Programme
Conference Sessions
Roundtable Discussion Groups
Workshops
8:30 – 9:30
Registration, Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
9:30 – 10:30
Conference Session: Unmet Clinical Needs: Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine ~ stem cells for new vessels or specialized progenitors for functional new vessels?
Chair: Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Technical Director, HealthTech and Medicines KTN
Professor Paolo Madeddu, Chair - Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, Bristol Heart Institute [University of Bristol]
Discussion Group: Orthopaedic Trauma - always the bridesmaid never the bride?
Professor Peter Ogrodnik, Prof of Engineering Design, Staffordshire University and Managing Director, Intelligent Orthopaedics Ltd
Discussion Group: Innovations in Computational Biomechanics
Dr Andrew T M Phillips, Lecturer, Imperial College London
Discussion Group: Thermal Detection For Diabetes
Dr Sherri Johnstone, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Durham
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: 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: Experiences, benefits and challenges of using telemedicine and mobile systems in healthcare applications
Luis Hernandez-Munoz, Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Birmingham
Discussion Group: What is the future for patient centred home care?
Dr Ian Revie, Director, Yorkshire Health Innovation Network
Discussion Group: The ideal process for high-risk medical device design from proof of concept to market approval and beyond
Sean Cheng, Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge
10:30 – 11:00
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
11:00 – 12:00
Conference Session: Orthopaedics: The Future ~ Where are we and where should we be?
Chair: Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Technical Director, HealthTech and Medicines KTN
Professor Simon Donell, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital & Honorary Professor, University of East Anglia
Discussion Group: How do you access the knowledge base in Universities?
Colin Davis, Chair, Medical Interchange
c/o Staffordshire University
Discussion Group: How can well validated tests and procedures be efficiently and quickly adopted by the NHS?
Dr Geoff Boxer, Laboratory Manager (Oncology) & LTN Business Fellow, Targeting & Imaging Group, University College London
Discussion Group: Innovation and Enterprise - The experiences of an academic in trying to develop a hand held electrical device for the management of self harm
Dr Ghazala Tabasam, Senior Lecturer - Human Physiology, Assistant Director - Centre of Pain Research, Leeds Metropolitan University
Discussion Group: Biomarkers: Are they still useful in Translational research?
Dr Ravinder Singh Vohra, Leeds Vascular Institute, The General Infirmary at Leeds
Discussion Group: Patient Led Innovation – Adding Competitive Advantage
Elaine McNichol, Director - CPD4 Health Innovation, Enterprise and Innovation,
University of Leeds
Discussion Group: Health Research Funding Opportunities in the European Framework Programme
Graham Hughes, FP7 UK National Contact Point For Health
Discussion Group: Innovations in Diagnostic Devices
Mike Loughran, INEX Newcastle University
CNS Drug Discovery: Challenges of Assessment and Delivery of Drugs across blood-brain barrier (BBB)
Mohammad S. Alavijeh, Managing Director, Pharmidex Pharmaceutical Services Ltd
Discussion Group: PEEK biomaterials: another tool for innovation?
Dr Marcus Jarman-Smith, Project Manager & Dr Nuno Sereno, Product Development Manager, Invibio
Discussion Group: Health Innovation' the Inventor's perspective ~ Medical Devices and Clinical Procedures
Denis O’Brien, Tutor, Creativity, Innovation and Change, The Open University Business School
and Mark Sheahan, Inventor in Residence, The British Library
12:00 – 12:25
Tabletop Presentation: Innovative Porous Polymeric Materials for Medical applications
Claire Jarmey-Swan, Market Development Manager, Porvair Filtration Group
Tabletop Presentation: The CE marking process, and what to expect from your Notified Body
Adrian Keene, Technical Manager Medical Devices, LRQA
Tabletop Presentation: Let’s Get Digital
Michelle Dalton, Communications Director, Medilink West Midlands
12:00 – 13:00
Discussion Group – Regulatory Pathway – from discovery to product launch
Dr Haydar Jaafar, Product Specialist, BSI
12:35 – 14:10
Lunch, Exhibition & Networking
14:00 – 15:00
Conference Session: Unmet Clinical Needs: Breast Cancer: Addressing the 4000 avoidable operations performed annually on breast cancer patients in the UK
Chair: Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, Technical Director, HealthTech and Medicines KTN
Professor Arnie Purushotham, Professor of Breast Cancer & Director of Integrated Cancer Centre, King's College London
Discussion Group: A virtual innovation zone for the UK Medical Device Marketplace
Dave Taylor, Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds and Medical Media, Imperial College London
Discussion Group: Pushing forward on point-of-care diagnostics
Vincent Auger, Project Manager, University of Teesside
Discussion Group: Assistive Devices and Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery
Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Loughborough University
Discussion Group: Surface modification to control cellular response
Rachel Williams, Clinical Engineering and Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool
Discussion Group: Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices how it Interfaces with Industry and Assists in Taking Innovative Medical Devices Technology to Market
Dr. Alan Lindsay, Industrial Manager of Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices
Discussion Group: The shared training and development needs of the NHS, Industry and Academia
Elaine McNichol, Director - CPD4 Health Innovation, Enterprise and Innovation
University of Leeds
Discussion Group: Innovations in surgical technology and the use of robotics in Interventional surgery
Dr Daniel Elson, Lecturer in Surgical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London
Discussion Group: Innovations in Surgical Technology: appropriate use of miniaturisation and autonomy
Dr Stuart Brown, Group Leader - Surgical Technology Group, Institute for Medical Science and Technology (IMSaT), University of Dundee
Discussion Group: Innovations in Pathology Services
Dr Kevin Cox, Managing Director, GSTS Pathology, St Thomas' Hospital
Discussion Group: The state of pulmonary drug delivery - A practical route to therapy?
Sean J. Cheng, Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge
15:00 – 15:30
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
15:30 – 16:30
Discussion Group: Artificial Joint Replacement
Hossein Saidpour, University of East London
Discussion Group: Infection Control
Anthony Sewell, Project Manager Showcase Hospital, HCAI Technology Programme, Imperial College healthcare NHS Trust
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: Innovations in Medical Materials - Research in Biomaterials and New Manufacturing Processes
Dr Peter Twigg, Senior Lecturer in Medical Engineering, University of Bradford
Discussion Group: Development of small diameter bypasses graft, for coronary, vascular & renal application. Choice of materials, and evaluation from lab to clinical trial
Professor Alexander M. Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science and Benyamin Rahmani, Research Fellow, University College London
Discussion Group: New Trends in Software Design
Professor Ian Wells, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey County Hospital and Department of Computing, University of Surrey
Discussion Group: Can Tissue Engineering be an Alternative to Animal Experimentation?
Dr Gwen Reilly, Lecturer – Tissue Engineering, University of Sheffield
FP7 Funding Opportunities
Chris Farmakis, EC Funding Manager, GLE
Discussion Group: Theranostics, personalised medicine or the same old pathway: What is the future of diagnostics?
Paul Ko Ferrigno, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds (and Technical Director, Aptuscan Ltd)
Discussion Group: Innovators and Inventors in Diagnostic Imaging Fair or Foul Deal
Dr Anton Joseph, Consultant Radiologist, Mayday University Hospital
Discussion Group: The Terahertz probe as a potential aid to cancer diagnosis
Padraig O'Kelly, Chief Operating Officer, TeraView Limited
Please note: The programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the venue, session topics and/or speakers.