ScanBalt BioRegion-

Top of Europe

ScanBalt BioRegion 11 countries

DenmarkEstoniaFinlandIcelandLatviaLithuaniaNorwayPolandSwedenNorth GermanyNW Russia.

85 million people

Reykjavik

Oslo

Stockholm

Helsinki

Copenhagen

Warsaw

Vilnius

Riga

Tallinn

St. Peters-burg

Berlin

• ScanBalt BioRegion is the meta-region• ScanBalt™ is a not for profit member

association founded 2004• ScanBalt™ focus on Life Sciences and

Biotech• ScanBalt™ is a bottom up organisation• The project ScanBalt initiated 2002 co-

funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Nordic Innovation Center

Key Reasons for ScanBalt BioRegion► Combine-Create-Remove-Attract ◄

• Combine fast growing highly educated countries in ”East” with established industrial, academic and financial resources in ”West”

• Create critical mass and global visibility

• Remove barriers for mobility of human, financial and industrial resources

• Attract human, industrial and financial resources

ScanBalt™ – Network of Clusters

GöteborgBio

Other members

Institutions: Universities, Hospitals, Science Parks and Research Institutions

Private entities: Industries, Tech Transfer organisations, service providers

Public authorities: Innovation agencies, regional authorities

ScanBalt BioRegion – major actors

Source: ScanBalt Yellow Pages, Oct. 2006

Company2126

University / Research institute1002

Hospital / Clinic235

Investor112

Networks53

Science Parks13

Company

University / Research institute

Hospital / Clinic

Investor

Networks

Science Parks

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ScanBalt BioRegion - Companies

Biotech671

Pharma323Device

370

BioIT 163

Clinical Research116

Diagnostics148

Service providers358

Biotech

Pharma

Device

BioIT

Clinical Research

Diagnostics

Service providers

Source: ScanBalt Yellow Pages, Oct. 2006

(absolute numbers)

The Development of ScanBalt BioRegion

2004-2006

2001-2003

2001-2003•Establishment of contacts•Vision development•One-stop entry

2004-2006•Transparancy•Cluster Identification•Infrastructure•Communication

2007-2010•Innovation•Mentoring•Shared services•SME support

2007-2010

•ScanBalt Campus (Interreg111B)

•ScanBalt Network of Networks (NIC)

•ScanBalt Competence Region (EU FP6)

•Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6)•Educational mobility (NIC)•Economic Barriers for

Borderless Cooperation (NIC)•Biotech, One Click Away

(NIC)•Communication in ScanBalt

BioRegion (NIC)

ScanBalt IP Knowledge Network (EU FP6)

ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NorFA)

• ScanBalt Clinical Research Network (NIC)

ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorFA) ScanBalt Stem Cell Network

(NorFA) Boost BioSystems (EU FP 6) Trayss (FP 6)

Identity and infrastructure Specific thematic projects

Co-funded ScanBalt Projects

The ScanBalt BioRegion Innovation Model

Basic research

Applied research Market

orientation

Market implementation

Management network, services

Universities, R&R Institutions

Shared Know-ledge base, IP assets, access rights, collaborations

Exploration Exploitation

Industry, public user

New ventures, SME, R&D

ScanBalt will the coming years focus on enhancing cross border innovation and regional cohesion by:

• Improve exploitation of Intellectual properties• Improve cross-border financing• Enhance training, attraction and mobility of Human

resources (Talent)• Enhance cross-border bridges between Academia and

Industry• Distribute best practises for regional innovation• Mentoring between clusters• Develope and apply cluster bench marks• Create new clusters/network in Baltic countries,

Poland, North west Russia• Create shared SME services between clusters• Develope a model for impact measure of ScanBalt

BioRegion

Create a Top of Europe Funding

Network/Foundation• Gap in the financing market between

public pre-seed and private venture capital

• Lack of financing in Baltic countries, Poland, NW Russia

• Ideas bought and exploited outside the region

ScanBalt Campus:Pioneering in putting the Bologna process into practise

• Create globally leading expertise within disciplines in the life science and biotech

• Cluster research and education for excellence• Improve collaboration with industry and

hospitals• Promote collaboration with Asia, USA and others• Attract resources • Improve flexibility in a rapidly changing scientific

area• Improve balance between demand and supply of

education

ScanBalt Campus Status

• 8 ScanBalt Campus Knowledge Networks, (SBC KN) multi-disciplinary, transnational, unites 8 BSR countries in concrete research and education activities

• Concept for ScanBalt Campus Shared Curricula. Increases the cooperation and mobility of students and researchers (research projects, courses and international master programmes)

• ScanBalt Campus office opened in RostockOfficial opening April, 23. Strengthens the international mobility of students and researchers

• ScanBalt Campus Student Council established in cooperation with YEBN student network

Example of a Knowledge Network:

ScanBalt Intellectual Property Knowledge Networkwww.scanbaltipkn.org

SBC Knowledge Networks• Molecular Diagnostics

University of Gdansk/Medical University of Gdansk.

• Regenerative MedicineUniversity of Rostock and BioCon Valley, Germany

• Environmental BiotechnologyGöteborg University, Sweden.

• Informational Biology. Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

• Process Analytical Technology (PAT)Linköping University, Sweden

• Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurshipChalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden.

• Baltic Entrepreneurship TrainingBaltic Entrepreneurship Centre, Rostock, Germany.

• Education and training of leaders for the life science industry of the future Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

ScanBalt Academy:

● Adds credibility to the quality of ScanBalt activities

● Serves as advisory boards to ScanBalt activities

● Suggests and promotes scientific areas where ScanBalt BioRegion through collaboration can be global leaders

● SBA Fellows to give lectures or teach courses

● SBA Fellows acts as ScanBalt Ambassadors

● SBA Fellows acts as evaluators on proposals for new SB activities

● SBA helps to reverse brain-drain and attract expatriates

● Annual SBA Symposium

Boost Biosystems:Convergence of bio/micro/nano and IT competences • EU FP6 project BOOST BIOSYSTEMS with

6 ScanBalt members coordinated by Steinbeis Team Northeast, Rostock, Germany

• Setting up interdisciplinary research consortia e.g. in:– Point of care diagnostics– In vitro screening – Bioprocess control – Fully integrated systems

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Strategy 2006-2008Priorities:

Since 2006 ScanBalt has focused on three interrelated priorities:

► Identity and Infrastructures

► Communication and Transparency

► Coordination and Consolidation

The web: 50.000 hits per month

The ScanBalt Newsletter -

7000 Subscribers, 6 times a year

ScanBalt MediaNet: - World Wide Visibility -

In 1 year: 235 articles from 22 press releases

Read More: Download the report

”ScanBalt BioRegion:Creating a Knowledge Based Bio-

Economy”

In 2004:“Europe´s Most Succesful”

Nature Biotechnology, July 2004

In 2010:

“The World's Most Successful”

Declaration, World Economic Forum, Davos Summit 2010

Building a Competitive Region – Take Home Message

● Promote transparency of the region● Create trans-national bridges between

academic research and industries● Create collaboration between sectors e.g.

Life sciences and ITC● Remove barriers for the mobility of human,

financial and industrial resources● Enhance openness of national education,

research and innovation systems● Make the region visible to attract resources● Ensure a strong dialogue and coordination

with the EU, national and regional authorities

● Measure added value or benefits for society

ScanBalt BioRegion :

The Big FishSmall Fish Model

Asia

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The Latvian Association of Biotechnology

The Latvian Association of Biotechnology (LAB) was created as the first Latvian biotech network last summer, today we are 11 members, both from industry and science.

Main applications of biotechnological methods and products are food processing, biomedicine, pharmacy, agriculture and environment.