful Pitch Presentation” below.

Please note that due to time constraints, the selection criteria will follow the next order or preference:

1. Project ideas linked to specific topics (coordinator looking for partners)

2. Expertise offer linked to specific topics (priority to widening countries* then first come first served basis). *List of widening countries

3. General expertise offer

Presentation order during the event will be in accordance to the date of reception of the final version of PowerPoint presentation and not the date of registration.

Deadline to submit your presentation: 20 Jan. 2026 16:00 CET

Please send your presentation in PDF and PPT format with the following subject: Pitch presentation Cluster 1 – Name of the organisation to argo.soon@etag.ee and ewa.szkiladz@ncbr.gov.pl

Pitching session on 26. January 2026

Isabel Baumann – Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland – Heat, Health and Hormones

Ahmed Morsy – Konkuk university, South Korea – Digital Twin–Guided Development of Stem Cell Organoids for Disease Modeling and Tissue Repair

Benjamin Damien – Sagitta Biotech, Belgium – Development of cost-effective vaccine for Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Lukaš Valihrach – Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic – Advanced Transcriptomics Partner: Single-Cell, Spatial & High-Throughput Screening

Aureli Soria-Frisch – Starlab, Spain – StarlabNeuroscience, Barcelona SME partneringin BrainHealth

Carsten Bauer – University of Zürich, Switzerland – Developing More Efficous Phototherapeutic Agent for Various Biomedical Applications

Jessica Sutherland – University of Warwick, UK – Interdisciplinary Ethics and Society Research Group

Kai Gand– Corsano Health BV, Netherlands – From youth prevention to sex-specific cardiology: continuous wearable monitoring for personalised health and risk assessment

Jim Lippens– 4d Lean, Belgium – Human-Centred Work Systems for Prevention of Mental Health NCDs

Ioannis Zabetakis – University of Limerick, Ireland – Novel nutraceuticals / functional foods against CVD

Bram Lievens – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium – SSH AS A NECESSITY

Esther Aguilar – Smart Bioprocess Solutions, Spain – Smart Biotech Solution

Bernhard Spingler – University of Zurich, Switzerland – Crystal Structure Determination of Drugs and Proteins — Salt screening of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)

Laura Ventura – IDENER.AI, Spain – CARDIOGEX: Cardiovascular disease through multi-omics and gender and sex-aware perspective for precision medicine 

Maarten Van Laere – Net Zero Healthcare Impact, Belgium – EMPOWERING HOSPITAL’S RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Alfredas Zabieta – NGO Senjoro, Lithuania – Person-Centred Integrated Home-Based Care, Positive Ageing and Digital Solutions 

Lorenz Gruenerbel – SoreAlert, Germany – AI-Wearables Enabling Personalized Care 

Andra Stefanov – Doole Health, Spain – Technology Partner for Scalable Digital Health and AI Solutions 

Andrea Vervoort – Virica Biotech, Canada – Accelerating Viral Vaccine Development Through Strategic Partnership 

Andrew Pinto – University of Toronto, Canada – Primary Care, Public Health & Pandemics 

Tatiana Silva – TREE Technology S.A., Spain – Healthy Diets for Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention with the Support of Digital Applications (FARM2FORK‑09) 

Ingmar Schäfer – University Medical Center Hamburg‑Eppendorf, Germany – CLIMATE‑EU Project Application 

Natalia Linetska – CyberZen Games, Ukraine – CognitiveAI for Preventing the Harmful Effects of Digital Technologies on Children & Young Adults

Pitching session on 27. January 2026 10:00-12:00

• Jordi Tolra – EAP SARDENYA, Spain – Integrated Homecare and Health Services with IT to insure independent living for elderly, chronically ill or people with disabilities
• Antonio Fernandes – SLICE D GROUP, Portugal – Digital Health & AI Partner for European Consortia
• Alexander Nikolov – SYNYO GmbH, Austria – Your trusted partner in coordination, dissemination, exploitation, and smart web development
• Emmanuel Helbert – Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, France – Make humans and AI agents collaborate in real-time
• Juan Ramon Llorente – Smartbrain and Wellbeing, Spain – Personalized cognitive stimulation for preventing and treating dementia
• Fabrizio Coccetti– Acube srl, Italy – POST-INFECT AI TWIN
• Marija Sola Spasič – Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases „Dedinje“, Serbia – Organisation: Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases „Dedinje“ (IKVBD) is a hospital and the largest university and cardiovascular Centre in South-Eastern Europe
• Andras Dinnyes – BioTalentum Ltd., Hungary – Integrating human iPSC-based NAMs to advance biomedical research and regulatory testing
• Emilie Alirol– OM Pharma Ltd., Switzerland – Improving lung function trajectories from childhood to adulthood and preventing chronic respiratory diseases
• Daria Stelmashenko – geneXplain GmbH, Germany – Mastering gene regulation for advanced biomedical applications
• Eugenia Rinaldi– Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany – Interop or Internot – make your Project Idea Interoperable
• Adara Castano – INBENTUS Medical Technology, Spain – INBENTUS Medical Technology
• Anastasiya Babintseva– Bukovinian State Medical University, Ukraine – NeuroInfant: AI-driven system for the early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders in infants
• Simon Ringgaard – mbiomics GmbH, Germany – Human Microbiome Analysis Platform for New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
• Avidor Rabinovich – Nightingale.ai, Israel – The Proactive Agentic AI Command Center for Long-Term-Care (LTC)
• Ahmet Murt – ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPASA, Turkey – KIDNEYs FIRST EU
• Arianna Rossi – S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy – Enabling Healthcare Innovation Through Legal Intelligence
• Slaheddine Dardouri – Healthcare Innovation, Tunisia – HealthCare Innovation (HCI) Widening partner for Cluster 1 Health 2026
• Juan Riese Jorda– Health Sciences Institute of Aragon (IACS), Spain – Definition of molecular and epigenetic determinants linking hypertensive pregnancy disorders to the development of CVDs

The high quality presentations received but not selected, are available below:

• Ajay Samuel - Cancer discovery and genetic research foundation, United Kingdom - Resource investment
• Balázs Barbaczy - Syreon Research Institute, Hungary - Youth obesity prevention through reducing the consumption of ultra-processed food
• Burcin Köse Gedik – ATN Softtech, Turkey – AI-Driven Medical Software & Devices
• Carmen Mac Williams – Grassroots Arts, Germany – Grassroots Expertise
• Christa Ivanova – Microfluidics Innovation Center, France – Microfluidics for Health
• Christine Fahim – University of Toronto, Canada – Global Excellence in Knowledge Mobilisation
• David Melhart – University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark – HUMAN-CENTRED AI & GAME-BASED INTERVENTIONS
• Dimitris Theodoropoulos – Exascale Performance Systems (EXAPSYS), Greece – Developing future hardware systems for AI applications
• Elad Yom-Tov– Bar Ilan University, Israel – AI for nudging people to healthier outcomes
• Elmar Bartlmae – European Science Communication Institute (ESCI) gGmbH, Germany – Communication & Dissemination Expert
• Fabiana Spadetta - Mediavoice Srl, Italy - Mediavoice Voice-AI for inclusive digital health interventions
• Fatma Ozturuk- Boğaziçi University, Turkey - THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN OF HEALTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION AS A HOT SPOT OF THE WORLD
• Felix Fischer - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany - Standardizing the Patient Perspective: State-of-the-Art Methods for High-Impact Clinical Research
• Francesca Dalia Faraci – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland – Biomedical Signals Processing & AI for Healthcare
• Fernando Fajardo-Bullón – University of Extremadura, Spain – Preventing the Impact of Digital Technologies on the Mental Health of Children and Young Adults
• Furkan Ciftci– TIGA Healthcare Technologies, Turkey – AI-Driven Digital Tools for Prevention, Early Detection & Well-Being
• Gauthier Kervyn – Z-Anatomy, France – A Free, High-Quality 3D Anatomy Library for All
• George Suciu – BEIA, Romania – HEALTH TELEMETRY
• Gianpaolo Ruocco – iBMB (initiatives for Bio-Materials Behavior) Srls, Italy – Translational Solid Cancer Research Through Digital Twins
• Giuseppe Di Caprio - University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom - AI-Enabled Smart Microscopy to Accelerate Quantitative Biomedical and Health Research
• Hawlena Hadas – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel – Disease ecology & One Health: Bridging hosts, pathogens, and environments for ENVHLTH-01
• Ivana Stojanovič – University of Belgrade, Serbia – Exploring gut-pancreas axis for the treatment of type 1 diabetes
• Jan Wessel Zuidema – 4Vision Advies, Netherlands – Find your key partners
• Jennifer Doucet – Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT), Canada – EU-Canada microfluidics innovation: Research in Diagnostics, Organ-on-a-chip (NAMs), and Biofabrication
• Jiri Jiracek – Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia – Molecular interactions in the Insulin-IGF system
• Jo Van Vaerenbergh– SPINDLE, Switzerland – REACH – The Robustness Evaluation of Accessible Complexity in Health Procurement
• Jose Camacho – University of Granada, Spain – Computational Biostatistics for Precision Medicine
• Juha Kotimaa – Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Ltd, Finland – Enhanced biomonitoring of sepsis recovery
• Katarina Danko – Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia – Experts for electrophysiology tackle functional aspects in cardiovascular diseases
• Laurence Alpay – eHealth Dynamics Consulting, Netherlands – R&D Persuasive Healthcare Technology
• Maria Mastrangelopoulou– Coremine Vitae, Norway – From Data to Real-World Impact: Trustworthy Digital Health Tools
• Maria Piochi– University of Gastronomic Science, Italy – Sensory and consumer science for health
• Marta Sans Valls– EURECAT, Spain - HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-01: Towards a better understanding and anticipation of the impacts of climate change on health.
• Marta Onniboni - GDMH Gemelli Digital Medicine and Health, Italy - Gemelli Digital Medicine & Health
• Martin Bressem– O App, Germany – Your holistic AI health companion
• Massimo Martinelli– Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Italy – AI-Driven Signal & Image Processing for Health Prevention & Climate Resilience
• Melaine D’Cruze; Zain Aman – The Aga Khan University, Pakistan – Global Presence for Local Impact
• Michal Podlucky – Powerful Medical, Slovakia – POWERFUL MEDICAL – Leading the AI revolution in cardiovascular care
• Mohammad Rizwan– The Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Poland – Electrochemical Diagnostics and Enabling Technologies for Health Research
• Monica Florea - Software Imagination & Vision (SIMAVI), Romania - SMARTA —Smart AI Solutions for Mitigating climate-Related pollution impacts on health and safety in urbAn environments
• Nadav Rappoport – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel – Big Biomedical Data Lab
• Nezihe Tugba Tunckaya Celik – Sincan District Health Directorate, Turkey – Public Health Authority as a Large-Scale Pilot Partner for NCD Prevention
• Nicolas Emilien – CER Groupe, Belgium – Sensor-based Tracking for Real-time Evaluation and Analysis on Microchips
• Nora Lardies Miazza – KCELOCE, Spain – Social Science and Humanities (SSHA) expertise
• Nuelle Beserman– The Heschel Center For Sustainability, Israel – Shahar Program – Strengthening Health Systems for Climate Resilience
• Ofir Lindenbaum – Bar Ilan University, Israel – Personalized and interpretable prediction in biomedical data
• Oscar Castano – Universitat de Barcelona, Spain – Engineered tissue microenvironments for 3D models
• Pacifique Ndishimye – Stansile, Rwanda - Strengthening Surveillance, Diagnostics, and R&D Capacity for Emerging & Re-emerging Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Patric Veiga – INRAE, France – Leveraging gut microbiome to improve the relevance of your grant proposal
• Péter Mogyorósi– Laser Consult Kft., Hungary – Your exploitation partner in Horizon Europe
• Rachel Stancliffe – The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK – Clinical Transformation for Low Carbon Healthcare
• Rafael Santos – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium – Genetics, Reproduction and Development
  Rebeca Garcia Betances – Tree Technology S.A., Spain – Expertise and collaboration under CL1-Health topics
• Sanja Tumbas – Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland – We apply methods to bridge health, digital tech and social sciences
• Sara Canella – NSBproject, Italy – NSBproject
• Sarah Carl- Scailyte AG, Switzerland - Breaking the therapeutic ceiling in IBD with deep molecular disease models and a validated translational platform
• Sebastian Kawczynski – AI Synesthesia Ltd., Poland – AI Synesthesia – IT/AI SME searching for projects
• Seref Burak Selvi– Selvi Technology, Turkey – Project GEN-SIGNAL
• Sevan Holemans – Gratiago, Belgium – AI-driven patient engagement to improve treatment adherence in chronic and complex diseases
• Shahar Zigdon – Spinflex Instruments Ltd, Israel – Compact & Affordable Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance system for Structural Biology and Diagnostics
• Shao Zongru – Silicon Austria Labs, Austria – Multimodal Learning for Health
• Silvia Cainarca– Axxam SPA, Italy – AXXAM SpA: Translating Innovative Biology into Bioactive Molecules
• Simon Bacon – Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Canada – Behavioural science expertise across multiple domains
• Stefania Di Marco – Advaxia Biologics, Italy – Development of a Novel Vaccine for a Viral Pathogen
• Susanna Albertini– FVA New Media Research, Italy – Building public trust and outreach in the life sciences
• Svitvitlana Drozdovska – National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport (NUUPES Ukraine – Building Lifelong Metabolic Resilience Through Health-Promoting Exercise Under Chronic Stress
• Tamas Fodor – Silurus Software Kft., Hungary – Medical Device Software Development
• Teresa Russo – CNR, Istituto per i Polimeri Compositi e Biomateriali, Italy – Magnetically Driven In Situ Bioprinting: A New Paradigm for Osteochondral Regeneration
• Tijana Wekker– afca. ag, Switzerland – Xara: Intelligent AI Dialogue Training for Healthcare
• Tobias Kuhn – Knowledge Pixels, Switzerland – Building the first universal and globally integrated knowledge sharing platform for researchers
• Tony Davies - IMSPEX DIAGNOSTICS Ltd., United Kingdom - VoC and mVoC Monitoring in Clinical and Industrial Applications
• Valentina Agostini– Politecnico di Torino, Italy – Stress relief for students
• Vasiliki Vlacha – AimaLabs, Greece – AnimaLabs: AI-Powered Blood Smear Analysis
• Veysel Kocaman – yDataLabs, Netherlands – EU Partnerships in Healthcare AI
• Vitali Kalantaryan– Yerevan State University, Armenia – Increasing the Effectiveness of Antitumor Drugs by Increasing Their Binding to Tumor Tissue Previously Irradiated with Non-Ionizing Microwaves
• Voctor Health– VoctoR Health, Turkey – VR-Based Primary Prevention of NCDs in ADHD Youth
• Woosuk Chung –Risorius, Republic of Korea – Deep learning analysis of EEG for precision in psychiatry and neurology
• Yacine Atif - University of Skövde, Sweden - Digital Twin for Sepsis Care
• Yayoi Sakaki– Armengaud Innovate GmbH, Austria – Piano and cognitive functions