Exchange of Ambassadors

The goal of the Life Science Ambassador Programme is to facilitate the building of sustainable international partnerships and collaborations through bilateral exchanges of ambassadors. Whereas ambassadors are government officials, serving as official representatives of their countries, the Life Science Ambassadors are non-government representatives working exclusively to facilitate international collaborations within the life science.

The Life Science Ambassadors will be exchanged between Medicon Valley and leading life science clusters in Asia, North America and Europe for a period of 3 years. The Ambassadors will live and work in their host clusters and scout for win-win relations. Their role is exclusively to develop life science linkages in business and research. By leveraging their extensive network and connections within their home cluster, the Ambassadors are well positioned to work as liaisons and link the clusters closely together.

The Ambassadors work to serve the companies and research institutions of their home cluster. The Life Science Ambassador representing Medicon Valley is positioned overseas and will seek out opportunities for companies, research institutions and universities in Medicon Valley, while the Life Science Ambassadors from overseas, hosted by MVA in Medicon Valley, will pursue similar opportunities for his/her region.

The Ambassadors will be integrated into the day-to-day operations at the host organisation, receive support from the host organisation, and thereby be embedded into the local network of the cluster where they are based.