Collaboration between the Brussels-Capital Region and Flanders in the "Proeftuin Zorginnovatie program Vlaanderen". The objective of this program is to stimulate innovation in health care for seniors by supporting innovative projects on all aspects of this field including prevention, education, diagnosis , care and interventions. Innoviris, Brussels funding partners launches with IWT, a call for projects: Living Lab: Innovative Care Brussels. Information Session on 25 October 2013. Presentation: Support from the Brussels LifeTech Cluster

1. Living Lab
Innovative Brussels Care
October 25th, 2013
Christophe Coppens
Brussels LifeTech Advisor

2. The Brussels LifeTech Cluster
 The Cluster of innovative players active in the health sector and located in the
Brussels Capital Region
 167 committed members: SMEs, large pharma, universities, hospitals
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3. Companies
Brussels Business Life-Tech Sector: R&D intensity & maturity
(Total FTEs BCR: 4.216)
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Company age (2013)
Pharmaceutical; 2.019 FTEs
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Lab equipment; 48 FTEs
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Dental; 36 FTEs
Biotechnology; 429 FTEs
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Disabled persons; 7 FTEs
Other Med Tech; 323 FTEs
MedTech; 429 FTEs
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Services; 927 FTEs
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4. Academic and Hospitals
 Academic institutions:
 3 universities, 4 Higher Education Institutions
 ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles):
 1.700 researchers, 24.000 students
 UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain):
 4.613 researchers, 28.633 students
 VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) :
 11.011 students
 Hospitals:
 8.577 beds
 7,7 beds/1000 Brussels inhabitants
 Public, private and academic hospitals
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5. Supporting ecosystem
 Financing support:
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Innoviris
Caring Entrepreneurship Fund
Vives (€43Mio),
Theodorus (€14Mio)
Finance.brussels (SRIB)
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BLSI (Brussels Life Science Incubator) (2350m²)
EEBIC
ICAB (IT for Health)
Galactic Innovation Campus
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6. The Brussels LifeTech Cluster
Missions
1. To stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship
2. To promote Brussels R&D and clinical competencies
3. To build an ecosystem between companies, hospitals,
research labs and support organisations
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7. The Brussels LifeTech Cluster
Services
• Project-based services
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Financing
Business planning
Intellectual Property Rights/research partnerships
Public subsidies & grants
Research projects
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• Collective services
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Information
Promotion
Internationalisation
Building of partnerships
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8. The Brussels LifeTech Cluster
Services
 Close collaboration with all the regional institutions
 Makes part of the Brussels Enterprise Agency:
 May rely on BEA experts and BEA tools (monstarterkit.be, ecosubsibru.be,…)
 Interactions with other clusters: Green Tech, Software in Brussels, Screen,
EcoBuild
 European business unit (EEN + NCP)
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9. Information Tools
N° TEL 1819
SITE
1819.be
SITE
ECOSUBSIBRU.be
SITE
MONSTARTERKIT.be
SITE
SITE
BRUTRADE.be
BRUCODEX.be
NEWSLETTER
« ENTREPRENDRE A
BRUXELLES »
SEANCES INFO
STARTER &
« Start essentials »
SEMINAIRES
SPECIALISES
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10. Specific Support
Financing
Juridic, fiscal and
administrative
aspects
Urbanism &
environnement
permits
Public subsidies
Commercial &
Technological
partnerships
R&D
Development
strategies
Internationalisation
Business planning
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11. Contact us
brusselslifetech@abe.irisnet.be
+ 32 2 422 00 20
www.brusselslifetech.com
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