In this Medilink Midlands webinar, We are Pioneer Group will discuss whether there is a life science skills and infrastructure gap in the Midlands? Where are the opportunities and What can we do about it?
The life sciences industry is continuing to boom, with new technologies and locations changing not only how professionals are working but where. The health and life sciences sector already provides jobs for nearly 256,000 people across the United Kingdom, but ongoing growth and strategic transformation means demand for new skills and experienced personnel is only expected to grow in the coming years.
Could this mean a life science skills and infrastructure gap for the Midlands? What can we do as a collective to prepare?
The webinar will address:
-How we can ensure we have the talent in place – from clinical pharmacologists, to bioinformaticians to innovators in medicine development?
-How do we capitalise on the hubs we already have for working in and what’s needed in the future?
-What infrastructure is missing?
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.
Speaker Profiles:
Toby Reid, Executive Director, We are Pioneer Group (Chair)
Toby has managed and run life science-focused properties and ecosystems for the last ten years. He has a background in engineering and project management as well as business start-up and venture capital finance. Toby leads on creating the environment that helps tenant companies scale and grow.
Professor Mike Hannay, Managing Director, Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF)
Mike is Managing Director of MTIF based in Nottingham. Funded by Nottingham Trent University and D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership MTIF works with partners across the East Midlands to improve the quality of patient care by helping Med-Tech companies accelerate the development and commercial availability of innovative medical technologies and devices.
Professor Claire Thompson, CEO, Agility Life Sciences
Claire is a multi-award winning scientist, strategist and storyteller with more than 20 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry spanning the large multi-nationals GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, virtual biotech and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations (CDMOs). She is CEO of Agility Life Sciences, an award-winning CDMO, consulting and communications firm which works with organisations across the healthcare space to fast track their products to market, raise investment and help them to convey the benefits of their science through impactful communications.
She is also Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cambridge. Claire holds an Honorary Professorship from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, and is Chair of the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s Women in Science and Education (FIP WiSE) initiative.
Robin Weir, Head of China Practice, Facey Associates LLP, Hong Kong
Managing Director, Turkington Tang Limited
Robin is head of the China practice at Facey & Associates LLP, a boutique law firm in Hong Kong, having lived for 13 years in mainland China. He is also managing director of Turkington Tang, a consultancy which advises on international business including cross-cultural management issues.
