INNOVATE
Scientific events
Lyonbiopole has developed a technological strategy and scientific events to promote the emergence of ambitious high added value R&D projects.
Initiated in 2007 in Lyonbiopole, an approach of R&D prospective vision has developed a strategic "roadmap" identifying technological and scientific themes and the pathological targets priorities for the cluster. Following this analysis, Lyonbiopole developed animations with the Partnering Days organization, roundtables and workshops to promote the emergence of new projects. In 2009, this approach has allowed the organization and funding of several public / private R&D innovative.
Lyonbiopole’s scientific events are mainly :
> Thematic workshops
> "Europe" workshops
> The Partnering Days: This event gathers participants from industries, SMEs, academic research and hospitals, working in the fields of the cluster. This event is an opportunity for collective thinking around roundtables or workshops. Promising roundtables lead to thematic workshops taking place throughout the year and leading to projects.
They speak about...
« By helping academic and industrial partners work more closely together, Lyonbiopole is a true catalyst in the emergence and setup of large-scale innovative R&D projects. iDD biotech has two projects accredited by the cluster (PRAVIC & GLIADYS), which are key steps in the development of an SMB. The cluster’s support, through its professionalism and dynamism, enables us to speed up the development of biotech-based candidate medicines, by integrating a number of technological building blocks that rely on local expertise. This is a means to boost players in various sectors – private or public – by pooling everyone’s expertise and know-how, while making the local and national economy more competitive. »
Claudine Vermot-Desroches
iDD-Biotech - Director of R&D