Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs

Function

The main aims of this working group are to support the implementation of the German Federal Government’s High Tech Strategy by developing concrete showcase projects in cooperation with the member companies, especially as regards innovation and jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises in the overlapping fields of red and industrial (white) biotechnology; to contribute to the German economic initiative, the Federation of German Industries’ (BDI) Initiative - Innovation Strategies and Knowledge Management; to design a road map for the biotechnology markets; and to work with the CDU Economic Committee’s Commission on Growth and Innovation on the design of a showcase project.

Members

Co-ordinator:
Dr. Karsten Henco, HS Life Sciences AG

Experts from the following companies:
Jörn Aldag, AMT Netherlands
Dr. Siegfried Bialojan, Ernst & Young AG
Dr. Bernward Garthoff, Bio NRW
Dr. Frauke Hangen, BioRiver - Life Science im Rheinland e. V.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Honold, Brain AG
Dr. Ingmar Hoerr, CureVac GmbH
Dr. Claus Kremoser, Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG
Peter Pohl, GATC BIOTECH AG
Prof. Dr. Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff, AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand, Heidelberg Pharma AG
Dr. Christian Thirion, Sirion GmbH
André van Hall, BioMedizinZentrumDortmund
Prof. Dr. Olaf Wilhelm, Wilex AG
Dr. Holger Zinke, Brain AG