Bavaria Worldwide BIO-Europe – from Leipzig 2022 to Munich 2023 This year, the industry’s largest gathering of biopharma professionals, the BIO-Europe 2022, took place in Leipzig from October 24 – 26. BioM was happy to host a total of eight Bavarian biotech companies at the booth of the Bavarian Biotech Cluster: Assay.Works | lifespin GmbH | 2bind GmbH | HWI group pharma services GmbH | NDA Regulatory Service GmbH of NDA Group AB | microPhotonX | OmicScouts GmbH | PAN-Biotech GmbH Many lively exchanges took place not only at the booth, but also in partnering-meetings, over lunch or at the numerous social events in the evenings. BioM supported the partnership between Germany and Korea at BIO-Europe2022 and introduced the Bavarian Biotech Cluster to the participating companies and organizations at the KOREA-EU Networking Dinner. Dr. Stephanie Wehnelt presented BioM's achievements and visions and promoted the cooperative exchange between Korean and German companies within the biotech and pharma sector. In 2023, BIO-Europe will return once again to Munich. André Hofmann, CEO of biosaxony, officially handed over to BioM's managing director, Prof. Horst Domdey. BioM will thus become the cluster host for the upcoming BIO-Europe 2023 in Munich. Anna Chrismann, EBD Group, André Hofmann, Biosaxony and Horst Domdey, BioM (right) at the handover at BIO-Europe EU Delegation of Cluster Organizations and SME at Singapore On October 18 - 20, 2022, the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG) organized the EU- Singapore matchmaking event for cluster organizations and SMEs from the European Union (EU) and Singapore. The mission was supported by the EU Delegation to Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, which was facilitated by the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) and the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). The event aimed to support cluster cooperation for strategic business partnerships taking advantage of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) signed between the European Union and Singapore in October 2018 (implemented in November 2019). Participants were focused on identifying potential areas of common interest for cooperation and synergies, in terms of the sectoral, value chain, and market focus of their SMEs and other companies. In addition, they aimed to improve the EU-Singapore industry and academia-industry collaboration in research, development, and innovation. The two-day official agenda of the event took part on site in Singapore, in the frame of the 5th edition of Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC – a HANNOVER MESSE events (ITAP). The EU delegation included 24 members, representing different cluster organizations and SMEs from 10 EU countries (Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden). A total of 76 participants, including Singaporean organizations (both cluster organizations and SMEs), held 176 bilateral meetings during the matchmaking sessions. Bavarian Biotech News, October 2022 www.bio-m.org 9