The MedTech FUTURES conference returns to Cambridge on 1st March 2023 with a huge line up of speakers including some of the biggest names in health and technology; Dr Pegah Salahshouri Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Papworth NHS Foundation Trust, and Dr Louise Jopling, Eastern Academic Health Science Network, lead the line-up alongside Dr Robert Tansley from Cambridge Innovation Capital and representatives from the University of Cambridge, Age UK and BIVDA.
This year’s MedTech FUTURES conference, sponsored by Venner Shipley, will be held at Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, and offers delegates a unique opportunity to hear from some of the leading experts in the fastest-growing areas of health and medical technology, alongside the perspective of clinicians on where the opportunities are for tech growth and adoption within the NHS. Dr Robert Tansley will also be sharing advice and insider knowledge on how innovators can best position themselves to secure funding and support from the hard to penetrate Cambridge innovation cluster.
The full agenda includes:
- Dr Pegah Salahshouri, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Papworth NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Anna Moore, Clinical Lecturer of Child Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Dr Louise Jopling, Commercial Director Eastern Academic Health Science Network
- Dr Lis Boulton, Health and Care Policy Manager, Age UK
- Dr Robert Tansley, Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital
- Stuart Angell, Chair of Regulatory Working Affairs Party at BIVDA
Delegates will also have the choice of attending three masterclass sessions during the day, benefitting from the expertise of leading health tech consultancy Health Tech Enterprise (HTE). The sessions will be run by HTE team members and partner organisations, covering areas including:
- IP & Commercialisation Strategies for MedTech Innovators
- Health Economics – How to Prove your Innovation Provides Value-for-Money
- Product Development Pitfalls – And How to Avoid them
HTE CEO, Anne Blackwood, commented: “The diverse speaker programme for this year is really exciting for visitors; we have some of the biggest names in technology and innovation, alongside some of the leading names in healthcare, science, education and venture capital funds on our stage to talk about ground-breaking and life-enhancing areas of medical technology. The MedTech FUTURES conference will be an opportunity for innovators to learn directly from frontline clinicians about the current challenges they are facing in the healthcare system, and the key details that they must consider when developing new MedTech solutions.”
The conference will culminate in an awards ceremony for the winners of HTE’s Innovation Voucher competition. The competition rewards the most novel ideas in MedTech innovation with a voucher worth approximately £3,000 of in-kind support from eg technology, in addition to support from the HTE team, including design reviews, user or product requirement specifications and ideation workshops.
Dr Karen Law, Head of Innovation at Health Tech Enterprise, said: “Our MedTech Innovation Voucher competition will celebrate and reward the most novel medical innovations, and I am looking forward to announcing this year’s winners at the conference. The time in-kind supports the innovators behind the technologies to refine their designs, to then enable the manufacture of prototypes for feasibility testing. Applications are open until 1 February 2023, and I encourage all NHS staff at HTE member Trusts to submit their ideas.”
For further information about the conference and to book tickets, visit: https://www.healthtechenterprise.co.uk/latest-updates/hte-medtech-futures/
