Programme

Industrial Day 8th September 2009:

Pre-program of the day

08.30 – 09.00 Georg Winter Award 2008 – Prof. J. Kirkpatrick

09.00 – 09.30 Plenary lecture 1 : Prof. R. Schmelzeisen

“In temptations constantly falling we rise”

09.30 – 10.00 Plenary lecture 2 : Dr John M. Wozney

“R&D of bone substitutes: a hurdle race”

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break and Poster Session

10.30 – 12.00 Starting a company

• Starting a Spin-Off / Start-up F. Conicella (Discovery)
• Venture capital J. Martin-Garcia (Eclosion)
• Patenting & Technology Transfer G. Voskerician (Proxy Biomaterials)
• Patenting & Technology Transfer L.-D. Piveteau (Debiotech)

10.00 – 10.30 Round Table on “Starting a company”

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00 Bringing a product on a market

• Cell culture & animal testing for certification purposes I. Haist (Bioservice)
• Simulating in vivo conditions with in vitro testing C. Kaddick (Endolab)
• Production/quality control R. Marksteiner (Innovacell)
• Product certification C. Laue (Medipol)

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break and Poster Session

15.30 – 16.30 Success and failure

• Market & Sales To be confirmed (Sorin Cardio)
• Liability issues T. Roche (Lawyer Office)
• Clinical monitoring Elena Brini (Genomnia Srl)
• Developping the portefolio L. von Segesser (Smart Canula)

16.30 – 17.00 Round Table on “Success and failure”

16.30 – 20.00 Tech meetings – Partnering Event

16.30 – 18.00 Poster Session

18.00 – 20.00 Exhibitors evening