Over 150 testimonials!

Probably the most highly acclaimed event in the sector …

“The Medical Innovation Forum is an efficient vehicle for networking in the medical device industry.”
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare

“An effective way of discussing a lot of topics and meeting many people from diverse backgrounds in a short space of time.”
William Willis, Reimbursement Director EMEA, Lifescan

“An excellent event. The one-on-one pre-arranged meetings are a great way of meeting key decision makers.”
Danny Godfrey, Director, EG Technology

“This is my second year attending the Olympia event, and both times I have been most impressed by the unusual format and the quality of both the roundtable discussions and the contacts, both planned and unexpected.”
Ian Wells, Consultant Computer Scientist, The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust

“The Medical Innovation Forum is the place to network and share knowledge, technology and ideas, bringing experts together and facilitating potential future collaboration.”
Farshad Salamt-Zadeh, Senior Project Leader, TWI

“The quick intense nature of meetings meant that many areas of current focus can be captured efficiently in one meeting.”
Marcus Jarman-Smith, Project Manager, Invibio Ltd

“I made a contact I wouldn't have made otherwise – thanks.”
Kathryn Hurrell-Gillingham, Business Research Fellow, Biomaterials Research Group and Clinical Dentistry

“An excellent and a well balanced event, I thoroughly enjoyed my active participation and recommend it to anyone with high expectations.”
Hossein Saidpour, Principal Lecturer – Manufacturing, University of East London

“Great networking opportunity.”
Martin Easter, General Manager, Hygiena International Ltd.

“This year the Innovation Forum was bigger and better. It is an event that is coming of age.”
Mark Fisher, Director, Exomedica Ltd

“A unique opportunity to touch base with industry and R & D academia.”
Federico Losada, International Director, Lablosan

“The Forum provided an excellent networking opportunity and chance to communicate about our organisation with a key audience at a depth not easily found.”
Paul Whaley, Development Director, Healthcare Without Harm Europe

Great show, very easy to meet innovators and those in need of innovation.
Tony Wills, Director, Wills Watson & Associates

“An efficient use of time.”
Edward Bullard, CEO, Dexela Limited

“From an exhibitors perspective, the organisation of this event both beforehand and on the day first rate.”
Henry Sibun, Manager - Medical and Health Services, TUV Product Service Ltd

“It was great!”
Tobias Alpsten, CEO, IPlato

“It provided an opportunity to gain valuable insight into the need for wound care products and the exploitation of our products and knowledge within the industry.”
Tony Pike, Founder & Technical Director, ABA Parafricta

“An exciting, dynamic event which provided an excellent climate for doing business.”
Matt Newman, Senior Sector Manager, UK Trade & Investment

“The best event I attended this year!”
Haralambos Hatzakis, Director, Biotronics

“Excellent venue and opportunity to meet with professionals and business leaders in the medical technology sector.”
David Revitt, International Trade Advisor - Healthcare East of England International

“A potentially useful forum for connecting different innovations into real added value products.”
Malcolm Mackley, International Trade Advisor – Healthcare, East of England International

“A vibrant environment was created for informal discussion that is bound to lead to new partnerships and novel ways of thinking in this demanding technological field.”
Pankaj Vadgama, Director, IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary University of London

“The forum becomes better each year and the format of exhibition, presentations and one to one meetings is just right.”
Steve Lane, Sales Manager, Triteq Ltd

“Excellent!”
Tim Benson, Director, Routine Health Outcomes Ltd

“I found the event very informative and successful. From the meetings I have collected two very good contacts that will be taken further.”
Joe Boscarini, Sales Director, Precision Moulds & Tools Services Ltd

“I enjoyed this event more than I thought and made some useful contacts. The emphasis is on networking and sharing lessons from others, and I found it very inspiring.”
Jane Dallender, Research & Development Manager, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust

“Another excellent event to discuss and learn about the latest hot topics in the healthcare sector and meet the experts. The Medical Innovation Forum is becoming the most popular, top rated and must-to- attend event for many people involved in healthcare research and developments.”
Mehdi Tavakoli, Consultant & Technology Manager, TWI Ltd and Programme Manager, Health Technology Knowledge Transfer Network

“It is a very professional event. The level of delegates is extremely high, the organisation works like clockwork and the results are always rewarding.”
Frank Marsh, Marketing Director, MicroBridge Services Ltd.

“As expected the Forum provided an excellent opportunity for networking. The calibre of people attending exceeded my expectations this year.”
Ken Hall, Design Manager, Triteq Ltd

“A chance to meet a section of the industry on one day.”
John Johnson, Managing Director, Arrow Medical

“This event, uniquely, has the capability to promote important discussion within diverse but complementary groups of healthcare professionals, research and clinical academics, and industry leaders.”
Geoff Boxer, Laboratory Manager, University College of London

“A great place to meet new contacts and catch up with the relevant personnel within the industry.”
John Talbot, Technical Sales, JEB Engineering Design Ltd

“The organisation of this event was very slick and provided an excellent opportunity for initial discussions with potential business partners.”
Craig Mustoe, Business Development Manager, Summit Medical

“Everything is arranged to support personal interactions.”
Mike Grahn, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London

“The 2008 Medical Innovation Forum was a lively, contentious and user-friendly event, with many surprises and a vibrant atmosphere.”
Joel Lane, Assistant Editor, Health Sector Publishing

“An excellent event which is organised to suite individual needs. The ability to network with so many people in one conference in one day could never be achieved by any other means.”
John Credland, Consultant Barkleys Plastics

“Exciting, dynamic event with the right people in the right place at the right time.”
Philip Needham, CEO, Cardionetics Ltd

“An excellent `one stop shop` for networking, collaboration, business and technology knowledge update.”
Steve Cook, Research & Innovation Consultant, ABHI

“Quite frankly this was the best networking event I've ever attended. The organisation, speakers, quality of the delegates and exhibitors was first class.”
Peter Ball, Head of Convergence Technologies, PERA

“A fantastic platform for levelling the playing field and getting others to share their ideas.”
Michelle Dalton, Communications Director, Medilink UK

“A vibrant buzz about the event and a good forum to meet new people, to maintain contact with others in the industry and catch up on old acquaintances. Very useful and a day well spent.”
Steve Lane, Commercial Director, Triteq Medical

“The Health Technologies KTN is pleased to be associated with this event, it attracts decision makers across all parts of the supply chain, leading to collaborations that can make a difference.”
Sue Dunkerton, Director, Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network

“We certainly noticed the high calibre of those attending and the variety of discussion topics compared with traditional medical exhibitions.”
Michael Parker, Technical Director, Tom Parker Ltd

“I found it to be an efficient way of having individual meetings with a high number of people.”
Ann Cooper, Engineering Design Manager, Summit Medical

“This event could be described as, "speed dating for the medical device industry!" The packed programme of relevant topics and the opportunity for both networking and specific one to one meetings, that is afforded to delegates, ensures maximum contact with members of our diverse industry, throughout the whole event.”
Paul Burnett, Project Manager, Medical Devices in Scotland

“The organisation of this event is first-rate. The one-to-one meetings are an excellent way to get a brief introduction with lots of new contacts, and they are so easy to arrange prior to the event.”
Keith Turner, Senior Business Development Engineer, Cambridge Design Partnership

“A superb opportunity to meet people it would otherwise takes months to arrange to see.”
Tim Jones, Business Development Manager, Clamason Industries

“An excellent way of getting the absolute maximum done in a day.”
Tom Shelley, Group Technical Editor, Eureka Magazine

“The Medical Innovation Forum represents a high return/effort ratio for networking mainly because of the diverse means of engaging with people, excellent organisation and management and everyone there is willing to meet and discuss items of mutual interest.”
Keith Morris, Director of Markets & Technology, CELS

“A unique opportunity to meet industry players in an active networking environment.”
Kristian Bluff, Director, Innovation Team [Denmark]

“A well organised event bringing together industry experts, vendors and potential customers for medical devices and associated services.”
Tol Purewal, Head of R&D, Bespak Europe

“I thought it was an excellent meeting and well organised. It was a good way to network successfully with other companies.”
Alistair Taylor, Head of R&D, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

“I thoroughly enjoyed this event and look forward to attending future events.”
Mary Tourette, Research and Development Officer, Royal Surrey County Hospital

“This was a very useful national event, where researchers, developers, suppliers, technologists, practitioners and users gathered and exchanged ideas, concerns and forge useful business and academic contacts.”
Safwat Mansi, Head of Enterprise, Northumbria University

“The interaction and discussion was both informative and positive which supported the view of sharing knowledge and experience from across public and private sectors.”
Yvonne Hague, R&D Manager, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

“A thoroughly enjoyable and useful day.”
Ivor Campbell, Managing Director, Snedden Campbell Ltd

“Excellent opportunity to network, meet suppliers, customers and discuss innovative topics - well structured.”
Caroline Herdman, Medical Division Manager, Primasil Silicones Ltd

“A rare and valuable opportunity for such a variety of specialists to meet and share opinions.”
Will Bentall, Partner, London Associates

“This was an excellent event the mix of one-to-one pre-planned sessions combined with the small group sessions meant I was able to meet many relevant contacts especially those I would not have thought of asking for a one-to-one session. I will be attending the next event.”
Darren Forrest, R & D Manager, Osteotec

“This is a unique opportunity in the UK to network in the area of medical device development.”
Simon Bignall, Director, Grove Medical

“Very well organised and focussed event.”
Bob Parry, Director, Meridian Technologies

“A great opportunity to meet and network with individuals who are involved in the industry. The contacts I made will be of extreme use for future opportunities to be realised.”
Steven Bookbinder, Design Engineer, Trumeter

“Here is an opportunity to meet people with a common interest and purpose.”
Leslie Rees, Managing Director, Heatbands Ltd

“The event inspired me to capture the imaginations of our staff and develop innovation within our organisation.”
Ceri Jones, R&D Services Manager, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust

“The event provided an opportunity to meet several important contacts in a single day, some of whom would have been difficult to meet under other circumstances.”
Richard Bibb, Head of Medical Applications, PDR

“An excellent opportunity to discuss the challenges of medical device innovation with delegates representing many key sectors of the industry."
Simon Morling, Director of Product Development, Alaris Medical Systems

"I found the day an excellent networking event, my only problem was there was not enough time to get round all those I wanted to see."
John Hockey, Business Development Executive, Hi-Technology Group

"A novel concept in medical device promotion. Good mixture of presentations and round table discussions with plenty of opportunity for networking. Much better that sitting in a hall all day being subjected to death by Powerpoint."
James Mackenzie, Consultant, QualiMedd

"Personal agenda tailoring ensured a perfect fit."
lan Wilcox, Director of Medical, PDD Group Ltd

"The Innovation Forum had in its audience some very influential medical, EU grant and telecoms corporate executives - a potentially good source of finance and corporate venturing."
lan Magill, Chairman, Intelligent Clothing

"This forum provided a new way of working at a meeting for me. Rather than sitting through a series of relevant or worst still irrelevant presentations we had time to learn from each other and take discussions in appropriate directions. An overall good experience."
Cristina Doyle, Director, Xeno Medical

"The Forum structure was an efficient and rewarding way of meeting and identifying potential new partners as well as getting a broad view of topics of common interest."
Aele Long, Director, BioMed HTC

"Excellent opportunity to meet with all types of contacts within the industry. The ability to create a personalised agenda made the day extremely valuable to me and well worth attending."
Alison Fraser, Marketing Executive, ML Electronics

"An extremely well organised event with equally excellent networking opportunities - A definite win-win for all who attended!"
Chris Mason, Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London

"The Medical Device Innovation Forum was an excellent event that allowed like minded medical device professionals to discuss the issues of the day in focussed groups. The networking opportunities were well organised for one to one discussions with key contacts."
Paul Flavell, Business Development Manager, Smiths Medical

"The meeting was outstanding because it allowed me to meet customers and suppliers all in the same place."
Cedric Russell, Clinical Research Manager, Smiths Medical

"The forum fulfilled all of my expectations, and it was encouraging/enlightening to be in an environment were health care professionals were willing to share their problem and experiences offer advice to myself, a new comer to the medical industry."
David Davies, Business Development Manager - Polymers, Pera Technology

"The forum was where ideas and influencers met together in a very constructive way."
Mark Pedley, CEO, SmartLife Technology Ltd

"The Forum provided an excellent opportunity to network and discuss ideas with a diverse range of experts representing the complete healthcare supply chain."
Robert Bevan, Projects Development Officer, Rapra Technology Limited

"An excellent opportunity to meet with leaders of medical device manufacturers to understand first hand the key business issues they are facing."
Dominic Kurtaz, Technical Manager, Transcat

"An excellent networking opportunity and chance to discuss relevant areas in greater depth."
Shirley Atkin, New Business Development Director, Medical Devices Technology Intl.

"The Forum was very well organised with effective use of on-line agenda planning."
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare

"A well run and enjoyable forum for making a range of high quality contacts."
Simon Cotter, Account Manager, SCA Packaging

"Good balance of presentation and interactive sessions made this a highly rewarding meeting to attend."
Pankaj Vadgama, Director, IRC in Biomedical Materials, University of London

"Gave me the rare opportunity to meet with other professionals operating in the MD field. This was useful to help benchmark our own approach and develop best practice."
Jonathan Butters, Managing Director, Jab Design Consultancy

"An excellent opportunity to network with a wide range of people involved in commercialising medical devices."
Kevin Yallup, Doctor, Technology For Industry

"Enjoyed the event very much. Pointed, focussed and informative."
Robert Murphy, Associate, Connector

"I enjoyed the event very much and got so much out of it. The networking was great and I made many useful contacts."
Ghazala Tabasam, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University

"The forum provided excellent networking opportunities as well as delivering on creating lots of new business opportunities."
Jonas Mann, Director Life Science, Teleca

“A fantastic forum for meeting likeminded organisations/ individuals looking to further business opportunities within the medical arena.”
Louise Fairley, Marketing Manager, Triteq Medical

"Proved to be the premier networking event in the medical devices design and manufacturing calendar this year. In particular, the system for booking meetings with delegates beforehand was inspired! As a result we had a very productive day. Thank you!"
Matt Schumann, Medical Engineering Director, Cambridge Design Partnership

“Great opportunity to meet colleagues from the industry through a personalised agenda. Great idea!”
Poonam Virdi, Marketing Manager, Smiths Medical

“Excellent event for meeting relevant people in the healthcare sector and learning and discussing the issues facing SMEs.”
David Revitt, Director, Medilink East

“I found this a very valuable opportunity to meet with others in my industry and to help make useful and informed decisions about aspects of my own business in this sector.”
Ray Morissey, Managing Director, Applied Medical Technology

“The forum provides an excellent opportunity to participate in small group discussion and hence forge links with others who have common interests.”
Kevin Downes, Senior Project Manager, BITE CIC

“It was a great event that covered bio-medical sensors to funding.”
Bill Munday, CEO & Founder, blueAid Ltd

“As previously, the Forum has provided an excellent route to network with key players in the field and to meet new contacts with real contributions to make to innovation in the healthcare market.”
Sue Dunkerton, Director, Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network

"One of the most effective networking meetings you'll attend this year."
Paul Burnett, Project Manager Medical Devices in Scotland

“An ideal event to meet potential customers.”
John Johnson, Managing Director, Arrow Medical

“Very worthwhile forum for exchange of ideas and discussion of current and future developments in the diverse and evolving field of medical innovation.”
Neville McClenaghan, Chief Operating Officer, Diabetica Ltd

“This is a professionally organised event at which those involved in all aspects of Healthcare Industry have the opportunity to network with colleagues from a wide variety of disciplines.”
Nigel Green, International Trade Advisor, UK Trade & Investment

“Very good event for meeting interesting people.”
Robert Hoyle, MicroBridge Operations Manager, University of Cardiff

“A very worthwhile use of my time, I met a number of key people in my field and will be returning to the next event.”
Sarah Thomas, HIP Project Manager, University of Leeds

“A very good forum for debating current and future medical research. Excellent for networking and for having pre-planned one-to-one meetings with any of the participants.”
Kaddour Bouazza Marouf, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University

“It is a very economical use of one’s time to find such useful contacts all within a single day.”
James Dooley Senior Lecturer, University of Ulster

“An essential event for industry, academia and NHS personnel involved in the development of new medical devices and health technology products.”
Paul Fairburn, Business Development Manager, Coventry University

“A well planned and executed event.”
John Maisey, Head of Mechanical Engineering, University Hospital of Wales

“Very worthwhile. The quality of delegates was excellent.”
Frank Marsh, Marketing Director, Manufacturing Engineering Centre

Highly effective networking and updates on state-of-play of the latest issues and technologies in a very short productive day.
Paul Heaney, Director, Technology & Markets, ITI Life Sciences

“A very useful and refreshing format.”
Yousef Zawahreh, Intermediary, IXC UK

“I found this event to be an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues from all areas of the medical device industry, from universities, notified bodies, the NHS, academia, potential partners … and even competitors!”
Morgan Jones, Marketing Executive, Symmetry Medical Inc.

“It was hard to predict in advance the benefits of attending, but in fact it turned out to be very worthwhile with me taking away new ideas, contacts and useful information.”
Juliette Cook, Design and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Orthodynamics Ltd

“A great event for making new contacts.”
Andrew Forbes, Senior Design Engineer, Maddison Product Design

“I was surprised at how many key figures from the medical industry were gathered together at a single event. I was able to get weeks worth of research done in just a few hours.”
Geoff Gamage, Business Development Executive, Maxell Moulding & Packaging Services

“The third Medical Innovation Forum showed the urgent need to explore the UK’s unique position in the global market for Medical Devices. We have a single organisation to buy and use our products; a strong culture of innovation based on need and care; and in London alone, we have over 4,000 medical research projects and the greatest concentration of design and technology centres anywhere, larger than MIT and Stanford put together. This creates a very unique opportunity that should enable the UK Medical Device sector to grow beyond recognition.”
Saeed Zahedi, Product Development Manager, Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons Ltd.

“Well organised conference with relevant topics and excellent opportunities to network.”
Lisa Aytok, Project Manager, Select Research

“An excellent event that was well organised. Well done to all involved!”
Hossein Saidpour, Principal Lecturer – Manufacturing, University of East London

“The event exceeded our expectations and was extremely focused.”
Vincent Ellis, Sales and Marketing Manager, Tactiq Ltd

“In my opinion the Medical Innovation Forum is an excellent event. The opportunities for networking are far greater than many events because of the ability to and scope for pre-planning one-to-one sessions. Plus of course there is the opportunity to exhibit. All in all, another successful year.”
Louise Fairley, Marketing Manager, Triteq Limited

“The ABHI is highly pro-active in promoting the industry and supporting members in their aims. Events such as this facilitate member networking and give a valued opportunity to keep abreast of issues that may otherwise be overlooked.”
Richard Morris, Logistics Solutions Manager, Healthcare Logistics

“One of the most useful and best organised events I have been to this year.”
Malcolm Wilkinson, Managing Director, Technology for Industry Ltd

“A great way to network with professionals in the Medical Device and Diagnostics Industries.”
Jim Mackenzie, Medical Devices Consultant, QualiMedd

“A well organised event.”
Colin Hall, Senior Mechanical Engineer, KCI Medical Products

“It was an excellent opportunity to network with other professionals in the industry sector. The calibre of the visitors to this year’s forum was excellent.”
Ken Hall, Technical Director, Triteq Limited

“Without doubt, this is the most valuable networking day out of the year.”
Keith Turner, Director, Cambridge Design Partnership

“It is an excellent event to be able to actually meet up and talk to several people without having to travel to their premises. “
Henry Sibun, Manager - Medical and Health Services, TUV Product Service

“Great focused networking event.”
Ian Bunker, Senior Sector Manager, UK Trade & Investment