BSHR HealthPort - Registration for ScanBalt Forum 2012 open, see www.scanbalt.org

This year on 20-23 November, the Life Science community on Top of Europe will gather in Tampere Hall, Scandinavia's largest Congress and Concert Centre, to exchange ideas and discuss the current state and future prospects of ScanBalt BioRegion.

The Forum is organised by the Baltic Institute of Finland together with Tampere University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering and BioMediTech.

Collaboration and Innovation
The event brings together key figures in biotechnology and life sciences representing the 11 countries of the ScanBalt BioRegion.

For diverse organisations from business and industry to research and public policy, the annual ScanBalt Forum provides an invaluable platform for collaboration and international networking, fostering the innovation and competitiveness of the region.

On Topic
The programme is built on ongoing ScanBalt projects or project ideas with renowned speakers.

Key topics and project sessions of the Forum will be the following:

• BioLifeScience cluster collaboration with Russia
• The new EU Programming Period 2014-2020 and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - EUSBSR Flagship on innovation, clusters and SME networks - BSR Stars
• ScanBalt Health Region - the Health Flagship in the EUSBSR
• BSHR HealthPort and Submariner projects
• ScanBalt Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Days
• Eco4Life
• HiCare/Baltic Amber

For more information and registration go to http://www.baltic.org/scanbaltforum2012/.