Scandinavia's largest meeting-place for biotechnology
Scandinavia's largest biotech event will be held on 8-10 October 2002 at Malmö Exhibition and Convention Centre in Sweden. The event goes by the name of Scandinavian Biotech Arena, and is a conglomeration of the BioTech Forum Exhibition, CONNECT Biomedical Partnership Forum and Medicon Valley BioConference. The idea is that these organisations collaborate in creating a meeting-place at which everyone involved in the biotech industry can exchange experience and knowledge.
During the three days of the event, there will be three parallel conference programmes to choose from. Notable among the speakers will be the Swedish Minister of Education Thomas Östros, and Lisa Drakeman, Managing Director of the biotech company Genmab, as well as speakers from a large range of other companies, hospitals, public authorities and research institutes within the fields of biomedicine and biotechnology.
"The Scandinavian biotech industry is beginning to establish itself as one of the best in the world, and in the course of the last year, we have noticed a sharply increased level of interest from many different parties. Following the downturn in the IT business, investors have begun to focus much more on the biotech industry. That makes it incredibly exciting to be running an event of this size in the Øresund region this October. It will be both a meeting-place and a source of inspiration, and will be of vital significance for future collaboration and investments in the Øresund region," says Bent Christensen, Chairman of Scandinavian Biotech Arena and Managing Director of Medicon Valley Academy.
Stefan Aspberg, Event Manager of the Stockholm International Fairs and Congress Centre, expects the event to attract around 5-6,000 visitors and 250 exhibitors. The exhibitors include all kinds of companies, from biotech start-ups to well-established multinational pharmaceutical companies. Around 15 countries will be represented, with national stands from, amongst others, Australia, Germany, the USA and Scotland.
Journalists can already register for Scandinavian Biotech Arena.
For information and registration, please contact:
Press Officer May-Britt Pella
Tel: +46 8 749 43 36
E-mail: may-britt.pella@stofair.se
Further material will be sent out in August/September.
Scandinavian Biotech Arena
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Scandinavian Biotech Arena is the common title of three biotech events – CONNECT Biomedical Partnership Forum, BioTech Forum and Medicon Valley BioConference. Scandinavian Biotech Arena will be held on 8-10 October in Malmo, Sweden. For more information, see: www.scandinavianbiotecharena.com
CONNECT Biomedical Partnership Forum provides venture capitalists, biotech and pharmaceutical companies with the opportunity to meet young, innovative biomedical companies from the Nordic and Baltic countries. The forum is arranged by CONNECT Nordica. The contact person is Mattias Fahlén, e-mail: mf@iva.se
BioTech Forum is Scandinavia's leading meeting-place for the biotech industry, with trade fairs, match-making and a series of scientific seminars arranged by the Stockholm International Fairs and Congress Centre. The contact person is Stefan Aspberg, Event Manager, e-mail: stefan.aspberg@stofair.se
Medicon Valley BioConference is a scientific conference for scientists from hospitals, universities and the biotech industry. The purpose of the conference is to provide scientists, primarily from the Øresund region, with the opportunity to present and exchange their state-of-the-art research results, as well as to create networks across the boundaries of Øresund and between the medical and biotech sectors. The conference is arranged by Medicon Valley Academy. Contact person for general information: Lotte Hviid, e-mail: lh@mva.org, and for information and PR: Mia Riise Hansen, e-mail: mrh@mva.org