Global Village 2026 - Swiss Biotech Day

Connect with leading international biotech clusters seeking to strengthen business ties with the Swiss biotech ecosystem.
The Global Village unites innovation hubs from around the world to explore and accelerate R&D collaborations, cross-border investments, public-private partnerships, talent exchange, and best-practice sharing.

At the top of this page, you will soon find an overview of all Global Village delegations, organized by booth number for easy navigation. Explore the list to learn more about each delegation’s focus areas and strengths.

Further down, the Global Village Program presents a detailed schedule of all sessions taking place throughout the event, helping you plan your visit efficiently.

For more information about the Global Village, click here.

To support your orientation on-site, an interactive floor map is available, guiding you directly to all Global Village exhibitors.

An interactive floor map is available to help you locate all Global Village exhibitors.

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Program of the Global Village

Monday, May 4, 2026

Time	Program
11:00 - 12:00	Global Village opening ceremony room San Francisco
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30	14:00 - 14:30, Room San Francisco Round table 1 – UK
14:00 - 14:30	14:00 - 14:30, Room San Francisco Round table 1 – UK	14:15 - 15:00, Room Osaka/Samarkand Global Village Plenary session
14:30 - 15:00
14:30 - 15:00	14:45 - 15:15, Room San Francisco Round table 2 – Nordics Trusted Insights: A peer dialogue on biotech investment strategy
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 15:30		15:15 - 16:00, Room Osaka/Samarkand Joint panel session: Leveraging Regulatory Collaboration to Strengthen Public–Private Innovation Partnerships
15:30 - 16:00	15:30 - 16:00, Room San Francisco Round table 3 – Taiwan
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
16:00 - 16:30	16:15 - 16:45, Room San Francisco Round table 4 – Oregon Connecting Engineering and Biology Ecosystems – from research to manufacturing	16:15 - 17:15, Room Osaka/Samarkand Global Innovation Showcase: Early-Stage Startups from the Global Village Explore discovery and early preclinical biotech startups from around the world, developing innovative products and technologies to address global health challenges. Join us to discover the future of biotech, hear from visionary founders, and uncover exciting investment opportunities.
16:30 - 17:00
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:30	17:00 - 17:30, Room San Francisco Round table 5 – Estonia-Lithuania Scaling successful collaboration models between Switzerland and the Baltics in life sciences
17:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 18:45	International reception of the Global Village room San Francisco Join us for a dedicated networking reception at the Global Village, where participants can connect with the international delegations in a relaxed and engaging setting. The event will feature welcome remarks by Michael Altorfer, CEO of the Swiss Biotech Association, and speeches from Global Village partners as well as Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE), a long-standing partner of the Global Village and Innosuisse.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Time	Program
12:00 - 12:30	12:00 - 12:30, Room San Francisco Round table 6 – India
12:00 - 12:30	12:00 - 12:30, Room San Francisco Round table 6 – India	12:15 - 13:00, Room Osaka/Samarkand Joint panel session
12:30 - 13:00
12:30 - 13:00	12:45 - 13:15, Room San Francisco Round table 7 – Spain Opportunities to strengthen the ties between Spanish startups and the Swiss ecosystem by leveraging Eureka instruments
13:00 - 13:30
13:00 - 13:30		13:15 - 14:15, Room Osaka/Samarkand Global Innovation Showcase: Late-Stage Startups from the Global Village Explore late preclinical and clinical biotech startups from around the world, developing innovative products and technologies to address global health challenges. Join us to discover the future of biotech, hear from visionary founders, and uncover exciting investment opportunities.
13:30 - 14:00	13:30 - 14:00, Room San Francisco Round table 8 – Netherlands Innovating Women’s Health: Connecting Dutch and Swiss Ecosystems
13:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
14:00 - 14:30	14:15 - 14:45, Room San Francisco Round table 9 – France
14:30 - 15:00		14:30 - 15:15, Room Osaka/Samarkand Joint panel session: Speed to Clinic: Global Perspectives on Conducting Clinical Trials in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia and the MENA Region
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30	15:00 - 15:30, Room San Francisco Round table 10 – China From Catch-Up to Global Partner: The Implications of China’s Biotech Rise for Europe
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30	Marketplace room San Francisco The Market Place is the closing networking event of the Global Village, where international delegations will share drinks and snacks from their home countries—celebrating cultural diversity and global collaboration. Delegates will be invited to share their key achievements at Swiss Biotech Day and offer an outlook on future opportunities. The event will conclude with farewell speeches by Michael Altorfer, CEO, and Patrick Amstutz, President of the Board at the Swiss Biotech Association, including the announcement of this edition’s Country Partnership of the Year.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Time	Program
08:30 - 18:00	Tailored side visit program organized by Switzerland Global Enterprise featuring parallel tracks to meet with biotech stakeholders across Switzerland	Eureka Global Innovation Summit – side visit organized by our partner Innosuisse This has a strong focus on R&D collaborative projects funded by the Eureka network, offering even greater opportunities for your delegation to connect with international innovation leaders.

Learn more about the Global Village at Swiss Biotech Day and the Eureka Global Innovation Summit – download the flyer here or visit the official Eureka Global Innovation Summit page for details.

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Global Village

GV 05 – Delegation of Saxony

GV 06b – Delegation of Flanders-Belgium

GV 07 – Delegation of Baden-Württemberg

GV 09 – Delegation of South Korea

GV 10 – Delegation of India

GV 12 – Delegation of Slovenia

GV 13 – Delegation of Hong Kong

GV 14 – Delegation of Canada

GV 15 – Delegation of UK

GV 16 – Delegation of the Nordic countries

GV 17 – Delegation of Australia

GV 18 – Delegation of the Netherlands

GV 19 – Delegation of Japan

GV 20 – Delegation of China

GV 21a – Delegation of Portugal

GV 21b – Delegation of Africa

GV 21c – Delegation of Estonia

GV 22 – Delegation of Belgium

GV 23 – Delegation of North Carolina

GV 24 – Delegation of the Latvia

GV 25a – Delegation of NRW

GV 25b – Delegation of Italy

GV 25c – Delegation of Spain

GV 28 – Delegation of France

GV 30 – Delegation of Lithuania

GV 31 – Delegation of Taiwan

Program of the Global Village

Monday, May 4, 2026

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Wednesday, May 6, 2026