Event
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Like last year, we’re opening up a session of the conference for crowdsourced content. This means anyone (who fulfils the criteria) can apply to present. The proposals judged the best (by the event committee) will go to a vote across the IKC-Regener8 and wider med tech community to decide who they most want to see and hear.
If your proposal is shortlisted for the vote but does not win, you may be selected to provide content as an article for the IKC-Regener8’s annual magazine, Regen, or for our websites.
Criteria for session proposals
To propose a session for the IKC-Regener8 Annual Conference the proposer/proposal must:
- present a challenge within the scope of our Centres:
The translation of university and industry research in regenerative devices (regenerative therapies delivered as Class III medical devices) into commercial products and clinical benefits
- show a collaborative approach to solving the challenge/project, for example, working with academia, industry, clinicians, regulatory experts, IP experts
- include a partner (e.g. academic, industry or clinical to complement the role of the proposer)
The strongest proposals will include a mixture of perspectives in solving the challenge, e.g. clinical, industrial, academic, regulatory.
What happens to runners up?
Proposal shortlisted by our judging panel may be selected to provide content as an article for IKC-Regener8’s annual magazine, Regen, for our websites, or to present a poster at the conference
How do I submit the session proposal?
- Download and read the FAQ document
- Download and complete the proposal form
- Email it back to us (med-tech@leeds.ac.uk) by Tuesday 31 January 2017
Poster submissions are invited from researchers, developers and innovators from the IKC-Regener8 and wider regenerative medicine community.
Posters should reflect the core aim of the Medical Technologies IKC and Regener8, which is to support the translation of university and industry-based research and development in regenerative devices (including enabling and companion technologies) into commercial products and clinical benefits. Details of the scope can be found on the IKC vision webpage.
Poster displays offer a more informal setting in which to learn about a wide variety of research, translational and clinical projects. They provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to showcase their own work and receive further recognition.
Guidelines:
Poster abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted by email to med-tech@leeds.ac.uk. Include your title, first name, surname, institution and poster title.
Images to accompany abstracts should be supplied separately i.e. not embedded within the abstract document.
The deadline for submissions is Sunday 23rd April 2017.
The acceptance of a poster submission assumes you are able to attend the conference and have registered. As this event is free to attend and programmes including your name will be disseminated, any non-attendances will be raised with supervisors.
Posters should be no larger than A1 size. The display boards will be covered in nylon loop material and you will need to bring your own Velcro tabs to attach your display materials to the boards.
Poster presenters will be responsible for putting up and removing their posters.
You will give a 1-minute poster pitch as part of the conference programme. Many delegates have found this has increased traffic to their posters during breaks.
Presenters should make themselves available during the conference break times for networking and providing additional detail for poster viewers.
Dr Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy will give the key note address at this years conference. The talk will be on ‘The translational journey of electrospun biomaterials designed to improve soft tissue repair.’
Dr Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Botnar Research Centre of the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences in Oxford.
Dr Mouthuy graduated as a bioengineer from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) in 2007 and obtained his DPhil in tissue engineering at the Engineering Science Department in Oxford in 2012.
He joined the Botnar Research Centre as a postdoctorate researcher where he worked with Prof Andrew Carr for three years. Following that, Dr Mouthuy went to continue his work at the Rudjer Boskovi? Institute (Croatia) as a Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Fellow. He returned to the University of Oxford in December 2016. His main research interests are in the development of electrospun biomaterials and the design of bioreactors for musculoskeletal tissue engineering.
Download a copy of the full programme (opens PDF)
Laura Dormer, Editorial Director of the Future Science Group, will facilitate a session for ECR’s focusing on how to get a paper published in a journal.
Laura is responsible for both managing FSG’s Commissioning Department and is the Commissioning Editor for three FSG titles. With nearly 15 years of experience in STM publishing, Laura will offer highly valuable insights and advice to our ECRs attending this session.
This session will run from 15:40 to 17:00, parallel to the final session of the full conference. A agenda is below:
Introduction
o Laura Dormer – Editorial Director
o Future Science Group
- The journal – Regenerative Medicine and our website RegMedNet.com
The publishing process – common pitfalls and tips to avoid them
o Submission – initial internal screening by the journal editor
o External peer review
- Revision
After publication – what next?
o Dissemination of research
- Open access options
Case study – ECR experience
Q&A
Registration for this session is separate to the conference, and numbers are limited due to the size of the room. You can secure your place via the booking page.
All registered delegates were emailed a copy of the joining instructions on Monday 19th June. Download the PDF version here.