Celebrating Ten Years of LISAvienna - the Vienna Life Science Cluster!

Celebrating Ten Years of LISAvienna - the Vienna Life Science Cluster! PR Newswire VIENNA, September 26, 2012 VIENNA, September 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten years of successful progress: Life Sciences in V i e n n a On 13.9.2012, a mild early autumnal day, over 350 anniversary guests gathered at the Rinderhalle, Neu Marx to celebrate the success of the organisation over the past ten years. Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner attended the event as a well-wisher and highlighted the special importance of life sciences in Vienna with facts and figures, outlining the progress made over the past few years with the involvement of LISAvienna. "Life sciences have made a huge leap forward in recent years. Vienna seized this opportunity - not only to gain recognition as a prime life science location among international competitors, but also to achieve great success. A pivotal element of this success has been the huge commitment shown by the LISAvienna team," said the Deputy Mayor in her celebratory speech. During her opening speech, Ulrike Unterer, of the Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth, reminded the audience that the origins of LISAvienna can be traced back to the incentive program "Impulsprogramm Biotechnologie" initiated by the Ministry of Economics and Innovationsagentur in 1998.