Biocity Nottingham will help 32 UK and European life-science entrepreneurs to start their businesses at the fourth annual Bio-Entrepreneur School on 10-12 March 2010.
Delegates from Germany, Italy and Sweden will travel to Nottingham to take part in the three-day programme.
The Bio-Entrepreneur School takes place at Biocity Nottingham and is led by a team from Biocity and QED Consulting.
Business ideas cover oral hygiene, therapies for infectious diseases and cancers, research into genetic disorders and the use of bioinformatics to manage and analyse complex biological data.
The Bio-Entrepreneur School is sponsored by a number of leading organisations with an interest in developing the bioscience sector.
New senior sponsor Deloitte joins the existing senior sponsors Astrazeneca and Nottingham City Council.
Other sponsors include Adamson Jones, Connect Midlands, and UK Trade and Investment.