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How do we (attempt) to build cross-sectoral

partnerships?

CEBR Annual meeting - 13/04/2015

Azèle Mathieu, PhD

Managing Director

Project-based

services Financing

CE Marking

Health economics

Intellectual Property

Research projects

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since 2010

More than 100 members Biopharma

Medical devices

E-health

Ageing population

Project-based services Financing

CE Marking

Health economics

Intellectual Property

Research projects

…

Team (3,5 FTEs 2015)

Advisory Board (entrepreneurs,

academics, public serviices)

>20 events a year Workshops & training

programs

Networking Events

Events with partners

International Missions

50 Partners Universities

Hospitals

Professional organizations

Internationalization support

Incubators

In 2014: 65 entrepreneurs

coached

Out of which 30 new

projects

8 companies launched

All our

services

are free

Who are we? Health cluster Brussels

(i) Building a cross-sectoral

partnership is before all,

context dependent…

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1° Brussels: restricted space

- small geographical area (161km²)

- urban area

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2° Brussels: High concentration of hospitals

- 27 hospitals: private, public, academic

- 8.577 beds: 7,7 beds/1.000 inhabitants

(Belgium: 5,3)

- 20.000 FTEs

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Impulse.brussels Key strategic regional partner for

Brussels based businesses

60 people

Innovation Sectors

Informations & Networks

Expertise & Coordination

3° Brussels:

5 clusters under

1 umbrella

organisation

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(ii) Building a cross-sectoral partnership:

build on your strengths

Hospitals Medical devices

E-health Ageing

population

• Market

• Clinical testing

• Source of new inventions

• Working with engineering faculty

Coupled with

NTIC Linked with

social innovation

Imagilys.com OUAT! Live sciences 1st Startup Weekend on

Ageing Population

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(iii) Building a cross-sectoral partnership:

strengthen your strengths

Hospitals Medical devices

E-health Ageing

population

Coupled with

NTIC Linked with

social innovation

Project

« Innov in MedTech»

Regional strategic

e-health plan

• Market

• Clinical testing

• Source of new inventions

• Working with engineering faculty

Our learnings & challenges for

Building a cross-sectoral

partnership:

(i) Is context dependent

(ii) Needs to be built from existing strengths…

(iii) And to consolidate interlinkages…

(iv) … as well as to stay focus

Our challenges:

- « de-silo »

- Education

- Legal aspects

- Business models

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