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​Bridging the Gap

2021
PROGRAM APRIL 2021
Recording of the event 2021

A GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCE EVENT

Bridging the Gap was the first life science event organized together by the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in San Diego, San Francisco/Silicon Valley and New England - the top three life science clusters in the U.S. Since Life Science Bridge's mission is to promote trade between our clusters and Sweden, we announced our first two-day event together Bridging the Gap - with the purpose to inspire, educate and connect people in the life science scene. 

With Sweden and the U.S. being at the top of the life science industry, we aimed to build bridges between these nations to promote a healthy and innovative world. Bridging the Gap was held 7-8th of April on Zoom, and day 1 included 11 speakers covering three themes; The life science ecosystem in the U.S., Swedish Life Science and Expanding to the U.S. Speakers attended from the U.S. and Sweden. The 2021 program can be found here and the recording of day 1 here. 

A virtual trade delegation was held during day 2, where participants had the opportunity to network across borders with life sciences professionals. Read more about the trade delegation and the 2021 participants here. 

See you next year!

SPEAKERS APRIL 7 - 2021

The speakers for Bridging the Gap on April 7 2021 was industry leaders who represent the future of life science.
​Click on each picture for speaker biography. Here is the recording of day 1. 
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Cecilia Lif
Trade Counselor at Embassy of Sweden in Washington

Opening remarks: Cecilia opened up the event on April 7. Click here
​to learn more about Cecilia and the Embassy of Sweden. 
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Ben Bradford
Vice President of Membership and Economic Development at MassBio

Ben talked on April 7 about the Life Science ecosystem on the American north east coast. 
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Jim Rottman
From Westwood & Wilshire. Founding Practice Leader of
AccelPeople & Industry DEI expert

At Bridging the Gap Jim talked about helping companies build productive workplaces. The focus was on people strategy and differences in DEI-programs in the U.S. and Europe. 
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Jennifer Landress
Vice President and COO of
​Biocom

At Bridging the Gap Jennifer talked about the Life Science ecosystem throughout California. 

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Jonas Pedersén
Co-founder of Deallus

Jonas joined us to speak about his experiences from bridging to the USA and what it takes to build for success in the USA. 
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Jack Florio
Managing Director with Objective Capital Partners

On April 7 Jack discussed various sources of funding available for life science companies in the US as they move through their stages of development and the expectations of investors. More info on Jack can be found here. 

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Claes Gustafsson
Co-founder and
Chief Commercial Officer at Atum

Claes represented Atum at April 7th, and he shared his experience on how to build a company on the U.S. market. 
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Anders Mälarstig
Director Human Genetics and Computational
​Biomedicine at Pfizer

On April 7, Anders shared his experiences in public-private partnership in the U.S. and Sweden. His biography can be found here.

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Frederick Stearns
Partner at Keller & Heckman LLP

On April 7th, Rick talked from his experience as a lawyer and present regulatory aspects, expectations and topics concerning the FDA. His bio is available here.
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Bianca Dochtorowicz​
Program Manager at the International Department at Vinnova

Bianca talked about Vinnova’s portfolio within the Healthcare and Life Science sector, engagement in the U.S./Silicon Valley as well as collaboration opportunities. Her bio is available here.

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Stanko Skrtic
Head of Innovation Strategies & External Liaison within
​AstraZeneca pharmaceutical organization

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Jonas Johansson
Science & Innovation Director in Innovation Strategies &
​External Liaison at AstraZeneca

Stanko and Jonas gave us a joint presentation about AstraZeneca’s pharmaceutical technology innovation organization, partnering model and showed different examples of how they interact with the life science industry around us. Stanko's bio can be found here and Jonas's bio can be found here. 
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