Outline Programme
Key
Presentation Session |
Roundtable Discussion Group |
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 Think
Tank |
20 Minute Tabletop Presentation |
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8:30 – 9:30
Registration, Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
9:30 – 10:20
Keynote: Innovation, growth and partnership
Chair: Oliver Wells, ABHI
Professor Terry Young, Chair of Healthcare Systems at Brunel University and Principal Investigator/IMRC director of the Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre
Discussion Group: Intellectual Property Protection
Howard Wright, Partner, Withers & Rogers LLP
Discussion Group: How do we move into an enhanced network
Professor Saeed Zahedi, Technical Director, Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons Ltd.
Discussion Group: Artificial Joint Replacement
Dr Hossein Saidpour, Principal Lecturer - Manufacturing, University of East London
Discussion Group: Linking the Clinical Need with Medical Device Innovation
John Egan, Commercial Manager, BITECIC Limited
Discussion Group: Disinfection - Technological Solutions?
Gareth Thomson, Lecturer/Researcher, Aston University
Discussion Group: How can the new Healthcare Technology Co-operatives best facilitate Medical Technology Development and take - up?
Mike Grahn, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
Discussion Group: How can well validated tests and procedures be efficiently and quickly adopted by the NHS?
Dr Geoff Boxer, Laboratory Manager, University College London
Discussion Group: New Developments in Surface Modification Technologies for Medical Device Applications
Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Programme Manager, Health technologies KTN, Consultant and Technology Manager, TWI Ltd
Discussion Group: Non Invasive Human Monitoring Systems
Diana Hodgins, Managing Director, European Technology for Business
Discussion Group: How can the NIHR Clinical Research Network support the Medical Technology Industry’s research within the NHS?
Dr Clare Morgan, Director for Industry, National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Co-ordinating Centre
Discussion Group: Improving new technology development and procurement decisions by tracking historic price trends
Alan Brown, Researcher, MATCH
10:30 – 11:20
Conference Session: Opportunities and current calls in Framework 7 related to medical innovation
Chaired by: Sue Dunkerton, Director, Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network
Jane Watkins, FP7UK National contact, Point for Health
Chris Farmakis, EC Funding Manager, Greater London Enterprise
Discussion Group: Why is the UK so bad at growing medical device companies and is the situation getting better?
Matthew Brady, Principle Consultant, PA Consulting Group
Discussion Group: What can be gleaned from case studies of successful medical research collaboration?
Elise Maynard, UK Product Manager
Medical Division, Pall Europe Ltd
Discussion Group: Integration of wireless and medical sensors
Yang Hao, Professor - Antennas & Electromagnetics, Queen Mary University of London
Discussion Group: Novel drug delivery technologies to address unmet need: clinician driven dosage form design
Dr Riddhi Shukla, Commercial Projects Manager, Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, University of Bradford
Discussion Group: How do you access the knowledge base in Universities?
Colin Davis, Chair, Medical Interchange
Discussion Group: Pfizer Regenerative Medicine: Opportunities for Collaboration
Timothy Allsopp, Head of Cell Improve Programme, Pfizer Regenerative Medicine
Discussion Group: Bioactive scaffolds for tissue regeneration
Daniel Green, CEO, BioCeramic Therapeutics
Discussion Group: How to Engage the NHS Workforce to Fast-track Medical Instruments Development?
Dr Isaac John, Clinical Effectiveness and R&D Manager, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust
Discussion Group: New Engineering Foundation -The Future Role of Technicians in Health Care
Professor Sa'ad Medhat, Chief Executive, New Engineering Foundation
Discussion Group: Are you and your business investor-ready?
Ian Shields, Head of g2i, Gateway to Investment Programme, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Discussion Group: Computer simulation for accelerating healthcare product development
Andrew New, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
Discussion Group: Get well soon: Patient Management, Medical Devices and Clinical Procedures - a patient’s perspective
Denis O’Brien, Tutor, Open University Business School and Beverley Combley-Canham, Sports Therapist
11:30 – 11:50
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
12:00 – 12:25
Tabletop Presentation: Medical Device CE marking & ISO13485 for start-ups and new products
Henry Sibun, Manager - Medical and Health Services, TÜV Product Service Ltd
Tabletop Presentation: Integrating Patent Information into your Business Strategy
Vanessa Stainthorpe, European Patent Attorney, Harrison Goddard Foote
Tabletop Presentation: Laser manufacturing of medical devices
Dr Nadeem Rizvi, General Manager, Laser Micromachining Limited
Tabletop Presentation: The Use of Predictive Design to Reduce Technical Risk Early in the Development Process
Keith Marshall, Consultant, Sagentia
Tabletop Presentation: Applications of microtechnology in the medical sector
Dr Robert Hoyle, Operations Manager, Microbridge Services Ltd
Tabletop Presentation: Q Drive - Pilot Injection Moulding Tooling and Its Advantages for Medical Device N.P.I.
Paul Thomas, Business Development Manager, Carclo Technical Plastics
12:00 – 12:40
12:35 – 14:10
Lunch, Exhibition & Networking
14:10 – 15:00
Panel Session: Partnerships with the NHS: Aligning industry with customers in the new NHS
Panel Chair: Oliver Wells, ABHI
Panellists: Professor Terry Young, Brunel University and MATCH
Carol Garaze, Managing Director of Provider Services, West Sussex PCT
Chris Harris, Commercial Director, Devices for Dignity
Discussion Group: Assistive Devices and Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery
Kaddour Bouazza Marouf, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University
Discussion Group: Innovations in Computational Biomechanics
Dr Andrew T M Phillips, Lecturer, Imperial College - London
Discussion Group: Innovations and Improvements in Drug Delivery Systems
Martin Garnett, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
Discussion Group: FP7 Funding Opportunities
Chris Farmakis, EC Funding Manager, GLE
Discussion Group: The shared training and development needs of the NHS, industry and academia
Elaine McNichol, Head of Enterprise and Innovation, University of Leeds
Discussion Group: Business Opportunities in the Nordics
Erik Linden, Market Adviser, British Embassy, Stockholm & Victor Malecki, Trade Team Manager, British Embassy, Copenhagen
Discussion Group: New Developments in Applications of Medical and Biopolymers in Healthcare Applications
Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Programme Manager, Health technologies KTN, Consultant and Technology Manager, TWI Ltd
Discussion Group: Patient Centric Healthcare
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare
Discussion Group: Next generation technology for artificial skin: the pro-angiogenic ‘Smart Matrix’ concept
Dr Julian Dye, Group Leader, Burns and Wound Healing, The Raft Institute
Discussion Group: Innovations in surgical technology and the use of robotics in Interventional surgery
Daniel Elson, Lecturer in Surgical Imaging, Imperial College London
Discussion Group: Regenerative Medicine and Automation
Tim Mead, Head of Programme Development, OrthoMimetics
15:00 – 15:30
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
15:30 – 16:20
Financing Growth: Finding finance for growth in a post credit crunch world
Panel Chair: Alan Suggett, Health Technologies KTN Steering Group
Panellists: Claire Wagstaffe, EPSRC
Graham Mobbs, Technology Strategy Board
Bill Maton-Howarth, DoH
Kevin Wilson, UK Trade & Investment
Discussion Group: Mind the Gap – Bridging the Technical and Clinical Divide in the NHS
Dr Matt Guy, Nuclear Medicine Physics, Medway Maritime Hospital and
University of Surrey
Discussion Group: Meeting the challenges of the industrial - academic interface
Paul Hatton, Professor of Biomaterials Science, Sheffield University
Discussion Group: New trends in software design
Professor Ian Wells, Department of Computing, University of Surrey and Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey County Hospital
Discussion Group: The Choice Of Materials For The Development Of Medical Devices And Prosthesis - Biological or Hybrid ?
Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine, University College London
Discussion Group: Innovations in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Martyn Paley, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics, University of Sheffield
Discussion Group: The Department of Health funded Healthcare Technology Co-operatives and how they can interface with industry in assisting the route of innovative medical devices to market
Christopher Harris, Commercial Director, Devices for Dignity
Discussion Group: Accelerating healthcare technology development with the National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding programme
Dr Richard Curry, i4i Secretariat
Discussion Group: Connect - Lord Sainsbury's recommendation on developing High Tech businesses - 'The Race to the Top'
Christopher Fogg, Chairman, Connect London
Discussion Group: Electronics for Drug Delivery
Daniel Dearing, Technology Business Manager, Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network
Discussion Group: Comparing Healthcare Routes To Market in the US and UK
Anne Avidon, US Lead Officer (Healthcare), UK Trade & Investment, Boston
Please note: The programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the venue, session topics and/or speakers.