Executive Committee

Networks/Clusters:

Wolfgang Blank (chairman)
BioCon Valley
Germany
www.bcv.org

Mairita Coneva
Latvian Biotechnology Association
Latvia
www.latbiotech.lv


Tuula Palmen
Oulu Innovation
Finland
www.ouluinnovation.com

Marja.Riita Viljainen
BioTurku/ Turku Science Park Ltd
Finland
www.turkusciencepark.com  

Boo Edgar
MedCoast Scandinavia
Norway
www.medcoast.org

Peter Nordstrøm
Medicon Valley Alliance
Denmark
www.mva.org  

Hans Kuhn
Norgenta/Bay to Bio
Northern Germany
www.norgenta.de  


Lars Montelius

Øresund Science Region
Denmark
www.oresundscienceregion.org 

Tero Piispanen (Vice Chairman)
Finnish HealthBio
Finland
www.healthbio.fi


Kai Uwe Bindsell
Technologiestiftung Berlin, BioTOP Berlin-Brandenburg
Northern Germany
www.biotop.de


Per Spindler
Biopeople
Denmark
www.biopeople.dk  

Bo Samuelsson (Associated to the Chairmanship) 
Västra Götaland Region
Sweden
www.vgregion.se  


Universities and Research Institutes:

Daumantas Matulis
Institute of Biotechnology
Lithuania
www.ibt.lt  

Hans-Robert Metelmann
Greifswald University
Germany
www.uni-greifswald.de/

Jacek Bigda
Medical University of Gdansk
Poland
www.amg.gda.pl  

Gerhard Rakhorst
Medical University Center Groningen
Netherlands
www.umcg.nl

Ewa Lojkowska
University of Gdansk
Poland
www.biotech.univ.gda.pl  

Jari Valkonen
University of Helsinki
Finland
www.helsinki.fi  

Peter Brodelius
Linnaeus University
Sweden
http://lnu.se/about-lnu?l=en

Mats Grahn 
Södertörns University College
Sweden
www.sh.se  

Lene Lange
Aalborg University
Denmark
http://www.aau.dk  

Katarina Gårdfeldt (Vice Chairman)
Center for Environment and Sustainability, GMV
Sweden
www.chalmers.se


Udo Kragl
Rostock University
Germany
www.uni.rostock.de

Michael Nilsson 
Sahlgrenska University hospital
Sweden
www.sahlgrenska.se

Industry/Tech Transfer:

Børge Diderichsen
Novo Nordisk A/S
Denmark
www.novonordisk.com

Frank Graage
Steinbeis Foundation
Northern Germany
www.stw.de  


Jaanus Pikani (Vice Chairman)
Estonian Biotech Association
Estonia
www.biotech.ee Elected among Institutional Members:


Elected among Instituonal Members:


Anna Pytko

National Contact Point in Poland
Poland
www.kpk.gov.pl