The BioForum celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011 and included more than 1,500 participants from more than 20 countries. In addition to participants from the Central European biotechnology industry and the ones from the US and Western Europe, an additional focus was adopted, namely "Central European and Asian Biotechnology Exchange: Outlook, Opportunities & Partnership", and exploited the trends of rapid development of bio-enterprises in Asia, especially in the greatly expanding economies of China and India.

BioForum's aim is to support technology transfer from life sciences to areas such as bioeconomy, health, production of drugs, cosmetics, food and the environment. BioForum 2011 served as a platform for meeting research partners and it created an excellent opportunity for establishing international contacts of biosector.

Dr. Monika Richter was a featured speaker at this event.