
MVA ANNUAL MEETING 2020
November 2, 2020 @ 12:00 - 18:00

A substantial component of the success story of Medicon Valley is the global outlook of key stakeholders. Fortunately, the Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley life science cluster is international by nature. But how do we use this to our advance and what is needed if we are to use the combination of Danish and Swedish life science expertise as the stepping stone for the ambitions to position the Nordics as a global life science innovation hub?
Only a region working actively to become an attractive destination for life science companies, investments, talents and academic excellence can aspire to become a true world class life science cluster.
To discuss how to ensure the competitiveness of our region in a globalized world, Medicon Valley Alliance has the pleasure of inviting you to an afternoon with inspirational regional, national and international speakers.
Date: Monday November 2, 2020
Time: 12.00 – 18.00
In-person: Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport, Ellehammersvej 20, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark
On-line: You will be provided with a link to our live streaming
This year we will be offering our Annual Meeting for in-person as well as on-line participation!
REGISTRATION FOR IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION
REGISTRATION FOR ON-LINE PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM
The program below will be updated on an ongoing basis.
12:00 – 12:30 Registration, networking and sandwiches
12:30 – 12:35 Welcome Petter Hartman, CEO, Medicon Valley Alliance
12:35 – 12:50 State of Medicon Valley – Life science in Greater Copenhagen. Petter Hartman, CEO, Medicon Valley Alliance
12:50 – 14:00 Framework conditions for life science and innovation
12:50 – 13:15 Christian Ketels, International expert on country competitiveness, Visiting Executive, Harvard Business School
13:15 – 13:30 The need to change the healthcare system for the benefits of patients and society: Merck’s perspective. Enrique Álvarez Fernández, Managing Director and General Manager, Merck Group
13:45 – 14:15 Coffee break & networking
14:15 – 15:20 Investment focus
14:15 – 14:30 Funding opportunities for innovation in life science: New partnerships in the eco system. Anne-Marie Levy Rasmussen, CEO, Innovation Fund Denmark
14:30 – 14:45 Darja Isaksson, Director General, Vinnova
14:45 – 15:00 Amanda Hayward, BD Lead at Rallybio
15:00 – 15:20 Lounge discussion
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee break & networking
15:40 – 17:00 Innovation during COVID-19
15:40 – 15:55 Morten Agertoug Nielsen, Associate Professor, CMP, Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
17:00 – 17:10 Summary and conclusions. Søren Bregenholt, Chairman of the board, Medicon Valley Alliance, CEO, Macrophage Pharma
17:10 – 18:00 Networking & tapas
SPEAKERS
The list of speakers will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Christian Ketels
International expert on country competitiveness
Visiting Executive, Harvard Business School
Enrique Álvarez Fernández
Managing Director and General Manager
Merck Group
Anne-Marie Levy Rasmussen
CEO
Innovation Fund Denmark
Darja Isaksson
Director General
Vinnova
Amanda Hayward
BD Lead
Rallybio
Morten Agertoug Nielsen
Associate Professor
Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology
University of Copenhagen
Petter Hartman
CEO
Medicon Valley Alliance
MODERATORS
Sarah Lidé
Senior Strategy and Project Manager
Medicon Valley Alliance
Søren Bregenholt
Chairman of the board
Medicon Valley Alliance
CEO, Macrophage Pharma
MVA’s Annual meeting is the annual flagship event of Medicon Valley Alliance. We invite prominent regional, national and international speakers to address key topics such as life science innovation, commercialization of R&D, public private partnerships, talent attraction and other issues of importance for the realization of our vision for the Medicon Valley cluster. Last year’s annual meeting titled “Ambitions and Visions”, was attended by 250+ prominent regional life science stakeholders.
SPONSORS
Do you want to become a sponsor of the Annual Meeting? Contact David Zepernick, dz@mva.org or (+45) 24 98 16 68.
PARTICIPATION
Participation is free of charge for members of MVA and members of the press (late cancellation* /no-show fee DKK 500 excl. VAT).
For non-members, the participant fee is DKK 1.500 excl. VAT, please see our event policy for non-members participation (late cancellation* /no-show fee DKK 500 excl. VAT).
Registration ends on October 28th, 2020.
* If you cancel after the registration ends, it is considered late cancellation.