Programme
Conference Sessions
Roundtable Discussion Groups
Workshops
8:30 – 9:30
Registration, Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
9:30 – 10:20
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
Dr John Egan, Managing Director, BITECIC Limited
Discussion Group: Innovations in Surgical Instrumentation / Technology for Disinfection
Gareth Thomson, Lecturer, University of Dundee
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?
Geoff Boxer, Laboratory Manager, University College London & Linda Boxer, Operations Manager - Medical Specialties Division, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Discussion Group: Non Invasive Human Monitoring Systems
Diana Hodgins, Managing Director, European Technology for Business
10:30 – 11:20
Discussion Group: New technologies in preventative eye care
Stephen Roe, Director of Technical Operations, Optos
Discussion Group: Why is the UK so bad at growing medical device companies and is the situation getting better?
Stewart Fox, Managing Consultant Product & Process Eng Practice, 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
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: Computer simulation for accelerating healthcare product development
Andrew New, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
Discussion Group: Innovations in Computational Biomechanics
Dr Andrew T M Phillips
Lecturer, Imperial College London
11:30 – 11:50
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
12:35 – 14.10
Lunch, , Exhibition & Networking
14:10 – 15:00
Discussion Group: Assistive Devices and Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery
Kaddour Bouazza Marouf, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University
Discussion Group: Innovations in Computational Biomechanics
Anthony Phillips, Lecturer, Imperial College - London
Discussion Group: The Role of Innovation Hubs in the NHS Appears To Be Leading The Way For Innovation And Unmet Clinical Needs – Where Is It Taking Us?
Salam Al-Sam, Consultant Histopathologist/Head of Cellular Pathology, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Discussion Group: Innovations and Improvements in Drug Delivery Systems
Martin Garnett, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
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: Patient Centric Healthcare
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare
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
Andrew Lynn, CEO, OrthoMimetics
15:00 – 15:30
Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking
15:30 – 16:20
Discussion Group: Mind The Gap - bridging the technical and clinical divide in the NHS
Matthew Guy, Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics, Medway Maritime Hospital
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
Ian Wells, Consultant Computer Scientist, The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust
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: i4i Programme
Matthew Chapman, Senior Project Manager, Quotec
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
Please note: The programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the venue, session topics and/or speakers.