Opportunities for industry participation

See the preliminary scientific program here.

CCBIO’s annual symposia have around 200 participants each year and consist of a combination of talks by invited international speakers and other senior researchers, speed presentations by PhD students and postdocs, extended poster sessions where younger researchers can present their work, and time for interaction between participants. As can be seen from the overview of previous symposia (2013-2025) (external link) and the reports from each symposium on the web page, we have top-level international speakers and a broad range of activities. The participants constitute a balanced mix of local, national, and international researchers at the senior level, many of whom also hold high-level hospital positions and are key opinion leaders, as well as research students, technicians, and administrators. Hotel Solstrand, suitably far from Bergen, constitutes an ideal venue for such meetings, and most participants stay overnight.

Since 2025, we have had an increasing focus on innovation and academic-industry interactions, by including two targeted sessions. One session focuses on early phases of innovation and startup companies, with examples. The second session includes presenters from more established companies (big pharma’), where industry partners might present their activities and the opportunities their companies offer. Also, we allow industry participants to take part in our extended poster sessions with similarly sized stands among the academic exhibitors. The feedback from industry participants was that this worked very well, and that taking part on equal terms on site and being fully included in all activities was much appreciated.  

Webpage for the upcoming symposium:
www.ccbiosymposium.no  

More information about CCBIO: www.ccbio.no

To enable you to include participation at our upcoming symposium in your 2026 budget, we below include an overview of our industry terms and opportunities. 

Educational session on career opportunities

Platinum educational contributor, 150 000 NOK + VAT
•    Long slot in the Educational session on career opportunities
•    Rollup in the poster room both days
•    Brochures on the desk in the auditorium on both days
•    Brochures placed on desks and chairs in the auditorium at the start of day 1
•    Rollup in the lecture hall both days
•    Logo in printed program and on webpage, and symposium front slide

Gold educational contributor, 100 000 NOK + VAT
•    Medium slot in the Educational session about career opportunities
•    Rollup in the poster room one day
•    Brochures on the desk in the auditorium one day
•    Rollup in the lecture hall one day
•    Logo in the printed program and on the webpage

Silver educational contributor, 50 000 NOK + VAT
•    Short slot on educational session about career opportunities
•    Rollup during your own educational presentation

Contributing towards an invited speaker/session
•    Per speaker Europe, 10 000 NOK + VAT
•    Per speaker N/S-America, Asia, Africa, Oceania 30 000 NOK + VAT

Poster presentations
•    Poster presentation and 2 m2 stand with rollup, both days, 45 000 NOK + VAT
•    Poster presentation and 2 m2 stand with rollup, one day, 35 000 NOK + VAT

Meeting participation
•    Participation fee, per person, 14 000 NOK + VAT

We will follow up with further detailed information and link to the registration page, etc, in early 2026. If you have any input or advice at this stage, or questions pertaining to logistics or anything else, please feel free to send an email to geir.loken@uib.no or call at +47 905 18 997.

When you decide on participation, please notify us at geir.loken@uib.no .

You are invited to plan for participation in the coming years:
•    May 11-12, 2027
•    May 9-10, 2028
•    May 8-9, 2029

Best regards,

Lars A. Akslen, director CCBIO
Line Bjørge, co-director CCBIO
Geir Olav Løken, admin-leader CCBIO