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Last Year´s Program

Last Year´s Workshops & Panels



Sunday, March 4
18:30 - 21:30
Welcome Reception
All BIO-Europe Spring attendees are cordially invited to join us for the Welcome Reception.
   
sponsored by:
   
Location:

Palazzo Clerici
via Clerici 5
20121 Milan
www.ispionline.it/en/palazzo.htm

   

Please note that pre-registration for BIO-Europe Spring is already possible at the Welcome Reception.

   
Monday, March 5

07:30

Registration & Exhibition opens
07:30-09:00

Continental Breakfast

09:00-10:30
Interactive Parallel Workshops
Biocatalysis – Biology Catalysing Chemistry – Does it Work?
Financing Innovation - The View of Entrepreneurs and VCs
Licensing and Strategic Alliances: How to Get Married and Avoid an Ugly Divorce

A Different Perspective on Alliances: Leveraging Platform Technologies To Build Greater Value Downstream

   
10:45-11:30

Welcome & Opening Remarks

 

Carola Schropp, Managing Partner, EBD Group

Filippo Penati, President, Province of Milan
• Ambassador Umberto Vattani, President, Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE)

Dr. Roberto Gradnik, President of Assobiotec; Senior Executive VP, Merck Serono International, Commercial Europe

Dr. Sergio Dompé, President, Farmindustria

James C. Greenwood, President & CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Dr. Rolf Hoffmann, Senior VP , Amgen International
11:30-12:30
Opening Plenary Session

Rethinking the Biotech-Pharma Partnering Model

12:30-13:30
Luncheon
13:30-18:15
Afternoon Panels
13:30-18:15

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRACK

 
• Biotech to Biotech Deals - How does Big Pharma look at these Collaborations?

• The Globalization of Dealmaking – What Is The Most Effective Strategy for Accessing Non-Traditional Markets and Resources? 

• Size isn’t Everything – Can Mid-Size Pharma Compete For The Best In-Licensing Opportunities?  

• Bio-Drug Discovery – The Combination of White & Red Biotechnologies
13:30-18:15
THERAPEUTIC SESSIONS
 

• Oncology

• What is Next in the Antibody Space?

• Infectious Diseases

• Central Nervous System (CNS)
13:30-18:00
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
 

Country Seminar InvestInItaly
Italy: A Platform for Successful Growth and Innovative Business

Biotechnology in Italy 2007: A Financial and Strategic Analysis
BLOSSOM ASSOCIATI - ASSOBIOTEC REPORT

• How to Tackle the financial Gap in Italy - Critical Factors and Experiences

• Spotlight on Europe
   
19:00
Host Sponsor Reception & Dinner
 
sponsored by:  
   
Location: Hotel Principe di Savoia *****
Piazza della Repubblica, 17
20124 Milan
www.hotelprincipedisavoia.com

Shuttle Bus:

Departure Conference Center
18:30-19:00

Departure from Evening Event to all Conference Hotels
21:30-22:30
(every 20 minutes)


Tuesday, March 6
07:30
Registration & Exhibition opens
07:30-09:00

Continental Breakfast

 
 
sponsored by:
   
08:00-09:00
Blue Hall 2
Breakfast Briefing & Roundtable Discussion:
The Changed US Political Climate and its Potential Impact on the Biotechnology Industry

The recent US elections caused a major shift from Republican to Democratic control in the U.S. Congress. A key impact of this changed environment will likely be increased scrutiny of the biotech industry and its practices, which may lead to more regulation and greater pressures for price controls. If so, what impact will this have on the global biotechnology industry? What will it mean for the drug approval process?

James Greenwood, President & CEO and Alan Eisenberg, Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies Section, Biotechnology Industry Organization, will brief participants on BIO's view of this new environment and challenges, and enter into a broader discussion with our European colleagues.

   
08:00-13:00
Partnering one-to-one Meetings
09:00-13:00
Company Presentations
13:00-14:00

Luncheon

   
sponsored by:
 
14:00-17:30

Company Presentations

14:00-18:30
Partnering one-to-one Meetings
19:00
Host Sponsor Reception & Dinner
   
sponsored by:  
   
Location:

Palazzo Reale
Piazza Duomo, 12
20122 Milano
Italian: www.comune.milano.it/palazzoreale
English: http://ciaomilano.it/e/preale.asp

Shuttle Bus:

Departure Conference Center
18:30-19:00

Departure from Evening Event to all Conference Hotels
21:30-22:30
(every 20 minutes)

   
 
Wednesday, March 7
07:30
Registration & Exhibition opens
07:30-09:00

Continental Breakfast

08:00-13:00
Partnering one-to-one Meetings
09:30-13:00
Company Presentations
13:00-14:00
Luncheon
14:00-17:00
Partnering one-to-one Meetings
16:30
Closing Reception

 


 
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