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IKC & Regener8 Annual Conference 2018 – Medtech innovation: best practice

IKC & Regener8 Annual Conference 2018 – Medtech innovation: best practice

Date: June 29, 2018 @ 9:00 AM


Location: Leeds

The Medical Technologies IKC and Regener8 are back in 2018 to host a one-day conference on 29th June, focussing on best practice in translating regenerative devices – a potential £1bn industry in the UK.

The full programme will be announced in 2018, secure your place now to avoid disappointment.

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IKC & Regener8 Annual Conference 2017 – ‘Widening markets, extending reach, growing capability’

IKC & Regener8 Annual Conference 2017 – ‘Widening markets, extending reach, growing capability’

Date: June 23, 2017 @ 9:00 AM


Location: Horizon, Leeds

The Medical Technologies IKC and Regener8 are to host a one-day conference, focussing on best practice in translating regenerative devices – a potential £1bn industry in the UK.

A conference programme is below:

AGENDA

Time Details
8.45 Registration and refreshments
9:30 Welcome
Professor Mike Raxworthy University of Leeds
9:40 Keynote speaker: The translational journey of electrospun biomaterials designed to improve soft tissue repair
Dr Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy (NDORMS, Oxford)
Regenerative Devices: Widening technology markets – Dental
Chaired by Professor David Wood
10:10 Design and Manufacture of Modified Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite to Address Unmet Clinical Needs in Dental & Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr Caroline Wilcock – University of Sheffield
10:25 Near-IR Mode-locked Laser Assisted Sintering and Morphological Engineering of Dental Biomaterials – A new approach for the restoration of damaged enamel tissue
Professor Animesh Jha, University of Leeds
10:40 Tissue repair capacity of a prototype antimicrobial-releasing scaffold: dental applications
Dr Giuseppe Tronci, University of Leeds
Dr Lorenzo Pio Serino, Neotherix Ltd
10:55 Community-showcase: Full digital 3D reconstruction and manufacturing of patient-specific maxillofacial implants
Mr Jensen Aw, Attenborough Dental
Mr Edward Attenborough, Attenborough Dental
11.10 1-minute poster pitches
Chaired by Professor Mike Raxworthy
11.30 Coffee break
Extending the reach of innovation best-practice
Chaired by Helen Hurman,  Head of Research Operations at Arthritis Research UK
12.15 Osteochondral Scaffold Bioengineering- Understanding the Challenges
Dr Chaozong Liu, University College London
12.30 Osteochondral scaffold design – lessons from pre-clinical trial of a novel patient-specific biphasic scaffold
Dr Frances Henson, University of Cambridge
12.45 Lunch, poster viewing and networking
Accelerating technologies closer to market
Chaired by Professor Eileen Ingham
14:15 Novel arthroscopic regenerative device: From lab to license, via PoC funding
Dr Thomas Baboolal, University of Leeds
14:30 Community-showcase: Turning your discoveries into approved products with beneficial collaborative approaches
Dr Antoine Alves Senior Research Pathologist, NAMSA
14:45 Community-showcase:  Reducing stress shielding in total knee arthroplasty
Mr Ram Venkatesh, Leeds Teaching Hospitals;
Prof Nico Verdonschot, Radboud University Medical Center;
Dr Adam Brisco, Invibio Ltd
15.00 Decellularised dermis: Pre-clinical and clinical evaluation
Richard Lomas, NHSBT
David Russell, LGI
15:15 Poster prizes – Professor John Fisher
15:20 Coffee break
Developing effective evidence and adoption strategies
Chaired by Professor Edward Draper
15.40 Making the case for adoption
Deborah Morrison, Senior Scientific Adviser, NICE
15:55 Evidence generation for a new medical device: PICO™ single use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Dr Robin Martin, Smith and Nephew
16:10 Postcards from the Edge: Views from the industry perspective on the experience of the NICE assessment of Holoclar
Professor Chris Bojke, Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds
16.25 Closing comments – Professor John Fisher
16:40 Close
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