ISPIM Conference – Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience, Barcelona (Spain)

17 June, 2012

The XXIII ISPIM Conference – Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience – takes place on 17-20 June 2012. Organised by ISPIM, and hosted by La Salle University in partnership with Orbita97, this conference will bring together around 450 innovation experts from 55 countries. The three-day programme will include: Industry-Leading Keynote Speakers; Luminary Speakers; Innovation Thought Leaders; "Hot Topic" Roundtable Discussions; Facilita...

The European Open Innovation Summit, Brussels (Belgium)

23 May, 2012

May 23 - 24, 2012.  Innovators search for more efficient ways to develop new ideas, many are taking advantage of the many benefits found in open innovation. Open innovation is allowing R&D and innovation departments to collaborate with external groups in an effort to discover innovation earlier, easier and cheaper. While there are many challenges associated with collaboration and the sharing of ideas and resources, the desire is there to continu...

4th Annual Open Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL (US)

11 September, 2012

September 11 -12, 2012. As innovation continues to evolve, innovation champions are progressively becoming more open in their efforts to discover new ideas and turn them into innovative products and processes. Our 4th Annual Open Innovation Summit will showcase new initiatives from companies that are taking a lead role the open innovation movement....

BioSpain 2012, Bilbao (Spain)

BIOSPAIN 2012 will be held in its 6th edition in Bilbao (19th-21stSeptember 2012) featuring a trade exhibition, a partnering event, an investment forum, the BIOTEC 2012 scientific congress, top level seminars & conferences and a career fair with a well balanced mixture of local and international private companies, universities, overseas clusters, research institutes and governmental bodies....

COLLABORATE - Academic - Biotech – Pharma, London (UK)

3rd October, London. The COLLABORATE speed partnering and panel discussion afternoon and dinner event will be a perfect chance to form new R&D collaborations. Anyone who is involved in small and large molecule R&D, biomarkers, exciting platform technologies or venture capital will benefit from attending and to mass-meet face to face with many other large pharmaceutical, smaller biotech companies,renowned and up and coming academic research instit...

BioFit 2012 - Lille Grand Palais, Lille (France)

03 - 04 December, 2012

3 - 4 December, 2012. BioFIT is the only international partnering event in the field of technology transfer and collaborative projects in the life sciences sector. Academics, industry stakeholders and CEO entrepreneurs, together with practitioners in technology transfer, intellectual property and licensing will share best practices and knowhow, and will maximize qualified alliances thanks to a cutting-edge partnering platform.During two days, Bio...

Open Innovation for SMEs: motives for and barriers to co-operation, Edinburgh (Scotland)

01 June, 2012 - 01 June, 2012

31 May and 1 June, 2012. What is meant by the term Open Innovation and how can the principles be used in practice by SME’s?This event is intended for SME's, Knowledge Transfer Professionals and individuals interested in understanding, adopting and using OI principles.Presented by speakers from industry, OI intermediaries, academia, creative and IP sectors, and drawing on examples from within Scotland, across the UK and Europe.Delegates will bet...

World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Boston (USA)

26 September, 2012

The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (THEWSIE) – September 26-28, 2012 – provides an inspiring setting for fusing the world’s most meaningful ideas, designs and innovations to help transform the future of business, society and environment.THEWSIE focuses on what’s really important to the world’s next great innovators -- practical outcomes  and profitable partnerships. And a vision of what’s yet to come in lifestyle, heal...

Innovation Days 2012, Paris (France)

1st - 3rd October. The Innovation Days, the leading meeting for early-stage biotech sector which will take place in Paris, is an international event aimed at stimulating and facilitating technology transfer and collaborative projects in the life sciences sector. Who will you meet? - Emerging biotech companies- Academic researchers- Pharmaceutical companies- Institutional representatives- Clusters and bioparks- InvestorsThe Innovation Days 2012 ...

Funds & Fundability, London (UK)

28th June, 2012. “Funds and Fundability” is the first in a series of one-day workshops run by Networked Pharma, the Initiative bringing together all major stakeholders involved in building the new, highly networked model for drug discovery and development. The workshop takes place in Central London on Thursday 28th June and aims to benchmark and map the emerging landscape for the sourcing and funding of innovation in drug discovery.The worksh...

Innovations to Advance Clinical Trials for Pharma, Biologics & Devices, Boston (USA)

13 March, 2012

13 - 14 September. Led by Pfizer and Novartis, this groundbreaking conference delivers only case studies that demonstrate either a disruptive or an innovative approach to advancing clinical trials. Mobile Clinical Trials, Virtual Trials, Open Source Clinical Development are just a few examples of case studies featured. This conference is designed to be engaging in a highly informative format, similar to the style of TED events. Each session will ...

Innolandia Summer Camp

31 August, 2012

Innolandia Summer Camp is a project that aims to provide to professional and technical innovation managers, knowledge and tools to improve their daily work. And for that we innovate in the format of a traditional summer school. We will conduct 8 seminars on-line, that after a presentation, let the debate among the attendees (you can see the seminars deferred until 31 August), a private online forum for sharing knowledge and best practices and a ...

Global Innovation Forum, London (UK)

20 November, 2012

20 - 21 November. Global Innovation Forum is a dynamic meeting that brings together professionals with diverse backgrounds, great experience and knowledge. It creates the perfect opportunity to build a strong professional network, obtain new insights and share business practices. The event is inspiring and offers “hands-on”, innovative suggestions on how to find practical answers and generate own successful innovation strategies. The 2nd edit...

3rd Annual European Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit 2013 (The Netherlands)

11 - 12 February.  The European Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit 2013 attracts over 150+ senior level food and beverage professionals wanting to learn how to improve productivity, achieve continuous improvement and maximise food safety and quality whilst reducing costs throughout operations in a capital constrained world.Retailers are increasingly demanding affordable products from manufacturers, and it has never been more critical for food co...

11th Annual World Food Technology and Innovation Forum 2013, Dublin (Ireland)

05 - 06 March, 2013

5 - 6 March, 2013. The 11th Annual World Food Technology and Innovation Forum brings together the world leaders in food research and development, food innovation, marketing and food technology to debate, and shape the future of the food industry.Key themes include understanding and communicating with the new consumers vis-à-vis the current economic crisis, using social media to create new consumer interaction and food innovation strategies, new ...