This event, hosted by Medilink Midlands and Health Tech Enterprise is the second in a series of growing the East of England MedTech cluster. In this session we will be summarising and feeding back on the gathered opinion of the first event and laying out the next steps for supporting HealthTech in the East of England.
Attendees will benefit from an expert talk on the deployment of digital health into the primary care sector and we will have a number of SME pitching slots available in which companies can present themselves and highlight any interesting development areas or immediate support needs.
If you’d like to put yourself forward for one of these pitches, please email [email protected] explaining why you would be suitable and a brief outline of what you would like to pitch. Please send requests no later than Tuesday 10 December.
There will be ample time given for networking, to allow delegates to find new connections and share views on the regional needs and focus.
This event is also your chance to influence the future of support in the East of England and contribute to shaping the vision of a MedTech Cluster in the region.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn and have your voice heard!
Programme:
10:00am – Registrations, Refreshments & Networking
10:30am – Strategic Overview & Welcome, Melanie Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, Medilink Midlands & Dr Anne Blackwood, CEO, Health Tech Enterprise
10:40am – What will be on the GP’s desk in three years time? – A digital health fast forward! Simon Rudland FRCGP, Chair Suffolk GP Federation, Visiting Professor of Integrated Digital Health University of Suffolk and Honorary Senior Lecturer Norwich Medical School
11:00am – Innovator Pitches (5 minutes each) – details to be added
11:20am – Anglia Ruskin University Support, Dr Beverley Vaughan, Arise Innovation Hubs Director, Anglia Ruskin University
11:25am – Closing Remarks and Next Steps, Melanie Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, Medilink Midlands
11:30am – Networking
12:00pm – Close
Tickets:
£15 plus VAT for members of Medilink.
£25 plus VAT for non-members.
NB. Please email [email protected] for booking codes.
CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE*
Please ensure that you secure your place, as spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis, priority will be given to East of England organisations.
*Please note registration for this event closes at 5pm on Tuesday 7th January.
Speaker Profiles:
Melanie Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, Medilink Midlands
Melanie brings a background of industrial research and business development from West Pharmaceutical Service’s Drug Delivery Division. She also broadens our bioscience reach having studied Animal Science at The University of Nottingham. Before joining Medilink, Melanie gained valuable experience in economic development and international investment at the East Midlands Development Agency (emda).
Dr Anne Blackwood, CEO, Health Tech Enterprise
Anne is Chief Executive of Health Tech Enterprise (HTE), a leading NHS innovation and technology consultancy based in Cambridge. Anne has been actively involved in intellectual property management and commercialisation of life science technologies for over 20 years. She is also Chair of the Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture with public sector partners that awards proof of concept funding to develop medical technologies that meet a clinical need in the NHS. She was formerly Chair and co-founder of Medovate, a venture backed innovation development company dedicated to the commercialisation of medical technologies created within the NHS. Anne is passionate about improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare services through technology and innovation.
Simon Rudland photo to be added
Simon Rudland FRCGP, Chair Suffolk GP Federation, Visiting Professor of Integrated Digital Health University of Suffolk and Honorary Senior Lecturer Norwich Medical School
Simon is an enthusiastic, innovative, portfolio GP who has over 30 years of NHS experience. He was a lead GP at Stowhealth working with McLaren Applied Technologies and Proteus as well as other companies. In 2019 he took up a three contract as a visiting GP on the remote island of Hoy in Orkney. He supports general practice at scale and undergraduate education recognising how important digital health is to community care. Through his work as a Clinical Advisor with Health Innovation East he has been privileged to work with some game changing technologies.
Dr Beverley Vaughan, Arise Innovation Hubs Director, Anglia Ruskin University
Beverley joined the Arise Innovation Hubs as Director in June 2021, with over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare and life sciences sector. Beverley trained as a clinical scientist in Haematology and working at Cambridge and London University Hospitals. Working in the innovation sector for the last 10 years with roles in Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC), Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT) and the University of Oxford. Whilst at SBC Beverley supported the development of translational research facilities and raised funding from multiple pharma and biotech companies for the Open Innovation Challenge in Neurodegeneration. At CGT Beverley managed a wide portfolio of project from novel drug discovery spin outs to NHS led delivery of cell therapy products. Most recently she was responsible for the delivery of a drug discovery consortium-UKSPINE- pivoting traditional pathways to meet the demands of healthy aging with partners, Universities of Oxford, Dundee and Birmingham, Medicines Discovery Catapult, The Francis Crick Institute and Sanger Centre Cambridge. Since joining Arise as Director Beverley has been working on building the life science strategy for their newest hub located on the Harlow Innovation Park, leading on strategy, fund raising and partnering activities to build a cluster of expertise within this synapse of the London-Cambridge corridor. She is also a member of the NC3Rs CRACKIT advisory panel.