08:00 AM
09:00 AM
Exhibition Room
Registration, exhibition and networking
09:00 AM
10:00 AM
Welcome & Introduction
Gwyn Tudor,
MediWales,
CEO
Official Welcome from Swansea University
Paul Boyle,
Swansea University,
Vice Chancellor
Delivering value through partnership
Hamish Laing,
Swansea University,
Professor of Enhanced Innovation, Engagement and Outcomes
Transforming health and care services in Wales through innovation
Professor Sir Mansel Aylward,
Life Sciences Hub Wales,
Chair
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Chair
Joanne Oliver, British Heart Foundation, Health Service Engagement Lead for Wales
Wales Atlas of Variation: How can data support improving cardiovascular care with Wales
Jonathan Goodfellow,
Wales Cardiac Network,
National Clinical Lead
Innovative approaches to community Blood Pressure programmes: The learning from BHF funded programmes
Rhiannon Edwards,
British Heart Foundation ,
CVD Clinical Development Coordinator
May Measurement Month Campaign
Barry McDonnell,
Cardiff Metropolitan University,
Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Morning Parallel Session 2: Room GH043
Industry Collaborations
Showcasing collaborative projects between health boards, trusts and industry partners
Chair
Keir Lewis, Swansea University, Respiratory Innovation Wales, Professor and R&D Director
Huntleigh Collaboration
Greg Baily,
Huntleigh Healthcare,
Technical Director
Welsh Ambulance & Mangar Health
Robin Petterson,
Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust,
Frequent Caller Lead
Aneurin Bevan & Dr Doctor
Gareth Roberts,
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board,
Assistant Medical Director and Consultant Nephrologist
Rinesh Amin, DrDoctor, Co-founder
Roche Collaboration
Claire Smith,
Roche,
Account Manager
Alex Makanga, Besti Cadwaladr Health Board, Senior biomedical scientist
Peter Ella-Tongwiis, North Wales Urological Research Centre, Post graduate research scientist
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Morning Parallel session 3: Room GH037
Advanced Therapies
Advanced Therapies Programme is now entering its delivery and implementation phase. The first few therapies are now approved and NHS Wales is looking to maximise the availability of and benefit from the advent of these new treatments.
Chair
Mark Briggs, Welsh Blood Service, Head of Cell and Gene Therapy
Our plans for the adoption of advanced therapies in Wales
Mark Briggs,
Welsh Blood Service,
Head of Cell and Gene Therapy
Setting up a CAR-T service: the highs and lows
Wendy Ingram,
Cardiff and Vale UHB,
Clinical Lead for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria
Cartilage Treatment Therapies in Wales
Amit Chandratreya,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Panel Member
John Chester,
Cardiff University & Velindre Cancer Centre,
Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Panel Member
Paul Stroemer,
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult,
ATTC Network Programme Manager Midlands / Wales
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Exhibition Room
Break and exhibition
11:30 AM
12:25 PM
Workshop Session 1a: Room GH001
Digital Health – Showcase
Showcasing digital health technologies and breakthroughs
Navify® Clinical Decision Support
Anne Dreyer,
Roche Diagnostics,
Digital Business Manager
Concentric Health, supporting better, shared, surgical decisions
Dafydd Loughran,
Concentric Health,
CEO
Don't compete, collaborate
Victoria Norman,
Signum Health ,
CEO and Founder
SHREWD - Intelligent Information and Effective Response in Unscheduled Care
George Boyd,
Transforming Systems,
Head of Sales
Health Call: A regional approach to digital health
Jamie Innes,
Inhealthcare ,
Product Director
11:30 AM
12:25 PM
Workshop Session 1b: Room GH029
Innovation – Showcase
A display of innovative technologies and ideas
How developing parenting skills positively impacts on the wellbeing of children and parents
Grainne Brady,
Grainne Brady Parenting,
Steven Chance, Oxford Brain Diagnostics, Chief Executive Officer
Digital Transformation of the Staff Bank
Jing Ouyang,
Patchwork,
COO/Co-Founder
Enhance Clinical System Data Capture By Empowering Patients
Sabarna Mukhopadhyay,
Syml Connect,
CEO and Founder
Smartphone enabled digital albumin screening
Anthony Meyerstone,
Healthy.io,
UK Commercial Director
Digital Behaviour Change: The OurPath Programme
Andrew Latimer,
Roche Diabetes Care,
Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach
Digital Behaviour Change: The OurPath Programme
Natasha Gilbody,
Roche Diabetes Care,
Nutritionist and Lifestyle Coach
11:30 AM
12:25 PM
Workshop Session 1c: Room GH037
Innovate UK Workshop
The healthy ageing challenge asks industry and researchers to develop products and services to help people remain independent, productive, active and socially connected for longer.
Cynthia Bullock, Innovate UK, Senior Innovation Lead – Enabling Programmes
11:30 AM
12:25 PM
Workshop Session 1d: Room GH011
Swansea MPharm – a collaborative new degree for the changing face of pharmacy.
Swansea University Medical School is launching its first Pharmacy degree in a century. With the recent news that Welsh Government is almost doubling pharmacy training places in Wales with a £5million boost - this new MPharm programme at Swansea is perfectly timed to meet the growing role pharmacists play in both secondary and community care across the NHS. The workshop is a chance to hear about plans for the multi-disciplinary, innovative new degree programme aimed at training the pharmacists of the future and for those who attend to have an input into the development of the curriculum.
Andrew Morris, Swansea University Medical School, Head of Pharmacy
11:30 AM
12:25 PM
Workshop Session 1e: Room GH014
Fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance with Breath Analysis
In the fight against anti-microbial resistance (AMR), innovative Welsh company IMSPEX Diagnostics demonstrate their non-invasive point-of-care breath test. Designed to distinguish bacterial and viral respiratory infection, they aim to change the future with improved antibiotic stewardship. The workshop will involve a live demo of the Breathspec® and a Q&A session with a panel of experts in the field of AMR. We look forward to seeing you there.
Emma Brodrick, Imspex, Systems Application Manager
Santi Dominguez, Imspex, Santi Dominguez
James Covington, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Professor in Electronic Engineering
Paul Thomas, Centre for Analytical Science, Chemistry Loughborough University, Chair Analytical Science
Annette Thomas, POCT Department, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Consultant Clinical Scientist
Keir Lewis, Swansea University, Respiratory Innovation Wales, Professor and R&D Director
12:35 PM
01:30 PM
Workshop Session 2a: Room GH001
Digital Health – How to work with the Welsh NHS
A workshop designed to help companies navigate the route to market and adoption for digital health products and solutions.
Chair
Ifan Evans, Welsh Government, Director - Technology, Digital & Transformation
NHS Wales Informatics Service
Joanna Dundon,
NWIS,
National Clinical Informatics Lead - Public and Service Lead for NHS Wales e-Library for Health
Anne Marie Cunningham, NWIS & Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, GP and Primary Care Clinical Director
12:35 PM
01:30 PM
Workshop Session 2b: Room GH029
Innovation – Adoption: How to work with the Welsh NHS
A workshop designed to help companies navigate the route to market and adoption for products and solutions. Supported by the Life Sciences Hub Wales.
Chair
Robyn Davies, Cardiff and Vale UHB, Head of Innovation
Dee Puckett, Life Sciences Hub Wales, Head of Health and Care Engagement
Adele Cahill, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Assistant Director Value Based Health Care and National Lead Value Based Procurement
Tom Powell, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Innovation and QI Manager
Developing an innovative programme in house, with partners: ABCi’s Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Academy
David Thomas,
ABCi, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Headquarters,
Assistant Director
12:35 PM
01:30 PM
Workshop Session 2c: Room GH018
Translational Cancer Research
Hear stories from cancer researchers and the work they are doing to improve treatment and care for patients in Wales.
Translating telomeres - prognostic and predictive markers for cancer patients
Duncan Baird,
Cardiff University,
Professor of Cancer and Genetics
Alan Parker, Cardiff University - School of Medicine, Reader in Translational Virotherapies
The MRC STAMPEDE clinical trial; how we changed the treatment of advanced prostate cancer worldwide
Malcolm Mason,
Cardiff University,
Professor of Cancer Studies
12:35 PM
01:30 PM
Workshop Session 2d: Room GH011
Diabetes Research in Wales
The Diabetes Research Unit, Cymru (DRU Cymru) is active in areas of basic, clinical, epidemiological, social care and health services research across Wales. The workshop will showcase the recent studies on glucose monitors and self-monitoring of blood glucose, and explain how a new programme aimed at Health Care Professionals with a special interest in Diabetes, is providing fundamental and advanced knowledge to meet the heath and care needs of people with diabetes.
Sarah Prior, Swansea University, Senior Lecturer for Diabetes Research Group
Steve Luzio, Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, Operational Manager
01:30 PM
02:30 PM
Exhibition Room
Lunch and networking
02:30 PM
03:30 PM
A Healthier Wales – one year on
Andrew Goodall,
NHS Wales,
Director General of Health and Social Services and Chief Executive
Use and Usability- The Challenge to the Med Tech Industry
Tom Clutton-Brock,
University of Birmingham,
Clinical Director, NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Cooperative
Adele Cahill, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Assistant Director Value Based Health Care and National Lead Value Based Procurement
The Emotional Impact of Cancer
Wayne John,
Patient Representative
My Prostate Cancer Experience
Paul Fisk,
Patient Representative
03:30 PM
04:30 PM
Chair
Lisa Trigg, Social Care Wales, Assistant Director of Research, Data and Intelligence
Anna Sussex, WEDFAN, Public Health Wales National Programme Manager for Frequent Attenders, Unscheduled Care and clinical lead
Real Time Data and System Visibility
Stephen Parnell,
Cardiff & Vale Health Board,
Assistant Director Organisational Systems Change
Improving the Hydration of Vulnerable Patients
Rebecca Thomas,
Cwm Taf UHB,
Senior Nurse Professional Standards and Quality Improvement
Alison Powell, Workflow - Practice Unbound, Wales Development Lead
Helen Lane, Cwm Taf UHB, Consultant Physician Diabetes & Endocrinology/ GIM, Lead for Innovation and Multi-disciplinary Quality Improvement Teams
03:30 PM
04:30 PM
Afternoon Parallel Session 2: Room GH043
Precision Medicine
Integrated Diagnostics: Precision Medicine to Community Diagnostics. Moderninsing and transforming diagnostic services. This session will discuss how the ‘Precision Medicine’ strategy aims to align activities in integrated diagnostics and advanced therapies within Wales.
Chair
Rob Orford, Welsh Government, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health
The role of POCT in Community Diagnostics
Annette Thomas,
POCT Department, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board,
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Community Diagnostics in Practice
Matt Gibson,
Siemens Healthineers,
Head Of Sales
Steve Conlan, Swansea University, Head of Enterprise and Innovation
Genomics for Precision Medicine: Our diagnostic journey in Wales
Sian Morgan,
All Wales Medical Genomics Service (AWMGS),
Head of the All Wales Genetics Laboratory (AWGL)
Ian Weeks, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Dean of Clinical Innovation for the School of Medicine and College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Penny Wilson, Innovate UK, Senior Specialist, AMR, Vaccines & Global Health
Christine Morrell, Swansea Bay UHB, Director of Therapies and Health Science
Clive Morgan, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Assistant Director of Therapies
03:30 PM
04:30 PM
Afternoon Parallel Session 3: Room GH001
Improving Cancer Care
Hear stories from five cancer researchers and the work they are doing to improve treatment and care for patients in Wales.
Chair
Malcolm Mason, Cardiff University, Professor of Cancer Studies
Dr Pasquale Innominato, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - Cancer Services, Oncologist
Working together for a better Wales
Kay Wilson,
Velindre Cancer Centre,
Early Phase Team Lead, Clinical Trials Unit
Jessie Powell, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, Senior Nurse Manager (CRF)
Deya Gonzalez, Swansea University Medical School, Professor of Molecular Medicine
04:30 PM
04:30 PM
Close & Drinks Reception
Tenovus Choir will be performing during the drinks reception at the close of the event
