You are cordially welcome to our annual winter gathering, SwedenBIO Summit, which takes place at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 11 December 2024.   

The SwedenBIO Summit is a member exclusive event wrapping up the year in a festive yet informal setting. With our well-known friendly atmosphere, the SwedenBIO Summit is a place where companies dare to share the intimate business stories that may serve as inspiration across our community.

This year, the program is inspired by the Nobel Prizes to highlight advancements in our industry. The SwedenBIO Summit also includes a launch of the most up-to-date statistics of the industry in the form of the Life Science Barometer 2025 report. We wrap up the afternoon by presenting the winner of the SwedenBIO Award 2024!

Time: 13.00-16.30 on 11 December 2024, followed by drinks and canapés
Place: Grand Hôtel, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8, Stockholm

Exhibition: If you would like to exhibit your company at the mingle, please contact Community Manager Linn Mattsson for details (linn.mattsson@swedenbio.se). Participating exhibitors are guaranteed two tickets to the event.

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Programme

13:00

Registration


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14:00

Welcome words

Jessica Martinsson
CEO, SwedenBIO
Maja Neiman
Science Director, SwedenBIO
Marjo Puumalainen
International Director, SwedenBIO
14:05

Physics, Chemistry and Medicine – How do you bring the latest advancements in science into your business?

This year, the Nobel prizes in all three cateories Physics, Chemistry and Medicine are relevant for the life science industry. But how are scientific advancements applied in large scale production settings?

In this session, we invite representatives from companies with advanced production to elaborate on how scientific frontiers can be used for Swedish and European competetiveness.


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    Fredrik Ringvide
    General Manager Sweden Biomanufacturing Center, AstraZeneca
    Janet Hoogstrate
    CEO, NorthX Biologics
    Mikael Moge
    Vice President CMC, BioArctic
    Andreas Gretander
    Senior Consultant & Founder, Phase2Phase Biopharma
    Tadas Trunca
    Sr. Director, Nucleic Acids & Nanomedicine, Cytiva
    14:40

    Economy – Learnings from a striking deal

    Listen in on an intimate dialogue where Calliditas tells the story of how they landed on of life science Europe’s most valuable deals.

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    Renee Lucander
    CEO, Calliditas Therapeutics
    15:00

    Mingle


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    15:45

    Literature – Launch of the 2025 Barometer report

    Welcome to the launch of the 2025 life science Barometer report, including the state of the industry, nation wide statistics and an international outlook. This edition of the report has a theme of Value Creation to describe and highlight the different kinds of value that the Swedish life science industry generates.

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    16:00

    Peace – United through strategy

    We invite you to a presentation of the updated national Life Science Strategy and a discussion how this material can be used for a unified direction of national, regional and local efforts. 

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    Janette Edblad
    Director of the Office for Life Sciences and Deputy Director-General, Government Offices
    Sara Modig
    State Secretary to Minister for Energy, Business and Industry
    16:20

    SwedenBIO Award

    We wrap up this inspiring afternoon by handing out the SwedenBIO Award to reward a successful and exemplary member company that have distinguished themselves and contributed to positive attention for Swedish life science. Don’t miss out!

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    Anders Persson
    Chairman of the board, SwedenBIO
    Carl Kilander
    Partner, HealthCap
    16:30

    Mingle