Innovation Funding Advice for Health and Life Science Companies
Event Information
Description
Introduction:
The Swindon and Wiltshire Health and Life Science Innovation Hub is a programme of business development resources, fully-funded through the European Regional Development Fund. Innovation Funding Advice for Health and Life Science Companies is part of a series of events aiming to support companies navigate the healthcare landscape.
Why attend?
Are you an entrepreneur working to bring innovation to the Health and Life Science sector?
Would you like advice on how to find and apply for funding?
Are you interested in learning the nitty gritty of NHS procurement processes?
Perhaps you want to hear from a company that has really lived this innovation journey?
Maybe you’d like to learn about the fully-funded business development resources on offer?
Yes, Yes, Yes? Then the Innovation Funding Advice for Health and Life Science Companies event is for you! The event will comprise of a series of presentations, one-to-one meetings and a chance to network over drinks and refreshments.
Draft Agenda:
09:00 - 9:45 Registration, Coffee and Networking
09:45 - 9:55 Introduction to the Workshed and Swindon and Wiltshire Health and Life Science Innovation Hub
09:55 - 10:10 What is an AHSN and the innovation adoption pathway?
10:10 - 10:30 Overview on national funding streams
10:30 - 10:50 International opportunities
10:50 - 11:10 Bidding into the NHS
11:10 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 11:55 How to write a bid
11:55 - 12:15 How to strengthen your evidence base
12:15 - 12:40 The story of an innovator
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch
13:40 - 16:00 One-to-one feedback sessions with speakers
Please click here to view the agenda and speaker information
Please note spaces are limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis. One-to-one feedback sessions will be available for booking at the registration table and throughout the event.
About Workshed
The new Innovation and Business Incubation Hub opened in June this year, offering office, co-work and meeting space for digitech firms, dynamic start-ups and fast-growth businesses. Based in Brunel’s listed Carriage Works, a £1M refurbishment has equipped the centre for the needs of fast-moving 21st century business and innovation.
Organiser West of England AHSN
Organiser of Innovation Funding Advice for Health and Life Science Companies
The West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) brings together all the key players innovating health and care in our region.
We are one of 15 AHSNs across the country, established by NHS England in 2013. Here in the West of England, our AHSN has earned a reputation for its ambitious, joined-up vision for healthcare innovation and transformation.
Since our launch, our priority has been to work across organisational and geographical boundaries, involving our entire network in both development and delivery to drive transformation that is based on genuine need, is successfully embedded and sustainable.
With our unique expertise and cross-sector connections, we understand both the ‘push and pull’ of demand on healthcare innovation. We actively nurture an innovation ecosystem around health and care, removing obstacles and bringing diverse groups together to conceive and maximise new ways of working.
