Message from Alliance4Life
Several members of the Alliance4Life consortium presented goals and mission of this new initiative during a conference held in Brussels on 30 January 2018. The strategy representing the main outcomes of the Alliance4Life opening conference held in Brno was introduced. The event was organized in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union, Czech Liaison Office for research, Development and Innovation (CZELO) and South Moravian Region. Among the speakers were Kurt Vandenberghe, Director responsible for Policy Development and Coordination, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission and Jaroslav Zajíček, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to COREPER I, and Deputy Head of the Czech Permanent Representation to the European Union.
Presentations from the event:
Jiří Nantl, Director of CEITEC Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and Chair of Alliance4Life Strategy Board
Lucyna A. Woźniak, Vice Rector for Research and International Relations, Medical University of Łodz, Poland
Silvia Pastoreková, Director of Biomedical Center of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Mary O´Connell, ERA chair and Research Group Leader, CEITEC Masaryk University, Czech Republic