Conference Roundup

Read our reports from our attendance at industry events:

• EuroMedtech
• Deutsche Biotechnologietage
• BIA Summer Reception
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
• BioEquity Europe
• 18th Annual EuroBiotech Forum
• European Mediscience Awards
• 11th Annual Biotech in Europe Investor Forum
• BIO International Convention
• AusMedtech 2011

EuroMedtech, Europe’s leading medical technology partnering conference took place this year at the Turin, Italy, at theTorino Incontra conference centre. Dr. Robert Mayer, of College Hill’s Munich Office, attended for both days. More then 200 companies from 27 countries attended this meeting with roundtable discussions, panels and 45 presentations by Medical Technology companies (including College Hill clients) seeking financing, licensing opportunities or partners for advancing their product development. Attending companies represented all parts of the advanced medical technology industry, from those serving mainline therapeutic categories such as orthopaedics and cardiovascular, through diagnostics, imaging and eHealth. 741 scheduled one-to-one meetings enabled the delegates to efficiently identify, meet and do business with attending companies, like at other EBD Group conferences (e.g. BIO-Europe).

http://www.ebdgroup.com/emt/index.php

The annual networking event for the German biotechnology industry took place in Munich 25-26 May 2011. Dr. Robert Mayer from College Hill’s Munich office took the opportunity to meet with clients and network with the German industry.

In continuation of the historic annual “BMBF Biotechnology Days”, BIO Deutschland took over the organisation and hold in May already the second edition of Deutsche Biotechnologietage, this year in Munich. This meeting with more then 600 participants has established itself already as the top German annual networking event for the biotechnology industry. The program included a program of lectures and workshops discussing topics such as promotion of biotechnology, entrepreneurship, financing and technology transfer and substantive issues in pharmaceutical, industrial and environmental biotechnology.

The Biotechnology Days 2011 in Munich were organised and carried out by BIO Deutschland, BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH and teams of the bio-regions, with the support of BMBF, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

For details of next years event on 9-10 May 2012, Frankfurt/Main visit:

http://www.biotechnologietage-2012.de

Sue Charles, Dr Lynne Trowbridge, Nicole Yost, Jayne Crook and Daniel Gooch attended the BIA’s summer reception on the spectacular Dixie Queen, and enjoyed a scenic networking trip down the Thames on this luxurious replica of a nineteenth century Mississippi Paddleboat. It was a great opportunity to meet up with colleagues across London’s vibrant life sciences sector.

For details of upcoming BIA events visit:

http://www.bioindustry.org/cgi-bin/event_view.pl?SITE_ID=43&ID=29

ASCO is the world’s largest oncology conference, and was held in June at McCormick Place in Chicago. The theme of the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting, “Patients. Pathways. Progress,” was borne out in the scientific sessions in both the news that came out of the meeting and in the attitudes and philosophies espoused by this year’s presenters and honourees. It is impossible to summarize all of the new science and clinical updates presented at the Meeting – due to the sheer size of the meeting.

Rebecca Skye Dietrich attended from College Hill Life Sciences. Useful meetings were held with several new business prospects and also current clients. It is an important meeting to keep abreast of major scientific changes in the exciting field of oncology. This is what the organisers had to say about ASCO 2011:

http://chicago2011.asco.org/ASCODailyNews/Summary.aspx

For details of next years event at McCormick Place, Chicago, USA, 1-5 June 2012 visit:

http://chicago2011.asco.org/

College Hill attended the BioEquity Conference in Paris this year.  The meeting was a very busy one for our clients, with 6 attending and/or presenting.  We provided full media support for them and organised meetings with the likes of SCRIP, BioCentury, Nature Biotech and BioPharm Insight.  From a new business perspective, we had meetings with 20 companies from which we have elicited some very interesting projects and leads for future work.  A good meeting overall and one we will be revisiting next year.

http://www.biocentury.com/Conferences

The 18th Windhover Euro Biotech Forum is a global partnering meeting with a high concentration of senior-level biopharma executives. Featuring the leading strategic minds, one-on-one meetings and presenting companies, the 2011 event was held at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, May 24-25.

College Hill Life Sciences supported the Euro Biotech Forum by inviting delegates and promoting the event; Associate Partner, Nicole Yost, attended the event and chaired a company showcase session. Topics discussed during the intimate meeting included Key Trends in Dealmaking, Partnerships in emerging markets, Financing models and company case studies. One-to-one partnering meetings also took place during the event which coincided with the BioEquity meeting, also held in Paris May 23-24.

For information on next year’s event see:

http://www.windhover.com/windhover/content/conferences/index.aspx

At the 10th European Mediscience Awards Dinner this year, Melanie Toyne Sewell and Nicole Yost hosted a table on behalf of College Hill Life Sciences.  About 350 people attended the event and for the third year running, College Hill Life Sciences sponsored the “Most Significant Contribution to the Mediscience Sector” award,  This year, Wellcome Trust was awarded the prize in recognition of its commitment to translational research.  We were very pleased to support the European Mediscience Awards event and congratulate all the other award winners – a list of which can be found on the European Mediscience Awards website:

http://www.mediscience-event.co.uk/winners

Our press release announcing the award to the Wellcome Trust can be found here.

http://www.collegehill-lifesciences.com/news/20110627.html

The annual Biotech In Europe Investor Forum from Sachs Associates is the leading event for companies looking for European (Swiss and German) venture funding. The conference also has a growing number of listed companies presenting to institutional audiences. College Hill has been a media sponsor of this event for a number of years and College Hill clients get a discount on the presentation fee. In its 11th year this year’s conference took place on 13-14 September 2011 at the Hilton Hotel Zurich airport. Over 70 Companies presented this year in seven sessions and Dr Robert Mayer from College Hill’s Munich office attended the conference and chaired one of these sessions. Sachs Associates will be holding their European Life Sciences CEO Forum on the 6th and 7th March, also at the Hilton Hotel at Zurich Airport. For more information, please visit:

http://www.sachsforum.com/

The BIO International Convention is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry, offering networking and partnering opportunities with policymakers, scientists, CEOs and newsmakers, and hundreds of sessions covering biotech trends, policy issues and technological innovations. The Convention also features the BIO Business Forum, a unique platform for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, academic research institutions, and investors from around the world to gather and discuss strategic opportunities.

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