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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Cyber Threats: The Ever-Changing Landscape of Risk Management & Insurance
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n \nIn today’s interconnected digital world\, businesses face an unprecedented array of cyber threats that can disrupt operations\, compromise sensitive data\, and erode trust. To navigate this dynamic landscape\, join Medilink Midlands and our patron member Gallagher for a compelling webinar that delves into the evolving realm of cyber risk management and insurance. \nIn this webinar\, Gallagher Cyber Specialist Georgia Price-Hunt will cover: \nEmerging Cyber Threats: Explore the latest trends in cyber threats\, from ransomware attacks to data breaches\, and understand their potential impact on businesses of all sizes. \nRisk Assessment & Mitigation: Learn how to assess your organisation’s vulnerability to cyber risks and implement effective strategies to mitigate them\, including cybersecurity best practices and incident response plans. \nInsurance Solutions: Discover the role of cyber insurance in safeguarding businesses against financial losses resulting from cyber incidents. Gain insights into policy options\, coverage considerations\, and the claims process. \nRegulatory Landscape: Stay informed about the evolving regulatory environment related to data protection and cybersecurity\, and how compliance impacts risk management and insurance. \nReal-world Case Studies: Analyse real-life examples of organisations that have effectively managed cyber risks and utilized insurance coverage to navigate challenging cyber incidents. \nSpeaker Profile:\n\nGeorgia Price-Hunt\, Commercial Manager – Cyber Risk Management\, Gallagher\nGeorgia is a technology enthusiast and supports our clients get the most out of there cyber security programmes. Georgia works with our clients across all industries both domestically and internationally aligning their cyber security concerns to a bespoke service plan. With an extensive background in compliance and data management Georgia can assist all organisations navigate these complex times\, enabling and providing much needed advice to allow organisations focus on what they do best.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-cyber-threats-the-ever-changing-landscape-of-risk-management-insurance/
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Becky Sharpe":MAILTO:events@medilinkmidlands.com
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T140000
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Welcome to the WMHTIA Programme - Part One - Insights into the Onboarding Process
DESCRIPTION:Locally-led Innovation Accelerators delivered in partnership with DSIT\, Innovate UK and City Regions. \n \n  \nThis session is Part One of our two-part ‘Welcome to the WMHTIA Programme’. The second part\, taking place in central Birmingham on Thursday 23rd November\, is an in-person networking event bringing together innovators and facilitators who are keen to engage with the programme. If you’d like to also attend Part Two\, click here for more details and to book your place. \nFollowing the official launch of the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA)\, we’re inviting all businesses interested in applying to the programme to join us for this welcome session. Whether you are a startup or an established business\, we encourage you to attend to learn more about this exciting opportunity. The session will open with an overview of the onboarding process\, including tips and guidance on how best to engage with the programme. We’ll be joined by our delivery partners from the University of Birmingham’s Business Engagement team\, providing an open forum for audience questions. \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE\nDuring this session\, you will: \n• Hear from the WMHTIA team about the programme’s goals and objectives\n• Learn about the different support services available to participants\n• Discover the benefits of participating in the accelerator\n• Get answers to your questions about the programme engagement process \nDon’t miss this opportunity to be one of the first ‘in-the-know’ about this hugely exciting new route to support and funding which is set to invigorate and drive innovation within our region. \nTo read more about Medilink Midlands’ role within the WMHTIA project\, click here. \nFor more information on the wider project\, click here to visit the WMHTIA website. \nThis event forms part of the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) event series. Medilink Midlands are one of a consortium of delivery partners for the WMHTIA\, a project funded by the Department for Science\, Innovation and Technology\, Innovate UK and West Midlands Combined Authority (part of City Regions).
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-welcome-to-the-wmhtia-programme-part-1-application-writing-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online – GoToMeeting
CATEGORIES:Featured,Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa O'Rourke":MAILTO:info@medilinkmidlands.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T110000
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Introduction to Chinese Healthcare 101
DESCRIPTION:Medilink Midlands are partnering with the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) to provide an online webinar to hear about Chinese Healthcare 101. \nWho are the CBBC: \nThe China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) is the UK’s national business network promoting trade and investment with China.  Since 1954 they have acted as the independent voice of business: located at the heart of the action\, engaging across both countries in every sector and region. \nTheir Membership includes some of the UK’s leading companies and universities\, many of the most dynamic UK SMEs\, and an ever-increasing number of Chinese companies exporting to and investing in the UK.  CBBC plays an important role in helping shape bilateral relations between the UK and China through our close links to the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations; the Chinese Government at national\, provincial and municipal level; and the British and Chinese Embassies. \nThe hour long webinar\, will provide the opportunity to hear from the team at CBBC and the following topics will be covered: \n\nIntroduction to CBBC\nGeneral overview of the Chinese Healthcare Market\n\nPolicy and demographic information/challenges\nConsequent opportunities for UK companies within the Chinese Healthcare Sector\n\n\n\nSpeaker Profiles:  \n \nKiran Patel\, Senior Director\, China-Britain Business Council\nKiran Patel is the China-Britain Business Council’s senior director for commercial services and is responsible for the work of the organisation’s sector teams across its 9 offices within the mainland.\nA former diplomat within the British Embassy’s Cultural & Education Section with the British Council\, Kiran has been living in China since 2004 and has extensive knowledge of conducting public affairs\, business development\, marketing\, and strategic communications in and with the country.\nAn active member of the UK-China business community for two decades\, Kiran has also worked in the professional services sector. He is a fluent Mandarin speaker. \n \nElinor Greenhouse\, Senior Adviser\, Tech and Innovation\, China-Britain Business Council\nAs sector lead for Tech and Innovation\, Elinor is responsible for supporting British tech and healthcare companies entering and operating within the Chinese market and leads on CBBC’s engagement for intellectual property matters and export licensing regulation. Prior to joining CBBC\, Elinor lived in China for eight years\, where she worked as an intellectual property strategist advising international companies on IP strategy in China.\nElinor is a fluent Mandarin speaker and has previously translated for academic journals in the fields of Economics and Law. She holds a bachelor’s in law from The University of Sheffield and a master’s in Chinese law from Peking University\, where she focused her research on the use of AI within China’s smart courts.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-introduction-to-chinese-healthcare-101/
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Becky Sharpe":MAILTO:events@medilinkmidlands.com
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Secure Data Environments - Safe and Transparent access to NHS Clinical data
DESCRIPTION:       \nMedilink Midlands have partnered with Health Innovation West Midlands and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to deliver this hour long informative webinar. \nWith the launch of the new network of NHS England Secure Data Environments and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust leading this work for the West Midlands region\, Our guest speaker\, Hilary Fanning\, Managing Director of Research Development & Innovation\, will be discussing this new infrastructure and the services it will provide and how the Secure Data Environment will integrate with Health Data Research UK. \nHilary will also describe how Industry\, Academics and Clinicians will be able to engage with Secure Data Environments and what services will be provided. \nSpeaker Profiles: \n \nJoanne Mewis\, Digital Enterprise Lead\, Innovation & Commercial\, Health Innovation West Midlands\nJoanne helps to deliver the Health Innovation West Midlands Innovation and Commercial Digital portfolio\, working across the West Midlands health and social care system supporting the development of a digital innovation pipeline.  She also help innovators to understand what the regional and national NHS challenges are and connect them to the help they need.  Working in partnership with the NHS\, SMEs\, Care Homes and universities to spread evidenced innovations at scale and pace\, enabling the West Midlands healthcare system to take advantage of innovations that can help to save time\, money and lives. \n\nHilary Fanning\, Managing Director of Research Development & Innovation\, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust\nHilary manages the Trust’s research and innovation portfolio\, overseeing in excess of £250m research infrastructure and a department of approximately 350 wte Research Development & Innovation Directorate staff. Her department supports the full spectrum of research at UHB\, including research business support\, research governance and grant preparation for submission for funding though to delivery of clinical trials\, and support for generation\, evaluation\, implementation and audit of AI technologies. In collaboration with UHB’s Education Directorate and University of Birmingham\, RD&I supports a portfolio of education and training activities for medical and allied health professionals academic capacity building.\nHer department’s innovation portfolio encompasses healthcare data research infrastructure including the INSIGHT\, PIONEER and PATHWAY health data research hubs. More recently\, she has taken on the role of Programme Director for West Midlands Secure Data Environment (SDE)\, which is hosted by UHB. This is one of the regional SDEs which comprise an evolving national network as part of NHSE’s Data for R&D programme.  Hilary is a member of the Birmingham Health Partners executive. Her BHP executive role includes senior NHS operational responsibility for developing and delivering the research strategy of BHP.\nHilary qualified as a registered nurse in 1985\, going on to specialise in renal nursing. She has worked in both the public and private health sectors in the UK and Ireland. Hilary moved to UHBFT in 2001 from St Mary’s Hospital Paddington\, where she held a joint Senior Lecturer Practitioner post with Thames Valley University\, providing senior nurse management for St Mary’s Renal Services and leading post-graduate specialist renal nurse education for North West Thames.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-secure-data-environments-safe-and-transparent-access-to-nhs-clinical-data/
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Becky Sharpe":MAILTO:events@medilinkmidlands.com
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Arise ABOVE Project Launch: Why and How to Get Involved
DESCRIPTION:Medilink Midlands and Arise Innovation Hubs\, part of Anglia Ruskin University\, are delighted to announce the second phase of our collaborative partnership\, the ABOVE project (Arise Beyond Open Innovation for Value and Entrepreneurship). \nThe project will deliver expert support\, innovation grants and a range of sector-specific events\, all geared towards unlocking MedTech investment in Essex. \nThe ABOVE project has been funded by Essex County Council\, in support of their ten-year strategy to grow the life science\, DigiTech\, advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors\, leading to more opportunity\, jobs and growth across Essex. \nAs a specialist provider of support to the life science sector\, Medilink Midlands continue to partner with Arise Innovation Hubs to provide expert guidance to SMEs on how to overcome barriers to growth throughout their innovation journey. \nTo hear more about the project and how you and your company could benefit from the support on offer\, join this one-hour online briefing session. \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE\nThe session will be delivered by Dr Beverley Vaughan\, Arise Innovation Hubs Director and Teresa Smith\, Senior Innovation Adviser at Medilink Midlands. Their presentations will cover: \n\nAn overview of the partner organisations – Arise Innovation Hubs and Medilink Midlands\nAn overview of the ABOVE project and the support available\nEligibility criteria\nTips and guidance on the application process\nAn opportunity ask any questions you have relating to the project.\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-arise-above-project-launch-why-and-how-to-get-involved/
LOCATION:Online – GoToMeeting
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa O'Rourke":MAILTO:info@medilinkmidlands.com
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T193000
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SUMMARY:IN PERSON: Welcome to the WMHTIA Programme - Part Two: Meet and Mingle at Medicine Bakery
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocally-led Innovation Accelerators delivered in partnership with DSIT\, Innovate UK and City Regions. \n \n  \nThis event is Part Two of our two-part ‘Welcome to the WMHTIA Programme’. The first event\, taking place on Tuesday 7th November\, is an online session providing ‘Insights in the Onboarding Process’. For more information and to book your place\, please click here. \nOn Thursday 23rd November\, we’re inviting all who have engaged or are keen to engage with the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) programme to join us at Medicine Bakery\, within The Mailbox complex\, for an informal networking event. \nWe’d be delighted if you could join us at the event from start until finish\, but you’re equally very welcome to pop in at any time during the 3 hours for an opportunity to find out more about the programme and the other innovators and facilitators who are also keen to be involved. \nWe look forward to welcoming you soon! \nTo read more about Medilink Midlands’ role within the WMHTIA project\, click here. \nFor more information on the wider project\, click here to visit the WMHTIA website. \nThis event forms part of the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) event series. Medilink Midlands are one of a consortium of delivery partners for the WMHTIA\, a project funded by the Department for Science\, Innovation and Technology\, Innovate UK and West Midlands Combined Authority (part of City Regions).
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-person-welcome-to-the-wmhtia-programme-part-two/
LOCATION:Medicine Bakery\, Birmingham\, B1 1RE
CATEGORIES:Featured,Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa O'Rourke":MAILTO:info@medilinkmidlands.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T130000
DTSTAMP:20260411T193327
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: Medilink Midlands Entrepreneur in Residence Innovation & Funding Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:Join Medilink Midlands Entrepreneur in Residence\, Christian Kumar for this Innovation and Funding Masterclass.  \nThe masterclass will include:  \n– An overview of the Medilink Midlands Enterpreneur in Residence programme\n– Changing Landscape of Capital\n– Innovation Challenges\, including Tactical Road Mapping\n– Presenting your idea\n– Delivering the perfect pitch \nThis masterclass is set to be lively and will present many take aways for yourself/business\, avoid disappointment and book your free place today.  \nOpen for all companies from research to revenue generating. \n \nCharnwood Campus have kindly provided the conference room for the event to take place and we are pleased that Charnwood Campus Life Sciences Talent and Skills Institute are supporting this event.  The Charnwood Campus Life Sciences Talent and Skills Institute is a collaborative endeavour between industry and educational partners to address the short- and long-term skills requirements. \nMeet our speaker:  \n \nChristian has extensive experience in corporate finance\, investment banking\, and wealth management. With over three decades of dedicated involvement in driving strategic growth for various enterprises. \nThroughout his career\, Christian has honed a profound understanding of strategic growth across diverse sectors\, and is proud to have played a pioneering role in developing “demand-based” business modelling. Christian thrives in the dynamic realms of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking\, evident in his impressive portfolio encompassing six companies and over 22 investments across sectors such as Leisure\, Med Tech\, Construction\, and Energy. \nCurrently\, he is actively engaged in supporting universities and governmental bodies in devising strategic inbound investment initiatives. His role involves shaping comprehensive expansion strategies that harmonize with their overarching goals\, fostering growth and innovation within these institutions.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-person-event-medilink-midlands-entrepreneur-in-residence-innovation-funding-masterclass/
LOCATION:Charnwood Campus\, Bakewell Road\, Loughborough\, LE11 5RB
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Becky Sharpe":MAILTO:events@medilinkmidlands.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T120000
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SUMMARY:Medilink Midlands Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Medilink Midlands Annual General Meeting\, will take place on Tuesday 28 November from 10am-12pm. \nAGM Notice \nAGM Agenda \nFor details on dialling-in\, please click here to email and request.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/medilink-midlands-annual-general-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T193327
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SUMMARY:IN PERSON: Medilink Midlands Winter Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:FINAL PLACES REMAINING!\nWe’re delighted invite the Medilink Midlands network to join us for our Winter Networking Event\, to be held at Sandbox VR\, located in central Birmingham within the Grand Central Shopping Centre. Join us to connect with innovators from across the Medilink Midlands network over a cocktail prepared by Toni\, the UK’s first robotic bartender! There will also be the opportunity to sign up for a fully immersive VR experience. We hope that our tech-minded\, VR/AR-savvy and digitally-inclined network will be as excited as we are to join us at this unique venue for what promises to be a memorable evening! \nTo top it off\, we’ll be serving up authentic sourdough pizza and some sumptuous salads\, sourced from local pizzeria\, Franco Manca. \nOur thanks go to our Patrons at Gallagher’s for sponsoring this event and we look forward to hearing an update from them on the night. We’ll also hear from Medilink Midlands CEO\, Melanie Davidson\, as we reflect on a successful 2023 and look ahead to a very exciting 2024. \nPlaces are limited so secure your spot via the link below to avoid disappointment… \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE\nTickets\nNon-member – £50.00 \nMedilink Patrons and Members are eligible for one free ticket for their organisation plus a 30% discount on any additional tickets purchased. Check your inbox for details on how to take advantage of your member-only discounts.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-person-winter-networking-event/
LOCATION:Sandbox VR\, Unit 25A Stephenson Place\, Birmingham\, B2 4BF
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa O'Rourke":MAILTO:info@medilinkmidlands.com
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