Universities are an important breeding ground for innovative technologies and services and therefore also places where new companies (spin-offs) are created. The Spin-Off Day 2026 at MedUni Vienna aims to connect young founders and interested parties with expert knowledge and provide an insight into the support environment available to help them realize their technological and knowledge-based start-up ideas in the best possible way.
MedUni Wien founders and stakeholders will share insights into their everyday lives in their ‘start-up stories’. Exchange of experiences and networking among participants with drinks and snacks will conclude the event. Learn more about the challenges and opportunities involved in setting up your own business!
Programme
- Welcome and introduction
Michael Fritz, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation - Short presentations
- Entrepreneurship Center Network (ECN) overview of funding agencies in Austria
Monique Schlömmer, Entrepreneurship Center Network - XISTA Science Ventures:
- xbio - Build your Biomedical Business
Ingrid Kelly, XISTA Science Ventures - Bird‘s eye view of the Vienna/Austria/European life science startup ecosystems
Markus Wanko, XISTA Science Ventures
- xbio - Build your Biomedical Business
- Curie Bio – accelerate your path to the clinic
Darryl McConnell, Curie Bio -
Carina-Maria Roth, Fund F - Team Regulatory Affairs Medical Devices & IVDs
Sabine Rentz-Chorherr, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, MedUni Vienna - MedUni Vienna Founders Network
Thomas Beyer, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, MedUni Vienna
- Entrepreneurship Center Network (ECN) overview of funding agencies in Austria
Coffee Break
- Short presentations Spin-Offs
- Aortic Technologies
Marek Ehrlich, Department for Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery, MedUni Vienna - Exalt
Tea Pemovska, Department of Medicine I, MedUni Vienna - CardEvo
Bruno Podesser und Manfred Bammer, Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery, MedUni Vienna - Thyra Imaging
Elisabeth Brunner, Michael Pircher, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, MedUni Vienna Andreas Pollreisz, Department of Opthalmology and Optometry, MedUni Vienna
- Aortic Technologies
- Panel discussion – Create equal opportunities for entrepreneurial women
- Michaela Fritz, Vizerektorin für Forschung und Innovation der MedUni Wien
- Ingrid Kelly, XISTA Science Ventures
- Carina-Maria Roth, Fund F
- Tea Pemovska, Department of Medicine I, MedUni Vienna
Networking with buffet
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