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Events: Past Events
Science|Business is about connecting buyers and sellers of emerging technologies - and it organizes a regular series of special events and reports to help that happen. Here's what we did previously.

For what we're doing now, please see our list of Upcoming Events.

2012 Events
Lunchtalk: How economics shapes science
With countries struggling to build their growth strategies, there is an increased interest in understanding science to as engine of growth....
Bruegel, Brussels - 15 February 2012
Personalised Health Care: From Theory to Practice
Personalised health care is starting to move into clinical practice - and patients, health care providers and payers could all benefit....
Royal College of Physicians, London - 19 January 2012
2011 Events
Policy Bridge: Crowd-sourcing innovation
How to get growth and jobs from the Web? This roundtable discussion will produce a check-list of future steps needed to...
European Parliament, Brussels - 09 December 2011
ACES Selection Committee meeting
The Academic Enterprise Awards (ACES)Selection Committee meets to short list the winners of the 2012 awards.
Brussels - 07 December 2011
Open innovation: Can it work in Europe?
A roundtable discussion, with EU Innovation Lecturer Henry Chesbrough and leading practitioners, on the practical challenges and opportunities of open innovation...
The Square, Brussels. - 06 December 2011
Health for All, Care for You
Personalised health care is starting to move into clinical practice - and patients, health care providers and payers could all benefit....
UK Representation to the EU, Brussels - 24 November 2011
How to Plan Europe’s Energy Future
A new approach to energy research and innovation is the subject of part 3 of a series of roundtable discussions on...
EFTA Secretariat, Brussels - 23 November 2011
Healthcare Innovation: Can a global approach cut costs, and improve health?
Can greater transatlantic collaboration speed the needed innovations?
US Congress, Washington DC - 12 July 2011
The EIT – What is its future?
Will it get a big budget? Create more KICs? Will EIT expand its role in entrepreneurship, education and other fields?
European Parliament, Brussels. - 30 June 2011
The energy technology roadmap: The case of biofuels
Experts in research, policy and industry will address the key hurdles to bringing next-generation biofuels to market
Brussels - 28 June 2011
CIP Forum 2011 - The new wealth of nations [advertised event]
A high-level forum on how to build business, wealth and welfare in the knowledge-based economy
Gothenburg - 29 May 2011
Data protection and security: How will new technologies change the policy debate?
Should politicians be focusing at least as much on the Internet technology that is coming as they do today on the...
EFTA, Brussels - 25 May 2011
Power of the Purse: Can Europe use procurement power to stimulate innovation?
The European Commission has set a target of there being at least €10 billion allocated around the EU to buy innovative...
European Parliament, Brussels - 16 March 2011
Is Energy R&D Harder?
Would a different policy approach help Europe meet the EC’s 2020 energy goals?
Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, Brussels, 09:00 - 14:00 - 11 March 2011
ACES Conference & Awards Gala
The Academic Enterprise Awards (ACES) culminate in a gala dinner and conference on academic enterprise. The host: ETH Zurich, one of...
ETH Zurich, Switzerland - 03 February 2011
2010 Events
ACES Selection Committee
Private meeting of the Science|Business Network to select finalists for the 2011 Academic Enterprise Awards.
ESADE Business School, Barcelona - 03 December 2010
Innovative companies – Going for broke? How to bridge the funding gap for SMEs
A vital part of the European Commission’s new Innovation Union strategy is to support new ways of helping small, innovative companies...
Brussels - 17 November 2010
Innovation Union - How will it Work? A Q&A with the Cabinet of Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn
Since February the European Commission has been developing a grand new strategy for innovation policy, led by EU Commissioner Maire Geohegan-Quinn....
EFTA, Brussels - 13 October 2010
What is the Innovation Union? How the EU’s new innovation plan could work in healthcare research
This roundtable meeting is part of the Science|Business Policy Bridge series and the Health for All, Care for You research project....
EFTA, Brussels - 09 June 2010
European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Going live
One of the biggest new EU initiative in R&D was launched in 2008, and in 2010 the research begins: The European...
Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, Brussels - 26 May 2010
Personalised Healthcare Conference
Personalised healthcare is important - all the experts say so. But why isn't it more widely used in clinics, hospitals and...
Royal College of Physicians, London - 22 April 2010
Health for All, Care for You - The Promise of Personalised Healthcare in Europe
Personalised healthcare is important - all the experts say so. But why isn't it more widely used in clinics, hospitals and...
Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, Brussels - 04 February 2010
Framework for the future - A symposium on new directions for EU R&D funding
With a new Parliament and Commission in office, the debate over the future of the Framework programme moves to the top...
Mission of Norway to the EU, Brussels - 26 January 2010
2009 Events
Academic Enterprise Awards Conference & Gala 2009
Insights and knowledge on successful practices of university spin-outs Location: City Hall, Paris.
City Hall, Paris - 10 December 2009
Research and innovation: what's next in Brussels?
For the next nine months, everything in EU policy for R&D and innovation is up for debate, renewal and change.
Scotland House, Brussels - 06 November 2009
The Innovation Economy - An international policy dialogue
Getting new ideas, new partners and new growth for the global economy - an international policy dialogue.
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels - 02 June 2009
Enabling the Green Citizen
How new ICT technologies could change our consumption of energy and help control climate change.
Scotland House, Brussels - 19 May 2009
EIT: How will it work?
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology, or EIT in Brussels-speak, is finally under way with the formation of its Governing...
Brussels - 22 January 2009
How long will you live? - How research can inform policy
A healthy dialogue between science and policy is vital in our age. Whether in Brussels or the national capitals, policy decisions...
Universitaire Stichting/Fondation Universitaire, Brussels - 12 January 2009
2008 Events
Academic Enterprise Awards 2008 Launch Event
Launch, at ESOF 2008 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest multidisciplinary science conference, of a series of workshops on enterprise in science.
Barcelona - 21 July 2008
New Perspectives in Intellectual Property
An open discussion of new ideas for reforming the IP system in Europe. In autumn 2007, the French Senate at long...
EFTA, Brussels - 29 May 2008
Innovation clusters: how do you make them happen?
What public policies make for a successful innovation cluster - a dynamic community of university researchers, industrial partners, technology investors and...
Brussels - 15 April 2008
Framework 7 - A Progress Report - Champagne with the Chef de Cabinet
The European Commission's premier R&D initiative, Framework Programme 7, is now more than a year old. So how is it doing?...
Helmholtz Association, Brussels - 13 March 2008
Who will lead the Lead Markets?
Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen is determined to repeat the GSM standard success story. To do so, the European Union must...
EFTA, Brussels - 12 March 2008
How should the EU spend its R&D money?
A roundtable discussion on future priorities for EU R&D spending. January 2008 will mark the opening of an important, multi-pronged effort...
Mission of Switzerland to the European Union - 17 January 2008
2007 Events
New Perspectives on Education and Skills for the 21st Century
With Odile Quintin, Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission. An open discussion of new ideas for reforming Europe -...
EFTA, Brussels - 28 November 2007
The 5th Freedom - With EU Commissioner Janez Potocnik
How should Europe manage its R&D? That’s the question that, on 4 April, the European Commission decided to pose to researchers...
Mission of Norway to the EU, Brussels - 12 June 2007
Innovation, the demand side - A look into the future of EU innovation policy
A fundamental shift in European innovation policy is under discussion, one that could improve the climate for technology business and enhance...
Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, Brussels - 16 March 2007
2006 Events
Investing in Education - Spending more, and smarter, on education
The future of Europe's ailing higher-education sector is at the top of political agendas these days.
Brussels - 20 December 2006
Shadow Summit on Innovation
In anticipation of an informal summit of EU leaders on Oct. 20 2006, Science|Business organized a Roundtable discussion on EU innovation...
Brussels - 09 October 2006
Catching the wave - How to take advantage of the rising tide in biotech finance
The financing market for biotech companies in Europe has been showing signs of life lately - with more private fundings, IPOs...
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - 13 June 2006
Roundtable - A dialogue to bridge the gap
If Europe's economy is to prosper into the 21st Century, it needs to get more ideas out of its famous university...
ParisTech, Paris - 07 March 2006
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