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“Industry, Academia and Authorities: Collaborating for Excellence”
The focus of the 5th ScanBalt Forum is scientific and entrepreneurial. You will find an extensive range of sessions and talks, presented by some of the BioRegion’s best scientific and business leaders. This Forum provides superb opportunities for networking, starting new initiatives and a dialogue with the regions key actors. ScanBalt Forum website:http://http:/www.scanbalt.org/sw6039.asp

ScanBalt Forum presents:
o 8 speeches by BioRegion leaders including
Per Unckel, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers,
Esa Toumi, First Vice President and Sales Director Corporate, Nordea Bank in Poland and Baltic Countries
Prof. Kaare Norum, Chairman of ScanBalt Academy,
Prof. Sylvia Rohr, Board Member of the Steinbeis Foundation
Pekka Lindroos, Chief Counsellor, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Finland.
o 9 sessions with topics ranging from Asia-Europe-Asia partnership, to regional competitiveness strategy, tax incentive systems for biotech SME or technology transfer and intellectual property issues

Additionally, ScanBalt Forum this year includes a practical workshop “Get ready for the 7th EU research framework programme” : http://http:/www.scanbalt.org/sw7925.asp on Saturday 23 September.
Interested in specific speaker or a session? Visit ScanBalt Forum website and take a look at the final programme:http://http:/www.scanbalt.org/sw7532.asp.

Get two high-level conferences for the price of one!
ScanBalt Forum registration automatically gives access to the biggest and most prestigious life-science conference in Baltics – the 7th Gene Forum 2006, on 22-23 September. The Gene Forum combines topics ranging from population genetics to drug development, from genetics of complex diseases to new technologies.
Gene Forum 2006 presents 14 world-renowned speakers including:
Prof. Philippe Froguel, Imperial College London, UK / Institut Pasteur de Lille, F Dr.
Nigel Spurr, GlaxoSmithKline, UK,
Prof. Ulf Landegren, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, S,
Prof. Samir Brahmachari, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, India,
Dr. Howard Cann, Fondation Jean Dausset – CEPH, France,
Prof. André Reis, Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany,
Dr. Daniela Toniolo, DIBIT – San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Find the detailed programme at Gene Forum webiste:http://http:/www.geneforum.ee/GF2006/index.php?inc=programm

Registration: http://http:/www.scanbalt.org/sw7028.asp

Interested in company or project presentation? A joint exhibition is hosted parallel during the ScanBalt Forum and Gene Forum in Vanemuise Conference Hall on September 22-23. Find more about conditions and prices here:http://http:/www.geneforum.ee/GF2006/index.php?inc=naitus
Contact:
Mr. Märt Miljan
Estonian Genome Foundation
Phone: +372 5215 767