INVITATION Message from Alliance4Life To mark the launch of Alliance4Life, we are pleased to invite you to the introduction of its strategy representing the main outcome of the Alliance4Life opening conference held in Brno, Czech Republic. 30/01/2018 10:00–13:00 at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union, Rue Caroly 15, Brussels PROGRAMME: 9:30–10:00 Registration 10:00–12:00 Presentations and discussion 12:00–13:00 Informal sandwich lunch and glass of South Moravian wine Alliance4Life is a bottom-up initiative of ten leading research institutions from nine EU-13 countries that have the necessary strength to serve as role models of institutional reform and to initiate spill over effects in the Central and Eastern European regions. The main aim of the initiative is to contribute to closing the divide in European health research and innovation. The initiative is supported by the Coordination Action “Alliance for Life Sciences: Closing Research and Innovation Divide in the European Union” under Horizon 2020, contract No. 779303. REGISTRATION: Please register HERE: http://geform.tc.cz/Alliance4Life Registration is open until 21 January 2018.