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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: Medilink Midlands Members Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Medilink Midlands quarterly Member Forums are designed to allow members alongside the Medilink Midlands team the chance to connect and work together to generate ideas in supporting the member community and Med-Tech and Life Science sector. \nA chance for members to ‘have a voice’\, plus hear first-hand updates around Medilink Midlands activity. \nThe February Member Forum will include a recap of 2024 activities while looking ahead to 2025. With a new government in place\, Medilink Midlands will lead the important discussion around ‘impact’ of these factors\, delving into the direction of the Med-tech and Life Sciences sector and importantly how Medilink Midlands can continue to support its members. Speakers will be announced in due course. \nHosted by Patron Member\, Kimal\, an award-winning manufacturer and supplier of specialised procedure packs and vascular access devices to hospitals across the world. Member attendees will have an exclusive opportunity to participate in a tour of the Worcestershire facility. \nPlaces are limited\, and will be based on a first come first serve basis.  \nIf the invite to this Medilink Midlands member only event hasn’t reached your inbox\, please email events@medilinkmidlands.com to receive the details and booking link.  Online registration is essential. 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/medilink-midlands-members-forum/
LOCATION:Kimal\, Unit 10A Clayfield Road\, Worcester Six Business Park\, Worcester\, Worcestershire\, WR4 0AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Linsey Horsepool Medilink Midlands":MAILTO:events@medilinkmidlands.com
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: NIHR INSIGHT Programme for the East Midlands - Launch Event 2025
DESCRIPTION:Calling all aspiring non-medical researchers in Healthcare\, Public Health\, and Social Care! Are you a recent graduate (<5 years) eager to pursue a career in research? Or an employer looking to support applicants from your organisation? \nThis exciting event marks the official launch of the 2025 recruitment cycle for the NIHR INSIGHT Programme for the East Midlands and celebrates the recipients of 2024 studentships. The day will feature a series of speaker sessions\, including: \n\nAn overview of the NIHR INSIGHT Programme for the East Midlands and the funded studentships available for pursuing a Masters in Research.\nPresentations from academic leads: Dr. Claire Diver\, University of Nottingham\, Research Methods MA\, Professor Emma Wilson\, University of Nottingham\, Masters in Public Health (Health Research) MPH\, and Dr. Sally Ruane\, De Montfort University Leicester\, Social Research (Health) MSc.\nInsightful talks by 2024-funded students.\nDiscussions on the benefits and implications for employing organisations.\nAfternoon workshops to guide applicants and provide advice to employers.\n\nKeynote speakers include: \nProfessor Joanne Cooper – Deputy Director of Nursing Research for System Transformation at NHS England. With a longstanding commitment to advancing clinical academic opportunities for nurses\, she has played a pivotal role in supporting career development in this essential field. \nProfessor Simon Mosey – Director of the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. As Chair of the award-winning Your Entrepreneurs Scheme\, Simon has helped develop entrepreneurial skills in over 6\,000 academic researchers and technicians. His research focuses on responsible entrepreneurship and innovation in social\, organisational\, and environmental contexts. \nPlus many more. \nTo register your place\, and find out further information\, please click here.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/nihr-insight-programme-for-the-east-midlands-launch-event-2025/
LOCATION:De Montfort University\, Leicester City Campus
CATEGORIES:Medilink Partner Event
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SUMMARY:ONLINE: Phase-IV-AI Stakeholder Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Nottingham Trent University is running an online event to gather user requirements (particularly focused on marketisation and stakeholder engagement) for Phase-IV-AI\, an EU funded project developing a “Health Data Hub”\, which provides access to the project’s data synthetisation services (DaaS) and multi-party computation services (MaaS). \nThe project will advance the current state-of-the-art data synthesis methods towards a more generalised approach of synthetic data generation and develop ML orchestration tools for a machine learning workflow using medical data. It will also develop metrics for testing and validation\, as well as protocols that enable synthetic data generation without access to real-world data (through multi-party computation). \nThe project aims to provide: \n\nData as a Service (DaaS)\n\nCore data generation technologies for data availability and reusability.\nState of the art de-identification methods and anonymisation tools to support generative models for synthetic data generation with anonymisation\, and data augmentation methods for providing on-demand data access.\nImproved methods and technical pipelines for privacy-preserving data synthesis including different data formats such as Electronic Health Records and medical images.\nAnonymous data on demand or from a repository.\n\n\nModel as a Service (MaaS)\n\nPrivacy preserving machine learning orchestration tools for a machine learning workflow using medical data residing in hospitals and other healthcare institutions.\nEasy to use and configurable data services to enable AI developers’ access to larger pools of decentralised de-identified data through multi-party computing.\n\n\nHealth Data Hub (HDH)\n\nTo foster innovators and end-users’ needs with a sustainable service for the DaaS and the MaaS.\nEstablish a Data Market – facilitating data sharing and monetisation including incentives-based provision of data to the services.\nIntegrate the data market and the data service ecosystem as a X-European health data hub in the European Health Data Space.\n\n\nResults validated with real-world use-cases\, focusing on lung cancer\, prostate cancer and ischemic stroke.\n\nThis is also an opportunity for collaboration and data sharing across Europe\, with distinct data sets providing additional perspectives for disease prediction. \nThe Ask\nThe area to focus on is using large (primary care) datasets for symptomatic detection\, and to predict current or future disease risk. The project has existing models\, and are developing new algorithms for comparison\, but need to understand what users from different disciplines and backgrounds need from the system for it to be worthwhile. \nIn the first round of requirements development\, they have worked with clinicians and academics\, in the upcoming round would like to focus on the requirements of AI companies and developers. Your input is vital in shaping a system which will be relevant to your needs and will help to provide access to an ever-growing repository of health data. \nREGISTER FOR THE ONLINE EVENT HERE.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/online-phase-iv-ai-stakeholder-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Medilink Partner Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Nottingham Trent University":MAILTO:Siobhan.Urquhart@ntu.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:ONLINE EVENT: NIHR i4i Connect 9 - Launch Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is a translational research funding scheme aimed at supporting SMEs to de-risk early-to-late stage medical devices\, in vitro diagnostics and high-impact patient-focused digital health technologies for ultimate use in the NHS or social care settings. \nThe NIHR i4i Programme will launch the 9th round of its Connect awards on the 18th of February 2025. \nOffering up to £150\,000 per project over a 6-12 month period\, its primary aim is to help SMEs get to a point where they can apply for further funding or to support projects at any stage of the translational research and development pathway to further de-risk them for follow-on investment. \n Agenda \n10:00 – 10:30: Introduction to the Connect call\, specification and application process\nPippa Gledhill\, Senior Programme Manager NIHR i4i \n10:30 – 11:25: Live Q&A\nAn opportunity for the audience to ask questions to the NIHR i4i Programme Team. \nTo register your place\, please click here.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/nihr-i4i-connect-9-launch-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:ONLINE EVENT: Introduction to Medical Device Security
DESCRIPTION:Coauthor by Hindsight\, a developer-friendly compliance software solution for medical device development\, is launching a new webinar series focused on medical device cybersecurity. \nThis new series of lunchtime webinars is designed to help medical device manufacturers\, regulatory affairs professionals\, and software developers navigate evolving cybersecurity requirements\, including FDA\, MDR\, and IEC 81001-5 requirements. \nThe first webinar\, taking place on Thursday\, 13th February 2025\, will address critical regulatory updates and QMS Integration; providing practical insights on how to embed cybersecurity within QMS and covering topics such as: \n\nThe latest regulatory requirements and their impact on cybersecurity.\nThe role of cybersecurity in patient safety and medical device compliance.\nCommon myths and misconceptions that could hinder regulatory approval.\nPractical updates to SOPs and plans to align cybersecurity with QMS.\n\nThis 30-minute webinar is essential for professionals looking to ensure compliance while maintaining efficient development workflows. Attendees will benefit from expert insights from regulatory and software development specialists and a live Q&A session to address specific challenges. Led by Alan Parkinson\, CEO\, Hindsight Software\, the webinar will be co-presented by Dr. Heather Carre-Skinner\, a leading expert in Regulatory & Quality Compliance for Medical Devices and SaMD. \nCoauthor by Hindsight will host additional sessions in this informative lunchtime series\, covering: \n\nThreat Modelling – How to identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks.\nSoftware Supply Chain & SBOMs – Managing vulnerabilities and compliance.\nSecurity Testing – Penetration testing\, threat verification\, and secure code reviews.\n\nRegister today! \nThe webinar is free to attend\, and places are limited. Register today at: https://www.coauthor.app/webinars
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/introduction-to-medical-device-security/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Medilink Partner Event
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: Partners & Pastries Networking
DESCRIPTION:Network with TBAT Innovation at Pioneer Group’s new Life Sciences Hub in London \nMedilink Midlands members have been allocated a limited number of tickets to join a dynamic networking event\, hosted by TBAT Innovation and Pioneer Group\, at the state-of-the-art Life Sciences Hub in Victoria House\, Bloomsbury Square\, London. This informal event will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday\, 27th February\, providing a unique opportunity to connect with key stakeholders in the Life Sciences and MedTech sectors. \nTake this chance to network with TBAT Innovation’s unique partner network\, many of which support innovation and growth in the Life Sciences and MedTech industries. Whether you’re looking to explore collaborations\, share insights\, or gain valuable industry connections\, this event offers a welcoming and engaging space to do so. \nSchedule \n\nAfternoon Refreshments\nWelcome by TBAT Innovation – Sam Stephens\, Director\nIntroduction to Pioneer Group – Miranda Knaggs\, Director\nNetworking Opportunities\n5 x 90 second Partner Pitches\n\nPioneer Group & Victoria House \nVictoria House\, a stunning Grade II listed building in Bloomsbury\, offers state-of-the-art labs for cutting-edge scientific innovation. As part of Pioneer Group\, Europe’s largest collective of scientists\, technologist and entrepreneurs\, it fosters business growth and collaboration through accelerator programmes\, investment opportunities\, and expert networks. \nTravel Information \nBeing a Central London location\, there are limited options for parking. Disabled parking bays are outside the building entrance for blue badge holders. \nParking: NCP public car park on Bloomsbury Square. The entrance is across the gardens from Victoria House \nCycling: secure bike storage is available on-site \nBy Tube: Holborn (Piccadilly Line\, Centre Line) approx 3 minute walk \nBy Rail: Euston approx 19 minute walk. Kings Cross St Pancras 22 minute walk \nSpaces are limited\, therefore booking is essential. Maximum of 1 ticket per organisation due to demand. To register your place\, please click here.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/partners-and-pastries-business-networking-event-2/
LOCATION:Victoria House\, Bloomsbury Square\, London\, WC1B 4DA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Medilink Partner Event
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