Events
Past events
10/11
IMI impact on paediatric medicine - Event
Online, Virtual event
About this event
For a long time, paediatric medicine development has largely been neglected, meaning that drugs used in children have not been appropriately tested in…
26/10
“Masterclass” Scaling Innovations Emerging from Public-Private Partnerships
Virtual Event, Online
About this event
What
This is an online mini masterclass for anyone who wants to maximise the impact of their research project beyond the project timeline. It will offer practical…
07/10
IMI impact on patient involvement - Event
Online, Virtual Event
About this event
For many years, patient involvement in research was restricted to participating in clinical studies and trials as research subjects. Today, it is widely recognised that…
15/06
IMI impact on dementia - Event
Online, Virtual Event
About this event
IMI has over 20 projects in this area accounting for around 10 % of IMI’s budget. Most focus on Alzheimer’s disease, the most prevalent cause of dementia, but we also…
09/06
IMI impact on data - Event
Online, Virtual Event
About this event
IMI has had ‘big data’ projects since its creation. What’s more, the projects are putting ‘big data’ principles into practice to advance research in the…
08/06
IMI impact on diabetes - Event
Online, Virtual Event
About this event
IMI has a strong diabetes project portfolio, covering T1, T2 and diabetes complications, with several projects addressing different aspects of those diseases. Some…
25/03
Question and answers session on the financial reporting of IMI2 in-kind contributions
On 25 March 2021, IMI and EFPIA held a Q&A session to help EFPIA companies and Associated Partners preparing their IMI2 in-kind contribution financial reports, which have to be submitted by 30…
25/01
Webinar on the financial reporting of IMI2 in-kind contributions
On 25 January 2021, IMI and EFPIA held a webinar on the basics of the financial reporting of IMI2 in-kind contributions in the SOFIA tool.
The purpose of the webinar was to create awareness among…
10/11
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2020
The IMI Stakeholder Forum 2020 took place online on Tuesday 10 November. The theme this year was 'Broader horizons: growing Europe’s health partnership'.
We launched the last calls for…
24/09
IMI2 financial webinar for SMEs
On 24 September 2020, the IMI office organised a financial webinar dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The purpose of this webinar was to remind SMEs about the general cost…
04/09
IMI at ESOF2020
IMI held an online session entitled ‘Virtual patient cohorts: breaking the data deadlock’ at ESOF2020 on Friday 4 September.
About the session
Data is the key to unlocking unparalleled medical…
15/06
30/06
IMI2 – Call 22 & 23 webinars
IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Call 22 & 23 from Monday 15 June to Tuesday 30 June inclusive.
All webinars on the Call topics featured a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and time for…
04/03
IMI2 - Call 21 (COVID-19) webinar
Please note IMI2 JU’s corrigendum (of 5 March 2020) addressing a clerical error on page 12 of a previous release of the IMI2 JU Call 21 Call for proposals document and confirming that applicants…
22/01
31/01
IMI2 - Call 20 webinars
IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Call 20 from Wednesday 22 January to Tuesday 31 January.
All webinars on the Call topics featured a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and time for questions…
11/11
13/11
IMI at BIO-Europe 2019
Hamburg, Germany
IMI teamed up with the European Commission to take part in BIO-Europe 2019, which was held in Hamburg, Germany, on 11 to 13 November 2019. In addition to a session on funding opportunities for small…
14/06
27/06
IMI2 - Call 18 & 19 webinars
From Friday 14 June to Thursday 27 June 2019 IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Call 18 & 19.
All webinars on the Call topics featured a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and…
12/06
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2019
Brussels, Belgium
The IMI Stakeholder Forum 2019 took place on Wednesday 12 June in Brussels, Belgium. The theme was "Brain health and disease in the digital era - 2020 & beyond".
Outputs
The…
03/06
06/06
IMI at BIO 2019
Philadelphia, US
IMI took part in the BIO International Convention 2019 through the organisation of two sessions in the education programme and participation in the exhibition.
The convention took place in…
02/04
02/04
IMI Projects Communication Event
Brussels, Belgium
On Tuesday 2 April, IMI project representatives who are responsible for communications gathered in Brussels, Belgium, for the IMI Projects Communication Event. The goal of the event was to provide…
23/01
31/01
IMI2 - Call 17 webinars
IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Call 17 from Wednesday 23 January to Thursday 31 January 2019 inclusive. Recordings of the webinars, along with the slides and participant lists can be found below.
All…
05/11
07/11
IMI at BIO-Europe 2018
Copenhagen, Denmark
IMI teamed up with the European Commission to take part in BIO-Europe 2018, which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 5 to 7 November inclusive. In addition to a session on funding opportunities for…
24/10
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2018
Brussels, Belgium
The IMI Stakeholder Forum 2018 took place on Wednesday 24 October in Brussels at Hotel Crowne Plaza Le Palace. The theme this year was ’The value of cross-sectoral health research and innovation…
22/10
23/10
IMI 10th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
Brussels, Belgium
For the last 10 years, our projects – 100 and counting – have been carrying out amazing work to speed up the development of innovative medicines and transform medical research. At our 10th…
11/07
IMI at ESOF 2018
Toulouse, France
IMI took part in ESOF 2018 with a session on the (re)-use of health data on Wednesday 11 July. ESOF (the EuroScience Open Forum) 2018 was held in Toulouse, France from 9 to14 July inclusive. The IMI…
04/07
24/09
IMI2 - Call 15 and 16 webinars
IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Calls 15 and 16 from Wednesday 4 July to Monday 23 July 2018 inclusive.
An additional webinar on the IMI2 - Call 15 Antimicrobial Resistance Accelerator topic on a…
27/06
IMI: Celebrating 10 Years of Medical Innovations
Brussels, Belgium
Over 400 people joined IMI, the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) for a high-level celebration of IMI’s 10th…
19/06
Big data in health – IMI’s HARMONY project
Brussels, Belgium
On 19 June 2018, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) held a breakfast debate at the European Parliament in Brussels on big data and IMI’s HARMONY project.
The event, kindly hosted by…
04/06
07/06
IMI at BIO 2018
Boston, US
IMI took part in the 2018 BIO International Convention which was held in Boston, US on 4-7 June inclusive.
IMI session: ‘Will public-private partnerships take the leap into open science…
16/03
11/04
IMI2 - Call 14 webinars
IMI held webinars on IMI2 – Call 14 from Friday 16 March to Wednesday 11 April 2018 inclusive.
All webinars on the Call topics featured a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and time for…
30/11
30/11
Personalised medicine through open innovation
Belfast, Ireland
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has set an unprecedented partnership model for multi-stakeholder collaboration, redefining medicines R&D in the open innovation space. IMI projects…
27/11
16/01
Webinars on IMI2 - Call 13
IMI will hold webinars on IMI2 – Call 13 from 27 November 2017 to Tuesday 16 January 2018 inclusive.
All webinars on the Call topics will feature a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and…
06/11
08/11
IMI at BIO-EUROPE
Berlin, Germany
From 6 to 8 November 2017 IMI was at BIO-EUROPE, which took place at the CityCube Berlin, Germany. Sharing an exhibition stand with the European Commission, IMI was part of the networking…
23/10
26/10
Innovation in Action
Strasbourg, France
IMI, together with six other joint undertakings (JUs), held an exhibition with the theme 'Innovation in Action' in the Espace Emilio Colombo in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, from 23…
18/10
19/10
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2017 - Open innovation
Brussels, Belgium
The IMI Stakeholder Forum 2018 took place on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 October 2017 at the Hotel Crowne Plaza Le Palace, Brussels.
18 October
Open innovation | …
03/07
27/07
Webinars on IMI2 – Calls 11 & 12
In July 2017, IMI held webinars on:
IMI2 – Call 11 on the exploitation of IMI project results;
IMI2 – Call 12, with one webinar on the rules and procedures and one webinar for each…
19/06
22/06
IMI at BIO 2017
San Diego, USA
IMI took part in this year’s BIO International Convention which was held in San Diego, US on 19 to 22 June 2017.
On Thursday 22 June, IMI organised a …
19/06
19/06
Diagnostics consultation workshop
Brussels, Belgium
Diagnostics for reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), in collaboration with major European diagnostics companies and the Wellcome Trust, held a…
23/05
Open Innovation case studies
Stockholm, Sweden
Putting open innovation into practice – case studies from Europe
An IMI symposium at the 6th Pharmaceutical Science World Congress (PSWC)
IMI is working to improve health by speeding up the…
12/05
IMI2 JU financial webinar
In order to help IMI2 projects in their financial reporting, IMI organised a financial webinar on eligibility of costs & reporting on 12 May 2017.
The agenda covered the following:…
04/04
06/04
Metagenomics: the technology leap on microbiota study and its impact on One Heath applications
Lyon, France
On 5 April 2017, IMI and Lyonbiopole co-organised a workshop within the programme of BIOVISION, a life science annual event taking place in Lyon, France.
IMI at BIOVISION 2017
This…
29/03
Patient centricity: what is it and how to make it meaningful? | Roundtable discussion at DIA EuroMeeting
Glasgow, UK
IMI teamed up with the DIA (Drug Information Association) to organise a roundtable discussion entitled 'Patient centricity: What is it and how can we make it meaningful?' on 29 March 2017 during the…
15/03
Collaboration in Alzheimer’s disease & beyond
Brussels, Belgium
Collaboration in Alzheimer’s disease & beyond: the present and the future of IMI initiatives in neurodegeneration
On 15 March 2017, IMI hosted an event on collaboration in…
19/01
National info days on IMI
Zagreb, Croatia
Members of IMI’s States Representatives Group and other groups, such as National Contact Points and pharmaceutical industry associations, regularly organise national and local information sessions on…
07/12
Webinars on IMI 2 Call 10
From 7 December IMI will hold webinars on each topic of IMI2 - Call 10, as well as on IMI2 rules and procedures.
All webinars on the Call topics will feature a presentation by the EFPIA topic…
08/11
Alzheimer's disease collaboration
IMI roundtable discussion at the European Parliament - Alzheimer's disease: advancing research through collaboration
About one in twenty people over the age of 65 develops Alzheimer's disease. The…
11/10
IMI at the European Week of Regions and Cities
The joint undertakings, including IMI, featured at the 2016 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities with a session entitled ‘Enhance Regional Innovation and Growth:…
28/09
29/09
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2016
Every year, the IMI Stakeholder Forum gathers IMI’s stakeholders in health and medicines R&D and provides them with an opportunity to learn about and discuss IMI's latest activities and plans.…
06/06
09/06
IMI at BIO 2016
IMI took part in the 2016 edition of the BIO International Convention in San Francisco, US on 6-9 June 2016.
Workshop on novel anti-infectives
IMI teamed up with its ENABLE project and the…
28/04
Patient engagement strategy workshop
On 28 April, IMI held a Patient Engagement Strategy Workshop in Brussels Belgium, with the goal of optimising IMI’s efforts to be more patient-centric. Over 50 people attended the workshop, including…
11/04
29/04
Webinars on IMI2 Call 9
From 11 to 29 April 2016, IMI held webinars on each topic of the IMI 2 9th Call for proposals, as well as one webinar on the IMI 2 rules and procedures.
All webinars on the Call…
24/02
How IMI is accelerating access to affordable innovative medicines?
On 24 February 2016, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) held a lunch debate in the European Parliament, Brussels on how IMI contributes to efforts to accelerate access to affordable,…
11/01
29/01
Webinars on IMI 2 Calls 7 and 8
From 11 to 29 January 2016, IMI held webinars on each topic of the upcoming IMI 2 7th and 8th Calls for proposals, as well as one webinar on the IMI2 rules and procedures.
All webinars on the…
08/12
10/12
European Joint Undertakings: Innovation in Action
The six Joint Undertakings (JUs) – IMI, BBI (bio-based industries), Clean Sky (greener aviation), ECSEL (electronic components and systems), FCH (fuel cells and hydrogen), and SESAR (single European…
28/10
IMI 2 Financial Management Webinar
IMI will hold a series of webinars for IMI project participants on the IMI2 Financial Management rules in 2015 and 2016. These webinars will feature presentations of the financial rules and legal…
09/10
27/10
Webinars on IMI2 Call 6 topics
From 9 to 27 October 2015 IMI held webinars on each topic of the upcoming IMI2 6th Call for proposals, as well as one webinar on IMI2 rules and procedures.
All webinars on the Call…
01/07
14/07
Webinars on IMI2 Call 5 topics
IMI held webinars on each topic of the IMI2 5th Call for proposals, as well as on IMI2 rules and procedures, from 1 to 14 July 2015.
All webinars on the Call topics featured…
15/06
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2015
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Read the initial outcomesof the Big Data…
19/03
IMI at AD/PD 2015
IMI and its Alzheimer’s disease projects AETIONOMY, EMIF and EPAD held a symposium entitled ‘From data to mechanisms to therapies for patients' at the 12th International Conference on Alzheimer's and…
10/03
Financial Management Workshop for IMI JU beneficiaries
On 10 March 2015, IMI held a financial management workshop targeting personnel of the organisations which are beneficiaries of ongoing IMI 1 projects. The aim of the …
13/01
23/06
National Info Days on IMI 2
Members of IMI’s States Representatives Group and other groups, such as National Contact Points and pharmaceutical industry associations, regularly organise national and local information sessions on…
17/12
17/02
Webinars on IMI2 - Calls 3 and 4
From 17 December 2014 to 26 January 2015 IMI held webinars on each topic of the IMI2 3rd and 4th Calls for proposals, as well as its new rules and procedures.
All webinars on the Call topics…
03/12
C-Path and IMI 2nd Annual Meeting
On Wednesday 3 December 2014, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) held their second joint meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The theme of the event was…
26/11
Bringing health-related life science and technology sectors into IMI2
With the entry into force of IMI 2, IMI welcomes the participation of non-pharmaceutical partners in its consortia established under the IMI2 regulation. These include, among others, the…
12/11
17/11
Ebola webinars 2014
IMI held webinars on its Call for proposals on Ebola on at 14:00 on Wednesday 12 November and Monday 17 November. The webinars featured presentations of the rules and procedures of this one-stage,…
30/09
IMI 2 Open Info Day 2014
IMI held its IMI 2 Open Info Day in Brussels on Tuesday 30 September 2014. The event was well-attended, with more than 290 people participating either in person or remotely via the webcast.…
11/07
03/09
IMI 2 - 1st Call webinars
IMI held webinars on topics of its 1st Call for proposals under IMI 2, as well as its new rules and procedures and intellectual property rights (IPR) in July 2014.
All webinars on the Call…
03/07
16/12
National Info Days on IMI 2
Members of IMI’s States Representatives Group and others are organising national info sessions on IMI 2 throughout the second half of 2014. The events are taking place in several EU member states and…
21/05
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2014
New: Videos from the event are now available here.
Around 250 people attended and 200 more watched the live webstream of the IMI Stakeholder Forum 2014, which took place on 21…
20/05
IMI - JDRF Diabetes Patient Focus meeting
New: Videos from the event are now available here.
More than 100 people attended and around 50 watched the live webstream of the IMI - JDRF Diabetes Patient Focus meeting, which took…
25/03
27/03
DIA EuroMeeting
From 25 to 27 March 2014, IMI participated in the Drug Information Association (DIA) EuroMeeting that took place at the Austrian Centre Vienna in Vienna, Austria.
Event exhibition…
18/02
Investing in excellence
IMI Investing in Excellence - SME networking event
On 18 February 2014, at Le Méridien hotel, Brussels, IMI and the International Venture Club (IVC) welcomed over 120 leading life science…
08/01
05/02
IMI's 11th Call webinars
From 8 January to 5 February 2014, IMI held webinars on all 11th Call topics as well as on IMI's rules and procedures.
All topic webinars featured a presentation of the Call…
05/12
Innovation Forum
Vilnius Innovation Forum - Innovation in Life Sciences and Health
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) participated in the Vilnius Innovation Forum that took place from 4 to 6 December 2013…
24/10
IMI 10th Call webinar
IMI 10th Call webinar – Immunological assay standardisation and development for use in assessments of correlates of protection for influenza vaccines
IMI held a webinar on the 10th Call topic ‘…
30/09
04/10
Joint Technology Initiatives - Innovation in Action - Exhibition and events
Innovation in Action
The five Joint Technology Initiatives – IMI, Clean Sky, Eniac, FCH, and ARTEMIS – held a week-long event, Innovation in Action, at the European Parliament. The…
10/09
IMI dinner debate at the European Parliament
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI): Putting Europe at the forefront of innovation in drug development
On 10 September 2013 IMI organised a dinner debate in the European Parliament,…
29/08
Innovation through collaboration
The role of public-private partnerships in translational medicine
About the session
IMI held a scientific symposium, entitled 'Innovation through collaboration' at the 11th Congress of the…
26/08
IMI at ICI2013
Moving translational immunology forward through public-private partnership
Over 200 people attended IMI’s symposium at the 15th International Congress of Immunology (ICI2013) on 26 August…
01/07
15/07
IMI 9th Call webinars
IMI held webinars on all 9th Call topics as well as its rules and procedures in July 2013.
All topic webinars featured a presentation of the Call topic by the EFPIA topic coordinator as well as…
28/06
Info Session: funding opportunities with the Innovative Medicines Initiative
On 28 June 2013, IMI held an info session in Barcelona, Spain on its forthcoming funding opportunities in collaborative research and innovation. The session gathered over 100 scientists, researchers…
13/05
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2013
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2013
Public-private partnerships for health research and innovation
More than 250 people attended IMI’s annual Stakeholder Forum in Brussels, Belgium on 13 May and many…
20/03
IMI and personalised medicine
Over 70 people attended IMI’s workshop entitled Applying open innovation to bring personalised medicine to new disease areas on the afternoon of 20 March in Dublin, Ireland.
The IMI workshop…
07/03
Collaborating for Cures
Leveraging Global Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to Accelerate Biopharmaceuticals Development
IMI and the Critical Path Institute(C-Path) held a joint event on the challenges and…
06/12
09/01
IMI 8th Call webinars
IMI held webinars on all 8th Call topics as well as its rules and procedures in December 2012 and January 2013.
All topic webinars featured a presentation of the Call topic by the EFPIA topic…
13/11
Health Research at a Crossroads
High-level experts from the European Commission and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as representatives of IMI projects and stakeholder groups, discussed the future of health research in Europe…
11/10
The Innovative Medicines Initiative – Putting Policy into Practice
People from all over Europe headed to Cyprus to take part in IMI's symposium on open innovation, which took place in Larnaca, Cyprus on the afternoon of Thursday 11 October.
Entitled IMI - Putting…
04/10
Connecting new science, research and healthcare needs
The workshop jointly organised by IMI and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) at the European Health Forum in Bad Hofgastein, Austria on 4 October was the…
20/07
02/08
IMI webinars on clinical effectiveness topic
IMI held webinars on the IMI 7th Call topic Incorporating real-life clinical data into drug development at the following times:
Friday 20 July at 10:30 Brussels time (CEST)
Thursday 2 August…
12/07
17/07
IMI webinars on vaccination impact topic
IMI held webinars on the IMI 7th Call topic Building a sustainable framework for rapid assessment of vaccination benefit/risk in Europe at the following times:
Thursday 12 July at 10:30…
30/05
Stakeholder Forum 2012
Over 150 people attended IMI's annual Stakeholder Forum at the Husa President Park Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday 30 May 2012.
Videos of the event can be viewed on IMI's YouTube…
24/05
12/06
IMI 6th Call webinars
Over 200 people attended IMI's webinars on its 6th Call for proposals on 24 and 25 May and 12 June 2012.
The webinars featured a presentation of the Call by the EFPIA coordinators and there was…
24/05
Special symposium on drug-induced kidney injury
IMI, together with the Critical Path Institute and Foundation for the National Institutes for Health held a special symposium at the ERA-EDTA (European Renal Association - European Dialysis and…
26/03
28/03
IMI at the Drug Information Association (DIA) Annual EuroMeeting
IMI reached out to the more than 3 000 attendees at the DIA (Drug Information Association) Annual EuroMeeting, held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 26 to 28 March.
At the exhibition
IMI’s…
05/03
20/03
IMI topic webinars - European Lead Factory
Over 130 people attended the webinars IMI organised on the 5th Call for proposals on 5 and 20 March.
During the webinars, the Topic Coordinator, Jörg Hüser of Bayer Healthcare, delivered the…
27/02
Open Info Day: 5th Call for proposals
IMI held its Open Info Day on its 5th Call for proposals at the Crowne Plaza – Le Palace Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on Monday 27 February 2012. Over 200 people attended, representing all types of…
12/10
IMI – New opportunities for drug research in Europe
Over 50 people attended IMI’s half-day conference in Krakow, Poland, entitled ‘IMI – New opportunities for drug research in Europe’ on 12 October. The event was a session of the Congress of Polish…
06/10
IMI at the European Parliament
In a 'more-than-filled' conference room in the European Parliament in Brussels, IMI presented its achievements on Thursday 6 October 2011. The session, which was kindly hosted by Mr Mario Mauro, MEP…
21/06
30/06
IMI 4th Call topic webinars
IMI held webinars on all seven of the 4th Call topics between 21 and 30 June 2011 inclusive.
The webinars attracted between 25 and 45 participants and featured presentations of the Call topic as…
17/06
Open Info Day: 4th Call for proposals
IMI held its Open Info Day on its 4th Call for proposals at the Husa President Park Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on Friday 17 June 2011. Over 200 participants attended, representing all types of…
11/05
12/05
Stakeholder Forum 2011
IMI held its 2011 Stakeholder Forum on Thursday 12 May in Budapest, Hungary as part of the World of Health IT (WoHIT) eHealth week. The event kicked off with a plenary session, jointly organised by…
09/03
IMI Symposium on Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery
On 9 March 2011, IMI held a symposium entitled Public Private Partnerships boost Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery in Barcelona, Spain. The event, which attracted around 75 participants, was an…
08/03
Press Event - IMI announces 8 new projects
IMI announced 8 new projects at a Press Briefing in Brussels on 8 March 2011, bringing the number to a total of 23 unique IMI projects to boost drug innovation. Over 30 members of the press and media…
22/10
Open Info Day: 3rd Call for proposals
Location: Sheraton Hotel, Place Rogier, Brussels.
The Innovative Medicines Initiative hosted an Open Info Day about the 3rd Call for proposals. During this day, academic teams and representatives…
14/06
15/06
Stakeholder Forum 2010
The Innovative Medicines Initiative welcomed 270 high level industry representatives, regulators, policy makers, top level scientific experts, patient representatives and science leaders at its first…
12/01
Webinar 2nd Call: Imaging Biomarkers in Oncology
Nearly hundred people participated in the webinar on Imaging Biomarkers in Oncology. The 1 hour online workshop focused on the topic Imaging Biomarkers in Oncology of IMI's 2nd Call for proposals…
17/11
Open Information Day
More than 420 participants attended the Open Information Day of 17 November 2009 in Brussels Expo.
During the event, potential applicants from academic teams, SMEs and non-profit organizations…