Tuesday 25 November 2025
Registration and Breakfast
Please bring an ID for registration.
Opening remarks and welcome
08:00
Opening remarks
Participants:
Trine Loe, Executive Vice President, Future & Tech Industries, DNB
Alexander Opstad, Group Executive Vice President, DNB Carnegie
Tony Elofsson, CEO, DNB Carnegie Investment Bank AB
Jonathan Gertler, Co-Founder & CEO, Back Bay Life Science Advisors
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Moderator: Anne Grabe, Global Head of Healthcare Banking, DNB
08:30
Welcome by Trine Loe, DNB
Panel I & Panel II
08:35
Panel I
"Early-stage investing: Lessons from Denmark"
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Participants: TBA
Moderator: Jonathan Gertler, CEO, Back Bay Life Science Advisors
09:05
Panel II
"Healthcare from a Specialist Investor Perspective"
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Participants: TBA
Moderator: Benedicte Bakke, Portfolio Manager, DNB Asset Management
09:35
Break
15 minutes break
Focus on Norway: Healthcare Outlook
Participants: TBA
Moderator: Cecilie Brein-Karlsen, EVP Govermental & Public Affairs, DNB
Keynote: A Conversation with the CEOs of ArtBio & Medistim
Participants:
- Emanuele Ostuni, PhD & CEO, ArtBio
- Kari Eian Krogstad, CEO, Medistim
Moderators:
- Maha Malik, Associate Director, DNB Carnegie
- Andreas Dirnagl, Senior Advisor Healthcare, DNB
Lunch and entertainment
10:50
Networking lunch and entertainment by artist Håkon Erlandsen
HIA 2024 Recap & 2025 Launch
Participants:
- Hege Hansen, CEO, Induvita
- Cathrine Ro Heuch, CEO and co-founder, Nordic Brain Tech
- Trude Tingvoll, CEO, Respinor
Moderators:
- Zacharias Holm, Senior Advisor Healthcare, Innovation Norway
- Andreas Dirnagl, Senior Advisor Healthcare, DNB
Lions’ Den – Healthcare Investment Access (HIA) Company Pitches
The eight selected Nordic healthcare companies will each deliver a three-minute pitch to the Lions, followed by a Q&A session.
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Company pitches: TBA
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Moderators:
- Jutta Heix, Head of International Affairs, Oslo Cancer Cluster
- Zacharias Holm, Senior Advisor Healthcare, Innovation Norway
- Andreas Dirnagl, Senior Advisor Healthcare, DNB
13:10
Break
15 minutes break
Keynote: Healthcare in the Trump era
by Andreas Dirnagl, DNB
Norway Growth Company Spotlight
Participants:
- AIDEE Health
- Mode Sensors
- NABAS
- Pharmasum Therapeutics
- Vilje Bionics
Moderator:
- Maha Malik, Associate Director, DNB Carnegie
Key Takeaways & Next Steps
Participants:
- Trine Loe, Global Head of Future & Tech Industries, DNB
- Anne Grabe, Global Head of Healthcare Banking, DNB
Moderator:
- Andreas Dirnagl, Senior Advisor Healthcare, DNB