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BIA webinar: Brits at BIO: your guide to the BIO week
Join BIA’s Steve Bates, BioPartner’s Lin Bateson and Department for Business & Trade representatives to learn more about the UK presence at BIO week in Boston 4-8 June 2023.
Covering UK delegation information, relevant events and sessions plus ideas on messaging as you chart your way through this major week in the global life sciences calendar – join us to hear more and get all your questions answered by the experts.
Speakers
Steve Bates OBE
What does your role at BIA involve?
Steve Bates is the CEO of the UK Bioindustry Association, the UK’s Trade Association for innovative life science companies with over 550 members. Steve is the visible face of the vibrant UK life sciences industry to government and media. He serves on the UK Government’s Life Sciences Council and the UK Biosecurity Leadership Council. Steve was a founder member of the UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce in the Covid crisis, sitting on its steering Board alongside Kate Bingham. He is active member and former chair the International Council of Biotech Associations and has been a board member of EuropaBio since 2015.
Previous experience & achievements
Steve has championed, with government, effective industrial incentives like the Biomedical Catalyst, which have crowded in private sector investment into UK SMEs. He is a driving force behind the scale up agenda, spearheading policy agenda to unlock UK pension fund capital into productive UK growth in life sciences. He has forged several links for the sector across the USA, Europe and in China. In his time at the BIA, Steve has developed new member groups focused on cell and gene therapy, genomics and engineered biology. A strong advocate of partnership working, Steve champions sector collaboration with research charities and academia. Proud to lead an organisation with a diverse Board with over 40% female representation, Steve is committed to next generation talent and developing the skills needed for the sector to flourish. Before joining the BIA in 2012, Steve worked for Genzyme and was advisor to the UK Government of Tony Blair working on NHS reform and the Northern Ireland peace process. He was made OBE for services to innovation in 2017 and became a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science in 2020.
Lin Bateson
Lin Bateson is Co-founder and Chief Executive at BioPartner UK, an independent trade organisation accredited by UK government, that supports UK international trade. It is a source of advice and practical support for UK based life science organisations, providing information about trading overseas, and access to discounts and practical assistance to attend key partnering conferences. Lin has diverse experience in cell biology research, patient centricity, cluster development, B2B partnerships; and has extensive contacts in the bioscience sector. She is the Finance Director at Meeting Mojo, the global SaaS 1:1 online booking system, and at The Event Nest, a technical support and consultancy to the events industry. BioPartner organises the annual Anglonordic Life Science Conference and has worked collaboratively with fellow stakeholders for almost 20 years, to promote and support UK expertise in the life science sector.
