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International collaboration and alignment is crucial for advancing ALS/MND research. In August, we hosted our inaugural Global MND Research Roundtable in Melbourne, Australia, aimed at addressing key global challenges in ALS/MND research. And now more recently, in partnership with MND Australia and ALS Society of Canada, we hosted the Global MND Research Roundtable breakfast in Montreal during the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND. This provided a platform to share the outcomes from the inaugural meeting in Melbourne and present the Global MND Research Acceleration Strategy. The event once again brought together leading MND researchers, ALS/MND organisations, industry professionals and those living with the disease. Read more about how the MND Research Roundtable is driving collaboration globally: https://lnkd.in/gcNRqv-C We are committed to continue building on this collaboration into 2025 and FightMND is excited to share more about our work in this space in the new year.

Hot off the press - the September edition of MERIT Insights! Our latest eNewsletter includes an overview of recent & upcoming conferences, relevant articles and info sheets, an executive spotlight, and important industry news you may have missed. Read now: https://lnkd.in/gM8dXA3f #MERITCRO #YourClinicalEndpointExpert #clinicaltrials #clinicalresearch

Calls for Abstracts close Monday for the Complex Needs Conference 2025. Hosted by ACSO Australia in collaboration with Ermha Ltd and funded by DFFH, the conference will bring together a diverse group of people at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne to explore challenges and solutions for supporting individuals with complex needs. By fostering a collaborative environment, we aim to share ideas, research, and personal experience. These aim to inspire, inform, and drive better practices in delivering coordinated care for people with diverse and complex needs. With the overarching theme for the conference "Making it work: overcoming barriers and simplifying support for people with complex needs", we are seeking abstracts across 3 conference streams: ▪️ Interconnected systems ▪️ Research and program showcase ▪️ Lived experience Whether you are a practitioner, researcher, policy maker, and/or a person with lived experience, we invite you to submit your abstract for the Complex Needs Conference 2025. Abstracts should be submitted via the Conference website’s abstract submission form: https://lnkd.in/gSHdadCS

Ready to learn how Europe's unique R&I environment and public private partnerships are enabling life-changing innovations? 🎧 Listen here (12 mins): https://bit.ly/MTOAS4E2 Listen in as Johnson & Johnson's Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Resource Group (SPRG), Mark Lloyd Davies, PhD, shares his insights from his longstanding experience working in collaborative research and innovation in Europe, and what makes the EU environment unique. We cover important topics like the potential of public private partnerships, practical advice on participating in the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), and reflections on a new multistakeholder project IDERHA.

We need more deals in the Nordics!💰💰 We have great science, so why aren’t more global deals being made involving nordic life science companies? 🤔 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮 👉🏻👉🏻Find out on May 29-30!👈🏻👈🏻 Hint: you’ll also need a strong personal network and a deep understanding of market specific conditions, cultural differences, regulatory pathways, financing strategies and MUCH more. 😅 We’ve built a brand new event around these topics, with people on stage who KNOW what it takes to strike a deal, land a partnership, attract investors, build companies and put products on the market in Europe, USA and Asia. 🤩 We’ve also invited companies that have made or are about to embark on the journey. 🚀 Meet them all at the BioStock Global Forum! 🌍 If you’re a life science executive, investor or BD-representative, you need to apply for an invitation right now. ‼️ — Not because we say so, but based on the program, the great people you’ll meet, and of course the extraordinary 🥂 & dinner reception and a chance to enjoy beautiful Lund in the springtime ☀️ 👉🏻 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dk8H47tY 👈🏻 BioStock - Connecting Innovation and Capital #lifescience #event #dealmaking #investments #marketaccess #partnerships

Today’s R&D isn’t a solo sport—it’s a team effort! Interdisciplinary collaboration has become essential to drive innovation and accelerate discovery. Discover the latest trends in scientific collaboration and practical strategies to help your team work smarter together. Watch the Webinar: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZBnnq0

Are you passionate about addressing Europe’s regional disparities in research and innovation (R&I)? 🗺️🔗 Join our policy-oriented Special Session (SS52) on Tackling Europe’s regional R&I divide: analysis, policies, and practices at the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, together with Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Ron Boschma, Julien Ravet, Nicola Francesco Dotti and myself. 🔍 What is this session about? Despite significant progress in innovation across the EU, stark regional R&I disparities persist, affecting competitiveness, resilience, and inclusive growth. From the gaps in R&D investments to challenges in patenting, research collaborations, and commercialization, these divides call for innovative solutions and robust policy responses. 🌟 We are seeking policy-relevant contributions on: • Drivers and barriers of regional R&I disparities • Socio-economic consequences of R&I fragmentation • Regional trends in science, research, and innovation performance • Policy responses leveraging EU funding mechanisms • Role of EU Programmes in fostering cross-border R&I activities • Interplay between EU and national/regional policies for R&I ecosystems If your research falls into these areas, this session is the perfect platform to share your insights and shape the dialogue on fostering inclusive innovation in Europe. Submit your abstract to our special session before 19 December 2024! (link in comments 👇) #ResearchInnovation #EUInnovationPolicy #RegionalDevelopment #CallForAbstracts #InnovationDivide #RSAConference

It’s a tough gig, opening the last day of a conference after an awards dinner the night before! But Prof Tim Vorley OBE, Christine Doel and Andrew Carter, ably chaired by John Leake - Sci-Tech Daresbury more than rose to the challenge with a great discussion on innovation clusters. My favourite points were; “Thinking about sectors independently is less helpful than looking at how they relate” and “think of clusters as verbs not nouns”. This led on nicely to a panel I joined (representing #UKInnovationDistrictsGroup) alongside Phil Carvil, Joshua Hawkins, Placi Espejo, Angela Kukula, Philip Macdonald chaired by Jo Stevens, who all know a thing or two about innovation clusters and hotspots! I was taken by how the UK space cluster might offer some valuable insights and potentially a blueprint for what a ‘Team GB approach’ to cluster development can look like in order to operate on a world-wide scale (and beyond!). My main reflections on innovation clusters were: 1. Size isn’t everything 2. Don’t forget the human scale 3. Hotspots in clusters are key 4. What we measure counts 5. How do you measure partnership strength? If you’re measuring partnership strength with respect to an innovation hub or cluster, I’d love to hear from you to learn more about how. Drop me line. Congratulations to James Chaffer and the whole of the UKSPA - The United Kingdom Science Park Association team for a fabulous 40th birthday conference. Thanks for having me to speak. #ukinnovationdistricts #innovation #innovationclusters #industrialstrategy  

HEY! We need more deals in the Nordics!💰💰 We have great science, so why aren’t more global deals being made involving nordic life science companies? 🤔 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮 👉🏻👉🏻Find out on May 29-30!👈🏻👈🏻 Hint: you’ll also need a strong personal network and a deep understanding of market specific conditions, cultural differences, regulatory pathways, financing strategies and MUCH more. 😅 We’ve built a brand new event around these topics, with people on stage who KNOW what it takes to strike a deal, land a partnership, attract investors, build companies and put products on the market in Europe, USA and Asia. 🤩 We’ve also invited companies that have made or are about to embark on the journey. 🚀 Meet them all at the BioStock Global Forum! 🌍 If you’re a life science executive, investor or BD-representative, you need to apply for an invitation right now. ‼️ — Not because I say so, but based on the program, the great people you’ll meet, and of course the extraordinary 🥂 & dinner reception and a chance to enjoy beautiful Lund in the springtime ☀️ 👉🏻 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dk8H47tY 👈🏻 BioStock - Connecting Innovation and Capital #lifescience #event #dealmaking #investments #marketaccess #partnerships

🟣 The European Commission will invest €315 million in 63 new projects under three #HorizonEurope Widening actions: Teaming for Excellence, ERA Chairs, and Excellence Hubs. 🟣