The official inauguration of the Sano Centre for Computational Medicine took place on 26 November, at the Life Science Open Space 2019 conference organized by Klaster LifeScience Kraków. The establishment of Sano will directly contribute to the advancement of science in our region through new scientific projects and world-class educational opportunities for postgraduate students. It will also foster knowledge and technology transfer by supporting new start-ups in the area of advanced technologies. The Centre’s influence will stretch beyond the region and will also be felt on the international stage, contributing to further development of modern medicine and thereby to improving the quality of medical care.

The first conference dedicated to the full panorama of the international activity of the National Center for Research and Development took place on October 24, 2019 in Warsaw with the participation of 165 people. Speakers and panelists from around the world talked about their experiences and plans: representatives of the European Commission, SRI International, the Visegrad Group countries, the Baltic States, the US state of Nevada, foreign R&D financing agencies, the National Center for Research and Development and project beneficiaries.

The official celebration of establishment of fourteen new Centres of Excellence, under the umbrella of the Teaming for Excellence action, took place on 24-26 September at the European Commission. Jean-Eric Paquet, the Director-General for EC’s Research and Innovation officially signed the 15 M Euro grant for Sano. Marian Bubak, Jan Osiński and Andrew Narracott represented our Centre.