ACCIÓ and Biocat take Catalan 'digital-health' companies to Massachusetts on a trade mission
<p>The mission will take place around the BIO-IT World Conference & Expo the last week of April</p>
Biocat and ACCIÓ are jointly organizing a mission to Boston coinciding with the BIO-IT World Conference & Expo, which will take place from 5 to 8 April 2016. This mission aims to promote international cooperation in technology among companies and technology centers from the digital-health sector in Catalonia and Massachusetts.
The mission will be presented on Tuesday 9 February in the ACCIÓ auditorium as part of the informational session Connect with the Massachusetts Digital-Health ecosystem. The event will also feature a roundtable with professionals from the sector and an open participation session. Additionally, the event will give participants that send in requests beforehand the chance to resolve any doubts they may have. To attend the event, fill out the online registration form.
BIO-IT World Conference & Expo, which is held every year in Boston (Massachusetts, USA), is one of the top events for computer applications and technology in the health sector, featuring numerous conferences, workshops and networking opportunities. This mission seeks to help Catalan companies enter the ecosystem in this US state, which is one of the most innovative in the bioinformatics and health ICT sectors. Catalan companies and organizations will get a chance to discover first hand the latest trends in big data, assess entering the market in the state of Massachusetts, scout for technology partners, network with top players in the market and present their technology to US investors interested in the field of digital-health.
This mission is geared towards companies, preferably start-ups, with high potential for growth, and Catalan technology centers interested in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Boston-Massachusetts.