BARCELONA INNOVATION WORKSHOP: NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY & IT FOR HEALH A double workshop that brings together, in two partly overlapping events, experts in nanotechnology and in information technology for biology and health. Two workshops were held during the 4th and 6th October, which topics were: Nanobiotechnology and Information Technology for Biology and Health. It took place at the Shers Campus Hotel at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Vila UniversitĂ ria-Campus UAB). These workshops were organized by Biocat, with scientific advisory services from the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the UAB Research Park (PRUAB), as a member of the Interbio biotechnology collaboration network of European regions. The activities were aimed at increasing knowledge of the international project regions Interbio as well as collaboration. In addition, another objective was to identify common needs on European level such as infrastructures, program, etc. Participants were able to find ways to implement collaborative projects with partners and disciplines with the support of Interbio. NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY Keynote Speaker: Dr. Khuloud Al-Jamal, The School of Pharmacy, University of London Parallel sessions: Nano-objects for drug delivery and imaging Nanomaterials for biology and medical implants Nanodevices and sensors for health and Nanotoxicology IT FOR HEALH Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, Empirica Communication & Technology Research Parallel sessions: IT and Systems Biology IT applied to genomics and proteomics IT for health monitoring IT for the improvement of diagnosis and novel therapies
Each of these workshops consisted of a plenary and four parallel sessions. In each parallel session were involved two representatives from each region Interbio, with a very dynamic format of about 10 minutes each. After these sessions, there was an interesting debate which allowed identifying possible areas of collaboration between the members and drawing the conclusions presented later in the plenary session that took place. In addition, the agenda included series of networking sessions.