Biopol'H consortium presents third Biàgora
Biocat Director of Innovation Marta Príncep will participate in the debate entitled ‘How to add value to technological innovation’ on 10 November at 10 am.
BY BIOCAT
The Biopol'H consortium is holding the third Bioàgora, a meeting on funding, innovation and driving initiatives in biomedicine, on 9 and 10 November in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). The opening event, on 9 November at 5 pm, is expected to feature Catalan Minister for Health Boi Ruiz (pending confirmation), accompanied by Mayor of L'Hospitalet Núria Marín and president of Biopol'H Josep Antoni Bombí.
The program includes roundtables focusing on the knowledge economy and parks as an environment for business; debates on how to add value to technological innovation —with participation from Biocat Director of Innovation Dr. Marta Príncep and Director of Clarke, Modet & Co for Catalonia José Mª del Valle, moderated by XPCAT President Josep M. Piqué— and conferences on successful business models and how to find a common language among scientists, investors and businesspeople. There will also be workshops focusing on key aspects for raising awareness of initiatives and on persuasive management.
New this year, companies participating in the event will have the opportunity to request guidance meetings with experts on the following topics:
- Law and intellectual property (Natàlia Esteve of the Garrigues law firm and José Mª del Valle of Clarke Modet & Co),
- Business plans (Guillermo Marqueta of La Salle Technova and Julián Vinué, also of La Salle Technova),
- Investment (Patrícia Burés of Caixa Capital Risc),
- Product valorization (Norbert Gassó of Knowledge Innovation Market Barcelona and José Mª del Valle of Clarke Modet & Co),
- Communication (Josep Peréz of Bcn Talks),
- Entrepreneurialism (Jordi Sellés of the Official Association of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia and José Mª Román of the Official Association of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia) and
- IT systems (Miquel Justicia of Seidor).
Dates: 9 and 10 November 2011?
Place: Hotel Hesperia Tower • Gran Via, 144 • L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain)
BiomediCINE, a biomedical film festival, will be held under the umbrella of this project.