MediWales’ next seminar will focus on what makes a successful spinout project and the perils and pitfalls of developing an early stage business. The event will focus on examples of successful academic and business collaborations, financial support available to companies and collaborative projects, methods of working with academia, and act as a showcase of the academic expertise available.

This seminar is designed for small-to-medium sized businesses, startups, university spinouts and NHS staff interested in the development of intellectual property and taking innovative ideas forward.

The programme will highlight the support available for early stage companies, and showcase examples of successful start business’ and up and coming projects from NHS and Universities to an audience of potential investors and collaborative partners.

The event is free for MediWales members, or £120 for non-members.

If you would like to share your ideas and experiences at this year’s event, please fill in this form to register to attend or reserve an exhibitor space.

Email charlotte.tyson@mediwales.com, or call 02920 473456 for further details.

Programme

• 09:00 Registration
• 09:30 Gwyn Tudor, Forum Manager, MediWales: Welcome & Introduction
• 09:45 Dr Mark Bowman, Director of Innovation, Cardiff Medicentre: “What makes a Good University spinout? : A Mixed Perspective”
• 10:00 Dominic Griffiths, Asalus
• 10:15 Lyndon Owen, Managing Director, E2L Products: “Making opportunities, taking opportunities – a case study of medical collaborations”
• 10:30 Dr Sabarna Mukhopadhyay, CEO, SymlConnect: “Smart Cost effective solutions for improving healthcare monitoring”
• 10:45 BREAK
• 11:15 Mike Day, Commercial Manager, Institute of Life Science: “How to Avoid going into a Spin over your Spin-out!”
• 11:30 Paul Lee, Medical Device Training Manager, ABMU Health Board: “Getting the Point: The importance of calculations in IV therapy”
• 11:45 Abdulla Badawy, Honorary Prof of Clinical Biochemistry, Cardiff Metropolitan University
• 12:00 Michelle Ward & Tom Baker, Patent Attorneys, Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP: “IP & Collaboration”
• 12:15 LUNCH
• 13:15 Nick Sleep, Chief Technology Officer, MedaPhor: “Bringing new technologies to market”
• 13:30 James Snodgrass, Senior Consultant, Baird’s CMC: “Policy, Advocacy, Insight & Research – Make Great Better”
• 13:45 Jacqueline Marsh, Project Officer, ASTUTE – Cardiff University:” How The ASTUTE Project Is Supporting Welsh Life Science Companies”
• 14:00 Dr Colin Lucas, Regional Manager South and West Wales, xénos Business Angel Network: “Business Angel Finance”
• 14:15 Huw Morgan, GP Commissioning Services
• 14:30 Mike Fenwick, Director, Broomfield & Alexander: “Grant Support in Wales for Early Stage Businesses”
• 14:45 CLOSE