BIA Committee Summit 2018

This event is now full - please email Dannielle Sinclair

The BIA’s eight advisory committees are crucial mechanisms for highlighting the most relevant issues facing bioscience companies. We are delighted to invite you to the fourth Committee Summit where our committees will present and update on their 2017 objectives and explain key issues for 2018. Steve Bates OBE, Chief Executive Officer, BIA will provide an update on BIA activities and plans.

We welcome existing committee members and the wider BIA community to join us at Simmons and Simmons in London.

Registering for more than one committee meeting
You can only register for one committee meeting online. To register for any additional committee meetings,  please email Dannielle Sinclair.

Date
Thursday 22 February 2018
Venue

Simmons and Simmons
CityPoint
1 Ropemaker St
London
EC2Y 9SS

Agenda

08:30 - 09:00      Registration, coffee and networking

09:00 -11:00       Meetings of the following BIA Advisory Committees

  • Cell and Gene Therapy
  • Finance and Tax
  • Science and Innovation
  • At this time there is also the opportunity to join a BIA-led brainstorming session on the needs of the sector in relation to Talent, Skills and People

11:00 -12:30 Plenary session including BIA update and Review of 2017 and Plans for 2018 from Advisory Committee Chairs

12:30 -13:30 Lunch and networking

13:30 -15:00 Member briefing seminar 'The Nagoya Protocol: will it impact your R&D and business development?' supported by the following panel:

  • Simon Trevenna, BEIS, and Thomas Murphy, Defra
  • Nigel Budgen, AZ
  • Rocky Cranenburgh, Prokarium

15:00 - 17:00 Meetings of the following BIA Advisory Committee

  • Engineering Biology
  • Genomics
  • Intellectual Property
  • Manufacturing
  • Regulatory Affairs

17:00 - 19:00    Drinks and networking 

Nagoya Protocol speakers
Nigel Budgen

Nigel Budgen

AstraZeneca

Rocky Cranenburgh

Rocky Cranenburgh

CEO, Bitrobius Genetics

Thomas Murphy
Simon Trevenna

 

 

Kindly hosted by

BIA Annual Supporters