ScanBalt BioRegion - Top of Europe Elise Kvarnström, ScanBalt

 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

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 - Companies Source: ScanBalt Yellow Pages, Oct (absolute numbers)

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

The development of ScanBalt BioRegion Establishment of contacts Vision development One-stop entry Transparency Cluster formation Infrastructure Innovation Mentoring Shared services Talents

 ScanBalt Network of Networks (NICe)  ScanBalt Campus (Interreg111B)  ScanBalt Competence Region (EU FP6)  Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6)  Communication in ScanBalt BioRegion (NIC)  Bridge BSR  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 Prime(FP 6) Identity and infrastructureSpecific thematic projects Co-funded ScanBalt Projects

ScanBalt – a string of competency clusters -North-West Russia Biotech Cluster -Lithuania Biotech Cluster -BioCon Valley-BioTeam-South -North Poland Biotech Cluster -MedCoast Scandinavia -Bio Turku-Kalmar BioScience -Estonia Biotech Cluster -Medicon Valley Current Impact Biotech Workforce Human Capital Risk Capital R&D Input -Latvia Biotech Cluster Scientific Fountains Co-location clusters Mode 3 clusters

Competence Analysis (Benchmark) Bioregion Quantity (P)*Quality (P10)** Quality (P10/P)*** ScanBalt BioRegion ,4% Boston ,2% London ,5% *Total number of publications **P10: top 10% of most cited publications ***P10/P: Calculated Competence Indicator

Regenerative medicine Environmental Biotechnology Molecular Diagnostics Informational Biology Process Analytical Technology Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurship Education and training of leaders for the life science industry Baltic Entrepreneurship Training Student council Campus Board Competence Region Boosting Baltic ScanBalt Campus Communication ScanBalt Academy UniversitiesIndustryHospitals Bridge BSR Marine Biotech Clinical research IPKN Agro biotech StemCells Boost Biosystems ScanBalt Executive committee Intellectual property and entrepreneurship LigniMach Trayss Prime Scanbalt Projects Infrastructural Thematic ScanBalt

ScanBalt Campus The Scanbalt Campus project will support Innovation and sustainable development by:  Training, attract and enhance mobility of talents through e.g. SBC Knowledge Networks, ScanBalt Academy and SB  Raise the awareness of young scientists of the opportunities in commercialisation of research results  Break down the barriers to cooperation between BSR universities, early SME´s and industry for external funding of R&D projects for innovation and sustainable development

The ScanBalt BioRegion Innovation Model Fig. Frank Graage, Ulf Petrusson, Bo Heiden, Lise Vinkel, Stina Gestrelius, Peter Frank: Innovation in ScanBalt Bioregion, December 2006

Tech transfer Center  Bridge, boost and coordinate trans national tech transfer  Roadmaps for commercialisation for KN’s  enhance competitiveness, create new companies and jobs

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

Shared SME support  Putting cluster theories into practice  Facilitate SME participation in EU programmes  Promote integration and coordination between clusters

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