Executive Round Table

Focus Day: Industrial Biotechnology

Finance Day

Job Day

Students Day

Education and training

At this year's Executive Roundtable, analytica 2010 took on a highly topical subject for science and industry, i.e. personalized medicine. Is it just hype, or is it really an alternative for the future?

There was a lively discussion about the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and risks and resolved and unresolved questions associated with personalized medicine. The roundtable discussion was moderated by Susanne Kutter, a biology graduate and Editor for Technology + Know-how at "WirtschaftsWoche" magazine.



Panel members:

• Prof. Dr. Christian Peschel
  TUM, Director, 3rd Medical Clinic, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich
• Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey
  Managing Director, BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH, Munic
• Dr. Bärbel Hüsing
  Biotechnology and Life Sciences Business Unit, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe
• Dr. Andreas Ruppert
  Scientific Director, Genome Research Center (GRC), Munich
• PD Dr. Christian Meisel
  Clinical Research & Development Biomarker, Roche Diagnostics, Penzberg

Biotechnology is a key technology of the 21st century, and it continues to increase in importance. The use of modern biotechnology techniques has become indispensible in industrial processes.


Further information about the lectures and speakers are available here




Participating clusters and their primary areas of expertise:

• Biokatalyse2021 Cluster 
  Systematic research of industrially relevant biocatalysts from microorganisms
  Search for completely new enzymes based on innovative screening techniques
  

• CLIB2021 Cluster
  Promote change in the petrochemicals industry toward renewable raw materials
  Focus on central material groups in the chemicals industry such as monomers and polymers
  

• CIB Initiative
  Biotechnology techniques to promote the more climate-friendly use of resources and the development of new products in conjunction with industry partners
  Focus on fields of enzyme catalysis, production of microbial substances and purification processes in bioreactors
  

• Biopolymere Cluster
  Search for new approaches to bio-based basic chemicals such as polymers and new properties for materials, e.g. in automobile manufacturing

• IPB Cluster Initiative
  Bio-refinery concept: resource efficient conversion of biomasses with wood and fiber components into intermediate and end products that can be used in industry

Industrial Biotechnology met with a very positive response among visitors: 83 percent gave the Focus Day a rating of good to excellent.

Organized by GoingPublic Media AG, the information event was held in the Biotech Forum in Hall A3 and included panel discussions and presentations on the latest financing trends in the biotech sector. New was the elevator pitch, where start-ups make brief presentations to investors.
 
Further information about the lectures and speakers are available here




Program excerpt:  

• Early-phase financing: Are high-tech venture funds and business angels defying the financial and economic crisis?
• Venture capital: Growth capital for life-science companies
• White biotechnology: Germany's pioneering role in a key industry of the future
• Listed life-science companies and biotech on their way to the stock exchange
• Listed biotech companies: A healthy environment for the life sciences?

 

- "The feedback about the program of events and the first-rate panel of speakers was outstanding … this event was definitely a success." Markus Hofelich, Editor in Chief, "Unternehmeredition"

analytica 2010 as a career springboard







Promoter:

•  jobvector, the sector-specific careers portal

Supported by:

• German Chemical Society (GDCh)
• German Association for Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine (VBIO)
• Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)

Forum Job Day

Companies of all sizes gave interested applicants a multifaceted, practice-oriented program of presentations on topics such as choosing a profession, job applications and careers in the scientific/technical sectors.


Highlight: „Live interview“


Jobtour

The Jobtour allowed applicants to stop by the jobvector Careers Stand and the stands of participating companies and speak directly with Human Resource managers.

Participating companies

• Bio-M
• Dionex (Europe) Management
• Eppendorf
• Hexal
• i3 Pharma Resourcing
• Kelly Scientific Resources
• Life Technologies
• Miltenyi Biotech
• MorphoSys
• Pharmexx
• Roche Diagnostics
• Sandoz
• Thermo Fisher Scientific  

Job Day also included individual applicant-folder checks, allowing applicants to have their application documents evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses. Bei dem

-  "jobvector and the companies that presented themselves as employers at career day are very satisfied with the overwhelming number of applicants – from college graduates to industry professionals." Dr. Martina Sribar, Project Management, jobvector

Students Day addressed the industry's youngest members. Specialists from the GDCh, GBM and VBIO were on hand to inform interested high-school graduates about the various university degrees and specialty fields that are available, what their prerequisites are, and the employment prospects following graduation.

nanoTruck: "Jobtalk: Nanotechnology – Careers with a future"
The nanoTruck sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) was at analytica 2010 on March 25 and 26.







Attractions included the following:

• Job Talks - Nano-experts from the BMBF initiative reported on current courses of instruction and training programs in the nano-technology sector.
• Live exhibit demonstrations showed how science and product development are closely linked.
• Information from experts explaining how nanotechnology can help in environmental technology, how hundreds of medical tests can be conducted on a surface the size of a fingernail and how specially coated nanoparticles can be used to combat cancer sores.

Background:
"nanoTruck – High-tech from the nano-cosmos" is a nationwide information campaign on the topic of nanotechnology that takes this interdisciplinary field out of scientific laboratories and directly to the people. It revolves around the nanoTruck, a double-decker exhibition vehicle that – as a laboratory, an interactive exhibit and an information and dialog platform with a team of experienced scientists – presents nanotechnology to young people and the general public!

Anyone who wants to hold their own on today's job market and in professional life must continue to educate themselves. Germany's Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) refers to this market development as "lifelong learning".






Together with Klinkner & Partner, a consulting firm that specializes in the laboratory-technology sector, analytica 2010 offered the following training events:

• Introduction to coaching
• Introduction to QM
• The basics of gas chromatography
• Laboratory performance indicators for controlling and benchmarking
• HPLC method development and optimization
• Hygiene and monitoring
• The basics of infrared spectroscopy
• Legal certainty in the laboratory
• Degree program in laboratory and quality management

Training events organized by Klinkner & Partner at a glance

In keeping with the slogan "You ask, the experts answer", Klinkner & Partner had experts available at its stand in Hall A1 to provide visitors information about various technical and personnel topics such as measuring airborne germs, GLP inspections in compliance with REACH and CLP regulations, trainee programs on executive's future social responsibilities and integrated management systems in the sectors for environmental protection and occupational safety.

- "The majority of our seminars were booked to capacity long before the beginning of the fair. Even during analytica we received several inquiries about participating in this year's courses. Our expectations regarding the number of participants were exceeded by far. The response was definitely positive, and we are already receiving initial inquiries for analyitca 2012. That is why we expect the response at the 2012 fair to be positive and are even planning to expand the range of courses we are offering." Dr. Bettina Eichinger, Head of Marketing and Sales, Klinkner & Partner GmbH