After years of whining over the brain drain, it seems that Switzerland is now in a "brain gain" position. We see many young scientists interested in Switzerland and are glad that the government may change its immigration policy to allow these young talents to stay and work in Switzerland at the end of their postdoc. Check the article news @ nature.com?-?Small is beautiful?-?Switzerland is proving that small countries can make a big impression in science.

Europe's tech centers are not SVs!

An interesting articleInnovation: Europe's Silicon Envy - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com lists and analyses some of the problems that Europe faces in developing high tech clusters. As we often discussed with friends, the lack of serial entrepreneurs and the greed factor seem to be major hurdles.

Good Tech Transfer Link

There has been much debate in Switzerland around how to improve innovation and create more dynamic companies. This link provides an interesting overview of the various offices involved in tech transfer and also gives a few success stories such as Biogen.