175 testimonials!
Probably the most highly acclaimed event in the sector …
"The Medical Innovation Forum provides a unique opportunity for networking
on a national scale in a sector which depends on collaboration and information
exchange"
Gywn Tudor, Director, Medilink Wales
"As usual, the Medical Innovation Forum provides an excellent networking
opportunity to meet with all parts of the medical device community. It addresses
key themes that are affecting business today and into the future."
Sue Dunkerton, Director, Health Technologies KTN
"An exciting, dynamic event which provided an excellent climate for
doing business."
Matt Newman, Senior Sector Manager, UK Trade & Investment
"Excellent opportunity to meet with professionals and business leaders
in the medical technology sector."
David Revitt, International Trade Advisor - Healthcare East of England
International
"An excellent `one stop shop` for networking, collaboration, business
and technology knowledge update."
Steve Cook, Research & Innovation Consultant, ABHI
"A fantastic platform for levelling the playing field and getting
others to share their ideas."
Michelle Dalton, Communications Director, Medilink UK
"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
"Excellent event for meeting relevant people in the healthcare sector
and learning and discussing the issues facing SMEs."
David Revitt, Director, Medilink East
"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, Programme Manager, Health Technology Knowledge Transfer
Network
"Great focused networking event."
Ian Bunker, Senior Sector Manager, UK Trade & Investment
"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
"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
"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
"Great opportunity to meet colleagues from the industry through a
personalised agenda. Great idea!"
Poonam Virdi, Marketing Manager, Smiths Medical
"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
"An excellent forum for networking in healthcare."
Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare
"The Medical Innovation Forum provides that rare thing - a catalytic
space where innovators spread across a field of endeavour can meet and spark
new connections and ideas."
Tony Sumner, Director, Pilgrim Projects Limited
"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
"The forum provided an opportunity to meet up with our existing customers
and an excellent networking event and a good update on the latest challenges
facing the medical sector. It brings academia, medical professionals and
industry together."
Caroline Herdman, Medical Division Manager, Primasil Silicones Limited
"A well organised networking event together with relevant, interesting
discussions."
Mike Phillips, Design Development Director, Renfrew Group
"I was extremely impressed with the slick organisation of the whole
event and the way all my meetings were set up for me when I arrived. I never
felt like any time was wasted during the day."
David Heaton, Sales and Marketing Director, Activ4life Healthcare Technologies
Ltd
"Another excellent event - well-attended by the sort of people I want
to network with."
Danny Godfrey, Director, EG Technology
"Excellent networking opportunity for the SME!"
David Campbell, R & D Director, Trio Healthcare
"Excellent and seamless organisation by the Medical Innovation Forum
team."
Evy Young, Senior Consultant, RSA
"As an international company, we value the Medical Innovation Forum
as an opportunity to come in contact with other professionals from the industry
and academia. The organizers make sure that it is a smooth experience, highly
valuable and very practical. We will attend in the future for sure."
Federico Losada, Manager, Lablosan
"An excellent networking event with real business possibilities."
Steve Gibson, Business Development Manager, NGS Products
"The Medical Innovation Forum provides a great opportunity for pre-planned
meetings and free-form networking with a lot of people in just 1-day and
is an excellent investment in terms of time and cost."
Trevor Escott, Account Manager, TS2 Micro Ltd
"Well organised, well structured and great way to make contact with
other companies. Networking at its best."
Tony Hawkridge, Managing Director, Prism Industrial Controls
"Despite the chaos caused by the London Tube strike, the event was
an excellent networking opportunity. This event always provides a high quality
cross-section of potential contacts from the medical arena."
Ken Hall, Design Manager, Triteq Ltd
"I was very pleased with the quality of the attendees who obviously
were senior people with serious interest in their company's offerings."
James Aitken, Director, Aitken Scientific Ltd
"The Medical Innovation Forum is a great event that provides direct
access to key decision-makers. The most effective networking event in the
calendar."
Danny Godfrey, Director, eg technology
"This was one of the best organised medical technology forums which
I have attended. I am happy to recommend this forum to all medical device
companies, research managers (of PCTs), and investors."
Graham Ewing, Managing Director, Montague Healthcare
"Good event, some very worthwhile meetings and contacts made."
Angus Robinson, Managing Director, Emedd Technology
"A great event."
Tobias Alpsten, Managing Director, iPLATO Healthcare
"The forum is going from strength to strength and delivering enhanced
networking opportunity that every one comes back satisfied in achieving
their short term objectives through finding solutions to challenges they
face."
Saeed Zahedi, Technical Director, Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons Ltd.
"Great place, great contacts."
Bertrand Velge, Director, Agesys Ltd
"This is the leading Medtech event in the UK and is a regular in my
calendar."
Keith Turner, Business Development Manager Healthcare, Cambridge Design
Partnership
"The Medical Innovation Forum gives you access to service providers
and market influencers at the very highest level. An excellent event, well
worth a day out of the office for."
Rob Edsell, Managing Director, Bulb
"The event was well planned and executed, with a good range of people
attending. Through a range of events I made several useful contacts."
Tim Mead, Head of Programme Development, OrthoMimetics
"I was impressed by the extent to which staff put themselves out both
before and during the conference, to help with my requests."
Coralie Palmer, Editor, Medilink News
"The Medical Innovation Forum is unique in that it allowed us to pre-arrange
meetings with new customers, while simultaneously capturing passing enquires
at our stand. It is attractively priced, professionally run and we will
certainly be attending again."
David Gillen, Managing Director, Blue Acre Technology
"Once again very well organised and with a 'buzz' that does not seem
to exist at any other events."
Steve Lane, Sales Director, Triteq Ltd
"The Medical Innovation Forum offers an excellent opportunity for
interacting with delegates representing the key sectors of the industry
from across the UK. The opening sessions were inspirational and informative
but the real benefit came with the round table discussions and one-to-one
pre-arranged meetings. I made three very good contacts that are currently
being followed-up."
Costis Kompis, Director of Innovation, Biotronics3D Ltd
"Event organisers carried out an excellent job in promoting and keeping
participants up-to-date in run up to the forum. The event itself gave a
great overview of what is happening in this field, and also the opportunity
to meet new and old faces."
Rowan Norrie, Advisor, Wellness & Health Innovation Project
"The forum is not too big and therefore a little more personal which
allows time to see and talk with the people attending and exhibiting."
Peter Atkinson, Programme Manager, Medisize
"Efficient networking with open discussions"
Nigel Harley, Business Development Manager, ML Electronics Ltd
"An excellent opportunity to meet like minded innovators."
Rory Smith, Director Research and Development, Clinimed Group
"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
"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
"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
"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
"The best event I attended this year!"
Haralambos Hatzakis, Director, Biotronics
"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
"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
"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 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
"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
"A unique opportunity to meet industry players in an active networking
environment."
Kristian Bluff, Director, Innovation Team [Denmark]
"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
"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
"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 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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"I had opportunity to meet with various parties on a one to-one-basis
which meant the networking potential had both a planned and a dynamic component
- great day - thoroughly recommend the same format."
Gwen Baxter, Research Scientist, NHS Dumfries and Galloway NHS Trust
"I would recommend this event to any NHS staff who would like to learn
more about the impact of innovation on patient care."
Richard Errington, Research Management and Governance Lead, County Durham
PCT
"I found this a very useful and well organised event - I will definitely
be attending again,"
Katie Roebuck, R&D Business Innovations Manager, Birmingham Children's
Hospital
"Highly recommended event to attend for networking purposes or for
new business opportunities."
Beth Degraft-Johnson, Innovations and Marketing Executive, NHS Innovations
East Midlands
"An opportunity to network with a wide range of professionals with
similar goals."
Wendy Tindale, Clinical Director, Devices for Dignity
"An excellent networking opportunity for anyone interested in innovation
in healthcare."
Neil Ebenezer, Device Specialist, MHRA
"The premier event in medical innovation circles for making and renewing
important contacts."
Ian Wells, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey County Hospital
"A very useful and informative event - particularly for widening one's
area of knowledge and for going outside of one's comfort zone."
Roger Baxter, P/T Researcher, Surrey and Borders Partnership
"These meetings are very well organised and provide a useful interface
between NHS Innovations and the commercial world."
Alistair Taylor, Research & Development Manager, Royal United Hospital
Bath NHS Trust
"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
"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
"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
"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, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
"A well planned and executed event."
John Maisey, Head of Mechanical Engineering, University Hospital of Wales
"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
"An excellent opportunity for networking with enthusiastic individuals
from a wide range of backgrounds."
Patricia Lawford, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield
"The format and organisation of these events is excellent. The meeting
promotes excellent discussion and the range of delegates reflects all the
stakeholders within the healthcare sector."
Geoff Boxer, Laboratory Manager, University College of London
"The format of this event really facilitates meeting other people
who can help you with your projects and ideas."
Sherri Johnstone, Senior Lecturer, Durham University
"The Medical Innovation Forum was a great place to meet like minded
people who were keen to share their expertise with others. It is wonderful
that such forums could be organized to benefit new innovators and entrepreneurs."
Desai Narasimhalu, Assistant Vice President for Technology, Singapore
Management University
"This forum is always a dependable source of new business leads."
Peter Taylor, Industry Relations Manager, MATCH
"The Medical Innovation Forum was an excellent event to meet a wide
range of professionals from government agencies, industry and academia in
a very productive format rather than the usual non-interactive powerpoint
presentions."
Martyn Paley, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics, University of
Sheffield
"No matter what stage of the innovation process you are, this conference
will help you connect with valuable people and ideas: I have never been
to such a warm and valuable gathering."
Denis O'Brien, Tutor, The Open University Business School
"A very positive experience with good networking opportunities accross
technical, academic and business sectors."
Gareth Thomson, Lecturer, Aston University
"A great event, which throws up unexpected discussions and networking
opportunities."
Andrew Phillips, Lecturer Imperial College, London
"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
"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
"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
"Everything is arranged to support personal interactions."
Mike Grahn, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"An excellent event that was well organised. Well done to all involved!"
Hossein Saidpour, Principal Lecturer - Manufacturing, University of East
London