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BioBusiness Summer School 2010

23 August-3 September 2010 - Are you interested to pursue your career in one of the many biomedical companies? Do you want to know more about the business field and your specific opportunities? Then this international summer school is perfect for you!

  • National Event
  • Mon 23 Aug 2010, 09:00 to Fri 03 Sep 2010, 18:00.

ESBES - ISPPP - Biothermodynamics 2010

6-8 September 2010 - This conference provides the unique opportunity to discover new science, technologies, processes, and applications, dedicated to researchers in science as well as product developers in industry, by bringing together three recognised symposia at the same time and in one place.

  • International Events
  • Mon 06 Sep 2010, 00:00 to Wed 08 Sep 2010, 00:00.

IBS 2010 - 14th International Biotechnology Symposium

14-18 September 2010 - A large participation of the international biotech industry, a dynamic and RTD-oriented program, highly qualified speakers from academia, governmental institutions, and industry will be some of the major features of IBS2010.We hope that you will join us.

  • International Events
  • Tue 14 Sep 2010, 09:00 to Sat 18 Sep 2010, 16:00.

Life Sciences Seminar

15 September 2010 - Business compliance and its impact on commercial success.

  • National Event
  • Wed 15 Sep 2010, 19:35 to Wed 15 Sep 2010, 19:35.

ECC Partnering 2010

15-17 September 2010 - The oncology partnering event in Europe for biotechs, pharma, investors and academia.

  • International Events
  • Wed 15 Sep 2010, 19:50 to Fri 17 Sep 2010, 15:30.

BioIndia 2010

21-22 September 2010 - This forum will bring together biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies from North America, Europe and Asia to meet and explore business opportunities with India’s emerging biotech sector.

  • International Events
  • Tue 21 Sep 2010, 00:00 to Wed 22 Sep 2010, 00:00.

HET Instrument 2010

28 September-1 October 2010 - For the first time in years HET Instrument, the biggest technology exhibition in the Benelux, is back where it once started: at Amsterdam RAI. From Tuesday 28 September through 1 October 2010, 450 exhibitors who represent companies in the branches industrial electronics, industrial automation and laboratory technology are present at HET Instrument 2010.

  • National Event
  • Tue 28 Sep 2010, 11:00 to Fri 01 Oct 2010, 16:00.

Jetro Biolink Forum 2010

30 September 2010 - An international biotech business event featuring a symposium and networking events at BioJapan 2010, Asia's largest biotech event being held this September in Yokohama.

  • International Events
  • Thu 30 Sep 2010, 15:00 to Thu 30 Sep 2010, 15:00.

Masterclass BioBusiness

October 2010-May 2011 - The Masterclass BioBusiness teaches entrepreneurship in the life sciences.

  • National Event
  • Fri 01 Oct 2010, 00:00 to Tue 31 May 2011, 00:00.

Immuno Valley International Conference

3-5 October 2010 - The Immuno Valley conference 'Vaccine research: from pathogen to clinical evaluation' presents a state-of-the-art coverage of the complete value chain for the research and development of vaccines to combat (emerging) infectious diseases in animals and humans.

  • National Event
  • Sun 03 Oct 2010, 12:00 to Tue 05 Oct 2010, 18:00.

Figon Dutch Medicines Days

4-6 October 2010 - The 12th edition of the Dutch Medicines Days will be an event with focus on all the different themes around drug research, drug development and pharmaceutical medicine.

  • National Event
  • Mon 04 Oct 2010, 09:00 to Wed 06 Oct 2010, 18:00.

BioPartnering Europe 2010

10-12 October 2010 - Innovation Takes the Spotlight at BioPartnering Europe.

  • International Events
  • Sun 10 Oct 2010, 00:00 to Tue 12 Oct 2010, 00:00.

Trade mission to Australia

17-22 October 2010 - Meet and greet the experts of the Australian nanotech industry, in the field from NanoMedicine and Health to Energy & Clean water, during a nanotech/biomedical fact-finding & trade/investment mission to Australia.

  • International Events
  • Sun 17 Oct 2010, 00:00 to Fri 22 Oct 2010, 00:00.

EFIB2010

19-21 October 2010 - The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology provides a great opportunity to reach the world’s international leaders in industrial biotechnology.

  • International Events
  • Tue 19 Oct 2010, 00:00 to Thu 21 Oct 2010, 00:00.

Outgoing mission United States

25-29 October 2010 - The Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion and ARCUSplus, BioFarmind en Bio Science Park Leiden are organising an outgoing mission to the US (Boston and New Brunswick) in the field of biomedical life sciences and biotechnology.

  • International Events
  • Mon 25 Oct 2010, 00:00 to Fri 29 Oct 2010, 00:00.
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It’s business stupid

What is it with the Dutch that they have such difficulty grabbing business opportunities in a changing world? We have the brains, we have the money and the opportunities are plenty. Still, during the last 40 years hardly any company of substantial size has emerged next to the old industry in the AEX.  Oil, food, materials and financial services dominate the landscape.

We have left the environmental challenges to environmentalists, rather then building innovative businesses in solar or wind energy to help face them. We have exported our knowledge on agriculture around the world, and now that we can more intelligently engineer crops we let the opportunity pass due to invalid arguments around GMOs. Now that  “kweekersrecht” is being substituted by patent law we complain instead of adapt.

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