ScanBalt

ScanBalt (Baltic Sea Region Clusters Network) established in 2001, gathers 24 members from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia.

Among the members, here is the list of cluster organisations and clusters networks in ScanBalt:

Clusters BioCon Valley  (https://www.bioconvalley.org/) Klaster LifeScience Krakow  (https://lifescience.pl/) Life Science Nord   (https://lifesciencenord.de/en/) Digital Health Cluster Latvia  (https://about.digital-health.lv/team-introduction) Connected Health Estonia  (https://www.tehnopol.ee/) HealthTurku  (https://turkubusinessregion.com/) Tartu Health  (https://biopark.ee/) Health Capital  (https://www.healthcapital.de/en/) Witeno (https://witeno.de)   Cluster networks           Healthy Agening Network Netherlands (https://www.hannn.eu/) Business Region Göteborg (https://www.businessregiongoteborg.se/)

The full list of members can be found here.

Mission

ScanBalt is an innovation network that brings together academic and industrial research, university hospitals and non-university research institutions, study centres and highly specialised suppliers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology sectors from different European countries and regions.

ScanBalt creates value by:

• Promoting innovation and business
• Fostering inter-regional collabortation
• Reducing barriers
• Enhancing visibility
• Attracting resourses

What we do

Think Tank: Ideas generated between companies, regions,  clusters and funding sources Accelerator: Promoting projects, coordination of funding sources, smart specialization Match-making: Facilitating contacts between health care providers, companies, investors and decision-makers Communication: ScanBalt News (monthly), ScanBalt Business Club Information (monthly), webs, social media, direct mailing

Strategy: https://scanbalt.org/about-scanbalt/strategy/

Why join the network?

Project Partnering and Coordinated Investments

• The return of investment is 19:1 for the members
• One vision supported by several funding instruments

Visibility and Participation

• ScanBalt News has more than 9000 subscribers monthly
• ScanBalt reaches out to approx:

3000 companies 50 university hospitals 60 universities within health/life science incl. 25 with a focus on Medtech 50 health care clusters and networks 75 health care sector science parks

• Access to a Baltic Sea Region market within health care growing above average

Contact

Sven Parkel, General Secretary Tiigi 61b, 50410 Tartu Estonia Email: sp [at] scanbalt.org   Telephone: +372 566 355 77