Overview

"European Success Stories in Translational Medicine" is a workshop organised by the HT Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT) and promoted by Max Planck Innovation and xista. This initiative will help participants navigate the startup creation process, showcasing case studies in the life sciences sector (pharma, health, and medtech) where innovative technologies have been incorporated into startups and successfully passed the exit or scale-up stage.

We are bringing together leading European scientific institutions to explore what makes a startup succeed, the critical steps to creating one, and how scientists can become successful founders. The program will also focus on investor dynamics and best practices for engaging with them.

Workshop Objectives

·       What are the essential ingredients to make a successful startup

·       What are the steps required to create a startup

·       How to be a successful founder

·       How to interact with investors

Target Audience

The target audience for this initiative is scientists, inventors, and their TTOs/IP managers working in academic institutions in all disciplines of, and related to, life sciences (including but not limited to biology; biotechnology; immunology; medicine; chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry; computer science, including analysis of big data, machine learning and AI).

Participation in the initiative is limited in number (max. 30 participants). Participants will be selected based on their profile and relevance and/or potential of the submitted call for ideas.

Important Deadlines

Date and Place

October 2 and 3, 2025.

Hotel San Rocco, Orta San Giulio (NO). 

In presence only.