NEW YEAR – NEW FEATURES

AT BIOWALES 2014

New features for BioWales 2014 include a “Nurturing Talent Master Class” hosted by Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centre and “Dragons Den” where companies can pitch ideas to an experienced panel of venture capitalists.

The Welsh Government event comprises of a conference that will discuss advances in Regenerative Medicine and Diagnostics, a hot subject of research in today’s life sciences that offers promising options for the future treatment of some major diseases, such as cancer, nervous system diseases, damaged organs and degenerative diseases. It will also host an exhibition featuring some 45 organisations, partnering that consists of one-to-one meetings between companies to foster collaboration and sales, and a gala dinner with entertainment in the magnificent setting of Wales’ iconic arts venue.

The line-up of high profile speakers is expanding weekly, and currently includes:

• Tim Allsopp – Head of Cell Improve Outreach Programme, Pfizer
• Professor Yves-Alain Barde – CEO, Ser Cymru
• Nessa Carey – author of The Epigenetics Revolution
• Sir Andrew Dillon – CEO of NICE
• Sir Chris Evans OBE – CEO, Arthurian Life Sciences Fund
• Professor Sir Martin Evans – Cardiff University
• Harriett Fear – CEO, One Nucleus
• Dr Duncan Holmes – European Head of Discovery Partnership & Academia, GlaxoSmithKline
• Michael Hunt – CEO, ReNeuron
• Professor Laurence Hurley – University of Arizona
• Lord Hutton – the former UK Health Secretary
• Alan Lewis – CEO of MediStem
• Dr Stephen Minger – Chief Scientist & Global Head of R&D, GE Healthcare
• Kieran Murphy – President & CEO Life Sciences of GE Healthcare
• Brock Reeve – Executive Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute
• Patrick E. Verheyen – Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centre London