Big Fish - Small Fish ScanBalt BioRegion – Europe’s first Metaregion by Wolfgang Blank Vice Chairman of ScanBalt

Where ? Reykjavik Oslo Stockholm Helsinki Copenhagen Hamburg Warsaw Vilnius Riga Tallinn St. Peters- burg Baltic Sea region, EU´s growth region #1  11 nations  85 Mio. inhabitants  Region with traditional strong cooperation  Well educated human ressources  Focus on life sciences ~ 67 universities ~ 800 enterprises ~ 20+ biovalleys

Who ?  ScanBalt fmba, founded in august 2004  Non profit member based association  Triple helix (academia – industry – authorities)  Vision: BB (Borderless Biotech)  Goals: - Knowledge formation & education - Commercialisation - Forum for discussion on biotech – society impact

  Meetings, partnering,events  Ongoing strategydiscussion  Competence mapping andcluster analysis  Strategic partnerships(Baltic DevelopmentForum) Promoting information, communication, visibility How ?  ScanBalt Campus (EU)  ScanBalt Network of Networks(Nordic Innovation Centre)  ScanBalt Competence Region (EU)  Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU)  Educational mobility(Nordic Innovation Centre)  Economic Barriers for BorderlessCooperation (Nordic Innovation Centre)  Biotech, one click away(Nordic Innovation Centre) Creating identity & infrastructure Focussing on competences  ScanBalt IP-Knowledge Center (EU)  ScanBalt Marine Biotech(NorForsk)  ScanBalt Clinical Research Network(Nordic Innovation Centre)  ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorForsk)  ScanBalt Stem Cell Network (NorForsk  ScanBalt Biofuel Network(Nordic Innovation Centre) !… Bottom up action lines …! ScanBalt secretariat MV Campus liaison office

Why ?  Initiate and facilitate the creation of critical mass - Identify and focus on / develop competences - Platform for collaboration (academia, hospitals, private companies, public authorities, networks) - Joint efforts in research, education and tech transfer - Platform for dialog with supra-national institutions  Keep and attract human resources  Attract capital and other ressources  Added value for all partners in the “metaregional value chain”

ScanBalt – a string of competency clusters North-West Russia Biotech Cluster North Poland Biotech Cluster Bio Turku MedCoast Scandinavia Kalmar BioScience Current Impact Biotech Workforce Human Capital Risk Capital R&D Input BioTeam- South Latvia Biotech Cluster Medicon Valley BioCon Valley Lithuania Biotech Cluster Estonia Biotech Cluster... creating value between regional bioclusters

Interaction of clusters Scientific Fountain Co- location Mode 3 Elaborated from “America’s Biotech and Life Science Clusters”, Milken Institute 2004 Time Current Impact Biotech Workforce Human Capital Risk Capital R&D Input Develop over time from scientifically driven fountains of new insights and ideas to partnerships with local businesses to integrated providers of innovation. Cooperate with businesses in different parts of the value chain. Are driven by different factors depending on the phase of the life cycle.

Benchmark CLUSTEREmployees in Biotechnology No of PhD graduatesNo Batchelor Graduates Scanbalt Boston99.237* San Francisco29.589* Okland28.131*-- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill23.358* ScanBalt compared with leading Biotechnology clusters in the USA * Includes Biotech, Life Science, Bio Medical Elaborated from “America’s Biotech and Life Science Clusters”, Milken Institute 2004

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