Healthcare and Biotechnology: Portuguese Solutions for Life

Did you know that Portuguese biotechnology companies have been awarded with European and International honours of excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship? Or that they have been intimately connected to the achievements made in new fields of research? Did you know that the first laboratory in Europe dedicated to nanotechnology is based in Portugal? And that, thanks to the enhancement of partnerships between Portuguese universities and renowned institutions such as Massachussets Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Texas at Austin and Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft, Portugal is part of the most prestigious worldwide Research & Development networks in the fields of Biotechnology and Healthcare?

This is the story of a country which is rapidly taking its place at the forefront of Research and Development in Life Sciences Technology.

aicep Portugal Global – Portugal’s Business Development Agency, has partnered with Barclays Portugal and Barclays Commercial in the UK with the support of TAP, to host an event for British and Portuguese Life Sciences businesses. The event aims to bring together companies working in the Biotechnology and Healthcare sector to exchange information and know-how, to meet like-minded companies and to find new business opportunities and partnerships in Portugal, the UK and elsewhere. The event will also have the support of the Confederation of British Industry, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, the UKTI, the Forum of Private Business, the British Pharmacological Society, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Association of British HealthCare Industries, and the UK Medical Research Council Technology.

PROGRAMME

Registration

For registration, please contact Diana Brás from AICEP UK at +44 (0) 2072016666 or trade.london@portugalglobal.pt
Entrance to the Seminar is complementary, but places are limited