Innovation for Health is  the premier event on healthcare innovations in the Netherlands. This high-end conference brings together key players and stakeholders who play decisive parts in the development, funding, regulation and implementation of innovations for prevention and healthcare. With more than 800 delegates, 8 main tracks, over 50 influential speakers, 10 innovation pitches and many one-on-one meetings, Innovation for Health is an inspirational event for professionals who´ve dedicated their careers to innovations for health and healthcare. Online registration open until February 10th, 2016 at Innovation for Health.

24 September, The Hague 

The exiting developments within the Life Sciences and Health sector appeal to a large audience. Emerging technologies and products are therefore attracting attention through various media and social media channels. The coverage stretches from the highly praising to doom scenarios. During this Biotech Thursday, we will discuss the power of publicity and how to deal with the media if you are active in the life sciences sector. Speakers include Wim Leereveld (funder and CEO of the Access to Medicine Index) and Hidde Boersma (freelance science journalist and ecomodernist). Biotech Thursday is an initiative of HollandBIO, the Dutch biotechnology industry organisation.

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Interested in attending? This Biotech Thursday event will take place at the Humanity House in The Hague on 24 September at 15:00 hours. HollandBIO members can attend the event for free. The fee for non-members is 35 euros (taxes excluded). Contact HollandBIO for more information or register directly. 

15 October, Utrecht

How do you measure the value of your biotech company? A difficult but essential question for a life sciences entrepreneur. During the Biotech Thursday on biobusiness, different approaches for business valuation will be discussed. Being able to provide realistic estimates of the value of a biotech company is crucial in all different stages: from searching for debt finance as a start-up, to negotiating a deal or preparing an initial public offering later on. The broader perspective will be discussed: how can the biotech industry provide maximum value to society?

Join the discussion at this Biotech Thursday event on 15 October at 15:00 hours. Contact HollandBIO for more information or register directly.

BBMRI-NL, DTL/ELIXIR-NL, EATRIS, FMS, NFU, FHI and Federa/COREON organizes a joint conference “Empowering Personalized Medicine & Health Research: Connecting Researchers, Patients and Enabling Technologies”. In order to get to a point where personalized medicine is no longer a dream, the different disciplines involved need to connect and collaborate. This conference will show examples of how this is already taking place, as well as introduce visionary speakers who will shed their light on the way forward. Last but not least, the audience is invited to share their ‘two cents’.

The conference aims to connect all stakeholders in (the future of) medical science: biomedical and clinical researchers and practitioners, patients, bioinformaticians, data stewards, pharmaceutical companies, policy makers, students.  You can find details of the programme on our conference website, www.nlhealthresearch.nl. Keynotes will be delivered by Hans Clevers, visionary researcher and technology innovator, and Niklas Blomberg, director of ELIXIR (the European life-sciences Infrastructure for biological Information).

 The Top Sector Life Sciences & Health, ZonMw, NWO, KWF, Hartstichting and Reumafonds endorse the conference.