Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network

The Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network is a not-for-profit corporation encompassing the City of Hamilton, Halton Region and the Region of Niagara, McMaster University, its affiliated research hospitals, municipal economic development agencies from the City of Hamilton, Halton and Niagara Regions as well as representatives from business, academia, hospitals and various levels of government.

The network promotes the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario as:

• A globally competitive bioscience cluster for the development and commercialization of innovative products

• A world class provider of services in areas of biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, health and medicine, bio-manufacturing and bioengineering technologies

Our mandate is to establish a strong and thriving environment for growth and investment in the region by:

• Providing educational forums and opportunities for networking and dialogue among the biosciences and the associated business community
• Facilitating the implementation of a long term growth strategy related to the business of biosciences
• Promoting awareness of the region's biosciences strengths nationally and internationally
• Raising awareness among researchers and potential scientific entrepreneurs of the economic opportunity that their research may offer
• Fostering collaborations with other organizations
• Advocating on behalf of the biosciences sector in the Golden Horseshoe

Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network (GHBN)
McMaster University
1200 Main Street West
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery,
Room 5105
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z5
Tel: (905) 525-9140
Fax: (905) 528-3999
www.ghbn.org