Testimonials

Probably the most highly acclaimed event in the sector …

"This was a superb networking event to meet a range of experts involved in medical device industry. The forum provided an excellent opportunity to learn and discuss new innovations and challenges facing the healthcare sector, identify new partners and initiate new collaborations."
Mehdi Tavakoli, Consultant and Technology Manager, TWI Ltd, Programme Manager, Health Technology KTN

“Quite frankly this was the best networking event I've ever attended. The organisation, speakers, quality of the delegates and exhibitors was first class.”
Peter Ball, Head of Convergence Technologies, PERA

“A fantastic platform for levelling the playing field and getting others to share their ideas.”
Michelle Dalton, Communications Director, Medilink UK

“A vibrant buzz about the event and a good forum to meet new people, to maintain contact with others in the industry and catch up on old acquaintances. Very useful and a day well spent.”
Steve Lane, Commercial Director, Triteq Medical

“The Health Technologies KTN is pleased to be associated with this event, it attracts decision makers across all parts of the supply chain, leading to collaborations that can make a difference.”
Sue Dunkerton, Director, Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network

“We certainly noticed the high calibre of those attending and the variety of discussion topics compared with traditional medical exhibitions.”
Michael Parker, Technical Director, Tom Parker Ltd

“I found it to be an efficient way of having individual meetings with a high number of people.”
Ann Cooper, Engineering Design Manager, Summit Medical

“This event could be described as, "speed dating for the medical device industry!" The packed programme of relevant topics and the opportunity for both networking and specific one to one meetings, that is afforded to delegates, ensures maximum contact with members of our diverse industry, throughout the whole event.”
Paul Burnett, Project Manager, Medical Devices in Scotland

“The organisation of this event is first-rate. The one-to-one meetings are an excellent way to get a brief introduction with lots of new contacts, and they are so easy to arrange prior to the event.”
Keith Turner, Senior Business Development Engineer, Cambridge Design Partnership

“A superb opportunity to meet people it would otherwise takes months to arrange to see.”
Tim Jones, Business Development Manager, Clamason Industries

“An excellent way of getting the absolute maximum done in a day.”
Tom Shelley, Group Technical Editor, Eureka Magazine

“The Medical Innovation Forum represents a high return/effort ratio for networking mainly because of the diverse means of engaging with people, excellent organisation and management and everyone there is willing to meet and discuss items of mutual interest.”
Keith Morris, Director of Markets & Technology, CELS

“A unique opportunity to meet industry players in an active networking environment.”
Kristian Bluff, Director, Innovation Team [Denmark]

“A well organised event bringing together industry experts, vendors and potential customers for medical devices and associated services.”
Tol Purewal, Head of R&D, Bespak Europe

“I thought it was an excellent meeting and well organised. It was a good way to network successfully with other companies.”
Alistair Taylor, Head of R&D, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

“I thoroughly enjoyed this event and look forward to attending future events.”
Mary Tourette, Research and Development Officer, Royal Surrey County Hospital

“This was a very useful national event, where researchers, developers, suppliers, technologists, practitioners and users gathered and exchanged ideas, concerns and forge useful business and academic contacts.”
Safwat Mansi, Head of Enterprise, Northumbria University

“The interaction and discussion was both informative and positive which supported the view of sharing knowledge and experience from across public and private sectors.”
Yvonne Hague, R&D Manager, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

“A thoroughly enjoyable and useful day.”
Ivor Campbell, Managing Director, Snedden Campbell Ltd

“Excellent opportunity to network, meet suppliers, customers and discuss innovative topics - well structured.”
Caroline Herdman, Medical Division Manager, Primasil Silicones Ltd

“A rare and valuable opportunity for such a variety of specialists to meet and share opinions.”
Will Bentall, Partner, London Associates

“This was an excellent event the mix of one-to-one pre-planned sessions combined with the small group sessions meant I was able to meet many relevant contacts especially those I would not have thought of asking for a one-to-one session. I will be attending the next event.”
Darren Forrest, R & D Manager, Osteotec

“This is a unique opportunity in the UK to network in the area of medical device development.”
Simon Bignall, Director, Grove Medical

“Very well organised and focussed event.”
Bob Parry, Director, Meridian Technologies

“A great opportunity to meet and network with individuals who are involved in the industry. The contacts I made will be of extreme use for future opportunities to be realised.”
Steven Bookbinder, Design Engineer, Trumeter

“Here is an opportunity to meet people with a common interest and purpose.”
Leslie Rees, Managing Director, Heatbands Ltd

“The event inspired me to capture the imaginations of our staff and develop innovation within our organisation.”
Ceri Jones, R&D Services Manager, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust

“The event provided an opportunity to meet several important contacts in a single day, some of whom would have been difficult to meet under other circumstances.”
Richard Bibb, Head of Medical Applications, PDR

“An excellent opportunity to discuss the challenges of medical device innovation with delegates representing many key sectors of the industry."
Simon Morling, Director of Product Development, Alaris Medical Systems

"I found the day an excellent networking event, my only problem was there was not enough time to get round all those I wanted to see."
John Hockey, Business Development Executive, Hi-Technology Group

"A novel concept in medical device promotion. Good mixture of presentations and round table discussions with plenty of opportunity for networking. Much better that sitting in a hall all day being subjected to death by Powerpoint."
James Mackenzie, Consultant, QualiMedd

"Personal agenda tailoring ensured a perfect fit."
lan Wilcox, Director of Medical, PDD Group Ltd

"The Innovation Forum had in its audience some very influential medical, EU grant and telecoms corporate executives - a potentially good source of finance and corporate venturing."
lan Magill, Chairman, Intelligent Clothing

"This forum provided a new way of working at a meeting for me. Rather than sitting through a series of relevant or worst still irrelevant presentations we had time to learn from each other and take discussions in appropriate directions. An overall good experience."
Cristina Doyle, Director, Xeno Medical

"The Forum structure was an efficient and rewarding way of meeting and identifying potential new partners as well as getting a broad view of topics of common interest."
Aele Long, Director, BioMed HTC

"Excellent opportunity to meet with all types of contacts within the industry. The ability to create a personalised agenda made the day extremely valuable to me and well worth attending."
Alison Fraser, Marketing Executive, ML Electronics

"An extremely well organised event with equally excellent networking opportunities - A definite win-win for all who attended!"
Chris Mason, Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London

"The Medical Device Innovation Forum was an excellent event that allowed like minded medical device professionals to discuss the issues of the day in focussed groups. The networking opportunities were well organised for one to one discussions with key contacts."
Paul Flavell, Business Development Manager, Smiths Medical

"The meeting was outstanding because it allowed me to meet customers and suppliers all in the same place."
Cedric Russell, Clinical Research Manager, Smiths Medical

"The forum fulfilled all of my expectations, and it was encouraging/enlightening to be in an environment were health care professionals were willing to share their problem and experiences offer advice to myself, a new comer to the medical industry."
David Davies, Business Development Manager - Polymers, Pera Technology

"The forum was where ideas and influencers met together in a very constructive way."
Mark Pedley, CEO, SmartLife Technology Ltd

"The Forum provided an excellent opportunity to network and discuss ideas with a diverse range of experts representing the complete healthcare supply chain."
Robert Bevan, Projects Development Officer, Rapra Technology Limited

"An excellent opportunity to meet with leaders of medical device manufacturers to understand first hand the key business issues they are facing."
Dominic Kurtaz, Technical Manager, Transcat

"An excellent networking opportunity and chance to discuss relevant areas in greater depth."
Shirley Atkin, New Business Development Director, Medical Devices Technology Intl.

"The Forum was very well organised with effective use of on-line agenda planning."
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare

"A well run and enjoyable forum for making a range of high quality contacts."
Simon Cotter, Account Manager, SCA Packaging

"Good balance of presentation and interactive sessions made this a highly rewarding meeting to attend."
Pankaj Vadgama, Director, IRC in Biomedical Materials, University of London

"Gave me the rare opportunity to meet with other professionals operating in the MD field. This was useful to help benchmark our own approach and develop best practice."
Jonathan Butters, Managing Director, Jab Design Consultancy

"An excellent opportunity to network with a wide range of people involved in commercialising medical devices."
Kevin Yallup, Doctor, Technology For Industry

"Enjoyed the event very much. Pointed, focussed and informative."
Robert Murphy, Associate, Connector

"I enjoyed the event very much and got so much out of it. The networking was great and I made many useful contacts."
Ghazala Tabasam, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University

"The forum provided excellent networking opportunities as well as delivering on creating lots of new business opportunities."
Jonas Mann, Director Life Science, Teleca

“A fantastic forum for meeting likeminded organisations/ individuals looking to further business opportunities within the medical arena.”
Louise Fairley, Marketing Manager, Triteq Medical

"Proved to be the premier networking event in the medical devices design and manufacturing calendar this year. In particular, the system for booking meetings with delegates beforehand was inspired! As a result we had a very productive day. Thank you!"
Matt Schumann, Medical Engineering Director, Cambridge Design Partnership