Events
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Become a memberThe Life Sciences Research Network Wales will be running a congress at St Davids Hotel in Cardiff Bay in February 2023. Save the date: 16th & 17th February 2023 Register your interest to submit a poster or if you are a company and would like to have a stand. Life Sciences Congress Tickets, Thu 16...
Lleswyl is a free, inclusive live streamed festival which is happening on Friday February 17th 19:00-22:30. Main Acts: Afro Cluster, Welsh Ballroom Community, Ify Iwobi, Hear Our Voice band, Emilie Parry-Williams & Thomas Mottershead, Sinfonia Cymru, Soul Lotta Funk, Alli Gemini & Gabrielle Ebbens Lleswyl 2023 includes also inspirational patient stories and highlights the work...
SEHTA are delighted to offer you this informative FREE webinar session on How to navigate the UK funding landscape, including translating research guidance in order to understand what funders are looking for, plus Thinking about implementation and impact of your application. 14:00 - 14:10 - Welcome and Overview 14:10 - 14:30 - MedTech funders and...
Building a Framework for Health & Life Science Innovation across the Irish and Celtic seas Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual) Event Tuesday 28th February 2023: 9am – 2pm About this event: In June 2022, the Welsh Government hosted the Irish Sea Symposium, which recognised that innovation in Health and Life Science is a key area of...
BioPartner UK's Biscuit & Brew is our very own quarterly networking series, where you will have the opportunity to take a well-earned break from your busy schedule to catch up and meet with fellow attendees over a few biscuits and a nice brew. Taking place on Wednesday 8th March, our informal tea break gives an...
PwC Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH 14th March 2023 8:30am - 6pm MediWales is delighted to announce our upcoming BioWales in London event on the 14th of March 2023. Draft programme below. BioWales London is free to attend for all MediWales and partner organisation members. Delegates are welcome to request a full delegate list by email...
On March 16th, businesses across the Midlands will come together to celebrate their amazing achievements in the health and life science sectors. Why not join them? The awards ceremony will be held at the Great Hall, the University of Birmingham, with eight award categories to be awarded including Start-Up, Export, Delivering Innovation in Health &...
Don't miss out on attending - invite your colleagues and clients for an unforgettable evening dining beneath the iconic Concorde, which takes pride of place in the super hangar. Let's mark this celebration in style, pop open the champagne and take our hats off to all dedicated companies and individuals. The prestigious Bionow Awards Dinner is a...
MediWales will be attending Bio-Europe 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. MediWales members can pay €2550, saving €676 by registering through BioPartner UK! Bio-Europe Spring is a 3-day in-person event taking place in Basel, Switzerland with virtual options available. BIO-Europe Spring 2023 will take place 20-22 March in Basel, Switzerland. Reconnecting and Facilitating Global Partnerships BIO-EUROPE SPRING...
The exhibition and learning place for Medical Device Engineers. Medical Technology UK 2023 Exhibition & Learning Programme is on 22-23 March 2023. Visitor Registration is open! Register for FREE ENTRY to the Exhibition and Learning Programme, including the Women in MedTech Forum, Young MedTech Entrepreneurs & the Future of Medical Technology Innovation sessions Find out...
Tickets for the event on 22nd March 2023 at Sandy Park, Exeter available now at https://swahsn.com/event/bridging-the-gap-2023/, free to innovators. Bridging the Gap is a distinctive business-led event to support health and care innovators navigate the NHS. The theme for the event is: Integrated Care Systems: What Innovators Need to Know and offers health and...
Date: 31 March 2023 Time: 09:30 to 11:30 UK time/16:30-18:30 China time. Language: English Register for the upcoming UK-China Medical Devices Market Access Workshop – Unleash Your Export Potential on the 31st of March 2023. The UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) China Medical Device team is delighted to invite you to our upcoming...
The event to discover, collaborate, and invest in the success of UK & Nordic life sciences. The Annual Anglonordic Life Science Conference is back for 2023. Join us on the 20th April for the 19th edition of this must-attend conference. You will have opportunities to: MEET decision makers at leading and upcoming drug discovery and...
BIOTRINITY 2023 25-26 APRIL, Etc. venues 155 Bishopsgate, London Catalysing Growth in the Life Sciences Industry BioTrinity is an established, must-attend London conference, that catalyses growth and supports in-person engagement across the life sciences industry. The event is attended by an audience of early stage and emerging life sciences R&D Companies, investors, big pharma, and...
“Where the world's technology leaders, scientists and engineers from pharma, biotech and pharma suppliers get together for commercial progress and successful large-scale bioprocessing” The Global Bioprocessing Summit brings together industry leaders, biotech, leading scientists and engineers to share day-to-day challenges and practical solutions for the development and manufacturing of quality cell lines, antibodies, vaccines, cell...
This Meet & Match event focuses on future medicine, which aims to be predictive, preventive and precise. Join this event on May 11 & 12 to receive insights into current trends, technologies as well as research and development in the field from Baden-Württemberg and the United Kingdom. The talks of this Meet & Match range...
Patient safety is key to what we teach and learn - at 'Patient Powered Safety' we are trying to look at patient safety from the point of view of the patient. Previous years' meetings have resulted in a dedicated report by the Bevan Commission and a special edition on patient safety from the Royal College...
ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health) is a collaboration between Hywel Dda UHB, Swansea Bay UHB and Swansea University, covering the geographical area of West Wales. For the first time ARCH is developing a regional strategy for innovation and research. The strategy will set out our objectives, approach and actions over the next few years....
Would you like to improve your understanding of the SBRI Healthcare funding landscape and the funding opportunities that may be available to you? Are you keen to learn how to improve your chances of completing a winning application in order to raise vital funds to develop your idea or solution? On 24 May 2023, the...
Webinar: The Growing Importance of Clinical Evidence Tuesday 23rd May 2023 14:00 – 16:00 (BST) Delivered via Teams platform FREE for Medilink Members (including MediWales members) Non-members: £75+VATpp Medilink members - click here to register Non-members - click here to register Overview: Clinical evidence has become one of the most important elements of product...
For over 6 years CALIN has been supporting substantial innovative change in the Life Sciences sector across Ireland and Wales, in areas including medtech, therapeutics, diagnostics, regenerative medicine, and health and wellbeing. During this event we will showcase the outcomes from these collaborations across academia, industry and healthcare, with speakers spanning all sectors, including Welsh...
Our Industry Open Day is your chance to find out all the many ways we can work with you to help and support your business, for you to utilise our amazing, industry-standard facilities, and to work with some of brightest talent in Wales – plus your chance to meet and network with our other industry...
Welsh Government are running a mission to the Bio International Convention in Boston (USA). This event is an exciting opportunity for businesses of all sizes to increase their export activity by connecting with businesses in the Life Sciences sector from around the world. The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has some exciting new funding from the Ministry of Defence and an opportunity for businesses in Wales to find out more. Click here to find out more about the event and register to attend.DASA has a series of different contact and grant funding opportunities and a finance scheme within...
The UK and Ireland's leading event for medical device manufacturing! In June 2023, we're connecting leaders, engineers, innovators and manufacturers with all of the technology and innovation they need to facilitate the design and manufacture of life changing medical devices. Take your place at the fastest growing event in medical technology, where you'll find solutions...
The Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards, held in association with Med-Tech Innovation, is a prestigious black-tie event that attracts almost 300 leading figures and decision-makers from across the life sciences and healthcare technology sector. Taking place at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham on the 7th June 2023, the event is a fantastic celebration of all...
The Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering (MPCE) and Rehabilitation Engineering Departments from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will be hosting the Summer 2023 Meeting of the All Wales MPCE Conference. The conference is suitable for anyone with an interest in Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering. The conference will be held in-person on Thursday...
Come along and hear about our new Flexible Innovation Support Fund, SMART FIS, which is now open to any organisation wishing to engage in research, development and innovation (RD&I), including the third sector, local authorities and health boards. You will also have the opportunity to hear about the new Circular Economy Fund which will provide an...
MediWales will be holding a skills, training and recruitment workshop on Tuesday 13th June in Pencoed. The special interest group will bring together companies and training bodies/further education/Universities to discuss the current issues surrounding workforce skills and recruitment into the life science and health tech sector and to highlight schemes and programmes available to both...
MediWales will be holding a skills, training and recruitment workshop on Tuesday 20th June in Deeside, North Wales. The special interest group will bring together companies and training bodies/further education/Universities to discuss the current issues surrounding workforce skills and recruitment into the life science and health tech sector and to highlight schemes and programmes available...
The Embassy of Switzerland and the Swiss Business HUB UK & Ireland are holding a Panel Discussion and Business Networking Event at Cardiff Castle on Wednesday 28th June in collaboration with Welsh Government and MediWales. Switzerland is home to a globally unique Life Science cluster. In addition to chemical and pharmaceutical firms, this encompasses a...
This event has now passed. The MediWales Connects Conference 2024 will be on the 26th June, at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel. To find out more about the MediWales Connects Conference 2024, please click here. The only event of its kind for the health and care community, MediWales Connects is an all Wales...
Date: 6 July 2023-Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge UK Theme: New Horizons for Bio Innovation This one-day conference will address key bio innovation trends, from developments in life science and technology research to their translation into new diagnostics, prevention tools or treatments. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the One Nucleus networkto explore New Horizons...
Natural Products – Emerging Opportunities Networking Event 18-19 July 2023, Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University Registration is open for “Natural Products – Emerging Opportunities” https://www.swansea.ac.uk/bioscience/research-and-impact/natural-products-biohub-project/naturalproductsbiohub-project-news-and-events/natural-products--emerging-opportunities/ Join us on 18-19th July for this engaging networking event exploring opportunities for collaborative natural product research in pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, & the food industry. The event focusses on...
A Networking Event to Establish Consortia of Interdisciplinary Expertise & Innovative Tools to Fast Track the Research Translation to the development of Novel Products & Services Led by the Natural Products BioHUB, at Swansea University Faculty of Engineering, this event will explore opportunities for natural product development in pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and the food industry. The...
The Welsh Government and the Toyota Lean Management Centre at Deeside are pleased to announce the launch of The Toyota Lean Clusters Programme, offering assistance for companies that want to make sustainable improvements in competitiveness. Wherever a company might be on its Lean journey, The Toyota Lean Clusters Programme can help. Click here to find...
BioMedEng23 is the premier UK conference for bioengineers, biomedical engineers, medical engineers and clinicians to meet and discuss the latest developments in BioMedEng related activities and technologies. The last conference attracted over 400 participants from Industry and Academia. There is a number of sponsorship packages available, which can be found in this Brochure. The exhibitors are also...
Find your Future Talent in Tech is the last step to finding the right candidate for your business. Take this opportunity to speed network with a range of ambitious graduates ready to kickstart their dream career! After three intensive weeks of digital upskilling and employability training, each cohort will be ready to make an immediate...
Welsh Government - US in market team visit Cardiff : 26th September at the Maltings 9am - 11am. This is an opportunity to meet the Welsh Government’s team in North America to discuss opportunities for collaboration. If you’re a Welsh company interested in exporting/collaborating to/in North America or a North American company already in Wales...
Cparity’s Summit The World Smart Bioprocessing: Pharma 4.0 is launching a world platform across the Pharma & Bio-pharmaceutical Manufacturing community to present their technological advance, to boost innovation and exchange insights of current challenges.. The event will gather top leaders in a 3-day event, aiming to promote a high level of participation and to provide...
The SBRI Centre of Excellence in collaboration with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales are seeking solutions which will address challenges in domiciliary care delivery, supporting the integration and sustainability aspirations set out in A Healthier Wales. The challenge seeks to identify and support the delivery of projects that can demonstrate the potential and scalability...
Whether you’re looking to invest in the next cutting-edge life sciences innovation or seeking funding and investment opportunities for your business, BioCap is not to be missed! BioCap features three great opportunities for potential investors and investees to interact: Digital Pitching Competition: Shortlisted applicants “pitch” to an online panel of investors. Tuesday 26th September Investor...
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Health Technology Wales (HTW), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the National Health Service England (NHSE), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Office for Life Sciences (OLS), and the Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) are pleased to announce the launch of...
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, are investing up to £4.5m in innovation projects in the Creative Technologies Sector, to develop digital therapeutic Extended Reality (XR) solutions for mental health care. The aim is to enable improved delivery of mental health and wellbeing services, through the application of immersive technologies. This R&D funding is...
The MediWales Members' Showcase 2023 will be held on the 11th October at the Maltings, Cardiff! Present your projects, demonstrate your technology and share your latest news at our showcase event, alongside fellow MediWales members and the wider life science community. With exhibition and presentation opportunities available, this event is the perfect way to engage with...
SEHTA & Psephos Biomedica Digital Health & AI (SaMD) Seminar Digital Health Regulations: Changes, challenges and opportunities Psephos and SEHTA are excited to present this seminar designed to provide an update on the current regulatory environment for software as a medical device (SaMD), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital health applications. With a particular focus...
ABHI hosts its flagship UK HealthTech conference this October, bringing together industry leaders and experts for two days of networking and learning. The focus will be on understanding the UK landscape for HealthTech businesses, particularly in relation to market access and regulation, the two main challenges impacting company success. Day one will explore market access...
As a community of innovators and supporting services, we are pleased to showcase the resources available from agencies to the wider Medical & Healthcare organisations, inclusive of companies, academics and clinicians. The aim of this event is to highlight the current challenges in medical manufacturing and the associated supply chains in the local region and...
Registration is FREE to Medilink members including MediWales and SEHTA Non Members: £75 plus VAT You will be aware of the NHS’s Net Zero targets to support the global challenge of climate change. No doubt you will have already attended workshops on this topic, and there are numerous reference documents available to help you better...
CPhl is the largest event globally for pharmaceutical ingredients. It attracts around 45,000 visiting pharma professionals and over 2,000 exhibitors from more than 70 countries, providing a unique opportunity for UK companies from both the Chemicals and Life Sciences industry to engage with many potential customers in one place. In 2023, the event will take...
This annual CATALYSE event will showcase collaborative research and innovation in health technology through partnerships between academia, industry, and NHS Wales. A full symposium programme and Eventbrite registration details will follow soon, but please save the date now! Find out more and register to attend here. Organiser: Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), University of Wales Trinity...
MediWales are delighted to announce our upcoming Finance and Funding event. Join us in Cardiff on the 26th October and find out more about the current funding schemes and grants available to you and your business. There will also be a panel discussions and an opportunity to network with other businesses and investors. Hear from representatives from...
The SME focused healthcare event driving collaborations between Business, Care & Clinicians & Academics Improving Health, Increasing Wealth For over 18 years, South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) has developed an excellent reputation for support of its 1,400+ members, especially SMEs, through its one-to-one mentoring, fund-finding, consultancy and events programme. In 2022, we ran our...
EUROPE'S FLAGSHIP PARTNERING EVENT BIO-Europe convenes over 5,000 attendees, representing 60 countries and 2,220+ companies, making the event the industry's largest gathering of biopharma professionals in Europe. MediWales members receive an 11% discount when registering through BioPartner UK. Click here to find out more.
Join British Business Bank in Cardiff for an event where you will hear all about early stage equity finance and how to ensure your start-up is in the best possible position before and after raising investment. We will have presentations from our expert partners introducing early stage equity and panels on understanding investors and maintaining...
Medilink Midlands have partnered with Health Innovation West Midlands and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to deliver this hour long informative webinar. With the launch of the new network of NHS England Secure Data Environments and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust leading this work for the West Midlands region, Our guest speaker, Hilary...
This November RCNi is bringing us the first event of its kind in the UK. The first event of its kind, Nursing Live will bring thousands of nurses together to enjoy a packed day of high-quality professional development, peer-to-peer collaboration, interactive activities, and much more. Featuring over 100 presentations, demonstrations and masterclasses – together with...
It's no secret that there is a gap for early scaling financial support in North Wales and the North West of England. However that doesn't mean that there's no help out there. Join British Business Bank on the 10th November for an event where they'll be discussing how to kickstart your business' growth by using...
The MEDICA Trade Fair 2023, 12th - 17th November, is the world’s largest event for the medical sector, attracting more than 5,100 exhibitors from 70 countries, ranging from World leading organisations to small firms, and over 120,000 visitors. It offers good export opportunities for Welsh businesses in the life science sector. MediWales Operations Manager, Debbie Laubach...
On Monday 13 November BBB are running a webinar that will seek to raise awareness of Future Fund: Breakthrough, a £375m UK-wide programme delivered by British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. You will be joined on the webinar by other ecosystem stakeholders and businesses across the Devolved Nations, during which...
Following the success of 2022’s events, the Oncology Conference and the Precision Medicine Conference is BACK and running on two consecutive days. Join Bionow, expert speakers and industry colleagues to discuss the current oncology landscape on day one and the future of precision medicine on day two. The prevention of cancer and the development of...
Anglo-Welsh Collaboration: It's not unusual... Following on from the success of MediWales BioWales in London event in March, MediWales will be holding a BioWales in Oxford event on the 21st November 2023. This event will focus on exploring the existing and potential new collaborations between Wales and Oxford. MediWales BioWales in Oxford is being...
Central Biotechnology Services are excited to be hosting our annual Gene Expression Workshop by Thermo Fisher Scientific face-to-face in November on the Cardiff University Cathays Park site. This training workshop will include an introduction to gene expression, sample preparation, and workshops on both qPCR and microarray technologies; introducing these technologies, the range of applications and...
SEHTA and Hill Dickinson, a leading international law firm, are delighted to invite businesses in the healthcare and life sciences sectors to learn about delivery of devices, products and services for Virtual Wards. The session will provide practical tips on the opportunities available in the current market as well as how to address risks. The...
MediWales is working with the Cardiff Capital Region team, Cardiff & Vale College and PWC in support of dedicated skills and training programme for our Life Science and Health Tech sector. Industry engagement is of course a critical part of establishing the skills and training requirements. The ‘Life Sciences and Healthtech Discovery Workshop’ is being...
All organisations are invited to the first South East Wales Business Climate Coalition ‘Net Zero Action Business Event’ at the sbarc|spark Building on Friday 1st December from 9am to 13:30pm. The South East Wales Business Climate Coalition Mission is to –“Empower our businesses with the knowledge, resources - and voice – that enables them to...
MediWales is working in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada in the UK and Welsh Government to organise a networking seminar and lunch, followed by two site visits, to meet the cohort of the 2023 UK Digital Health Canadian Technology Accelerator. The delegation will consist of 10 Canadian digital health companies who are interested...
In-Person Day 7 December 2023 Online Innovation Workshops 4, 5, 6 December 2023 The annual Genesis conference has been a pillar of the Life Science sector for over two decades. Bringing together key opinion leaders, investorsand innovators from across the sector to share insight, debate key trends and generate deals.We expect 2023 to be no...
MediWales held our eighteenth annual Innovation Awards on Thursday 7th December 2023, in Cardiff. We welcomed our industry members, academia and health and social care staff to the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, for a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the Life Science sector in Wales. The MediWales Innovation Awards are regional awards, as...
