Programme

Monday, July 4, 2011, 14-18 h

13.30 - 14.00 Check-In

14.00 - 14.30 Welcome: The Alps Bio Cluster Project Outline

• Valéry Ayache, Adebag, Grenoble, France
  
• Petra Stöckl, Standortagentur Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria

14.30 - 16.00 Megatrends in Life Sciences: Technologies and Markets for Enterprises

• Emerging Technologies in Life Sciences
  Günter R. Fuhr, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany (tbc)
  

• Global Market Developments in Life Sciences
• • Development of Market Volumes in Life Sciences
    Siegfried Bialojan, Ernst & Young, European Life Science Center, Mannheim, Germany
  • Life Sciences Companies on International Stock Exchanges
    Maximilian Pisacane, boerse-online.de, Hamburg, Germany (tbc)
    

16.00 - 16.20 Break

16.20 - 18.00 The Alps Bio Cluster Approach

Thematic Networks - Benefits & Perspectives for Enterprises

• E-Care
  Valérie Ayache, ADEBAG, France
• Ecosystem Services for Human Health
  Peter Schröder, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
• Personalized Medicine
  Andrea Vallan and Mara Tumiati, Chamber of Commerce, Milan, Italy
• Summer Schools – Interfacing Education and Enterprises
  Franz Turner, Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany

Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9-13 h

09.00 - 09.15 Welcome Note

• Valéry Ayache, Adebag, Grenoble, France
• Ute Putz, Standortagentur Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria

09.15 – 09.45 Activating Local Actors in a Metacluster Environment

• The Alps Bio Cluster Sustainability and Territorial marketing proposal
  Alberto Baldi, Piemonte Innovation Cluster bioPmed, Italy

09.45 – 10.30 European Strategies and Programmes for Transnational Cluster Building

• Daniel Stürzebecher, Project Manager, Cluster Excellence, MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH, Stuttgart, Germany (tbc)
• Iris Reingruber / Anke Merkl, Project Manager, Tactics (European Cluster Alliance), Linz, Austria (tbc)

10.30 – 11.00 Break

11.00 – 11.45 Internationalisation Activities of Life Sciences Clusters - Examples and Experiences

• Micael Gustafsson, Managing Director, Øresund IT, Lund, Sweden
• Stephanie Wehnelt, Manager Marketing & Communication, Munich Biotech Cluster, Germany
• Representatives of the Alps Bio Cluster Project
  

11.45 – 12.45 Round Table on Building Transnational Life Sciences Clusters

• Opportunities, Challenges and Best Practices

13.00 Closure of the Final Convention