SALSS 2015 Bringing together top names from academic, corporate and financing savvy to focus on meeting global challenges of the world?s big health problems!
"It was the best SALSS ever."
(William A. Haseltine, Founder, Chairman & President, ACCESS Health International) Stockholm, 19th-21st August, 2015With focus on:
Immunology, Cancer and Infectious Disease, Highlighting Antibiotic Resistence and Vaccines Having entered a new decade of the Swedish-American Life Science Summit, I am proud to conclude that the 11th SALSS, which was held 19-21 August in a beautiful summer Stockholm, once again succeeded in delivering ?the best SALSS ever?. Presenting a comprehensive program, with a clear thought progressing throughout the agenda to bring forth the focus topics, and at the same time creating a friendly, open-minded and relation-centered atmosphere, SALSS constitutes a distinguished network and platform for business opportunities. I truly thank you all for your invaluable contribution to this year?s Summit and for making SALSS the asset it has become today! Looking forward, I am delighted to inform you that next year SALSS will be held 24-26 August in Stockholm and will preliminary focus on Value-Based Healthcare, Healthcare IT and Alternative Financing. The latter includes Venture Philantropy, Family Offices and Crowdfunding, which are considered important sources to financing for overcoming some of the challenges of the industry today. Please make a reservation in your agenda! TACK!
Barbro C. Ehnbom
Founder & Chairman
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SALSS IN THE MEDIA FLOW
"Barbro C Ehnbom was awarded ??rest L?kemedelsprofil? or ?Life Science Profile of the Year" View article about Barbro C. Ehnbom in Nordic Life Science News?"Barbro C. Ehnbom ?r ?rets l?kemedelsprofil" View article about Barbro C. Ehnbom ?
"Friend of SALSS Dr. Robert Langer receives The Queen Elizabeth ?1m Prize for Engineering, for his pioneering work including long-lasting treatments for cancer" View article about Dr. Robert Langer, recipient of The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2015? "Blivande nobelpristagare p? SALSS" View article about SALSS Keynote Speaker Emmanuelle Charpentier in Dagens Nyheter, 28 September, 2015?
"It was the best SALSS ever" View article about SALSS in MedTech Magazine No.3 2015, page 11?
View article about SALSS in MedTech Magazine No.3 2015, ONLINE?
"Global challenges at SALSS" View article about Swedish-American Life Science Summit 2015 in Nordic Life Science News?
"Cancer - ett fokus?mne p? ?rets SALSS" View article about Swedish-American Life Science Summit 2015 in Nyhetsbrevet L?kemedelsmarknaden?
"New Frontiers versus Commercial Reality in Immune Oncology" View social media reporting from SALSS on leveraging Parthenon-EY's expertise in commercial strategy and partnering structures?
"Top scientists, investors, business executives and start-ups meet and discuss important issues, to initiate new partnerships and ventures" View article about The Swedish-American Life Science Summit at PR Newswire?
"Tre Uppsalabolag till prestigefullt life science-m?te" View article about Uppsala based Rising Stars at SALSS 2015 in Uppsala Bio?
"Uppsalaf?retag utsedda till stj?rnskott" View article about Uppsala based Rising Stars at SALSS 2015 at online local news site unt.se?
"Rising Star company invited to key Life Science Summit in Stockholm" View article about MoreinX - Rising Star at SALSS 2015?
"Rising Star at SALSS, Swedish American Life Science Summit" View article about Gradientech - Rising Star at SALSS 2015?
"Top researchers, hospital managers and companies in joint effort to combat infectious disease" View article about Bactiguard - Presenting Company at SALSS 2015?
"Co-Diagnostics CEO to present at 2015 SALSS in Stockholm, Sweden" View article about Co-Diagnostics - Presenting Company at SALSS 2015?
"Press release at kancera.com" View press release about Kancera - Presenting Company at SALSS 2015?
"Samlar forskare till svenskt toppm?te"
View article about Swedish-American Life Science Summit in Dagens Industri - ONLINE? View article about Swedish-American Life Science Summit in Dagens Industri?
"Spotlight on entrepreneurial women in Life Science: "
View article about Karin Hehenberger, Founder & CEO, Lyfebulb Dagens Nyheter in July 2015?
View article about Sana Alajmovic, Co-founder and CEO, Sigrid Therapeutics in Dagens Nyheter in July 2015?
"Skapa gynnsamma f?ruts?ttningarf?r nya l?sningar - Aff?rerna g?r bra f?r Life Science f?retag globalt."
View article about Barbro in Life Science June 2015?
OTHER RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
"Vad kan Sverige l?ra v?rlden?" View article about Melinda Gates Foundation and Sweden?"FACT SHEET: President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative"
View article about the U.S. medical reforms from The White House Office of the Press Secretary, published on January 30, 2015?
Impressions from SALSS 2015
"The Swedish American Life Science Summit (SALSS) has proven to be a very important event where high level stake holders from the life science sector get a unique opportunity to get together. SALSS provides a meeting place for world leading scientists, policy makers and industry representatives to interact and establish new partnerships in order to develop innovative solutions to combat serious diseases and contribute to sustainable growth." (Dr. Johanna Adami, Director & Head of Health Division, VINNOVA )
"This was my first meeting and I really enjoyed it. It was a unique opportunity to meet people with different backgrounds in life sciences and I learned a lot from many of them. I admire what you are doing for your country, for women and for helping to translate science into business useful for mankind." (Rino Rappuoli, Chief Scientist, GSK Vaccines)
"S? roligt att f? tr?ffa och ha er alla p? middag,jag ?r djupt imponerad ?ver det idoga arbete du l?gger ner och ?stadkommer med SALSS." (Annika Falkengren, CEO, SEB)
"You and your oustanding and charming female powerteam have managed to organize again an impressive symposium. Your summit is truly playing a pivotal and unique role to integrate the players of the knowledge triangle and perfectly matching the need to mitigate a deficit we have in Europe in that regard in the biomedical arena.
Besides of its top-notch quality, you have been able to give the event with its social activities an almost Mediterranean touch of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."
(Alexander von Gabain,Deputy Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Commercial Outreach, Karolinska Institutet)
"I have to say this one was my favorite [conference] of 2015. The caliber of people you brought to the table, the level of engagement (I did not see one i-phone interruption the majority of the time which is unheard of in conferences), and the team culture you brought to the conference from the formal sessions to the fun dinners and cruise made us all feel privileged to be a part of it. Thank you also for being a trendsetter and woman leader who has really made an impact on the life sciences industry. " (Kristin Pothier, Head of Life Sciences,Parthenon-EY )
"Thanks very, very much for a wonderful SALSS in Stockholm last month. Congratulations on the very fine work that you and your team do on behalf of our bioscience community. Looking forward to our next meeting." (Charles L. "Chuck" Dimmler III, Partner, Torreya Partners)
"What a program, wow, I feel educated on a new level! So many inspiring meetings, exciting discussions and new friends! And thank you for giving me the honor to moderate such a great panel on Financing of early stage life science. Already looking forward to 2016." (Eva Redhe Ridderstad, Chairman, Spago Nanomedical)
"I was, however, impressed (but not surprised) at the calibre of the people present, the presentations and indeed the overall structuring and organisation of the meeting." (Andrew L. Greystoke, Managing Director, Pantheon Advisers)
"Thank you very much for having me at the summit, it was a great experience and I must say that I was very impressed by the program ,very 'a point' with Rosling and Emmanuelle C. Furthermore, I liked the informal interactions as well and I think the informal relaxing setting around it all makes the summit unique. I am impressed, in summa you should all feel happy about your creation!" (Staffan Str?mberg, CEO, Infant Bacterial Therapeutics)
"Wow! What a great couple of days in Stockholm last week. Another successful SALSS with the best weather I've experienced here in a long time. I only wish I could have stayed for the entire 3 days." (Matthew J. Meyer, Chief Business Officer, CareDx)
"Ett stort tack for en mycket v?lorganiserad 'konferens' under veckan. Intressanta f?rel?sningar som gav nya aff?rs uppslag samt m?jligheter till bra networking med s?v?l academia som investerare och aff?rskolleger. Jag ser framemot att fa deltaga n?sta ?r." (Hans von Celsing, Chairman, CLS)
"K?ra Barbro, Jag vill bara tacka dig f?r hur du behandlat mig under SALSS! Barbro du st?ttar verkligen. TACK." (Sana Alajmovic, Co-founder & CEO, Sigrid Therapeutics)
Vill tacka dig och alla i ditt team f?r ett underbart elfte SALSS." (Nils Bohlin, Partner, Arthur D. Little)
"Tack f?r intressanta m?ten och samtal under f?rra veckan. En mycket sp?nnande blandning av personer. Hade kul ocks? rent privat. Skickligt ordnat av dig och kollegor!!" (Olivia Wigzell, Director General, Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services)
