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MediWales' Finance & Funding Event 'Money, Money, Money' and the Life Science Exchange's Surgery
25.06.2014 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
MediWales’ Finance & Funding event will highlight the latest sources of funding and finance for R&D and clinical trials for clinical collaborations and industry projects.
The event will focus on exciting new calls in the area of clinical unmet needs for our NHS community such as the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). Expressions of interest are being taken for up to 100% funded research projects looking to develop new products with companies .
Finance Wales is heading up a new five-year Wales Technology Seed Fund aimed at technology start-ups, University spin outs and IP rich companies to help them commercialise their innovative products and technologies and bring them to market.
R&D funding can be applied for from the TSB in specific priority areas, as well as non-themed ‘always open’ competitions such as Smart.
Other funds and programmes featured will include i4i, EU Horizon 2020,the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund managed by Arthurian, the NHS Health Technology Challenge Fund and support from Welsh Government.
- Arthurian Life Sciences, Brenig Preest, Investment Director
- Finance Wales, Melanie Goward, Deputy Fund Manager of Technology Venture Investments
- IP Group, Mark Warne, Head of Life Sciences
- NISCHR, Beverly Luchmun, Industry Lead
- Technology Strategy Board, Michael Sullivan, Lead Technologist – Regenerative Medicine
- Technology Strategy Board, Neil Morgan, MedTech Specialist
- KTN-UK, David Calder, Knowledge Transfer Manager
- Welsh Government, Gareth Browning, R&D Projects Senior Adviser, SBRI Wales Programme Manager
- South East Wales Academic Health Science Partnership, Corinne Squire, Manager, SEWAHSP
- Geldards LLP, Richard Moore, Partner
- Welsh European Funding Office’s Horizon 2020 Unit, Vanessa Davies
Confirmed Programme
09.00 Arrival and coffee
09.30 Welcome from Gwyn Tudor, Forum Manager – MediWales
09.40 Brenig Preest, Investment Director – Arthurian Life Sciences
09.55 Melanie Goward, Deputy Fund Manager of Technology Venture Investments – Finance Wales
10.10 Mark Warne, Head of Life Sciences – IP Group
10.25 Geraint Tilsley, Partner – Geldards
10.40 Break
11.00 Beverley Luchmun, Industry Lead for NISCHR – Invention 4 Innovation (i4i) Funding Programme
11.15 Corinne Squire, Manager – South East Wales Academic Health Science Partnership
11.30 Gareth Browning, R&D Projects Senior Advisor, Small Business Research Initiative Wales Programme Manager – Welsh Government
11.45 Vanessa Davies, Welsh European Funding Office’s Horizon 2020 Unit.
12.00 Dafydd Davies, Enterprise Europe Network
12.15 Paul Arnold, Tax Partner – Bevan & Buckland
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Neil Morgan, MedTech Specialist – Technology Strategy Board
13.30 Michael Sullivan, Lead Technologist – Regenerative Medicine – Technology Strategy Board
13.45 David Calder, Knowledge Transfer Manager – KTN-UK
14.00 Life Science Exchange’s Workshop 1:1 Funding Surgery
16.00 Close
The free Life Science Exchange surgery will provide tailored advice on funding calls and offer helpful tips on how to complete the required application forms.
Please contact Rob Garlick at the Life Science Exchange on rob@chi.swan.ac.uk if you would like to join this.
We would like to thank all the speakers who presented at this event.
Thank you also to the delegates that attended – you will find copies of the speakers’ slides under available material.