Starting up! conference and ACES Awards 2008
Say you have a new idea – what you think may be a good way to treat a disease, generate cheap energy, or collaborate on-line. How do you get the idea into the marketplace? Start your own company, has been the answer over the past decade for a growing number of European researchers. To celebrate…
Academic entrepreneurs: do they exist?
Innovation is the lifeblood of a vibrant economy ’ but in Europe, it’s often said, a risk-averse culture in its universities prevents innovative ideas from getting out of the labs and into the marketplace. To help change that culture, the first Europe-wide awards for academic enterprise are being launched, with a coalition of leading European…
ESOF2008 for Business – From Lab to Market
ESOF2008 for Business – From Lab to Market 21 July 2008 – 8:30 to 18:00 New ways to bridge the gap between industry and academia The marketplace for science and technology is vast, fast-growing and complex. It cuts across all borders, between countries, industries and scientific disciplines. It involves many skills: corporate R&D managers, academic…
eCommunications and Online Marketing for Pharma – A new online network
This is organised by eyeforpharma, quite new and only 60-something people are members so far, but it is promising… Visit eCommunications and Online Marketing for Pharma
Back to my origins
Yesterday I visited the Frankfurt Bookfair, the biggest show for book professionals worldwide. I used to go there regularly when I was in the medical publishing business, but since 7 years I had been missing this huge opportunity to learn about the latest trends and development in the way information is passed around. Well, I…
Video highlights of 12 June event with EU Commissioner Potocnik
It was a great event and hope the video can communicate some of the excitement…
