Biomedica Foundation
The history
Already in 2006, BioLiège, Life Sciences Limburg (today: LifetecZONe) and LifeTec Aachen-Jülich joined forces and announced the convergence of their conference activities. Biomedica 2007, as a result, was a success with over 650 participants. Biomedica 2008, in Maastricht, The Netherlands, even succeeded in attracting over 800 participants.
Formerly these three life sciences organisations in the regions of Liège, Aachen and Limburg organized their local conferences individually (Bioforum, Cells at Work, LifeTecXchange and Colloquium on Biomaterials). The three organisations have decided to jointly host one annual conference (Biomedica), thereby focusing on the core competences of their regional research institutes and the research activities of companies active in the life sciences cluster. This is quite unique in the world of Biomedical Technology.
The Meuse-Rhine-Triangle
Within the Meuse-Rhine triangle, covering the neighbouring regions around Aachen in Germany, Maastricht and Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Liège, Hasselt and Leuven in Belgium, there are strong competences in life sciences. These competences are well embedded within the 5 universities in the region, but also within many key research institutes and more than 300 larger and smaller companies, all active in this area.
The regions have organized their life science activities through foundations such as: LifeTec Aachen-Jülich, LifetecZONe (Dutch province of Brabant and Limburg), LifetechLimburg (Belgium province of Limburg, Flanders) and BioLiège.
They are all part of what is called the “Heartbeat” of Life Sciences in Europe. These foundations have created strong networks between their members and organize events on new developments. Here, science and industry can meet to initiate or develop partnerships in NRW, The Netherlands and Belgium.
Biomedica
These focus areas are also the main topics of the Biomedica Summit 2012:
- Biopharmaceuticals & nutraceuticals
- Medical devices & care
- Biomaterials
- Business development and product innovations
In these areas, existing strong competences will be further enhanced through new contacts and co-operations. This is why we are organizing Biomedica and invite the world of life science to participate.
