1. SCAN BALT BioRegion – Europe´s first Metaregion
Blank, W.*) Diderichsen, B., Frank, P., Podhaijska, A., Samuelsson, B.

2. Estonian Biotech Association
BioTOP Berlin/Brandenburg
ScanBalt BioRegion
Reykjavik
Initiated by BioCon Valley, Medicon Valley and BioTurku, 2001
Comprising individual bioregions in the Baltic Sea area:
11 nations
85 Mio. inhabitants
~ 67 universities
~ 800 enterprises focusing on life sciences / biotech
Helsinki
St. Peters- burg
Oslo
Stockholm
Tallinn
Copenhagen
Riga
Vilnius
Hamburg
Warsaw

3. Life Sciences in ScanBalt BioRegion
Country Population GDP per Universities Biotech Bio- (Mio. inhab.) capita (US $) (Bio/Life Sc.) comp.’s valleys
Denmark 5, ~ 100 ~4
Estonia 1, ~ 20 -
Finland 5, ~ 125 ~5
Germany (North) 5, ~ 100 ~4
Iceland 0, ~ 20 ?
Latvia 2, ~ 15 ?
Lithuania 3, ~ 5 ?
Norway 4, ~ 60 ~3
Poland 38,63 8,
Russia (West) 7,90 ? 4 ? -
Sweden 8, ~ 170 ~8
Total ~ >800 >>20

4. About….. ScanBalt BioRegion is the brand name of the meta-region
ScanBalt focus on Life Sciences and biotech as a heaver to achieve its goals.
ScanBalt is a not for profit association with a vision to shape a globally competetive, sustainable meta-region in a triple helix format [academia (incl. hospitals), public authorities and private companies]
ScanBalt is based on a ”bottom up” approach

5. The purpose
ScanBalt will promote knowledge formation, education and research, within biotech and life sciences, to shape a world class, competitive life sciences/biotech-industrial meta-bioregion for the benefit of all ScanBalt inhabitants.
ScanBalt will reinforce both goals related to economical development and goals related to human resources and environment.
ScanBalt will also be a forum for discussion on biotech-society impact.

6. Network of networks
The metafor network of networks entails the task of coordination of existing networks and organisations as well as stimulating the founding of new ones.
It does not exclude membership by single universities, hospitals, companies or persons.

7. Founding members Networks Industry/Tech Transfer
BioCon Valley
Bioforum Oulu/Technopolis
BioMedico Forum
BioTeam South
Biotop Berlin
BioTurku
Estonian Biotechn.Ass.
Norgenta/Bay to Bio
MedCoast Scandinavia
Medicon Valley Academy
Universities and Res.Inst.
Center for Intell.Prop.Studies
Inst.for Experimental Medicine
Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital
University of Gdansk
University of Göteborg
University of Helsinki
University of Kalmar
University of Lund
University of Linköping
Agricultural University of Norway
Industry/Tech Transfer
Centre of Tech.Transfer, Gdansk
Hedmark Innovation Center/BioInn
Innovation Norway
Novo Nordisk
Steinbeis Transfer Center

8. ScanBalt organisation
„ScanBalt fmba“ founded as non profit organisation
Office in Copenhagen (2 people)
Strict „bottom up“ strategy, no overhead intention, work share with the members
28 founding members from all countries
Working structure:
Active Chairmanship (Bo Samuelsson, chairman, W. Blank, B. Diderichsen, J. Pikani, A. Podhajska vicechairs)
General secretariat (Peter Frank)
Executive committee

9. ScanBalt Values Sustainability Equality Ethics Respect Trust
”Brain drain” ”Brain circulation”

10. UPCOMING: 3.-5.11.05, 4th ScanBalt Forum, Oslo
3 year mission
UPCOMING: , 4th ScanBalt Forum, Oslo
st Baltic Biotech Forum. Rostock
nd ScanBalt Forum, Gdansk
2004 – 3rd ScanBalt Biotech Turku
A. ScanBalt Organisation
the portal to biotech in ScanBalt BioRegion.
B. ScanBalt Promotion & Network
promote visibility
expand and strengthen
C. ScanBalt Project Platform

11. Some selected projects
ScanBalt Competence Region (EU)
Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU)
Educational mobility (NIF)
Economic Barriers for borderless Cooperation (NIF)
ScanBalt IP-Knowledge Center (EU)
ScanBalt Campus (EU)
ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NORFA)
ScanBalt Clinical Research Network (NIF)
ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NORFA)
ScanBalt Stem Cell Network (NORFA)
ScanBalt Environmental Life Science Network

12. Russian partnership
Institute for Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia, Prof. Vadim Vasilyev
ScanBalt CompetenceRegion
ScanBalt StemCell Network
ScanBalt Educational Mobility
All Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Micro-biology, St. Petersburg, Russia, Prof. Igor Thikovonich
ScanBalt Agrobiotech Network
Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
ScanBalt Marine Biotech Network

13. Marine biotech project
Norges Fiskeri Høgskole
Marine research Institute, Iceland
St Petersburg
Zool. Inst.
Norwegian veterinaryry School of Science
Russian Academy of Science
Meterological and Hydro Institute of Sweden
National Institute of Chemical physics and BioPhysics, Estonia
Copenhagen
University
Danish Institute for Fisheries research
Norewegian veterianry School of Science
University of Latvia
Greifswald university
Peter Aleström
Norwegian veterinaryry School of Science
Chairman
Ministry of Environmet Lithuania
Silesian Medical university
                                           

14. ScanBalt Campus*)
Non traditional University at a meta-regional level with a modular set-up for education, research and technology transfer
Focus: Health care & life sciences
PPP = public private partnership
Partners in the ScanBalt BioRegion:
Universities
Higher educational institution networks
Companies
Regulatory bodies
...
*) Excerpts of Session at 3rd ScanBalt Forum in Turku,

15. ScanBalt Campus Network of education
To deliver a framework for joint activities in knowledge formation and education in the ScanBalt Bioregion, e.g. . Graduate courses
. Postgraduate courses . Special courses (summer schools, workshops)
. Knowledge centers . Life long learning support
*) Excerpts of Session at 3rd ScanBalt Forum in Turku,

16. ScanBalt Campus partners
Oslo University +
Göteborg University +
Chalmers University of Technology +
Lund University +
Växsjö/Kalmar University +
Copenhagen University +
University of Southern Denmark +
Greifswald University +
Rostock University +
Gdansk University +
Tartu University +
Institute of Experimental Medicine, St.Petersburg +
NovoNordisk +
E-Geen Inc
Sahlgrens University Hospital +
*) Excerpts of Session at 3rd ScanBalt Forum in Turku,

17. ScanBalt CompetenceRegion
„ScanBalt CompetenceRegion“ 11 partners, duration 07/2004 – 12/2006
Objectives
Comprehensive and structured profile („yellow pages, what, who, how, where, …) with add-on knowledge about value chain
to spot globally competitive core competencies and capabilities as well as key challenges,
to develop in a model case joint regional strategies and recommendations how to strengthen the competitiveness of ScanBalt bioregion

18. Why ScanBalt – in Short
Create visibility for the ScanBalt BioRegion and members of ScanBalt
Attract human resources and capital
Initiate and facilitate the creation of critical mass
Coordinate joint efforts in research, education and technology transfer
Create a triple helix platform for collaboration between academia (incl. hospitals), public authorities and private companies
Create a platform for dialog and collaboration between networks, internally, and meta networks, externally
Create a platform for dialog with supra-national institutions

19.
Visibility and communication

20. Silicon Valley
ScanBalt
Oxford/ Cambridge
We´ll do it together!