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Opening of the conference

Petter Hartman, CEO, Medicon Village Innovation

UNLOCKING ACCESS: HALRIC’s journey with Research Infrastructures

Discover how HALRIC has opened new doors to research infrastructures across borders. This session will showcase key achievements and share first-hand stories of collaboration and its impact.

Moderator: Petter Hartman, CEO, Medicon Village Innovation

Speakers:

• Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University
• Maria Sundh, HALRIC Head of Project Operations, Medicon Valley Alliance

CROSSING BORDERS, CREATING IMPACT: pilot projects’ highlights from industry, hospital and academy

Get a first-hand look at how researchers and innovators from industry, hospitals, and academia have worked across borders to advance life science through HALRIC pilot projects.

Moderator: Veronica Lattanzi, HALRIC Co-director, Lund University

Speakers:

• Henrik Jacobsen, DMSC-ESS “Nano Warriors: Tocilizumab Takes Flight to Fight Inflammation” [Industry focus]
• Jakob Øster, Rigshospitalet, “High-resolution 3D X-ray Scanning and Metabolomics to Characterize Microvascular Invasion in Surgical Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma” [Hospital focus]
• Nikolina Sekulic, University of Oslo, “Structural characterization of virulence factor-blocking antibody-derived Binding Proteins” [Industry/Academy focus]
• Sambhasan Banerjee, DESY, “High-throughput analysis of PSMα1 conformations in cellular interactions” [Hospital/Academy focus]
• Antara Pal, Malmö University, “Seed to sustainability: Exploring plant storage proteins for a greener future” [Academy focus]

Lunch break: poster session and HSC demo

Enjoy lunch while meeting the people behind HALRIC, and learn more about the pilot projects and the Hanseatic Science Cloud.

LOOKING AHEAD: sustaining collaboration and curiosity-driven research 

Building on three years of first-hand experiences on cross-border research and cooperation, this closing session looks ahead together with regional leaders and funders at how cooperation can evolve into lasting frameworks that strengthen the ÖKS-Hamburg life science region beyond HALRIC.

Moderator: Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University

Part 1: Setting the scene

Speakers:

• Erik Renström, Lund University Vice-Chancellor, Introductory remarks
• Jakob Øster, “What research infrastructures make possible for hospitals and patients”
• Emanuel Larsson and Anders Bjorholm Dahl, “Management, analysis and visualization of imaging data – collaboration across the border”
• Franz Hennies, “How research infrastructures translate research into innovation and societal impact”

Part 2: The next phase of cross-border collaboration – Panel discussion

This panel discussion explores how lasting cooperation frameworks can be developed across the ÖKS–Hamburg region. It will highlight strategic opportunities arising from stronger regional connectivity and discuss how to secure sustained access to world-class life science research infrastructures.

Speakers:

• Robert Feidenhans’l, Niels Bohr Institute Professor Emeritus and European XFEL Former Managing Director
• Pia Kinhult, Head of Host States Relations and Industrial relations, ESS
• Jakob Øster, Project leader ESS & MAX IV, Rigshospitalet
• Arwen Pearson, Professor of Experimental Biophysics, University of Hamburg
• Carl Henrik Gørbitz, Director Life Science, University of Oslo

Part 3: Cooperation goes on within the HALRIC community

This session celebrates what HALRIC has made possible and looks ahead to what comes next. The session will also present the advocacy work carried out in recent months to ensure the continuation of HALRIC’s cooperation framework, including the introduction of the Cross-Border Science Office.

Speakers:

• Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University
• Klaus von Lepel, Head of the Research Department, Hamburg Ministry of Science and Research.
• HALRIC consortium representatives

Closing remarks

• Kajsa M. Paulsson, HALRIC Project Director, Lund University
• Viktor Öwall, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research Infrastructure, Digitalisation and Third-cycle Studies, Lund University

Networking with bubbles

Join this informal networking moment to connect with colleagues, exchange ideas, and reflect together on the future of HALRIC collaboration.