BioInnovation Day 2018
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The 8th edition of BioInnovation Day took place on 15 November 2018 at Geneva's Life Sciences Hub Campus Biotech, providing an opportunity for researchers, scientist-entrepreneurs and early-stage start-up ventures to pitch their projects to an audience of peers, investors and industry representatives.
BioInnovation Day 2018 featured 36 project pitches by academic researchers from AV短视频, HUG, AV短视频 of Lausanne, CHUV, EPFL and start-ups from Western Switzerland grouped in 4 thematic sessions: Bioengineering, Medical Devices, Therapeutics and Diagnostics. After an opening address by the rector of the AV短视频, Yves Fl眉ckiger, the meeting kicked off with an investor panel moderated by the event's media partner Bilan. The pitch sessions were interspersed with presentations by invited speakers on various topics relevant to academia-industry partnering and/or entrepreneurship.听For the full programme click听.听See also the article published in Bilan: 鈥�".
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Winners of the BioInnovation Prizes听
BioInnovation Audience Award听(1000 CHF in cash) - sponsored by Venturelab
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BioInnovation Start-up Prize听(5000 CHF in cash) - sponsored by the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property
BioInnovation Incubator Prize听- one year of free coaching and support by the incubator Geneus听
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BioInnovation Day 2018 delegate distribution听
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Pictures of the event can be accessed听(credit: Shem Johnson)
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About BioInnovation Day
The BioInnovation Day series was initiated in 2006 by Prof. Robert Gurny and Prof. Ann Kato with the support of Unitec. The event is organized alternatively by Unitec or PACTT (the technology transfer office of UNIL/CHUV), and takes place either in Geneva or Lausanne, respectively. The event steering committee is composed of Unitec, PACTT, BioAlps, representatives of the local life sciences incubators, and a representative of the relevant cantonal economy development agency.听听
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