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bringing together large companies such as Novo Nordisk and Lundbeck with SMEs, municipalities, and healthcare providers. For international congresses, this creates a powerful narrative: Denmark is not only discussing global health challenges; it is organising entire partnership models to address them, ensuring both priority life science congresses for the Greater Copenhagen area and collaboration and knowledge sharing anchored in a strong national coalition of stakeholders
Valuable Meetings – a new congress toolbox This philosophy is taken a step further in Valuable Meetings, a national initiative led by MeetDenmark and funded by the Danish Board of Business Development. Running until 2027, the project focuses on strengthened cluster collaboration as a catalyst for growth, export, and knowledge – positioning congresses as platforms for innovation and internationalisation within Denmark’ s strongest clusters.
In Copenhagen, the Valuable Meetings framework is being developed in close partnership with Danish Life Science Cluster, reflecting life science’ s status as a key national stronghold. Together, Copenhagen Convention Bureau and DLSC have defined a set of shared values and goals: from better utilisation of congresses across the ecosystem and broader value creation aligned with the life science strategy, to stronger knowledge exchange between research and business, improved access to key stakeholders, and a clearer value proposition for cluster members.
Innovation District Copenhagen Innovation District Copenhagen( IDC) is a rapidly expanding knowledge district in the heart of the capital. Here, partners such as the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital( Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen Bio Science Park and major life science
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companies are co-locating research, clinical practice, and entrepreneurship. With tens of thousands of researchers and students, 500 companies, and multiple start-up communities and accelerator programmes, IDC is wellsuited to hosting international scientific meetings, with built-in opportunities for lab visits, site tours, and matchmaking.
Life Science Alliance – congresses as catalysts To ensure this ecosystem connects strategically with the international
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“ Innovation District Copenhagen turns the city into a living laboratory – where congress delegates can step straight into real-world science and innovation” |
meetings market, Copenhagen Convention Bureau created the Life Science Alliance, which includes Medicon Valley Alliance, Innovation District Copenhagen, Danish Life Science Cluster, the University of Copenhagen, Healthcare Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, the Municipality of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Capacity. The network’ s shared ambition is to secure priority life science congresses for Greater Copenhagen, while maximising their long-term value to the local ecosystem.
The approach goes well beyond traditional destination marketing. By aligning bids and hosting strategies with national and regional life sciences priorities, the network aims to drive higher growth, stronger competitiveness, and a more knowledge-based society – with congresses serving as accelerators for collaboration, innovation, and talent attraction.
All Inclusive 2030 – meetings as a strategic tool All of this aligns with Copenhagen Convention Bureau’ s overarching Copenhagen, All Inclusive strategy towards 2030, which calls for deeper collaboration across universities, innovation networks, businesses, authorities, foundations, and clusters. International meetings and congresses are explicitly recognised as strategic tools to support national agendas and Danish strongholds, including life science.
With life science congresses already accounting for around 43 % of all congresses in Copenhagen, the direction of travel is clear. Denmark’ s tour de life science – from national strategy and lighthouse initiatives to clusters, innovation districts, and congress networks – is creating a coherent, investable story. For planners and associations in the life science arena, that story translates into a destination where events plug directly into a living ecosystem, delivering impact long after the closing session. n
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