In the context of Frontiers Health in Berlin, on 14th November, a pre-selected group of digital health startups will be selected live to join a new acceleration program based at the Barcelona Health Hub. Almirall is a global company based in Barcelona dedicated to providing valuable medicines through its R&D, agreements and alliances. The company has recently created the Digital Garden program, seeking to address dermatological challenges in new ways leveraging innovative digital health solutions. This program has been designed to grow startups with the aim to graduate them into venture capital funding.

The competition of startups will take place from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Sky Lobby at Frontiers Health.

The schedule for the event will be as follows:

Welcome by Francesca Wuttke – Chief Digital Officer at Almirall

Intro by Peter Guenter – CEO of Almirall

Fireside chat: “Lessons learned from accelerators”

• Moderated by Martin Kelly – CEO of HealthXL
• Eugene Borukhovich – Global Head G4A Digital Health at Bayer
• Mo Fors – Head of Commercial Digital Innovation at Almirall
• Julia Belaya – Director Health at Plug and Play Startup Creasphere
• Josep Carbo – Co-Founder & VP of Barcelona Health Hub

Pitch session with Expert Investor Jury

• Robert Garber – Partner at 7Wire Ventures
• Edward Kliphuis – Investment Director at M Ventures
• Philip Russmeyer – Partner / Founder at Vitruvian Partners
• Joe Sanfeliu – Partner / Founder at Asabys Partners

Wrap up and Awards

• Noel Ortiz – Head of External Communications & Digital Outreach at Almirall
• Carlos Gallardo – Founder and CEO – CG Health Ventures