Pwt presentation:

Madrid_Open_City_IgnacioRiesgo.v.5

Within the event The Future of Healthcare in Madrid, organized by Madrid Open City, an approach to a bioregion for Madrid was presented.

The key elements of the project are:

• inspired by the cluster concept of Michael Porter and the “triple helix of innovation” by Henry Etzkowitz, based on the interaction between three elements: Administration, companies and Universities and other centers of knowledge generation
• a bioregion is proposed based on a boost to innovation in health in Madrid
• the objective is to set up a non-profit organization, with public/private financing, but fundamentally private
• the idea is that the bioregion has a professional management