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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: Building Resilient High-Growth\, Globally Competitive Life Sciences Cluster: Finance and Investment
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday 10th March \nTimes: 08:30am – 4:30pm \nVenue: Charnwood Campus Science Innovation and Technology Park \nAgenda\n08:30 – 09:15 | Arrival\, Registration & Networking \n09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome & Opening Remarks \n“The East Midlands gateway from innovation to commercialisation and manufacturing; Part 2: finance and investment.” \nGosia Khrais BSc (Hons)\, PGDip\, CQI\, Director\, Charnwood Campus \nAbigail Philips\, Delivery and HTC Manager\, Medilink Midlands \n09:30 – 09:50 | Keynote Address \n09:50 – 10:00 | ‘From Connection to Amplification: Collaborating for Life Sciences Growth at Charnwood Campus” \nSue Tilley\, Chair of the Leicestershire Business Voice \nReclaiming leadership in life Sciences Manufacturing and how it gets financed \n10:00 – 10:15 | Industry Perspective “Driving investment/capital attractiveness through manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement” \n10:15 – 10:45 | Panel 1: Building a Resilient Life Sciences Manufacturing Ecosystem. Moderated discussion with leaders from: \n\nTBC\nNick Smiley\, Kindeva\nAndy Lewis\, Quotient\n\nModerator: Graeme Cameron\, CEO Pennine Healthcare \nLive Polling: 5min \nNotes: \n\nWhat makes manufacturing assets bankable vs uninvestable?\nHow do GMP\, automation\, and continuous improvement reduce investor risk?\nWhat do lenders and strategic investors want to see before committing capital?\n\n10:50 – 11:20 | Networking Break & Expo \n11:20 – 11:35 | Importance of scaling “Why is it important to scale and how HINs can help Innovators to scale? ” \nNicole McGlennon\, Managing Director at Health Innovation Network East Midlands \nNat Hutley\, Founder and CEO\, Koodos Private Markets Venture Capital & Private Equity \n11:35 – 12:05 | Panel 2: Financing Scale – What Investors Fund\, What They Don’t\, and Why  \n\nBen Reasbeck\, Barclay Life Sciences Lead\nChristian Kumar\, MedTech Lab Makers\nAndrew Mumford\, CEO of Initiate Consultancy\nSam Stephens\, TBAT\nLewis Stringer\, BBB\n\nModerator:  Nat Hutley\, Founder and CEO\, Koodos Private Markets Venture Capital & Private Equity \nLive Polling: 5min \nNotes:  \n\nWhy founders fail to secure capital\nHow platform models de-risk innovation for investors\nHow regions benefit when capital and infrastructure align\n\n12:05 – 12:20 | Spotlight Talk: MedTech Makers Lab Launch: The first Pan European Clinical Development Organisation overing                                                  Innovation\, Funding\, Clinical Adoption and Scale \nChristian Kumar\, Founder MedTech Makers Lab \n12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch & Expo \n13:30 -13:50 | Sponsor Talks  \n\nMarks & Clerk LLP\nSotas\n\n13:50 – 14:00 |  DSIT’s East Midlands lead for the TechFirst programme  \n14:00 – 14:15 | Resilient Health Supply Chains: Strategic Assets for Investors in the UK \nJan Godsell\, Dean at Loughborough Business School\, Prof of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy \n14:15 – 14:30 | Regulatory Innovation for Faster Adoption: “Regulation as a Value Lever – Why regulation is not just a hurdle\, but a critical lever for de-risking innovation and  attracting funding.” \nDavid Hawkins\, Medical Device Regulatory\, Quality and Compliance Consultant Sotas \n14:30 – 15:00 | Panel 3: From an Innovator to a CEO: \n\nKieran Borrett\, Director\, Plug and Play\nNat Hutley\, Founder and CEO\, Koodos Private Markets Venture Capital & Private Equity\nDavid Hawkins\, Medical Device Regulatory\, Quality and Compliance Consultant Sotas\nHelen Compton\, Stakeholder Engagement Manager\, NIHR\n\nModerator: Al Mills\, Director of Business Development and Growth Specialist\, Sequel Consultants \nLive Polling: 5min \nNotes: \n\nHow regulatory innovation reduces time-to-revenue\nWhat investors misunderstand about MHRA vs EMA vs FDA\nHow early regulatory engagement affects valuation\n\n15:00 – 15:30 | Innovators’ pitches \n15:30 – 15:45 | Closing Remarks & Call to Action\n                                Abigail Philips\, Delivery and HTC Manager\, Medilink Midlands \n15:45 – 16:30 | Networking Reception
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/building-resilient/
LOCATION:Charnwood Campus\, Bakewell Road\, Loughborough\, LE11 5RB
CATEGORIES:Medilink Partner Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Reena Mistry":MAILTO:reena@medilinkmidlands.com
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