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Biography
EIC Program Manager for health and biotechnology
Iordanis Arzimanoglou has a thirty-year postdoctoral international career. Since June 2020, he has been the Programme Manager for Health and Biotechnology at the EIC, where he´s responsible for developing visions for technological and innovation breakthroughs. Iordanis has previously worked as an EIC Coach & Senior advisor to genomic/genetic SMEs. Iordanis was the Chief Executive Officer of the Thessaloniki Innovation Zone managing company, and prior to that, Chief Executive Officer of the Aarhus Botech Cluster Company (BMF) and was Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedicine Aarhus University.
Earlier in his career, he was the Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York and prior to that, he was Chief of Cancer Genetics Research Program at Lennox Hill Hospital, New York. Before joining Lenox Hill, he was a research scientist in the Division of Medical Genetics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Iordanis holds a PhD from the University of Athens, Greece in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, a Boston University Graduate Certificate in international business management and performed his postdoctoral work in the Department of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.
Start date: June 2020
Outreach activities
- 19 March 2024EIC Summit – Beneficiaries’ Day
- Moderated the workshop on “Health biotech-overcoming barriers in regulation, the case of precision oncology” with speakers from EMA and EIC Accelerator.
- Co-speaker in the workshop “Teaming up for IP Excellence – IP Management and valorisation strategies”.
- More information here. View the full programme here.
- 1 February 2024EPO webinar with over 3500 recorded viewers from 65 countries
- 17 January 2024Annual Meeting of the EIC Pathfinder Portfolio "Engineered Living Materials"
- Co-organised the Annual Meeting of the Engineered Living Materials portfolio, held on 17 January 2024 in Brussels.
- The hybrid event was attended by over 60 participants and showcased frontier synthetic biology-based projects with high potential and far-reaching impact on the European Synthetic Biology ecosystem.
- More information here.
- 6 December 2023Visit to KU Leuven
- PM visited KU Leuven and engaged in a discussion with the Dean of KU Leuven Medical School which illustrated the pro-active portfolio approach of the EIC
- 21 - 22 November 2023Deeptech CEE Summit
- CEE Challange 2023 - Jury Member
- Panelist in panel with with 3 promising EIC-funded Polish SMEs
- More information here
- 31 October 2023Visit to Oslo Cancer Cluster Innovation Park
- PM presented the Health & Biotech strategy and portfolio at the EIC and how we are building strategic intelligence in cancer.
- More information here
- 30 October 2023Visit to SINTEF Industri Norway
- PM presented the EIC portfolio in Health-Biotech
- Networked with representatives from SINTEF projects
- More information here
- 27 October 2023Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium
- On 27 October 2023, the EIC Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium took place in in the context of the 30th Annual ESGCT Congress in Brussels.
- The event was organised by Dr. Iordanis Arzimanoglou, EIC Programme Manager for Health and Biotech.
- For more information; Highlights from the EIC Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium - European Commission
- 24 October 2023Healthtech Innovation Days
- Participant in round table: Innovative new licensing and M&A deals in healthtech
- More information here
- 17 October 2023Visit to EPO office in Munich
- PM presented work in licensing and explored the next steps of the EPO EIC collaboration based on the existing letter of intent
- 28 April 2023Conquering Cancer Event
- Organised by Business Angels Europe
- European Commission Horizon Results Platform and Business Angels Europe, together with the European Innovation Council
- Full programme available here
- 27 April 2023Roundtable on mRNA:The next health revolution
- Organised by Science Business
- View full programme here
- 3 February 2023EIC Accelerator Challenge Info Day
- Presentation of EIC Acceleration Challenge on Novel biomarker-based assays to guide personalised cancer treatment
- Watch the full webinar here
- 24 January 2023Webinar "Licensing as exit strategy for the EIC beneficiaries"
- Organised by EIC Programme Managers Office with the collaboration of John Cosmopoulos (The Office for Technology Transfer & Industry Collaboration, Tufts University)
- Watch the full webinar here
- 10 - 11 January 2023EIC Pathfinder Challenge portfolio: “Emerging Technologies Cell & Gene Therapy” strategy meeting
- 10 January: Subportfolio 1: Advancing cell therapy manufacturing and products to a clinical stage
- 11 January: Subportfolio 2: Improving the effectiveness and lowering the risks of gene delivery systems (vectors)
- Organised by the EIC Programme Manager on Health and Biotechnology
- 8 December 2022EIC Summit - break out session: EIC Programme Managers - proactive portfolio management
- Presentation of EMPE Diagnostics project, EIC funded company, that received investment of EUR 3.2 million from the Gates Foundation-catalyzed by the EIC Programme Manager.
- Event site
- 22 - 27 September 2022EIC Challenges Workshop with Member States
- Organised by the Programme Managers' Office
- Individual reports and presentations are available here
- 21 September 2022InnovEIT – Paris, FR
- Organised by EIT Health and EIT Manufacturing
- View full event agenda here
- 30 June 2022Workshop on Licensing in biotech: Experiences and lessons learned from selected EU and US cases (online)
- 22 - 23 June 2022EIT Health - Gold Track, Paris, FR
- Learn more about Gold Track on the EIT website
- Agenda (PDF)
- 13 April 2022EurA Workshop: EIC Funding Programs for Life Science Research and Business Development (online)
- View presentation by Iordanis
- Organised by EurA AG
- 12 April 2022Publication: European Innovation Council’s strategic actions: A game-changer for cell and gene therapy
- Article published on Molecular Therapy - the official journal of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)
- Read full article here
- 21 March 2022Workshop at Bio Innovation Conference, Copenhagen, DK
- See the presentation by Ioardanis (PDF)
- 3 March 2022Health Industry conference – French Presidency, Paris, FR
- Go to the French Presidency website to learn more