How can Scotland be a global leader in life sciences?
Join this half-day event in Edinburgh, bringing together experts from industry, academia and government.
Date: Tuesday March 1st, 2016
Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh
There are many areas Scotland needs to get right if it is to compete on a global scale in life sciences. Last year’s event looked at the need to improve the capability for turning R&D excellence into manufacturing at scale, in order to deliver direct economic benefit.
How are we getting on in that respect – and how are we doing generally at making a global noise in life sciences? How are we placed to help small companies with big ideas expand – and how good are we at attracting global investment? Do we have the right testing facilities, and have we made strong enough links between the private sector and the NHS to stimulate domestic markets for life sciences products? Can we attract centres of excellence to help commercialise great ideas? These and many questions will be raised – and a range of expert speaker will aim to offer some answers and outline where we go next if we have genuine claims to be global leaders in the sector.
This event is sponsored by Irvine Bay.