Date: Tuesday 4th June

Location: Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ

Academia Meets Industry: Fostering Innovation  – Unlocking the full potential of industry- academia collaboration and the future of innovation in Life Sciences and Healthcare

About this event:

Join us at Cardiff Medicentre as we:

• Showcase successful academia-industry collaboration examples
• Signpost routes to building collaborative relationships
• Discuss the right (and wrong) approaches to grow a collaborative relationship
• Encourage networking and making new connections

Academia and industry can offer each other distinct perspectives, opportunities and skills. Bringing scientific and commercial expertise together can fast-track product development, industry efficiencies, and novel solutions. But how do academic-industry partnerships start, develop, and succeed?

This event will demystify the complexities of collaboration between industry and academia.

Through keynote speakers and an interactive panel discussion we will showcase successful collaboration projects, highlight tangible outcomes, and signpost routes to collaboration.

Attendees will have the chance to network and share a passion for innovation and R&D in the Medtech, Biotech and healthcare sector.

This event includes keynote presentations, a MediWales hosted panel discussion, lunch and networking.

Draft Agenda:

09:30 am Tea and coffee on arrival & networking
10:00 am Welcome
10:05 am Keynote speakers
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Panel discussion hosted by MediWales – Gwyn Tudor
12:00 pm Lunch & Networking
14:00 pm Close

Speakers:
Lucy Sykes – CSO/CEO Designate, MeOmics Precision Medicine Ltd
Felix Dobbs – Co-Founder & CEO, Broken String Biosciences Ltd
Professor Ian Weeks OBE – College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Rhodri Turner – Research Commercialisation Manager, Research and Innovation Services, Cardiff University
Rhys Pearce-Palmer – Innovation Operations Manager, Cardiff Medicentre & Cardiff Innovations, Research and Innovation Services, Cardiff University
Leila David – Impact and Engagement Manager, Research and Innovation Services, Cardiff University

Panellists:
Professor Phil Coles – Chief Clinical Innovation Lead, SBRI
Simon Renault – Head of Innovation Delivery Programmes and Partnerships Health, Social Care and Early Years Group, Welsh Government
Nanette Bartram – Investment Readiness Lead, Innovate UK Business Growth
James Hindley –Chief Executive Officer, ImmunoServ Ltd
Liz Rees – Funding Programme Lead, Life Science Hub Wales
Paul Devlin – Head of Research Commercialisation & Impact, Research and Innovation Services, Cardiff University

This event is free to attend.

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