Building transatlantic partnerships
30th March/ Brussels
The European Biotechnology Network is proud to announce the second ‘Building transatlantic partnerships’ meeting, on March 30th 2012 in Brussels.
In partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and hosted by the Swiss Embassy in Brussels, ‘Building Transatlantic Partnerships’ will highlight how to build and manage Europe-US partnerships within the healthcare sector. Following on from the NIH focus of 2011, 2012 will expand to include Department of Defense, Gates Foundation and other major US funding organisations, in addition to new European partnerships and funding initiatives that can support transatlantic work.
This meeting supports the Medicines for Malaria Venture work undertaken in the memory of Ian Bathurst, who gave an inspirational keynote at the 2011 ‘Building transatlantic partnerships’ meeting.
0930: Welcome
0940: Keynote presentation. Strengths of European-US partnerships:
- Medicines for Malaria Ventures - Dr Joan Herbert, Business Development Manager
1000: Funding drivers behind transatlantic partnerships
- European Commission: Dr Ruxandra Draghia-Akli MD, Director of the Health Directorate at the Research DG - The EC moving forward with US partnerships
- Gates Foundation: speaker tbc - Global funding for health - Europe in action
- European Biotechnology Foundation: Dr Claire Skentelbery, Secretary General - Working with the NIH in 2012 - building partnerships around FP7
1100: Coffee
1130: Research partnerships in action – Partnerships with academia in Europe and the US to extend innovation
- Groningen Medical School: Professor Folkert Kuipers, Dean - The Alliance for Healthy Ageing - transatlantic research for a common goal
- Erasmus MC: Dr Mark Nellist, Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Defense support for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex research in Europe
- GIGA Neurosciences, University of Liege: Professor Jacques Balthazart - Learning the lessons from NIH funding, from canaries to yachts
- University College London, Dept cardiovascular Medicine: Professor Ian Zachary - US partners in FP7 - the Biomagscar project
1250: Lunch
1350: Keynote presentation. Delivering partnerships in business:
- MSD – Dr Jeroen Tonnaer, Senior Director, Head European Team, External Scientific Affairs Worldwide Licensing
1410: Business partnerships in action – Progressing your product and platform with US partners
- Institute of Cancer Research: Dr Don White - Department of Defense funding in breast cancer - building a business
- Seekacure: Dr Gregory Stoloff, CEO - Partnering with US Government departments - an SME's tale
1510: Coffee
1540: Managing transatlantic partnerships – Getting it right
- BioHealth Management: Dr Nancy Levy - Doing business in the US
- Grünecker Kinkeldey Stockmair & Schwanhäusser: Dr Steven Zeman - Managing IP across the Atlantic
1700: Drinks reception and close
Registration
European Biotechnology Network Corporate Members: Free of charge
European Biotechnology Network Individual Members: €300
Non-members: €400
supported by:
