Australia's innovative biotech sector on show at BIO International Convention
27 June 2024
The verdict is in from Team Australia - best BIO International Convention ever! With the largest showing of close to 500 delegates, a raft of innovative Australian biotech companies and organisations were represented at the world's largest biotech partnering event spearheaded by Minister for Industry & Science Hon Ed Husic MP.
The team at MTPConnect have been involved in supporting Team Australia's presence and organising a program of business activities at #BIO2024 in San Diego to highlight Australia's innovative biotech sector.
Watch the video highlights to check out some memorable occasions.
The program was all about collaboration and business opportunities:
✅ Pre-BIO Top Level Site Visit Program meeting the experts at Illumina, Novartis, Truvian, JNJInnovation & Blue Knight initiative
✅ Australia-US Life Sciences Workforce Capability Roundtable led by our REDI initiative
✅ Australian delegation joined the 'meet up' event with SAN DIEGO ENTREPRENEURS EXCHANGE
✅ SA and WA Business Reception was held with Bridgewest Group and supported by WA’s Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, SA’s Department for Trade and Investment, and MTPConnect through the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub and MTPConnect Adelaide Intermediary Program
✅ Global VIP Australian Business Networking Reception at Hotel del Coronado, sponsored by CSL, Novartis, Cytiva, QIMR Berghofer, ASX, attracted around 500 guests international and Australian leaders in the global biotech sector and John F Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) made a special appearance to welcome the group
✅ Australian Women in Life Sciences Leadership Forum - Spotlight on Female Founders, sponsored by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, focusing on leadership journeys
✅ Korea - Australia Open Innovation Seminar with Korea Health Industry Development Institute explained how researchers and startups can get involved in developing therapeutics of the future with biotech companies
✅ The eye-catching 'Australian Pavilion' hosting business partnering spaces, decent coffee and some warm Aussie hospitality and introductions
✅ Announcement with ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) about a new joint AI accelerator - an opportunity for Australian high growth biomedical SMEs to take part in
✅ Signing of an MOU with Biocom California to extend our Australian - US relationship in the biotech sector
✅ MTPConnect Podcast interviews for our upcoming series 'Bio Bites'
Thank you to all the sponsors for working together with us to make the eye-catching Australian Pavilion & all the special events possible.
Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Global Victoria, Department for Trade and Investment, Trade and Investment Queensland, Investment NSW, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, MTPConnect Adelaide Intermediary Program, WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), CSIRO, AusBiotech.
Special thanks to our team on the ground in San Diego - Jarrod Belcher GAICD, Jo Close (MTPConnect Adelaide Intermediary Program), Stuart Dignam, Caroline Duell, Jo Glew, Tamlyn O'Connor, Tracey Wilkinson (WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub).
See you next year!