1. Legal dimensions of Big Data in the Health and Life Sciences – From Intellectual Property Rights and Global Pandemics to Privacy and Ethics
15 minutes !
Prof. Dr. Timo Minssen
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
University of Copenhagen (DK)

2. Introduction
Big Data = challenges & opportunities for health & life sciences
Sharing is caring: Paradigm shift demands co-operation & data sharing
IPRs relevant when R&D translated into ”real world”- applications
Availability, benefits & draw-backs of IPRs? Re-calibration required?
Different choices for different areas of Big Data Science

3. "The European Cloud Initiative will unlock the value of big data by providing world-class supercomputing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge data and software services for science, industry and the public sector. With this initiative, our ambition is to be in the global top-three in high performance computing by We will also be looking into the potential of quantum technologies which hold the promise to solve computational problems beyond current supercomputers.“
- Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society