Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

‘WHERE SCIENCE MEETS BUSINESS’

Govert Buijs, EU Liaison Officer Healthy Ageing

University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen

Today representing the Healthy Ageing Campus

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

Ambition 2020: 2 Additional Healthy Life Years

Age

Health/ well-being

Societal Utility

Intervention

Prevention

2013: Northern Netherlands European Innovation Partnership Active and Healthy

Ageing Reference Site (***) acknowledged by the European Commission

Unique healthy ageing programs:

Lifelines

• Cohort study & Biobank

• 167.729 participants

– 3-generation design

– 30y follow-up

European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing

• RUG/UMCG recruited 11 world’s leading scientists in the field of ageing and its

associated diseases

Healthy Ageing: main topic in the Northern Netherlands

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

Definition Campus

Hospital based campus:

Highly valued real estate and shared facilities;

Knowledge-intensive companies;

Open innovation;

Research & Development.

‘creating opportunities through interaction between

industry and research’

21 December 2015

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

Need for more innovation

Bridging the gap between institutes and corporations

Creating an interesting environment for human capital

Optimize use of facilities

New rules for financing research (both public/profit)

Why a Campus?

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

The R&D Hotel

Hospitality

Clear terms and conditions

Flexible use of space

Partnering with international campuses

Healthy Ageing

Campus Netherlands

The Campus supports

SMEs and the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Through providing access to:

technologies developed in the UMCG/RUG through TTO

research and clinic of the UMCG through cohorts and CROs

funds related to different objectives

facilities such as the R&D Hotel

international relations (next slide)

International networking – added value for companies

• European Innovation Partnership Active and Healthy Ageing:

Reference site

• MIA project led by Coimbra

• EIT Health

• Office in North Western Germany (Oldenburg)

• First Chinese serious gaming company on Campus (Nov ’15)

• Large industry rent space in R&D Hotel

• 19 SMEs on Campus joined forces to represent Campus at Fairs (a.o.

Medica Dusseldorf, Bio Europe and USA)

• Etcetera

Thank you for your attention!