The Medilink Midlands Business Awards for 2021 are a celebration and showcase for the best of the best in the Life Sciences sector for the East and West Midlands.
The Awards are comprised of 6 awards: See who the finalists are here.
The afternoon will provide the opportunity to network, see who the winners are and to be entertained by Chris Turner, Comedian and Freestyle Rapper as he hosts the proceedings for the afternoon – see profile below.
Programme
3pm – Online Networking
3:30pm – Entertainment
3:45pm – Welcome from Professor Martin Levermore, Chairman, Medilink Midlands
3:50pm – One to Watch, Start Up and Export Achievement Awards presented
4:20pm – Entertainment
4:35pm – Delivering Innovation in to Health and Care, Innovation and Outstanding Achievement Awards presented
5:10pm – Closing remarks from Dr Darren Clark, Chief Executive, Medilink Midlands
5:15pm – Online Networking
6:00pm – Close
Online registration has now closed, any queries please email [email protected]
| Our awards would not be possible without the support of our wonderful sponsors, click here to read about the sponsors:
– One to Watch Award, sponsored by Horiba UK – Start Up Award, sponsored by Nottingham Trent University’s Medical Technologies and Advanced Materials Research Theme and the Medical Technologies Innovation Facility – Export Achievement Award, sponsored by Midlands Engine – Delivering Innovation into Health and Care Award, sponsored by the West Midlands and East Midlands Academic Health Science Networks – Innovation Award, sponsored by Potter Clarkson – Outstanding Achievement Award, sponsored by Mills & Reeve LLP |
In Association with Med-Tech Integrates
Hosted by:
Chris Turner, Comedian and Freestyle Rapper
Chris’s quotable gags and rapid freestyle raps have established him as one of the most in-demand acts on the corporate circuit, and at comedy clubs around the world. He is based in the USA and regularly performs at New York’s world famous Comedy Cellar and LA’s legendary Comedy and Magic Club.
His keen wit and intelligent wordplay have seen him rack up over 30 million views on YouTube; headline for 1 million Dutch comedy fans on RTL4’s flagship stand up show, The Comedy Factory; appear live on BBC Radio and perform sold-out five-star runs at festivals worldwide.
Chris is a sought-after entertainer on the corporate circuit, hosting awards and performing for many of the world’s largest organisations, as well as being a firm favourite of many of the UK’s biggest sports teams. He has worked with Yorkshire Tea to create Blessed are the Teamakers, a tea-centric rap with 6m+ views, and with Coca-Cola to produce comedic content for their mobile media platform.
He speaks at conferences on the applications of improvised rap in business; his performance at tech conference Wired 2016 led to invitations to events across the globe, and in May 2017, appeared at renowned human rights conference the Oslo Freedom Forum. Chris has interviewed Jerry Springer, introduced Garry Kasparov, and rapped for Imogen Heap, and Yasiin Bey. In 2019, he entertained an audience of 2000 during Forbes’ most recent 30 under 30 conference in Detroit, appearing between headline speakers Kevin Durant and rapper Quavo. Throughout 2020 and 2021, he has performed over 200+ virtual shows for companies including Nike, Microsoft, Google, BCG, Bain & Co., McKinsey, IBM, Samsung, and many more.
