Researchers are invited to register their interest in a medical innovation summit that will bring together leaders in medical innovation with the aim to change the future of medical innovation and accelerate progress.
Ignite, a collaboration between the BRC and the Centre for the Advancement of Medical Innovation, seeks for its participants to:
- understand medical innovation pathway and how it is changing,
- understand their and others’ role in creating change,
- understand technical and social science aspects of regulation, and
- make meaningful connections.
Debates aim to give a 360-degree view of medical innovation reflecting on provocative questions.
Speakers include:
- Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and Care;
- Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Chair in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL;
- Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chair of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency;
- Dr Malcolm Skingle, Director, Academic Liaison, GSK;
- Dr Graham Spittle, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Public Sector Consulting;
- Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law, UCL;
- Dr Amanda Begley, Director of Innovation and Implementation, UCL Partners Academic Health Science Network.
Immersion sessions will expose participants to the day-to-day working of organisations aligned to medical innovation such as NICE, GSK, the UCL Partners AHSN. The sessions will allow participants to foster new collaborations and build their knowledge of the network of organisations essential to innovation. There are ten places available in the first cohort.
Core sessions will take place Monday 24-Wednesday 26 April 2017 and the amplification session on Monday 22 May 2017.
Interested scientists who meet the criteria above should complete an application form by Monday 30th January 2017. For more details including how to apply visit the Experimental Medicine Academy webpage.
