From Technology
to Treatment

Advancing Precision Medicine

28 & 29 August 2025

ETH Zurich, Main Building

About the Event

This two-day event will explore the latest breakthroughs in personalized medicine, with a particular focus on how cutting-edge technologies transform clinical practice and patient care. Leading experts from academia, medicine, and industry will come together to share insights, discuss challenges, and shape the future of precision medicine.

Key Highlights:

  • Keynote lectures on the latest advances in personalized medicine in Switzerland and abroad.
  • panel discussion with renowned leaders from academia, healthcare, patients and industry, addressing the current state and future opportunities of personalized medicine.
  • Presentations of groundbreaking projects that are translating research into real-world clinical applications.
  • Opportunities to explore national and international collaborations and synergies that will advance the field.

PHRT & SPHN

The PHRT – SPHN Event 2025 brings together leading researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and industry experts to showcase the advancements in Personalized Medicine and Health in Switzerland. This event serves as a platform to highlight the impact of PHRT – Personalized Health & Related Technologies and Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), fostering collaboration and innovation in the field.

Our Speakers

Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield

Former Chief Scientist at Genomics England

Genomics England

Dr. Dean Ho

Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering

National University of Singapore

Prof. Dr. Barend Mons

Founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES)

Leiden University, the Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Andre Dekker

Professor of Clinical Data Science and board certified Medical Physicist

Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Dr. Marija Buljan

Research Group Lead

Empa, Group Multi-omics for healthcare materials

Prof. Dr. Charlotte Bunne

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

EPFL, Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine Laboratory (AIMM)

Dr. Adrien Coulet

Researcher and co-leader of the HeKA team

L’institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (Inria), France

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke

Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

ETHZ

Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler

Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology

ETHZ

Dr. Katrin Crameri, MPH

Co-Lead DigiSanté, Federal Department of Home Affairs

Digital Transformation Division, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild

Head of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Basel

University Hospital Basel

Prof. Dr. Arnaud Perrier

President SAMS

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)

Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli

Head of Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

PSI, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Prof. Dr. Olivier Michielin

Head of Oncology Department

Geneva University Hospital

PD Dr. Sean Froese

Head of Research Metabolic diseases

University Children's Hospital Zurich

Prof. Dr. Alexandre Theocharides

Head of Clinical Studies CCCZ, Clinic for Medical Oncology and Haematology

University Hospital Zurich

Prof. Dr. Berend Snijder

Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich

ETHZ

Dr. Thomas Geiger

SPHN Managing Director

SPHN

Dr. Sandra Goetze

SMOC Coordinator

ETH PHRT Swiss Multi-Omics Center

Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner

Chair of the SPHN National Steering Board

SPHN

Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollscheid

Chair of the PHRT Executive Committee

PHRT

Dr. Daniel Vonder Mühl

Executive Director PHRT

PHRT

Event Agenda

August 28, 2025

07:30 08:30 Arrival, Coffee, Registration
08:30 08:45 Welcome Address, Prof. Dr. Arnaud Perrier
08:45 09:30 Precision Medicine Transforming Healthcare, Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield
09:30 10:00 Reflecting on 8 Years of Progress: An Overview of the PHRT and SPHN Initiatives, Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollscheid & Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner
10:00 10:30 Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths

Multi-Omics: Mapping the Complexities of Life

10:30 11:00 Enhancing rare disease diagnosis through multi-omics, PD Dr. Sean Froese
11:00 11:15 Advancing Precision Medicine with Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches, Dr. Sandra Goetze
11:15 11:30 Charting cellular plasticity through multi-omics profiling and data integration, Dr. Marija Buljan
11:30 12:00 Poster Pitches
12:00 13:00 Lunch / Poster Exhibition & Booths

Innovating PM: Systematic Data Generation for Impact

13:00 13:20 SPO-NDS: Fueling Precision Oncology in Switzerland, Prof. Dr. Olivier Michielin
13:20 13:40 From Data to Decisions: Leveraging the National IICU Data Stream, Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler
13:40 14:00 DigiSanté – Transforming Swiss Healthcare Through Digitalization, Dr. Katrin Crameri
14:00 14:30 Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths

Next Generation Technology: Redefining Possibilities

14:30 15:30 The RAPID-01 Trial: Personalized therapy for acute myeloid leukemia patients, Prof. Dr. Berend Snijder, Prof. Dr. Alexandre Theocharides
15:30 16:15 Imaging in population science and digital twinning for precision cardiology, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke
16:15 18:00 Apéro, Exhibition & Networking

August 29, 2025

08:00 08:45 Arrival, Coffee
08:45 09:00 Welcome Address, Dr. Daniel Vonder Mühll, Dr. Thomas Geiger
09:00 10:00 Panel with representatives from academia, hospitals, industry, politics
10:00 10:30 Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths

FAIR Principles: Overcoming Challenges in Data Accessibility and Integration

10:30 11:00 GO FAIR, Prof. Dr. Barend Mons
11:00 11:30 Graphs for Medical Insights, Dr. Adrian Coulet
11:30 12:00 Poster Pitches
12:00 13:00 Lunch / Poster Exhibition & Booths

Radiotheragnostics: Transforming Precision Medicine with Targeted Therapies

13:00 14:00 Exploring the next Generation of Radiotheragnostics formetastaticProstate Cancer, Prof. Dr. Dr. Damian Wild & Prof. Dr. Roger Schibli
14:00 14:20 Coffee Break / Poster Exhibition & Booths

Shaping Tomorrow: The Power of AI and Federated Computing

14:20 14:30 Appreciation
14:30 15:15 The Future Shaped by AI, Dr. Dean Ho
15:15 16:00 Federated Computing, Prof. Dr. Andre Dekker
16:00 16:30 Virtual Cells and Digital Twins: AI in Personalized Oncology, Dr. Charlotte Bunne
16:30 17:00 Closing Remarks / Acknowledgements / Poster Award

Achievements of PHRT & SPHN

500+ Researchers

A growing community

700,000+ Patients

Gave general consent

250+ Projects

Funded to advance precision medicine.

40+ Hospitals

Collaborating on research

Ethical & Legal Support

For multicenter studies

BioMedIT Platform

Trusted research environment

Location

ETH Zürich, Main Building, Switzerland