Following the success of our BioWales event series, MediWales is delighted to be returning to Oxford on the 5th February.

This event will explore the existing connections between Wales and Oxford and potential new collaborations.

Supported by Welsh Government, BioWales in Oxford will bring together businesses, investors, NHS innovation leads and professional services from Wales and Oxfordshire to strengthen collaborative partnerships and identify opportunities for growth.

The day will feature a range of sessions on key topics, including:

• Funding across Wales and Oxfordshire
• Support available for start-ups
• Investor relations
• Business showcases
• Clinical access and research opportunities
• Manufacturing capabilities

Exhibition opportunities are available at this event. Please get in touch if you would like more information about exhibiting.

This event is free to attend for MediWales members, the Oxford community and invited guests.

To register for BioWales in Oxford, please click here.

If you would like to join us as a non-member, to find out more or get involved in the programme, please contact us here.

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Draft programme

9:00am Registration

9:30am Welcome and opening presentation

• MediWales – Gwyn Tudor, CEO
• Oxford welcome

Panel – Collaboration in practice: Turning partnerships into measurable impact

• Oxford University Innovation – Catherine Spence, Deputy Head of Group – Incubator & Student Entrepreneurship Lead
• Welsh Government – Tom James, Head of Innovation Strategy & Policy, Life Sciences & Innovation Division

Chaired by Sotas – Al Mills, Head of Business Development

Welsh company showcase

• CanSense – Adam Bryant, CEO
• Valley Diagnostics – Dave Taylor, CEO
• J R Biomedical – John Rees, Managing Director
• Cytiva
  

Working with the NHS

• Partnerships for health and wellbeing: Hywel Dda University Health Board – Leighton Phillips, Director of Research, Innovation and Value
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust TheHILL Digital Accelerator – Megan Morys-Carter, Director of Digital Innovation
• Concentric Health – Dafydd Loughran, CEO and Co-Founder

Oxford and Wales collaborative research projects

• Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, working with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Nigel Rees, Head of Research and Innovation
• Chronic Pain Neurotechnology Network, in collaboration with Oxford University – Valerie Sparkes, Professor at Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences
• Advanced Therapies Wales – John Lewis, ATW and MW-ATTC Head of Programmes

Oxford company showcase

• Digostics – James Jackson, CEO and Swansea University
• Molomix Bioscience – Stephen Pickett, CEO and SiGenex – Bohao Yao, Director
• NeuroBio – Dr Sara Garcia-Rates, CSO

Panel discussion – Funding and finance across Wales and Oxfordshire

• British Business Bank 
• Development Bank of Wales – Jack Christopher, Investment Executive
• Welsh Government Inward Investment

4:00pm Event close and networking