Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts

Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology

Developing a new business opportunity in biotechnology (NBO)

A bridge between academia and industry

Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 February 2017

Campus Reidbach /Seestrasse (RA)

The NBO (New Business Opportunity) is an innovative educational programme that fosters co-operation between academia and industry; in particular between students and experienced practitioners including their lecturers and industry coaches. The course culminates in the NBO Symposium, during which students of the Master’s programme in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology have the unique opportunity to present their in-depth analyses (covering the technical, economic and ecologi-cal issues in addition to the societal, legal and ethical considerations) of potential business ideas to a knowledgeable audience drawn from industry and academia.

The main objectives of the NBO Symposium, which uniquely demon-strate mutually beneficial relationships between research, business and education, are:

• To provide students with the opportunity to present their analyses,

which represent six months of thorough analysis, to a well-infor-

med audience and to network with the symposium participants.

• To give entrepreneurs, who have successfully established their

own business, the opportunity to share their personal experiences.

• To promote the NBO Programme as a model for future-oriented,

transformative teaching and learning, and expand the pool of its

supporters across both industry and academia.

• To discuss the job profiles of tomorrow and identify competencies

that students of biotechnology need to develop in order to suc-

ceed in their careers.

The topics selected for analysis in 2016/17, encompassing biotech- nological innovations for cosmetic, pharmaceutical and software/de-vice markets, were proposed by representatives of industry and reflect current industry needs and market drivers.

Scientific committeeMike CookKarin KovarMaria Lüder-SpechtHans-Peter MeyerMarco MirataDiego SchmidhalterChantal Stenger

Organising committeeJohn BrookerSusanne DombrowskiMarianne ErnstVera LuginbühlMargaret Lussi BellChantal Stenger

Scope

14.00 - 17.00 Preparatory workshopKarin Kovar, Mike Cook & Chantal Stenger

18.30 - 21.00 SIG-meeting & working dinner coaches & guests

Tuesday, 7 February 2017 NBO Symposium (Room RA E0.03, Campus Reidbach)

Students’ presentations: 10-min presentation and 15-min discussion (chaired by Karin Kovar and Mike Cook)

09.30 - 10.00 Registration & coffee

10.00 Welcome

10.05 - 10.15 Linking education, research & businessKarin Kovar & Mike Cook

10.15 - 10.25 Crowdfunding creative projectsCéline Fallet, wemakeit.com, Zürich

Biotechnology for cosmetics

10.25 - 10.55 Learn and succeed within a start-upMartin Ostermaier, InterAx Biotech AG, Villigen

10.55 - 11.20 Cosmetic ingredients by extremophilesFaith Galabe, Sabrina Schönbächler

11.20 - 11.45 Anti-pollution cosmetics by microalgaeSandra Jäggi, Marcel Straumann, Irène Stutz

11.45 - 12.10 Stressed yeast cultures for cosmeticsMarta Lalinde Gutiérrez, Michael Ottenbacher, Naghmeh Sahandi Esfanjani

12.10 - 13.30 Lunch buffet & networkingPoster exhibition

Monday, 6 February 2017 NBO Workshop (Room GD 303, Campus Grüental)

Technology innovations in biotechnology

13.30 - 14.00 Flies, professors, managers and then?Ernst Hafen, ETH Zürich

14.00 - 14.25 In-silico bioprocess developmentMichael Haubensak, Jan Roten, Iwo Zamora

14.25 - 14.50 Flow cytometry for bioprocess development Samuel Duarte, Jolanda Meister, Hana Raschmanová

14.50 - 15.15 Synthetic biology for biotech manufacturingJonas Ettlin, Mahsa Mohammadi, Oliver Sallak

15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break & networkingPoster exhibition

Biotechnological manufacturing

15.45 - 16.10 Hemin production with Pichia pastorisLevi Kuhn, Jana Rupp, Marc Studer

16.10 - 16.35 Biosynthesis of peptides for therapeuticsPhilipp Meier, René Nussbaumer, Martin Alexander Rappo

16.35 - 17.05 Establishing a pharma start-upReto Naef, Topadur Pharma AG, Schlieren

Future prospects & NBO award

17.05 - 17.35 Closing address and the way forwardHans-Peter Meyer & Chantal Stenger

17.35 - 17.50 Awards ceremony

17.50 - 20.00 Apéro riche & networking

The awards for students’ projects were supported by:

Supporters and sponsors

KGF – Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen:

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NBO Coaches 2016/17:

Matthias Barmettler, Securecell AG Beat Christen, ETHZMatthias Christen, ETHZMike Cook, Cook Business ConsultingDaniel Egger, Infors AGThomas Egli, Microbes-in-Water GmbHKurt Gasser, Lonza AGPaul Hanselmann, Lonza AGPeter Kauf, PrognosiX AGMatthias Keller, Lonza AGKarin Kovar, ZHAWMaria Lüder-Specht, Qenax AGHans-Peter Meyer, KTI expert, HES-SOMarco Mirata, Lonza AGAndreas Riklin, Securecell AGDiego Schmidhalter, Lonza AG

NTN – National thematic networks:

Registration

The event is free of charge, but space is limited.Registration before 30 January 2017 is, therefore, compulsory: www.zhaw.ch/icbt/nbo

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Location WädenswilCampus Grüental andCampus Reidbach

Arrival via Private TransportCampus Grüental: Exit Wädenswil (Satnav: Grüentalstrasse 14)Campus Reidbach (Building RC – RV):

Arrival via Public Transport From Wädenswil train stationCampus Grüental Stop «Campus Grüental» bus line 123, 126, 150, 160

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Life Sciences and Facility ManagementAgroscope Location Wädenswil, Schloss 1

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Contact & venue

ZHAW, Zurich University of Applied SciencesSchool of Life Sciences and Facility ManagementInstitute of Chemistry and BiotechnologyCampus Reidbach /Seestrasse (RA))Seestrasse 55, Room EA 0.03, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland

Chantal StengerPhone: +41 58 934 58 40E-mail: chantal.stenger@zhaw.ch

Accommodation Hotel Engel, Engelstrasse 2, 8820 WädenswilPhone: +41 44 780 00 11, www.engel-waedenswil.ch

Hotel Du Lac, Seestrasse 100, 8820 WädenswilPhone: + 41 44 780 00 31, www.dulac-waedenswil.ch