The GBA Healthcare Seminar Series is a primary platform to foster dialogue and streamline communication between European and Chinese healthcare/biomedicine business and academic communities.

Get first-hand knowledge from leading business incubator facilities from China’s world-class healthcare cluster – “Huangpu Healthcare Hub”, participate in case studies, and communicate with experts from Merck Guangdong Innovation Hub and Guangzhou International Bio Island as well as the leading European healthcare clusters, such as BioM Cluster development in Munich, BioCon Valley in Rostock, and Bio Region Catalonia in Barcelona.

Agenda
09:00-09:05| Opening & Welcome (Daniel Frerichs, Director Europe, Huangpu, GDD)

09:05-09:15| Welcome addresses from Bio/Invest Catalonia and Guangzhou International Bio Island (Joan Vicens Sard, General Manager for Investment Promotion South China at Invest in Catalonia, Montserrat Daban Marin, International Relations Director, Biocat, Ray Zhang, Vice President of Guangzhou International Bio-Island Co. Ltd.)

09:15-09:30| Developing an Incubation “Silk-Road-Shuttle” to Greater Bay Area (Daniel Frerichs)

09:30-09:45| Joining the Guangzhou International Bio Island Incubator – Case Study – Aortyx (https://aortyx.com/ (Jordi Martorell, CEO & Co-founder at Aortyx)

09:45-10:00|Multinational Corporation Innovation Business Model-Practice of Merck Guangdong Innovation Hub (Mos Mo, Associate Director at Merck Guangdong Innovation Hub)

10:00-10:15|Success Stories from Guangzhou International Bio Island Incubator (Ray Zhang)

10:15-10:30|Q&A (moderated by Daniel Frerichs)

10:30-10:35|Closing Remarks (Daniel Frerichs)