Tagesspiegel holds Agenda Talk on “Biotechnology in Germany – Top in the World?”

On 22 March, Oliver Schacht, Chairman of the Board of BIO Deutschland participated in a panel discussion titled “Biotechnology in Germany – Top in the World?”, on which he was joined by Prof. Martina Schraudner, of TU Berlin and Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation (CeRRI); Thomas Jarzombek, a Bundestag member for the CDU; and Karl Bär, a Bundestag member for Alliance '90/The Greens. The panel was moderated by Sascha Karberg, editor of the Knowledge and Research section of the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

The talk began with a discussion of what is needed in terms of the coalition agreement to make Germany a leading international biotech location. Oliver Schacht made it clear that this could only succeed if a clear biotech agenda was formulated with a start, intermediate targets and a final target, and if the leadership for this came from the Chancellery. All relevant ministries would also have to pull together to achieve this.

The full recording (in German) of the 60-minute Agenda Talk, which was supported by BIO Deutschland, can be watched here: