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Academia Meets Industry

The seminar series "Academia Meets Industry" aims at stimulating transdisciplinary discussions between university members and high profile industry managers. In the seminars, the practical perspective of the guest speakers encounters the education and research priorities of the university and thus allows an unprecedented dialogue on opportunities and risks of current and future research developments in the life sciences.

As they encounter the complexity of real world challenges from multiple perspectives throughout their study program, the series is of particular interest to LAS students. Especially, but not only, students from the Governance and Life Sciences Majors have the opportunity to get insight into topics that researchers and practitioners are currently dealing with at the interface between academia and industry. Students are encouraged to critically reflect upon societal expectations, governmental responsibilities, commercial constraints, and the interests the different stakeholders have.

In the context of Academia meets Industry, we would like to draw your attention to the next Academia meets Industry event:

The next Academia meets Industry - A Political Scientific Discussion is on July 6, 2023

Academia meets Industry Dr Wiest

Dr. med. Axel Wiest, M.P.H. (Vice President, Head of R&D Strategy & Planning, Bristol Myers Squibb Company) will speak about “Translating Ideas into Therapies. Opportunities & Challenges of Biopharma, Research & Development”. Moderated by Dr. Dieter Russmann

When? July 6, 2023 at 17:00 (s.t.)

Where? Lecture Hall Otto Krayer Haus

The seminar series is jointly organized and hosted by

For more information on the format, please read the interview with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Borner in the Badische Zeitung on March 14, 2018.


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