OUR THEME 2024: UNFAKE NEWS
BUILDING PEOPLE IN LIFE SCIENCE.
The annual event of Biotech Builders brings together executives in the Swedish life science sector for a day of networking and team building. The informal platform of the event is accompanied by case exercises, and inspiring speakers, delivering talks on current topics of the industry. The objective of the event is to foster growth of the industry through establishment of personal contacts that will transform into an exchange of ideas and know-how, which may ultimately stimulate the Swedish life sciences sector.
The event is invitation only and there is a formal theme to address a current and inspiring industry specific topic in an informal setting.
Front figures of the event
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Richard Bergström is a trained pharmacist with extensive experience, having held roles such as Assistant Head of Registration at the Medical Products Agency, Director of EU Regulatory Strategy at Roche Basel, and Director-General of LIF, the Swedish Pharmaceutical Industry Association. He has also served as an advisor to the World Health Organization for good governance in medicine and as director-general of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). In 2021, he was honored as Pharmacist of the Year by the Swedish Pharmaceutical Association. Currently, he holds the position of Vice President of European Affairs at IQVIA. He gained widespread recognition during a time of great uncertainty and a flood of misinformation when he was appointed as vaccine coordinator by the government in June 2020 amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Professor Åsa Wikforss earned her PhD at Columbia University in New York and became one of Sweden's first two female professors in theoretical philosophy in 2008. She is a member of the Swedish Academy and of The Royal Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the philosophy of language, mind and epistemology, and she is the leader of a large inter-disciplinary research program on knowledge resistance. In 2017, she published the popular book "Alternative Facts: On Knowledge and its Enemies," which addresses topics such as knowledge resistance and disinformation. Be prepared for Professor Wikforss to provide invaluable insights, illuminating the path toward a deeper understanding of our complex reality.
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Dr. Helena Nordenstedt is a specialist physician in internal medicine, an associate professor, and a Global Health teacher at Karolinska Institutet. Additionally, she is an expert coordinator at the Center for Health Crises at KI, where she focuses on health system resilience. Her research span from learning lessons from infectious disease outbreaks to prevent the next outbreak to non-communicable diseases. She has worked on projects during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Guinea.
PREVIOUS EVENTS.
PREVIOUS EVENTS.
2023
Precision health
Emma Ridderstad (The future is already here - Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Metaverse, and Web3.). Kjetil Tasken (Possibilities in precision health care). Carl Johan Sundberg (Time for new visions for the industry).
Stockholm
2022
Artificiell intelligens
Magnus Boman (AI and the Life Sciences). Breakout session 1: Savantic AB (Creating value with AI). Breakout session 2: Savantic AB (Improving AI collaboration within biotech).
Stockholm
2019
From science to sales
Erik Olkiewicz (Hypnosis show). Ingrid Heath & Lars Adlersson (how to communicate with stakeholders and the right communicative strategy). Don deBethizy (Albumedix – chairman of board of directors. How to recognize commercial orientation before clinical trials).
Stockholm
Dr Jørgen Thorball