The ever-increasing need for early detection of potentially life-threatening conditions is driving researchers to push the boundaries of technology to the limits. As a result, innovation and blue skies thinking are playing a key role in addressing some of the challenges we face today.
It is probable that any major breakthrough in technology will come through collaborative partnerships and this event is aimed at bringing together academia and industry to address current challenges as well as to highlight some of the progress already being made. It is hoped that this event will help develop partnerships to tackle some of the more aggressive barriers to progress. All areas of detector technology are open for discussion and companies and researchers that are working on sensor or detector technology are encouraged to attend and share their vision.
Hear perspectives from the NHS about current challenges in healthcare, and funding streams available. A tour of the facilities at the UK Government’s STFC Daresbury Laboratory is also offered.
The event aims to facilitate information exchange via presentations followed by an afternoon of partnering discussions where companies can discuss directly with technology providers how the technology might be used in support of new product development.
Presentations include

•  ProSPECTus SPECT imaging system: A partnership between STFC, University of Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Hospital
• A novel electrochemical sensor platform capable of providing up to 1000 times the sensitivity of conventional electrochemical sensing platforms, from NanoFlex
•  A user’s view of innovative detectors for medical physics and present limitations where innovation is needed, from Melvyn Carroll, Head of Medical Physics at Royal Liverpool Hospital

This is a major opportunity to present your work and to meet key players in the detectors and healthcare sectors – we invite academics and SMEs who are working on novel sensor or detector technology that they would like to present to contact Helen O’Connor with a short synopsis.
The delegate rate is £100+VAT for non-UKIF members or £75+VAT for UKIF members. A limited number of concessionary passes are available for full-time students, at £50. Catering is provided. Registration is open here.