Conference Roundup

Sachs Associates Biotech in Europe Investor Forum, 2-3 October 2007, Zurich, Switzerland

The annual Sachs Associates Biotech In Europe Investor Forum brought a worldwide variety of biotech companies to Zurich to meet with potential European investors and partners. Munich Bureau chief Douglas Pretsell and Account Manager Justine Lamond attended the forum, with Douglas chairing the "Small-Cap Listed Company Presentations" panel discussion. Over 80 companies presented at the two day forum to network and have partnering sessions with over 200 attending delegates. As sponsors of the event, Northbank was able to secure a registration discount for all Northbank contacts.

Next years Sachs Associate Biotech In Europe Investor Forum will take place on 23-24 September 2008 in Zurich.

www.sachsforum.com

Biopartnering Europe 2007, 7-9 October 2007, QEII Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom

Biopartnering Europe is Europe's premier annual partnering event. This year's event presented 130 biotech companies from around the world to potential biotech and pharma partners in London. Director Katja Stout and Account Manager Justine Lamond attended the two and a half day event, with Justine organising media interviews for numerous clients at the event. The event was well attended by over 500 delegates attending to view presentations from both listed and emerging companies.

Next year's Biopartnering Europe will take place on October 12-14 2008 in London.

www.techvision.com/bpe

Biotechnica 2007, 9-11 October 2007, Hannover, Germany

BIOTECHNICA, the flagship trade fair for the European Biotech Industry, was attended by Account Director, Lorna Cuddon and Senior Account Manager, Dr Marc Egelhofer to support Northabank's clients, GATC Biotech and GE Healthcare. The show was even more popular than the prior event, attracting a total of approx. 13,000 trade visitors (up from 12,043 in 2005). Also the exhibitor numbers at this year's BIOTECHNICA climbed to 863 (2005: 849) and came from 32 countries (2005:30 countries). The continued overwhelming success of BIOTECHNICA has prompted the organisers to turn the exhibition from a bi-annual to an annual event.

Next year's Biotechnica will take place on 7-9th October 2008 in Hannover, Germany

www.biotechnica.de

Bench2Boardroom 2007, 17 October 2007, Cambridge

ERBI's Bench2Boardroom meeting is designed to offer delegates the opportunity to meet and hear from experts and their peers, on a wide range of topical issues as well as providing ERBI's service provider members a forum to showcase their products and services and meet potential customers. This year's event built on the success of its inaugural year, with over 80 companies and 500 delegates attending the day held at Chilford Hall near Cambridge. Lorna Cuddon, Gemma Price and Katie Odgaard attended the overwhelmingly friendly conference, making the most of the wide range of workshops, presentations and one-to-one meeting opportunities available. The Northbank team also interviewed delegates and exhibitors, most of whom were highly impressed by format and networking opportunities afforded by the event, in order to create a press release and an article for the ERBI newsletter summing up the day.

www.Bench2Boardroom.com

Nordic Venture Summit, 21-22 October 2007, Copenhagen

This year's Nordic Venture Summit showcased an array of businesses from cholesterol lowering medical devices, through advanced laboratory research equipment, to the latest in wave-powered electricity generators. The conference had entrepreneurs from three sectors (biotech; cleantech; and IT/Communications/Technology (ICT)) present their businesses to a venture capital audience in a pitch to raise capital.

As is the format of such Europe-Unlimited conferences, the Sunday before the main conference is dedicated to the Venture Academy. Entrepreneurs volunteer for a gruelling day of training, coaching and critique of their business, PowerPoint presentations and personal presentation style. Each entrepreneur then presents to a panel of venture capitalists and communications experts - who don't pull any punches - who provide positive feedback to help improve their probabilities of success when raising capital. Adam Michael from Northbank served as one of the Venture Academy trainers.

The latest statistics from the organisers show that, over previous years, around 56% of entrepreneurs raised capital within 18 months of having attended a Venture Summit.

www.e-unlimited.com/nvs

4th Annual Asia Pacific Bioscience Forum, 10-11 October 2007, London, United Kingdom

The fourth Annual Asia Pacific Bioscience Forum brought together the top biotechnology companies from the Asia Pacific region to meet with over European investors and partners. Northbank has been involved with the Forum from inception and is a co-organising sponsor alongside Intersuisse Bioscience Managers, Grant Thornton and Rodman&Renshaw. Ten top Asia Pacific biotech companies presented to an audience of over 100 European investors over the two day forum, with partnering meetings scheduled and networking events carrying on into the evening. CEO Sue Charles chaired a panel on Clinical Strategies, with Account Director Adam Michael and Account Manager Justine Lamond also attending the Forum.

Next year's Annual Asia Pacific Bioscience Forum will talk place 15-16 October 2008 in London.

www.aplsf.com

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