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SUMMARY:Webinar: Getting it Right: Med-tech Product Design
DESCRIPTION:The physical embodiment of a medical technology and its interaction with the healthcare professional or patient end user can make or break its adoption by the wider market. At the same time med-tech product design is carried out in a highly regulated sector where demonstration of compliance to international standards is critical to achieving market authorisation. This event in partnership with the Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF) brings together speakers from the NHS\, industry and academia to provide considered insights into the area of Med Tech product design. \nThe webinar will address: \n-Balancing safety\, function and form – how using professional design services can save project time and costs \n-The role of human factors in assessing med-tech product design \n-The value of obtaining end user acceptance data though expert clinical evaluation \n-Design and Achieving Regulatory compliance \nThis webinar is open to all organisations seeking insight into medical product design and the particulars of clinical evaluation and human factors assessment. \nThere will also be an opportunity to pose your questions to our presenters in a Q&A session after the presentations. \nThis free to attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund\, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses\, the value of which is £190\, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants. \nPlease note: whilst this event is held as part of the INSTILS programme\, this event is not restricted to those in the D2N2 area.  \nSpeaker Profiles \n  \n Professor Mike Hannay\, Managing Director\, MTIF (CHAIR) \n  \n  \n  \n  \nProfessor Peter Ford\, Professor of Design\, Design Matters MTIF   \nPeter Ford has over 40 years of experience in designing a wide range of products and medical devices for companies that include Pfizer\, Huntleigh Healthcare\, 3M and Inspiration Healthcare. Peter currently directs the Design Matter product design research group at NTU. \n  \n  \n  \n \nDr Robert Reisel\, Technical Director\, MTIF \nRobert has been Technical Director at MTIF since June 2020. \nFor the last 8.5 years he developed Class I\, II and III medical devices for global wound and incontinence management from bench to bedside working in the UK and Germany. \nHe is responsible for Operational\, Product Development\, Quality\, Regulatory\, HSE and a Technical Team of 5 people. \n  \nProfessor Daniel Clark\, OBE \, Director\, CHEATA  \nAs head of a large Clinical Engineering service and over 35 years working in healthcare technology\, Dan has huge experience of technology in healthcare\, particularly the NHS. He also has considerable expertise in innovation of healthcare technology and the adoption of new technology into clinical applications. \n  \n  \n \nAlex Mariou\, Surgical Solutions Project Manager\, STERIS Solutions Ltd  \nAlex is a Project Design Manager at STERIS UK. STERIS is a global leader in the design\, manufacture\, sale and support of Infection Prevention products\, Operating Room equipment and Endoscopy Devices. Alex has 10 years’ experience in the healthcare equipment industry and has specialised in designing and providing solutions for Integrated Theatres using cutting edge technology and equipment. Working across the UK\, Alex provides surgical equipment for operating rooms and clinical care areas and is responsible for preparing proposals for projects and managing the process from order to installation. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Food Supplements Special Interest Group (SIG)- Concept to Launch of your food supplement
DESCRIPTION:Supplements and nutrition is one sector that continues to grow. Innovation and new concepts are key drivers for the increase in consumer spend in this area. Have you ever wondered what you need to consider to create your own food supplement and drive new business into this sector and for your company? \nJoin us online for our next Food Supplements Special Interest Group (SIG) to hear about what you should consider. We will cover the nutrients\, additives\, container closure (your pack)\, your claims (what you can and cannot say)\, pilot scale manufacture\, validation\, commercial scale manufacture\, stability and customer complaints. \nAs part of this brief overview\, you can take part in a question and answer session\, with the panel\, Nick Bennett (Chrysalis Health & Beauty) and Janet Worrell (Jenson R+ Limited). \nDURATION: 1 Hour \nThis free to attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund\, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses\, the value of which is £127\, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants. \nPlease note: whilst this event is held as part of the INSTILS programme\, attendance is not restricted to companies in the D2N2 region and is open to all.  \nSpeaker Profiles: \n \nChair: Janet Worrell\, Head of Regulatory\, JensonR+\nJanet is an experienced regulatory affairs professional\, having supported a diverse portfolio of products\, for a number of companies across the East Midlands. Janet’s experience covers early concept development\, food supplements\, over the counter (OTC) medicines\, inhaled therapies and clinical trial applications. Janet enjoys collaborating with companies to develop their regulatory strategy to deliver commercial success. Janet is an independent board member of the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network supporting innovation within NHS. \n  \n  \n Nick Bennett\, Technical Director\, Chrysalis Health & Beauty \nA registered Nutritionist since 2003\, Nick joined Chrysalis Health and Beauty as Technical Director in May 2021.\nHis extensive career spans over 25 years in the supplement industry including time spent in combined technical\, regulatory and development roles in both small manufacturers as well as some of the world’s largest organisations.\nNick started his career after completing a BSc in Nutritional Biochemistry at Nottingham university where his final year project explored how nutrition affects behaviour. Most recently\, Nick helped to lead the industry for 5 years as chair of the Council for Responsible Nutrition UK.\nNick values the benefits of appropriate supplementation and is always keen to help choosing legally compliant supplements become easier for the average consumer. \n  \n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/food-supplements-special-interest-group-sig-concept-to-launch-of-your-food-supplement/
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: The Application of Digital Technology in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Digital Health solutions are understandably now at the forefront of health care initiatives. Join De Montfort University’s Digital Health Team for this webinar to discuss the latest research\, innovation and developments in technology which supports the future of health and social care. \nThis webinar will cover: \n-Digital technologies in the public health response to Covid-19: contact tracing and communication with communities \n-Digital technologies used by individuals and groups to promote wellbeing \n-The effects of using digital technologies with diverse communities during the pandemic \n-Artificial intelligence and Covid-19 vaccination process. \nThis webinar is open to all businesses keen to explore and understand the digital health landscape. \nThis free to attend webinar will be held as part of the SoLSTICE programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. For further details please click here. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses\, the value of which is £190\, but is delivered completely free of charge to participant \nPlease note: Whilst this event is held as part of the SoLSTICE programme\, attendance is not restricted to companies in the LLEP area. \nDURATION 1 hour 30 minutes \n\nSpeaker Profiles: \n \nStuart Hilton\, Head of Commercial Partnerships\, DMU \nBiog to follow \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nProfessor Bertha Ochieng\, Professor of Integrated Health and Social Care\, DMU \nBertha Ochieng is Professor of Integrated Health and Social Care\, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences\, De Montfort University. A key aspect of her research is in examining digital solutions that support development of integrated models of health and social care and community engagement. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n Professor Ivan Browne\, Director of Public Health at Leicester City Council \nIvan Browne is the Director of Public Health at Leicester City Council and has been spearheading the local response to COVID 19 in the City.  He is a professor of public health practice with De Montfort University and has a particular interest in the potential of digital technologies to improve population health and wellbeing. \n  \nQ& A Panel \n \nDr Fabio Caraffini\, Associate Professor in Computer Science\, DMU. \nFabio Caraffini is the programme lead for the MSc Intelligent Systems/Intelligent Systems & Robotics and the institute head of research students for the Institute of Artificial Intelligence. He has extensive research experience in designing and applying heuristics for optimisation\, Computational Intelligence for classification problems\, and their joint use to optimally address real-world problems. \n  \n  \n \nDr Mario Gongora is Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at De Montfort University (DMU)\, he is the Faculty Enterprise Lead and a senior member of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Computing\, Engineering and Media. Dr. Gongora is a leading researcher in the subject of applied computational intelligence\, particularly in the fields of Data analysis in large and complex datasets and modelling Natural Phenomena\, including identification\, simulation\, and optimisation. \n  \n  \n \nProfessor Francisco Chiclana is a Professor of Computational Intelligence and Decision-making with the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and School of Computer Science and Informatics\, De Montfort University\, Leicester\, U.K. Prof. Chiclana is currently a Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Sciences (according to Essential Science Indicators by Clarivate Analytics). He is an Associate Editor and a Guest Editor for several ISI indexed journals. His research interest includes fuzzy preference modelling\, decision support systems\, consensus\, recommender systems\, social networks\, rationality/consistency\, and information fusion. \n  \n  \n \nDr Raymond Moodley is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence\, DMU. He is an expert in Applied AI with a primary focus on AI for Societal Enhancement and has led research\, developed AI algorithms\, and published papers in several aspects of societal enhancement including in Education\, Health\, Crime Prevention\, and Consumer Retail. Dr Moodley also has over 20 years of commercial experience including in business strategy and in the design and implementation of large-scale IT projects. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-the-application-of-digital-technology-in-a-pandemic/
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