Medtech leader to deliver keynote at Chamber-backed life sciences event
Shaping a better future for this generation and the next is the aim of UK medtech leader Professor Gino Martini in a showpiece event of West Midlands Life Sciences Week (LSW) from 15 to 19 September.
Professor Martini (pictured), chief executive of Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA), based in the Birmingham Heath Innovation Campus (BHIC), is the keynote speaker of the morning events on 18 September in Birmingham’s Orelle restaurant on the 24th floor of 103 Colmore Row.
In partnership with the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) and LSW, the exclusive morning session with Professor Martini will be followed by a Global Brunch with a focus on “the power and potential of partnerships”.
Raj Kandola, acting deputy CEO of the GBCC, said: “Connecting people and businesses is what we do – and nowhere is this more crucial right now than in the life sciences sector, which is fast establishing a UK base right here in the West Midlands.”
Prof. Martini said: “Our region is full of untapped potential in life sciences and medtech. The infrastructure, talent and innovation are not future ambitions - they’re real, current assets that many other regions across the country are only beginning to build."
Joining him on a discussion panel will be Fiona Latter, creative, culture and heritage programme lead for the West Midlands Combined Authority, and John Richards, director of knowledge exchange at Aston University.
LSW is in its first year. Its focus is fourfold:
- Pharmaceutical and biotech: drug discovery, novel therapies, global research.
- Medical technology and diagnostics: tools, devices, diagnostics, clinical practice.
- Academic institutions: university research shared with the private sector.
- Investors: emerging ventures and opening doors to capital and scaling opportunities.
Plug and Play, Bruntwood, Crowe UK, Willis Towers Watson, Medilink Midlands, and WMHTC (West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster) are among the brands involved with LSW.
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