For the past ten years Laurent has facilitated partnerships between Europe, China and Taiwan at multiple levels. In the biology and medical sectors at first as a French researcher (Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 2008-2011) then as business developer for a Belgian healthcare cluster (BioWin, Shanghai, 2011-2015). This allowed him to build a strong knowledge of the whole value chain in healthcare, from biomanufacturing to connected health. Then, as international innovation Experts for the French ministry of foreign affairs (MOST, Taipei, 2016-2018) he has widened this expertise into key technological sectors driving innovation such as IoT, AI, Greentech... Laurent always has played a role in bridging and in federating innovation stakeholders: a good example is the establishment of La French Tech official community in Taiwan which took a lot of efforts to assemble French and Taiwanese stakeholders toward a common goal, as well as some convincing at the government level. La French Tech Taiwan, with an office in Taiwan Tech Arena, is today a strong platform to supports Taiwanese start-ups in accessing France’s resources and reciprocally. Laurent is board member of La French Tech Taiwan since 2016. Lately he has been working with French IoT company Sigfox (2018-present) and successfully established its second global Hacking House, which opened last March at Digiblock Taipei. Laurent graduated in Biophysics, Toulouse University, France. He is married and lives in Taipei.

Dr. Jeff Karp works in the fields of drug delivery, medical devices, stem cell therapeutics, and tissue adhesives. He has published over 125 peer-reviewed papers, with >17,000 citations, and has given over 300 invited lectures. He has over 100 issued or pending national and international patents. Several technologies developed in his lab have led to multiple products currently in development or on the market and for the launch of seven companies that have raised over $180 million in funding  Karp has received over 50 awards and honors. Boston Magazine recently recognized Karp as one of 11 Boston Doctors Making Medical Breakthroughs. The Boston Business Journal recognized him as a Champion in Healthcare Innovation and MIT’s Technology Review Magazine (TR35) also recognized Karp as being one of the top innovators in the world (three members from his laboratory have subsequently received this award). Karp was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows in 2013 and a fellow of the Biomediacl Engineering Society (BMES) in 2018. In addition to his research goals, Karp is dedicated to developing the careers of the next generation bioengineers at the forefront of regenerative medicine. He was selected as the Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Mentor among all faculty at MIT and he received the HST McMahon Mentoring award for being the top mentor of Harvard-MIT students. To date, 20 trainees from his laboratory have secured faculty positions.

Dr. I-Chien (IC) Jan joined NBRP at the end of 2017 as Assistant Chief Executive of BioHub to strengthen the biomedical startup ecosystem in Taiwan. Prior to joining NBRP, Dr. Jan was co-founder and full-time partner of AppWorks Ventures between 2010-2016.