'Smart Surgery for Tomorrow's NHS' is the theme for the Surgical MICs National Meeting this year which will be held in the centre of Leeds.

We aim to have an exciting range of speakers who are prolific in the field of Colorectal, Vascular and Hepatopanreaticobiliary (HPB) surgery and the MedTech innovation field.

Confirmed speakers include

Dr Chris Pomfrett Technical Adviser - Research Commissioning, NICE

Mark Miodownik Professor of Materials & Society UCL Mechanical Engineering

Stuart MacMillan, Scan4Safety Programme Lead, LTHT

Mr Mike Branagan-Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Device Access UK Ltd

Mr Stephen Knight, Surgical Registrar & NIHR Clinical Research Fellow

Chander Kainth, Head of Projects, Arc Medical Design Ltd

Dr Mat Clarkson, Associate professor, Dept of Medical Physics & Bimedial Engineering, University College London

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Apply now to attend this FREE event!

Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

DRAFT AGENDA

Time

Smart Surgery for Tomorrow’s NHS

09.00

Registration - Tea and Coffee

10.00

Welcome and Introductions

Professor David Jayne

NIHR Surgical MedTech Cooperative

10.30

Chander Kainth, Head of Product Design, ARC Medical

10.40

Dr Matt Clarkson, Associat Professor Dept of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College Hospital

10.50

COFFEE BREAK

11.20

Mike Branagan-Harris –Chief Executive Officer, Device Access UK Ltd

11.30

Dr Stephen Knight, Surgical Registrar

11.40

Table Discussion

• What are the problems you would most like the MIC to solve?
• Thing that keep me awake at night
• Wouldn’t it be great if we could......

12:25

Plenary

12.30

Introduction to Afternoon Session product adoption & translation

Professor David Jayne

12.50

LUNCH

13:40

Soapboxes

13:40

PPI Working Group – Breakout room Seamstress Suite

Dr Stephen Chapman, LTHT & Dr Julia Ambler, BCUK

13:50

Introduction to MIC & Product Development Theme

Vee Mapunde, Programme Manager

14:00

MIC proof of Concept Funding Recipients & their Projects x 4

14:30

Short Introduction to Working Groups

14:35

Table work on Solutions to Problems

1-hour discussions

15:35

Plenary

15:45

Dr Chris Pomfrett Technical Adviser - Research Commissioning, NICE

15:55

Stuart MacMillan, Scan4Safety Programme Lead, LTHT

16:05

MedTech Foundation - including feedback on internships

Dr Will Bolton

16:20

MIC Next Steps & Closing remarks