Medilink Midlands

Managing and Mitigating Risk of Cybercrime and Protection of your data
2018-05-17 08:00 - 10:30 (Europe/London) | Discovery Building, BioCity Nottingham, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom
This free to attend breakfast event will cover some very important topics, whilst providing you with the opportunity to get your questions answered by the experts.
In partnership with BHIB Insurance Brokers and Shakespeare Martineau, the topics will include:
– What trends BHIB are seeing and what they believe are the significant risks to the life sciences industry
– Ways to mitigate risk
– Reasons for imminent changes to data protection legislation
– Key GDPR concepts and changes
Event Documents:
Programme
Speaker Profiles
Delegate List

Building Resilience and Wellbeing for Growth Conference
2018-05-16 09:00 - 15:00 | The Riverside Centre, Riverside Ct, Derby, DE24 8HY, United Kingdom
Stress, anxiety and depression within the workplace are at the highest levels ever recorded. According to the Labour Force Survey (LFS), in 2016, 45% of all reported absenteeism was accounted to stress. This is now costing UK businesses, over £2.4 billion a year (UK Statistics Authority).
The ‘Building Resilience and Wellbeing for Growth’ conference will look at all aspects of wellbeing from HR support to enabling leaders to drive a ‘wellbeing culture’ for business growth and employee satisfaction and alternately employee retention.
All of the guest speakers have a passion for organisational and personal wellbeing and bring along their wealth of knowledge and experience from the private and public sectors, the academic arena and the wellbeing industry.
Local business will have the opportunity to discuss with peers and wellbeing experts and practitioners, practical ways to introduce or grow the wellbeing agenda within your business. There will also be our marketplace of exhibitors, plenty of networking opportunities and refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Join in this crucial discussion on how businesses and individuals can help drive a ‘Wellbeing culture’ in 2018 and beyond.
This event is taking place during Mental Health Awareness Week (14 – 20 May 2018).
Conference content
The conference will look at different aspects of wellbeing, including:
• How do we define “wellbeing” in a modern workplace?
• What is a wellbeing culture?
• Does introducing a wellbeing culture driver better business performance?
• Where does the ethical and social responsibility for wellbeing start and finish for a business?
• What are the synergies between physical and mental wellbeing?
• Connections between public initiatives and private sector businesses for a wellbeing nation?
• Mental health awareness – prevention and management
• What are businesses doing globally to drive wellbeing for their employees?
Agenda
9am: Registration and Networking

9.30am: Welcome and introduction to D2N2 Growth Hub (Chris Pook, D2N2 Growth Hub Manager)
9.45am: Wellbeing – The Rolls-Royce journey to date (David Roomes, Group Director – Health, Safety, Sustainability & Environment and Chief Medical Officer at Rolls-Royce)
Share the journey that Rolls-Royce has taken to drive a wellbeing agenda from Board level down. Sharing knowledge on how and why a business should look at wellbeing from 5 physical, mental, spiritual, social and intellectual point of view, and empowering employees to take the initiative in their health and wellbeing.
10.30am: ‘What do we mean by wellbeing?’ (Professor Gareth Hughes – Lecturer, Psychotherapist and Research Lead – Student Wellbeing – University of Derby)
What do we actually mean by ‘wellbeing’ and how does it influence performance, resilience and the workplace?’ Drawing on research from psychology, biology and education, we will explore how emotional, physical and social wellbeing can improve or reduce the performance of individuals and teams. The session will also share practical skills and steps that can improve wellbeing for everyone.
11.15am: Tea & Coffee break and networking
11.30am: Tools in mindfulness and yoga for Employee Engagement and Retention (Anna Kelynack-Boddy, Founder and Owner of Yogic Frog and Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher)
Explore how managing your own energy, both physical and mental, drives how we work with our colleagues and employees. Using the ancient practices of Yoga and mindfulness we will share the tools of self-management.
12 noon: Round-table discussion and questions for panel
12.15pm: Lunch Break & Marketplace to meet wellbeing experts to talk about tools and services that they provide.
1.15pm: Managing a change environment whilst looking after your employees’ wellbeing(Paul Shepherd, owner Gritstone)
Exploring how managers and leaders in different businesses can implement change while minimising the impact this will have on the wellbeing of employees. Looking at leadership behaviours in the context of individual and organisational resilience and wellbeing or psychological responsibility.
1.45pm: Creating physical ‘time-out’ for employees (Athalie Redwood- Brown, Senior Lecturer – Nottingham Trent University, Founder and Owner – Crossfit Deviant)
The benefits of physical “time-out” on both the physical and mental health of employees within business as well as its impact on productivity and general workplace well-being.
2.15pm: What is the wellbeing agenda at local, regional and national level within government? (speaker to be confirmed)
Looking at government policy and how will this will be implemented at the local and regional level.
2.45pm: Round table discussion and questions for panel
3pm: Closing Remarks and Finish

Who Should Attend?
This event is free to attend for small and medium-sized enterprises located in the D2N2 region (Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire). It will be of particular interest to those who have accountability, responsibility and a passion for wellbeing within organisations.
Speaker Profiles
David Roomes
Group Director – Health, Safety, Sustainability & Environment and Chief Medical Officer at Rolls-Royce

Experienced Occupational Health and Safety Executive and accredited physician specialist in Occupational Medicine with international experience leading global teams.
Gareth Hughes
Lecturer, Psychotherapist & Research Lead – Student Wellbeing – University of Derby
Gareth Hughes is a psychotherapist and the Research Lead for Student Wellbeing at the University of Derby. Derby is a Gold rated university in the Teaching Excellence Framework (2017) and is in the Top 20 for teaching quality in the UK, according the Times Higher Education league tables. It is also recognised as a leading university in developing and providing support for student wellbeing. Gareth has a nationally recognised presence in the field of student wellbeing and has published and presented internationally on issues related to student wellbeing, academic anxiety, student transition, the role of student services and the links between wellbeing, learning and academic performance. He has been extensively quoted in national media. Gareth also teaches and lectures – delivering on Derby’s psycho-education programme and as a tutor at the Human Givens College and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Anna Kelynack-Boddy
Founder and Owner of Yogic Frog and Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher
Anna’s philosophy is that yoga and mindfulness is for everybody and Mind, because we all need tools and techniques to manage what life offers us. Anna worked as a Senior Manager within Rolls-Royce and Walgreens Boots Alliance over a 20-year period, across several different continents around the world. She has had direct experience of how the pressures, stress and physical affects from working within industry can affect how you perceive yourself and the world around you. After 12 years of practicing yoga, Anna trained as a Yoga Teacher seven years ago and started to integrate this into the management role, before launching her Yogic Frog business full-time in 2016.
Paul Shepherd
Owner of Gritstone
Paul has lived and worked in a number of countries for a wide, variety of organisations in the private and third sectors. He realised early in his career that for teams to be successful they had to have the right composition of knowledge, skills and behaviours. He uses several tools and techniques to help increase individual and organisational resilience, working with senior management teams to enable companies and their staff to achieve peak performance. His company, Gritstone, utilises Disc profiling and other behavioural models to reduce workplace conflict.
Athalie Redwood-Brown
Senior Lecturer – Nottingham Trent University, Founder and Owner – Crossfit Deviant
Athalie has worked in the fitness industry for over 20 years, both as a practitioner and academic. She now co-owns her own functional strength and conditioning facility alongside her husband Rob whilst continuing to work as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. She has worked across a number of high profile organisations, including the Football Association, English Premier League and National Governing Bodies. Above all else, Athalie is a mum (of two small children) as well as an athlete and business woman, and as such is a huge advocate of creating physical “time out” for mental health and well-being.
Athalie has a passion for helping individuals no matter what their age, to feel empowered through health and exercise and optimise their human potential through physical activity.

This workshop is part-funded via the European Regional Development Fund, therefore we are required to evidence that you are a small to medium enterprise.
There will be a couple of forms that will need to be completed either prior to the event or on the day and these will be sent to you once you have registered. One form is to ensure you are a small to medium enterprise, the second is to capture any business support you have received over the last 3 years to ensure you haven’t exceeded €200,000. If you have previously completed these forms at a Growth Hub event you will not have to complete another set.
To find out more information or register your free place, please click here.

MPD Training Course: Product Management
2018-05-15 09:30 - 16:30 | Millenium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom
Want to get the right opinions and direction from those who matter? Want to learn how to calculate a Worldwide Market quickly and with confidence?
Book now to delve into the depths of Product Management, with this one day training course by Medical Device Consultancy.
This course will cover:
• The Basics of the four Ps: Product, Place, Promotion and Price
• The Vital Role of Product Managers and Business Development Managers – creating a future!
• How to determine your Unique Selling Propositions (USPs) and use them to target your customers and key influencers with confidence – the importance of an evidence based approach
• Market Intelligence System and Sources (MISS) – where to look and what to look for
• The Power of Observation and Proactive Debate. Focus Groups and Scientific Advisory Boards.
This course will be exploring the important basics such as the SWOT and PESTE Analysis – how to spot Supertankers and other unstoppable trends. We will also uncover how to use these methods to understand market dynamics. You will be provided with a brief insight on using Nominal Group Technique and other brain storming ideas.
Course Fees
Member cost: £150 + VAT
Non- Member cost: £190 + VAT
To find out more or register your place, please click here.

Topical Legal Considerations for a Life Science SME
2018-05-10 09:00 - 13:00 | Shakespeare Martineau Offices, Waterfront House, 35 Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3DQ
Attend this free half-day training course to learn about a variety of legal matters including:

– Corporate
– Employment
– Immigration
– Commercial IP

The Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) programme provides fully funded workplace training to SMEs to meet individual, employer and regional economic needs. The training includes bespoke and vocationally relevant qualifications that are responsive to the needs identified. All training is delivered in the workplace or at nearby convenient locations.
learndirect have Skills Support for the Workforce contracts covering Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Somerset and Devon. These are delivered in conjunction with specialist delivery partners in each location. To provide you with the best training for your workforce, we work in partnership with the relevant Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in your area.
Limited spaces available on this course and priority will be given to D2N2 (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) SMEs. Non- D2N2 SMEs will be added to a waiting list and we will let you know if a place is available prior to the event.
Event Documents:
Programme
Speaker Profiles

Open competition for Innovation Loans: West Midlands briefing
2018-05-09 09:30 - 14:00 | The Priory Rooms Meeting & Conference Centre, Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF, United Kingdom
Find out about the open innovation loans competition, the scope and how to apply.
Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Network are hosting a briefing event for Innovate UK’s new Open innovation loans competition, which is currently open for application.
Innovate UK is running a pilot programme of loan competitions over 2 years to the end of 2019. A total of up to £50 million is available for business innovation projects. Innovate UK is working to broaden the range of innovation finance support available to businesses, so they can access funding at all stages of innovation. Innovation loans are for UK small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that want to scale up and grow through innovation, developing new or improved products, processes or services. They can be used for late-stage research and development (R&D) projects, which have not yet reached the point of commercialisation.
Innovate UK is to offer up to £10 million in loans to SMEs for innovative late stage projects. The aim of this competition is to provide loans to help SMEs to undertake game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential across any sector or industry. Innovation loans will offer affordable, patient, flexible, repayable funding for later-stage research & development projects with a clear route to commercial success. More information can be found here.
The deadline for registration for the competition is 6 June and the application deadline is noon on 13 June 2018. We expect to run two further Open competitions for innovation loans during the course of this year.
The purpose of the briefing event is to provide vital information to enable businesses to decide if an innovation loan is appropriate for them and, if so, to develop a clear and compelling application that shows that they have an innovative project and are suitable for a loan.
Agenda
09:30 – Coffee & Registration
10:00 – Welcome & Introduction
10:05 – Innovate UK and innovation loans overview
10:20 – Competition scope and Q&A
11:30 – How to complete Application Part A on your project
12:00 – How to complete Application Part B on your business
12:45 – Q&A
13:00 – Networking lunch
14:00 – Close
If you are unable to attend this event, there will also be similar events across the UK between 30th April and 10th May, as well as a webinar. Click here to see these other briefing events.
To find out more information or register your place, please click here.

Health Tech Alliance Meeting
2018-05-08 12:30 - 16:00 | Health Tech Alliance, 69 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2BB
The Health Tech Alliance is delighted to announce that their next meeting will focus on best practice in NICE submissions. Attendees will hear from David Sissling (Project Director for MedTechScan at NICE) and Sheryl Warttig, a Senior Technical Advisor in the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation with considerable experience in relation to NICE submission and assessment processes.
Learn about:
• Best practice in NICE submissions and assessment processes
• MedTechScan: a national horizon scanning mechanism to identify transformative medical technologies
• How industry can benefit from the work of MedTechScan
For more information or to book, please contact secretariat@healthtechalliance.uk.

Health Data Harmony for Remote Diagnostic Businesses - Part One
2018-05-02 09:30 - 13:30 | MediCity Nottingham, D6 Building West, Thane Road, Nottingham, NG90 6BH, United Kingdom
Big Data, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence are becoming so overused that they can mean anything to anyone, however, the hype doesn’t change the facts.
Health and Medtech companies are being overwhelmed with data and if you don’t know what to do with it, your competition will.
Join BioCity Group for a series of free events with talks from startup founders, healthcare investors and industry executives exploring how data is disrupting healthcare.
Each event will explore new and innovative ways to mine, effectively use and analyse what you have.
Part one will take place on Wednesday 2 May and will cover:
• Connected Devices
• Analysis in the age of cloud computing
• Data Sharing & Security
To find out more about this event or register your free place, please click here.
Part two will take place on Tuesday 5 June and will cover:
• Machine Learning for predictive analytics
• Data-driven Actionable Insights
• Autonomous Decision Making
To be taken to the Part two event please click here.
Both sessions will close with a chance to discuss what you’ve learned over lunch.

2nd Digital Health & Wellbeing Conference 2018
2018-05-01 09:00 - 2018-05-03 17:00
The 2nd Digital Health & Wellbeing Conference will be held between Tuesday 1st and Thursday 3rd May 2018 at The Open University Campus, Milton Keynes. The conference is organised by the Health & Wellbeing Priority Research Area.
This year’s theme is “Fusion – All things Digital Health & Wellbeing”. Due to the nature of the conference, we aim to challenge research and practitioners to explore, uncover and inspire the ethos of Digital Health & Wellbeing and how this can be deployed across varying environments, research and practice, innovation, health, public services, community and non-profit organisations.
The event is made up of a three day conference and exhibition, with plenty of networking opportunities available throughout. There is also a conference dinner taking place on the evening of day 2.
Registration

Registration is now open- you can find out more about the event and register your place here.

Knowledge Transfer Network Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Group
2018-05-01 09:00 - 13:30 | Discovery Building, BioCity Nottingham, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom
Alongside the Knowledge Transfer Network team, we are running an Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Group. Taking place on the 1st May in Nottingham, attend this event to hear presentations on:

– Introduction to the KTN Additive Manufacturing SIG
– Custom tools for custom surgery
– What makes Additive Manufacturing suited to medical device manufacture?
– Invaluable aids to visualisation in surgery
– 3D printing biology – current state of the art
– Additive Manufacturing Living Electrodes

This free to attend event is being held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project.
Event Documents:
Programme
Speaker Profiles
Delegate List

Presentations:
Dr Richard Cooper, Knowledge Transfer Network
Michael Wilson, 3M Buckley Innovation Centre

Unlocking the Midlands' Productivity: Aligning Mental Health, Skills and Innovation
2018-04-27 09:30 - 16:00 | Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough University, Science & Enterprise Park, Loughborough, LE11 3GR
Poor mental health and well-being is increasingly understood as a critical barrier to productivity, with business and civic leaders vocal on the cost to the local economy. While tacking issues such as this through closer health and care integration is a priority for many, the financial challenges facing the mental health community – often seen as highly innovative in how it works within and across its local populations – have never been greater. This presents both challenges and opportunities.
Building on the pioneering work of the West Midlands Mental Health Commission and the long-established and related innovation sector strengths that exist across the Midlands, the Midlands Engine is working to align regional public, private and third sector organisations with its leading research base to drive new innovations that make people both better and better off.
This event will bring together key communities from across the region to better understand how we can collectively engage in this important agenda and help realise the Engine’s ambitions to better align mental health with innovation.
Background:
The Midlands Engine strategy states that:
“The government will establish a Midlands Skills Challenge, with the objective of closing the skills gap between the Midlands and the rest of the country. The government’s first steps to support the region to meet this challenge include:
Providing £7 million to pilot innovative approaches to supporting employers to help employees with mental health issues, following the findings of the recent West Midlands Mental Health Commission. The pilots will build on the findings of the review currently being led by Paul Farmer and Lord Stevenson.”
“Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers” was commissioned by Prime Minister Theresa May. It was written by Lord Dennis Stevenson (mental health campaigner and former HBOS chief) and Paul Farmer (chief executive of the mental health charity Mind), and was jointly published by the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions. It includes research on costs to employers and the state.
The report stated that:
“Around 15% of people in work have symptoms of a mental health condition. Around 6% of people with a long-term mental health condition lose their job each quarter – amounting to 300,000 people each year – compared with 4% of those with a physical health condition.”
The costs to employers are estimated at:
– £8 billion for absenteeism
– £17-26 billion for lost productivity from presenteeism
– £8 billion for staff turnover
The loss to the economy was estimated to be up to £99 billion a year, including lost productivity output, the cost of providing benefits and healthcare costs.”
Importantly, the Midlands Engine’s core objective is to raise the region’s productivity to that of the national average.
Who should attend?:
Mental Health providers from across Midlands (both NHS and third sector); LEPs; Universities; Medical Innovation Businesses; Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs); Communities and Local Growth team for Midlands; Employers
Organisers:
Midlands Innovation
NHS Confederation
Mental Health Network
Conference programme:
9.30 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction to the Day – Sir John Peace, Chair, Midlands Engine
10.15 Keynote speech – Paul Farmer, CEO, Mind
10.45 The aims and objectives of the Midlands Engine – Anthony May, Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire County Council and Chair, Midlands Engine Operations Board
11.05 The innovation strengths of the Midlands region – Professor Iain Gillespie, PVC Research and Enterprise, University of Leicester
11.25 Why mental health matters to the region and early learning from the MHC’s work – Superintendant Sean Russell, West Midlands Combined Authority Mental Health Commission Implementation Director and Professor Guy Daly, Pro-Vice Chancellor (health and life sciences), University of Coventry.
11.45 Coffee
12.00 Delivering the Industrial Strategy – Liz Shutt, Director of Policy, Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partners
12.20 Panel session on need for alignment and mutual benefit for place – all above speakers
13.00 Lunch
13.45 The challenges facing mental health providers and what the future of the sector looks like – Sean Duggan, CEO, Mental Health Network
14.15 What can we do? Interactive workshops covering related local issues/plans, running in parallel
15.00 What can we do? Parallel workshops repeated as above
15.50 Commitments for future working and close. Building on the learning from the day and mapping out what future regional collaboration might look like – Dean Fathers, Chair, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
16.00 Close
To find out more about this event or register your free place, please click here.

MidsChem - The future of Innovation and Regulation in the Chemical Industry
2018-04-26 16:00 - 18:30 | The GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories, Jubilee Campus , The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, United Kingdom
Innovation is always risky. New technologies may not perform, or may take longer to develop than first anticipated. Does the uncertainty linked with the Brexit negotiations have any effect on the appetite of a business for innovation? Could companies be more likely to innovate when there is uncertainty? How will the translation of EU Regulations to UK Law affect the industries we are involved in?
The UK has a proud history of leading and supporting cutting-edge research and innovation within the EU. The government has set out proposals to capitalise on the UK’s strategic strengths to make sure we do more to commercialise the world leading ideas and discoveries made in Britain through its Green Paper, “Building our Industrial Strategy”.
“The objective of our modern industrial strategy is to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the whole country.”
This event will include speakers from organizations such as Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership and others.
There will also be lots of opportunity to network with other chemical science businesses.
A tour of the GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory will also be available.
To find out more about this event or register your free place, please click here.

Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2018
2018-04-25 09:30 - 2018-04-26 15:30 | Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 6GE, United Kingdom
Med-Tech Innovation Expo is the UK and Ireland’s leading medical technology event – the only event that serves the whole of the UK and Irish medical sector which is valued at £27bn.
Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2018 will bring together all stakeholders involved in the medical device innovation process, the exhibition showcases over 130 companies from the medical device supply chain alongside the centrepiece conference that delivers insights, intelligence and education through a wide range of expert speakers. Med-Tech Innovation Expo is your industry platform.
The two-day expo combines an exhibition, conference, seminars and the Medilink UK Business Awards.
Exhibition
The Med-Tech Exhibition showcases more than 130 companies that are supply chain experts to the medical technology industry. The Medilink UK standshare will once again provide a hub for 10 companies to exhibit under the Medilink brand. All of these spaces have now been sold, so be sure to visit stand 50!
Conference
As in previous years, Medilink has partnered with MTI to produce a world class conference programme that delivers insights, intelligence and education from a wide range of blue chip users, government officials and industry experts. With presentations from Deloitte UK, National Network of AHSNs, GE Healthcare Finnamore, NHS Digital, MHRA, Roche Diagnostics, Innovate UK, J&J Innovation and more. See the programme here.
Medilink UK Business Awards
On the evening of Wednesday 25th April, the Medilink UK Business awards will be taking place – join us to celebrate the very best of the UK Life Sciences. The evening will consist of a three course meal, after dinner entertainment and the presenting of the awards. Tickets are on sale, book here.
To find out more, visit the dedicated website where you can also book your free place at the Expo – click here.

Lincolnshire & Rutland Business Support Launch Event- CANCELLED
2018-04-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Belton Woods Hotel, Belton, Grantham, NG32 2LN, United Kingdom
Please note this event has now been cancelled. To find out more about the Lincolnshire & Rutland support project, please email info@medilinkem.com and one of the team will be able to help you.
Medilink East Midlands and the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) look forward to welcoming Lincolnshire & Rutland based companies to our Launch event for the new offer of SME support services in Lincolnshire & Rutland.
This new funding support service will allow Medilink EM to once again expand their offering into Lincolnshire & Rutland.
Details of the expanded services that will be on offer will be shared including:
• Funding, advisory support and signposting for companies based in Lincolnshire & Rutland to help businesses build and develop their products and markets
• A programme of events to advise and inform healthcare SMEs
Alongside this there will be the opportunity to meet the team from Medilink EM and EMAHSN as well as plenty of time to network with fellow healthcare SMEs from the Lincolnshire & Rutland area over drinks and food.

LATi Workshop: Story - the most powerful business tool (n)ever invented
2018-04-19 14:30 - 17:00 | Dock, Pioneer Park, 75 Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NU
As a scientist or engineer, you are brilliant at inventing things. You are innovative. Push the boundaries. Make breakthrough discoveries. Develop products and services that transform lives. But, do people know?
Whether you’re building your brand in the marketplace, motivating employees to buy in to your strategy or convincing investors that you’re a good bet, attracting and keeping audiences is a vital business challenge.
Story is the answer.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the art and science of story, and investigate how our favourite TV dramas can teach us a thing or two about engaging people and standing out from the crowd.
An engineering graduate and survivor of a corporate career, Anthony now leads a team that uses story to help organisations communicate ideas that are often complex and difficult. In his spare time, he’s a closet writer – a closet he intends to emerge from one day.
There will be plenty of time for networking over a cuppa.
To find out more about this event or register your place, please click here. This event is free to the LATi community. Guests are kindly asked to make a donation of £25 to attend this event.

Clinical Research and ISO14155
2018-04-19 09:30 - 16:00 | Millenium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom
Medilink WM and Acclaim Biomedical Consulting bring to you practical training sessions designed around the delegate. These intimate sessions are designed to maximise learning outcomes and they are created to promote interaction and discussion.
The aim of the course is to help you develop a greater understanding of the expectations regarding clinical evidence and PMS for the manufacturers of both Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic. The course will involve a combination of theory, practical sessions and case studies. The course will also provide tools and references to support organisations to plan how to ensure clinical data is continually gathered, analysed and reported to comply with the new MDR.
This course will discuss how clinical data should be collated, with emphasis on the requirements of the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR).
The following topics will be discussed:
• Overview of medical device regulation in Europe
• Introduction to clinical evaluations
• Designing and managing a clinical evaluation
• Post-market clinical follow-up (PMCF) studies for existing products
• Overview of ISO 14155 and GCP
• Clinical evaluation throughout the product lifecycle
• Updates on the regulations and their impact on clinical evaluations
• How to perform a clinical literature review, including practical guidance on how to prepare a Clinical Evaluation Report (CER)
Target Audience
The course is designed to provide an introduction to Clinical Research and ISO14155. The course is aimed at anyone who is new to Medical Devices, In Vitro Diagnostics or clinical research. The course is also applicable to those who would like to further their working knowledge of current requirements.
Course Fees
Medilink member cost: £150
Non-member cost: £190
To register to attend this event, please click here. If you have any queries or require further information, please contact Vanessa Bailey.

Brexit - The Implications it will have on CE Marking
2018-04-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Millenium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom
This seminar will be a short review of the current status of Brexit and how it may affect those manufacturers who wish to apply the CE mark to their devices post Brexit.
Covered topics will include:
• Brexit – the implications on CE marking medical devices
• How Notified Bodies are handling the situation
• How registrations for lower class devices could be affected
• The need for an Authorised Representative and how it works for non-EU manufacturers now
• What an Authorised Representative does and their responsibilities
• How the new EU MDR and IVDR affect the Authorised Representative’s role and responsibilities
• How the UK manufacturer can transition Brexit by engaging a Notified Body and Authorised Representative based in mainland EU
And of course, what happens if a UK Manufacturer only wants to sell in the UK with no CE mark?
This seminar will include a group discussion, review and Q&A session.
Seminar Keynote: John Adcock, Managing Director, Advena Ltd
Advena Ltd, are a team of experienced consultants, based in Warwick, who have recently passed their 20 year anniversary for assisting medical device manufacturers globally. For more information please visit: www.advenamedical.com
This seminar is FREE to all Medilink Members. Non-members are welcome to attend at a rate of £20 + VAT.
For further information or to register your place, please click here.

Food Supplements Special Interest Group (SIG)
2018-04-18 09:00 - 13:30 | Discovery Building, BioCity Nottingham, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF
The next Food Supplements Special Interest Group (SIG) is taking place in Nottingham, and the theme is: How to make a food supplement.
This free to attend event is being held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project.
The event will cover:
– What to consider in manufacturing a food supplement
– Update on novel foods
– Considerations for manufacture
– Quality including documentation, regulatory framework and points to consider
– Turning your idea to reality
Programme
Speaker Biographies
Delegate List

Website design for life sciences: the trends that you should be aware of
2018-04-17 08:00 - 10:30 | Hallam, The Clock Tower, Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
This breakfast event in partnership with Hallam Internet has been specifically designed for life science companies who are developing or wanting to update their website design.
The event will cover:
– Designing customer-centric websites
– Why user experience matters
– The impact of the connected consumer on web design
Hallam Internet are proud Patrons of Medilink EM, Hallam is a full service digital marketing agency with a long and healthy history of delivering specialist digital marketing campaigns for businesses in the life sciences sector. For more information, go to www.hallaminternet.com.
Event Documents
Programme
Speaker Biography
Delegate List

Kuwait Health Exhibition and Conference
2018-04-03 09:00 - 2018-04-05 17:00 | Kuwait International Fair, Mishreef, Kuwait
Kuwait Health is the largest international healthcare event in Kuwait, under the patronage of H.E. Dr Jamal Mansour Abdullah Al Harbi, Kuwait Minister of Health. Kuwait Health 2018 will again play host to an important gathering of healthcare professionals and decision makers around the MENA region to meet, connect, exchange knowledge and conduct business in 3 days. Alongside the conference are CME accredited conferences on Healthcare Facilities Management and Hospital Build.
Exhibiting
Be part of the Kuwait Health 2018; enquire about exhibiting today.
Why Exhibit?
• Access Kuwait’s entire healthcare sector
• Present your products and services to over 5,000+ professionals
• Re-affirm your position as a leading product or service provider
• Strengthen your company’s brand through branding opportunities during the event
• Introduce the latest and most innovative technologies to a captive audience
• Close long term deals there and then
Visiting
Kuwait Health features 150+ exhibitors from 20+ countries offering the latest products and services all under one roof. The event is designed specifically for buyers, decision makers and professionals to come together and do business in just three days.
Why Visit?
• Source new and existing suppliers for your business
• Explore a wide variety of products and services
• Be one of the first to know about the launch of latest products and services
• Network with 150+ exhibitors in attendance to discuss potential business opportunities
• Benchmark your services to other local and international product or service providers
• Learn from free-to-attend conferences and presentations
Conferences
The conferences at Kuwait Health 2018 will be the definitive meeting place for speakers and professionals from regional governments, ministries, healthcare organisations, agencies, medical experts, facilitators and insurance companies to learn the latest advancements in the healthcare industry. The conference offers healthcare professionals 20 CME points in 3 days.
Why attend the conference?
• Discover the latest advancements in the healthcare and medical travel industries
• Connect, collaborate, share knowledge and build partnerships through the conference
• Meet key-note speakers and network with fellow industry professionals
• Dedicate yourself to continual learning and stand out from your peers
• Earn CME points for your license renewal
There are also sponsorship opportunities available. To find out more information or to register your place, please click here.

Asia Health, Singapore
2018-04-02 08:00 - 2018-04-04 17:00 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suntec City, 039593, Singapore
Asia Health is the leading medical fair in Singapore, targeting over 4,000 worldwide visitors from the healthcare and medical laboratory industry who are seeking the latest trends.
The 2018 event will feature over 250 exhibitors and 10 country pavilions. After the success of the 2017 show, Medilink on behalf of the Department for International Trade (DIT), will administer the only UK pavilion for companies to showcase the best of British healthcare.
Why Asia?

The Asia-Pacific region is home to over 4.5 billion people
The region accounts for 60% of the global population and this is increasing
Rising demand for healthcare services due to growth of middle class population
A growing interest for smart data and IT solutions from private and public hospitals

To find out about the opportunities to exhibit at Asia Health through the Medilink UK Pavilion, please click here.
To find out more about the event and how you can visit Asia Health, please click here.

Post Market Surveillance/Clinical Data Training Course
2018-03-22 09:30 - 16:00 | Millenium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom
Medilink WM and Acclaim Biomedical Consulting bring to you practical training sessions designed around the delegate. These intimate sessions are designed to maximise learning outcomes and they are created to promote interaction and discussion.
The aim of the course is to help attendees to develop a greater understanding of the expectations of clinical evidence and PMS when considering both Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic. The course will involve a combination of theory and practical sessions. The course will also provide tools and references to help plan how to ensure clinical data is continually gathered, analysed and reported to comply with these new regulations.
Learning Objectives
The Medical Device Regulation (MDR), which replaces the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC) and Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive (90/385/EEC) will come into effect in May 2020. The new MDR requires significant changes to the clinical evidence that Manufacturers must document, with more clinical data being required for higher class devices. This course will discuss the requirements that manufacturers of medical devices must follow in order to comply with the Regulation.
The course will include the following topics:
• Updates on the Regulations and their impact on clinical evaluations
• How to design Clinical Trials, including how the MDR will affect post market clinical studies for existing products
• How to perform a Clinical Literature Review
• Managing CERs (Clinical Evaluation Reports) throughout the life cycle of a medical device, including practical guidance on how to prepare a clinical evaluation report. This will include reference to the MED DEV 2.7.1 Rev 4
Target Audience
The course is designed to review critical elements of the new regulations and will be run as an interactive 1-day course designed for clinical, regulatory and quality leaders. The course is suitable to anyone who is new to Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics, in addition to those who would like to further their working knowledge of current requirements.
Course Fees
Medilink member cost: £150
Non-member cost: £190
To register for this event, please click here. If you have any queries or require more information, please contact Vanessa Bailey.

Meet the Gulf Region Life Science Buyers
2018-03-21 09:30 - 15:30 | The Manufacturing Technology Centre, Ansty Park, Coventry, CV7 9JU
This Meet the Buyer event is a fantastic opportunity for Midlands Engine Life Sciences businesses to meet face-to-face with a range of leading buyers and distributor partners from the UAE, Oman and Kuwait to promote their goods and services.
The Midlands Engine is at the cutting-edge of the UK life sciences sector and home to over 1000 life science companies. Over the past five years, working in close partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT) in the UAE, UK delegations have visited Arab Health making strong connections and reinforcing our trade commitments.
Meet the buyers:
Pharmalink is a leading pharmaceutical distributor based in Abu Dhabi dealing with top manufacturers across the globe.
Gulf Drug is one of the biggest distributors in UAE with a diversified business portfolio. Gulf Drug represents a range of multinational companies in UAE including GSK, Pfizer, Abbott, Biotest, Fresenius Kabi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, Genzyme and many more.
NMC Healthcare is a super speciality hospital in Dubai and Abu Dhabi UAE.
Tareq Company started operations in 1970 in Kuwait. It is among the largest medical groups in terms of revenue and staff strength, employing more than 120 people directly with a turnover of 15m USD.
Capital Health is a private healthcare group with the overall objective of building a healthcare platform with a focus on patient experience, effectiveness and efficiency.
Kuwait Oil Company, Ahmadi Hospital is a private hospital serving the Kuwait Oil Sector.
Pharmapal is a leading specialist in Dental and Wellness products in the Middle East with branches located in KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon.
Al Multaqa Drugs and Pharmaceutical was founded with a goal to contribute to the improvement of the healthcare sector and the quality of life in the UAE and MENA regions by delivering the best medicines and healthcare products from around the globe.
Modern Pharmaceuticals Company (MPC) Healthcare is a leading healthcare distributor with an annual turnover exceeding 500m USD. They work with some of the leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies such as Astra Zeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Gilead, Siemens and Medtronic to name a few.
Oman Medical Projects Company (OMPC) is a privately owned company promoting wellbeing by providing outstanding care to patients. OMPC-SAOG establishes hospitals, clinics and medical centres that offer medical services in Oman.
IDS was established in 1968 and is one of the leading pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare product distributors in the United Arab Emirates.
Please note that further buyers will be confirmed over the coming weeks so a full list can be viewed on the booking website.
What to expect:
• Welcome plenary session including experts from the life science sector
• A series of half hour appointments based on both supplier and buyer preferences
• Networking opportunity sessions
• Lunch and refreshments throughout the day
Registration:
Click here to visit the registration website and then follow the application process. You will be required to register and submit your submission for the buyer(s) of your choice. These details will then be passed on to the buyers who will choose suppliers to meet with who best fit their portfolio requirements.

6th Quality by Design Symposium
2018-03-21 08:00 - 17:15 | The Venue@DMU, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7BU, United Kingdom
The Leicester School of Pharmacy are delighted to be hosting the sixth Quality by Design Symposium. This event brings together academics, regulators and industrial experts to share academic research aligned to the QbD agenda as well as process in ‘real-life’ QbD implementation. The Symposium will focus on “Medicines Manufacturer: Road to Innovation”.
Confirmed Speakers:
• Ian McCubbin – Independent Pharma Specialist at Keirbridge Ltd (Keynote)
• Walkiria Schlindwein – Leicester School of Pharmacy, DMU
• Antony D’Emanuele – Head of Leicester School of Pharmacy, DMU
• Alastair Coupe – Senior Director, Pfizer
• Carolyn Gordon – Regulatory CMC, AstraZeneca
• Kendal Pitt – Senior Technical Director, GlaxoSmithKline
• Colm Reddington – Assessor, MHRA
• Bruce Davis – Director, Global Consulting
• Timo Gehring – Head of Production, Peptido GmbH
• William Holt – R&D Senior Associate – HME, Reckitt Benckiser
• Jordan Dickens – Senior Formulation Scientist, Quotient Clinical
• David Rudd – former GlaxoSmithKline
• Gordon Muirhead – GMPharma Ltd
• Mingzhong Li – Reader in Pharmaceutical Science, De Montfort University
• Dennis Douroumis, Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology and Process Engineering, University of Greenwich
• Cameron Brown, Research Fellow, CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub
• Matt McGirr
• Manreet Kaur
• Mariana Bezerra
• Axel Zeitler
• Birgit Hollenbach
• Furqan Tahir, Engineering Consultant, Perceptive Engineering Ltd
• John Mack, Engineering Director, Perceptive Engineering Ltd
Delegate Fees (including VAT):
Academia: £130
Students: £60
Industry: £150*
*Medilink members will receive 20% discount, bringing the cost to £120 including VAT
For more information on this event or to register your place, please click here. You can also email Kirsty for more information or call 01438 751 519.

Medilink East Midlands AGM & Networking
2018-03-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Potter Clarkson Offices, The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
The Medilink East Midlands Annual General Meeting and Networking event is taking place on 20 March.
Members will be invited to have their say on the future of Medilink East Midlands and non-members will be able to find out more about what we do.
Following the formal presentations there will be a chance to meet the Directors and Executive team of Medilink East Midlands in an informal and relaxed atmosphere.
The AGM is being hosted by one of our Patrons: Potter Clarkson, to find out more about Potter Clarkson, visit their website here.
Please note: Non-members are welcome to attend the AGM, but regrettably will not be able to participate in the voting.
Event Documents:
Programme
Delegate List
The event is free for members of Medilink

Non-Member cost: £ 30 plus VAT

Intellectual Property for SMEs
2018-03-16 09:00 - 15:30 | Park Plaza Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 6GD, United Kingdom
Nottingham Trent University’s Legal Advice Centre invites local small and medium organisations from the D2N2 area (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) to get involved this Enabling Innovation event exploring Intellectual Property.
The Legal Advice centre will be joined by experts from Mills & Reeve.
• What are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
• Patents
• Trade Marks
• Protecting Designs
• Copyright
• Generating value from IPR
Delegates will also have the opportunity to sign up to a 1-to-1 session with our experts from 3:30 pm. If you would like to book your slot before the event, please contact Carlota Gonzalez Laynez
Speakers: Mark Pearce (Partner) and Natalie Welch (Associate) – Mills & Reeve
This session will be presented by Mark Pearce and Natalie Welch.Mark is a former physicist who has been advising clients on the protection and exploitation of their IPRs for over 30 years. His clients range from start-ups to multinationals.
Natalie specialises in advising clients on the enforcement of IPRs and has experience of both High Court and IPEC proceedings.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This informative session is a great opportunity for SMEs to discover more about how NTU can help their business with legal and innovation support. The event is free to attend for all businesses eligible to the Enabling Innovation programme and refreshments will be provided.
Programme

8:45 Registration and breakfast
9:00 Welcome, introduction to NLS Legal Advice Centre and Enabling Innovation
9:30 What are IPRs
10:30 Coffee break and networking
10:50 Patents, trade marks and designs
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Copyright and Confidential Information
14:00 Enforcement, freedom to operate and generating value from IPR
Strategies for being Brexit ready
15:30 1-to-1 sessions

To find out more information or register your place, please click here.

LATi Visit to Renfrew Group International: Humanising Technology by Design
2018-03-15 14:50 - 17:00 | Renfrew Group International, Rocket Studios, 115 Waterside Road, Leicester, LE5 1TL
LATi’s first company visit of 2018 is to Renfrew Group International (RGi), a Design and Technology consultancy with more than 30 years’ experience in leveraging technology through innovation and product design engineering.
It’s award-winning team offers domestic and international clients a full design service from laboratory research and innovation, through development and prototyping, to production engineering and low volume manufacturing. It’s integrated innovation teams, backed by scientists and electronics specialists, have advanced skills in production engineering, and the creative abilities to deliver practical, scalable innovations.
Crucially, the consultancy’s work is also about humanising technology – putting the user experience at the heart of an innovation, building-in simplicity and making new technology more accessible. As they are keen to emphasise, products which are delightfully simple to use are more likely to be adopted and recommended to others.
The visit will include a tour of the design studio, workshops and lab. Talks will cover the development of medical devices possibly to include: a diagnostic, a wearable and an implantable technology.
The visit is to be hosted by:
Bruce Renfrew – Managing Director
Industrial Design BA (Hons) FCSD. FRSA.
Over 30 years experience in all aspects of the consultancy’s output. Working as part of the team on all projects and overseeing the output in terms of quality and consistency. Medical and scientific Clients have included: Acaris, Axcellia, Prokyma, DeMontfort University, Seton Medical, Medic Group Inc, SBG Labs Inc, Sunrise Medical, Upfront Chromatography, Browne Healthcare, Meditrox, NHS., Department of Health, Digilens Inc. Microsens Ltd. Conducts concept product design engineering for a large proportion of these. Developer of intellectual property and author of numerous patents.
Michael Phillips. Design Development Director
Industrial Design Engineering BA (Hons)
Michael has been an Industrial designer and worked as within Industrial Design consultancies for more than 25 years, including 4 years transferring automotive production methods to other environments. His extensive experience includes problem solving and equipment design for medical organisations including GSK, Meditrox, Department of Health and the NHS National Innovation Centre. Developer of intellectual property and author of numerous patents.
To find out more about this event or register your place, please click here. This event is free for the LATi community.

Recruitment Webinar: UK- China Oncology Congress
2018-03-15 09:00 - 11:00
The Department for International Trade and the Science and Innovation Network, in partnership with the China National Cancer Centre, are now inviting applications for participation in the UK-China Oncology Congress taking place on 25-29 June 2018 in Beijing and Guangzhou, China.
To answer any of your questions on the Congress, the Department for International Trade are hosting a webinar to share more information on the programme, event and what you may expect.
To register for this webinar or find out more information, please click here. Contact oncology.congress@fco.gov.uk for any queries.

MEDXPERIENCE - The International Health Tech Summit
2018-03-15 08:00 - 2018-03-16 17:00 | Palais Brongniart, 16 Place de la Bourse, 75002, Paris, France
What’s MedXperience:

The first international open innovation and B2B event.
This international event will bring together major players from the Ile-de-France region’s exceptional healthcare ecosystem and their worldwide partners.

MedXperience promises:

Discover MedXperience event organised around the 4 strategic fields: diagnosis, imaging, advanced therapies, ehealth.
Come and network with Paris region innovative health players to develop future health tech solutions.
Experience in creating and co-working during open-innovation sessions.
Increase your business buy meeting the main healthcare powerful actors of this ecosystem.

MedXperience programme:

Join over 20 high-level debates, keynotes and conferences organised during 2 days.
Take the opportunity to present and develop innovative, collaborative and international projects thanks to Medicen Paris Region.

If you’d like to find out more or you’re interested in attending, please email contact@medxperience.org

Spark Boot Camp - BioCity Accelerator Programme
2018-03-12 13:00 - 2018-03-14 17:00 | MediCity Nottingham, D6 Building West, Thane Road, Nottingham, NG90 6BH, United Kingdom
If you have a business or business idea you wish to develop and are interested in finding out more about how the BioCity Accelerator Programme can help, then this popular SPARK Boot Camp is the perfect place to start.
The SPARK events allow you to assess whether the Accelerator Programme will be right for you. They are free to attend and designed to bring together technologists, entrepreneurs and professionals to explore the commercial viability of tackling specific healthcare challenges.
An intense two and a half day programme, suitable for anyone wishing to learn the tools and techniques to explore their own life science start-up business idea, or to stress test their current company product, services, and business model.
The SPARK events will give you a new and powerful way of thinking about the commercial viability of any business idea. This will prepare you for any future commercialisation, technology translation or start-up activity.

It is important that participants attend all elements of the boot camp, dates and times are as follows:
Monday 12th March: 1pm – 5pm
Tuesday 13th March: 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 14th March: 9am-5pm

To register your place, please click here.

VR Expo: Medical Day
2018-03-09 10:00 - 16:30 | Mercure Hotel Nottingham, 2 George Street, Nottingham, NG1 3BP, United Kingdom
Advances in technology are continually shaping the future of medical treatment; but could devices utilising virtual reality (VR), which were once considered the realm of gamers, be the next frontier for physical rehabilitation? Immersive technologies are phenomenal, especially due to what can be done with it as a platform for putting people in a state where they want to play. If you put someone in virtual reality with everything that reminds them of the things that they love to do, they’re essentially just going to give themselves therapy. Medical Day at the VR Expo will be an exciting full-day conference, see programme details below.
10:00
The Future of immersive technology in medical and healthcare
Phil Breedon Professor School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment (Chair VRexpo Medical Day)
Workshop VR & Research
10:30
Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Primetime?
Skip Rizzo Professor of Associate Director for Medical Virtual Reality, USC Institute for Creative Technologies Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Workshop VR & Exposure Therapy
12:00
Networking Break & Explore the Expo
12:20
Virtual Reality and Dementia: How do Virtual Reality and Gamification help us to understand Dementia?
Professor Michael Hornberger, Head of Department of Medicine and Professor of Applied Dementia Research at the Norwich Medical School, Director of Aging Research in the Norfolk & Suffolk Mental Health trust.
Workshop VR & Dementia
13:30
Lunch & Networking
14:30
Immersive Learning – future ways of Medical training
Andre Chow MD Co-Founder of Touch Surgery. Touch Surgery platform is an interactive surgical simulator for healthcare professionals; providing a realistic and detailed guide to every step of a procedure.
15:30
Beyond the pill – How Pharma is harnessing the power of VR to make lasting impressions with healthcare providers and patients
Chimeren Peerbhai is an award-winning product director, who thrives on developing best-in-class products incorporating AR/VR, machine learning, and wearable technology. She has also developed the first eLearning course on how to integrate wearable technologies into your product and marketing strategies, available on Udemy.
16:30
End of the Panel

To find out more about this event or register your place, please click here.
