Health & Life Sciences Partnerships Initiative
Event Overview
The initiative will bring together the health & life science industry, post-secondary institutions, foundations and agnostic sectors, to partner on their R&D pipeline, sponsored research opportunities, and identify aligned research paths. We are excited to announce we have multiple MNEs in health & life sciences who will present on collaboration, commercialization, and aspects of acquisition. The event is organized in collaboration with Alberta Innovates, BioAlberta and MedTech Canada.
The event is open to everyone in the ecosystem.
Hear speakers from: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Boehringer Ingelheim, Moderna Therapeutics, AltaML, Medtronic, GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc., National Research Council (NRC), Siemens Healthineers, StarFish Medical, Sanofi, Providence Therapeutics, Garmin, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Novartis, Boston Scientific, Visby Medical, Roche, and Schrödinger.
Goals of the Event
We aspire to create a space to understand and enable partnership pathways with different companies and opportunities; to encourage, build and expand collaborative paths in health, life sciences and agnostic spaces. The event will be aimed at increasing collaborative research.
Audience
The audience will include faculty and researchers from across Alberta, the Alberta startups, SME, MNE, not-for-profit sector, support organizations, and healthcare partners at Alberta Health Services.
Time, Date and Location
Date: September 22
Location: Azrieli Atrium, Libin Theatre and Theatre 1 (HSC Building, Foothills Campus)
Registration and Check-in
Upon arrival, please check-in at the registration desk at the Azrieli (HRIC) Atrium to pick up your tags. Admittance only upon check-in.
Sessions
The event will be spread across 3 sessions in one day. They will be broadly classified as follows encompassing subtopics:
Therapeutics
Digital Health, AI ML
Medical devices and technologies
Partnering and Networking
Open networking session, post presentations in the Azrieli Atrium. Industries and attendees will have the opportunity to meet and discuss.
Cost to Attend
The event will be free to attend.
Event Parking
Please use Foothills Medical Centre parking - North Parkade at 3315 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T8.