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

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

• Spemann Graduiertenschule für Biologie und Medizin  
• University College Freiburg 
• R+ Dr. Regenold
• WS QMS

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.

Past Seminars

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Fath "Für sauberes Wasser ist mir keine Anstrengung zu groß", January 17, 2023
  
• Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld (Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Ordnungsökonomik, Universität Freiburg, Direktor des Walter Eucken Instituts) "In what health care system do we want to live?" April 27, 2022
• Dr. Sabine Nikolaus (Country Managing Director Germany Boehringer Ingelheim Deutschland GmbH)
  "Pharmacy - quo vadis", October 20, 2021
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas Voßkuhle (Institut für Staatswissenschaft und Rechtsphilosophie, Universität Freiburg, ehemal. Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts)
  "Die europäische Rechtsgemeinschaft in der Krise!?" June 21, 2021
• Annette Green (Vice President DACH, at SAS Heidelberg) "Transform a World of Data into a World of Intelligence"
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider (Prorektor für Digitale Transformation), January 30, 2020
• Dr. Peter Eckes (President of BASF Bioscience Research/Regional Research Representative, North America), "New Frontiers in the Chemical Industry",
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sabine Rollberg, July 18, 2019
• Dr. Ingmar Hoerr, MBA (Supervisory Board Chairman of CureVac AG)
  "RNA, 3 D Printing and Mass Data: Not a vision but reality",
  Moderator: Dr. med. Helmut Laaff, January 28, 2019
• Dr. Michael Lauk (Chief Executive Officer Neuroloop GmbH, Freiburg)
  "Starting without Ending: Insights into 20 years of founding and managing Life-Science Start-ups"
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Stieglitz, July 11, 2018
• Dr. Kirsten Lund-Jürgensen (Executive Vice President and President of Pfizer Global Supply at Pfizer Inc., USA) "Working in a Global Pharmaceutical Company: Expectations and Opportunities"
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Borner, March 14, 2018
• Franz Fehrenbach (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH)
  "Chancen und Herausforderungen der digital vernetzten Wirtschaft",
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sabine Rollberg (WDR/Arte), May 16, 2017
• Prof. Dr. Hanns-Peter Knaebel (Chairman of the Board, Aesculap)
  "From Ideation to Innovation"
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sabine Rollberg (WDR/Arte), January 30, 2017
• Dr. Rüdiger Krech (World Health Organization)
  "Global Governance for Health – The Role of the WHO"
  Moderator: Franziska Badenschier (Science Media Center Germany GmbH), June 22, 2016
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Barner (CEO Boehringer Ingelheim)
  "Business and Ethics"
  Moderator: Dr. Dieter Russmann (Vice President CS, Parexel International), February 15, 2016
• Dr. Hagen Pfundner (CEO Roche Germany)
  "Beyond Health & Profits"
  Moderator: Alfred Schmitt (SWR Wirtschaftsredaktion), July 16, 2015