09:30
Registration and networking with refreshments
10:30
Welcome and introduction to Healthcare SIG: Paul Crane, CEO, CW (Cambridge Wireless)
10:35
Session 1: Overview – NIHR and the Innovation Landscape: How can NIHR help you? Dr Ian Newington, Assistant Director, Innovations, NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Commissioning Centre
Session to be chaired by Laurence Weir, Healthcare SIG Champion
10:55
Case study: CORTIRO – The Journey to NIHR i4i Product Development Award, Patrick Beldon, CEO & Founder
11:05
Case study: Help to Run a Clinical Trial, Heather Phillips, Industry Operations Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network East of England
11:15
Q & A
11:30
Aligning patient needs with scalable technology solutions: Professor Peter Hutchinson, Honorary Director of NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative
11:45
Your local NIHR services - 90 second pitches from East of England NIHR infrastructure including:
1. NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
2. NIHR Brain Injury MIC
3. NIHR EoE Research Design Service
4. NIHR EoE Applied Research Centre
5. NIHR EoE Clinical Research Network
6. Eastern Academic Health Science Network
7. Health Tech Enterprise
11:55
Morning wrap-up and introduction to breakout sessions
12:00
Refreshments and networking
12:30
Session 2: Interactive Zone - Breakouts and 121s (booking required). Breakout session 1. Choose the right session for you:
• Sources of funding – NIHR Innovation
• Access to experts – NIHR Expertise Partnering Service
• Running your clinical trial – NIHR Clinical Research Network
• Route to commercialisation – Health Tech Enterprise & Eastern Academic Health Sciences Network
13:00
Breakout session 2. Choose the right session for you:
• Sources of funding – NIHR Innovation
• Access to experts – NIHR Expertise Partnering Service
• Running your clinical trial – NIHR Clinical Research Network
• Route to commercialisation – Health Tech Enterprise & Eastern Academic Health Sciences Network
13:30
Lunch and networking
14:00
121 sessions – your opportunity to find out what you want to know from:
1. NIHR Innovations (including i4i)
2. NHS England Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)
3. NIHR Expertise Partnering Service
4. NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
5. NIHR Brain Injury MIC
6. NIHR EoE Research Design Service
7. NIHR EoE Applied Research Centre
8. NIHR EoE Clinical Research Network
9. Eastern Academic Health Science Network
10. Health Tech Enterprise
15:30
Event close