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INNOVATION FORUM 2016 - LEADERS CONFERENCE
Program
Complete Schedule
Day 1 September 21st of 2016
Innovation Perspectives
08:30am - 09:00am
Registration
09:00am - 09:05am
Welcome
Dr. Marek Tyl
CEO, Innovation Forum
09:05am - 09:15am
Opening words
Prof. Nigel K. H. Slater FREng, CEng, FIChemE
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Enterprise and Regional Affairs of the University of Cambridge
Keynote Address
09:15am - 09:45am
Back to the roots – How world-class science is changing the pharma business
Ruth March, PhD
Vice-President, Personalised Healthcare and Biomarkers at AstraZeneca
09:45am - 10:15am
Bridging the Innovation Gap in accelerating Economic and Social Development in Europe
Markku Markkula
President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), European Comission
10:15am - 10:45am
Networking Refreshment Break with Exhibits
Executive Panel
10:45am - 11:45am
Dynamic Innovation in a Globalised World
- Chair: Dr Simon Haworth, Founder & CEO, Dynasty Biotechnology and the Sino-UK Fund
- Prof. Alan Barrell, Entrepreneur in Residence, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
- Alan Moonsoo Kim, CEO & Founder of BeNative
- Edward Zheng, Chairman, Singapore Luxury Investment Group
- Prof. Yu Xiong, Chair of Technology and Operations Management at Northumbria University
11:45am - 12:45pm
The changing face of Global Innovation Investment
- Chair: Jordi Mata Fink, Senior Associate, VentureLabs at Flagship Ventures
- Dr Ian Tomlinson, Chairman of the Apollo Therapeutics Investment Fund & Chairman of the Board at the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
- Candace Johnson, President of EBAN – The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players
- Eliot Forster, CEO of Immunocore Limited
- Matthew Foy, Partner SR One
- Ian Oliver, Executive Director, Assurance at Ernst & Young
12:45pm - 02:00pm
Networking Luncheon with Exhibits
Keynote Address
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm
Doing innovative science in a big pharama
Prof. Patrick Vallance
President, Pharmaceuticals R&D, GSK
Concurrent Tracks
Trending in Therapeutics
Trending in Medical Devices
Trending in Cleantech
02:30pm - 03:15pm
Precision Medicine
- Jon Moore, CSO of Horizon Discovery
- Steve Jackson FRS, FMedSci, Professor of Biology at University of Cambridge; Head of Cancer Research UK Laboratories at the Gurdon Institute
Virtual Reality, Gamification, AI and Robotics – Brought to you by IMS Health
- Dr Peter Waggett, Director of Emerging Technology IBM UK
- John Rigg, PhD, Head of Predictive Analytics, Global Real-World Evidence Solutions, IMS Health
Innovation in Cleantech for Smart Cities – Challenges in Energy sustainability (02:30pm – 03:30pm) – Brought to you by Cambridge Cleantech
- Mr Alan R Kell BSc MSc OBE, MD of Intelligent & Green Systems Ltd.; Chair, Cambridge Cleantech Smart Cities Group
- Chris Hole, Senior Consultant, TPP group
- Lee Hyde, Bouygues
- Mark Broadhead, Business Development Manager, APC Technology Group Plc
03:15pm - 04:00pm
Immunotherapy
- Nadia Luheshi, Scientist II at MedImmune
- Jordi Mata Fink, Rubius Therapeutics
Digital Healthcare and Wearable Technologies
- Dr Firat Yazicioglu, Head of Neuromodulation Devices, GSK Bioelectronics R&D
- Neil Daly, Chief Executive of Skin Analytics
- Dr Giles Sanders, Senior Consultant, The Technology Partnership plc
Cleantech Investors & Challenges (03:30pm – 04:00pm)
- Dr Ilian Iliev, CEO & founder of EcoMachines Ventures
- Jim Totty, Cleantech private equity, Sustainable Technology Investors Limited
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Networking Refreshment Break with Exhibits
SME Showcases
04:30pm - 05:15pm
Medical Devices
- (Chair + 5 mins intro) Karen Livingstone, Director of Partnerships and Industry engagement for the Eastern Academic Health Science Network and the National Director for SBRI Healthcare
- Paul Bate, Director of NHS Services, Babylon
- Dr Mike Irvine, VP Technology Alliances, Lightpoint Medical
Challenges in Energy sustainability
- James Johnston, CEO & Co-founder of Open Utility
- James Wilde, Managing Director, Innovation & Policy and Markets, Carbon Trust
- Dr Dawid Klimczak, Chief Executive Officer of Enea Trading
05:15pm - 05:30pm
Intermission
Closing Panel
05:30pm - 05:40pm
Short introductory keynote: Open innvation as a strategy for Biotech companies
Harren Jhoti PhD FRSC FMedSci
President & CEO, Astex Pharmaceuticals
05:40pm - 06:30pm
Open Innovation and Open science – Enabling the 4th industrial revolution
- Chair: Harren Jhoti PhD FRSC FMedSci, President & CEO, Astex Pharmaceuticals
- Dr Ann De Beuckelaer, Managing Director at BioMed X Innovation Center
- Dr Martino Picardo, CEO, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
- Dr Lisa Melton, Senior News Editor for Nature Biotechnology
- Prof. Chas Bountra, Chief Scientist, Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford
- Dr Kai Stoeber, Vice President, Global Innovation at Shionogi Europe
06:30pm - 06:40pm
Closing Keynote
Sir Paul Judge
Business leader and philanthropist
06:40pm
Drinks Reception – made possible by BeNative
07:30pm
Gala Dinner at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge – made possible by MedCity
Day 2 September 22nd of 2016
Building Blocks
08:30am - 09:00am
Registration
09:10am - 09:20am
Welcome and Day 1 debrief
Bauke Anninga
COO at Innovation Forum
09:20am - 09:30am
Short Intro keynote
Harriet Fear MBE
Chief Executive of One Nucleus
Executive Panel
09:30am - 10:30am
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel.
Building the Best Possible Team from Scratch – Brought to you by One Nucleus
- Chair: Harriet Fear MBE, Chief Executive of One Nucleus
- Lily Cortese MBA, Director, Business Operations & Project Management, J&J Innovation
- Neil Burns, Co-founder of George James Ltd.
- Tarquin Bennett-Coles, Principal Consultant, Life Sciences Practice EMEA & North America at Carmichael Fisher
- Linda Summerton, MA, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Immodulon Therapeutics
- Paolo Moscuzza, Partner, OE Cam LLP
Keynote Address
10:30am - 10:50am
Cambridge Phenomenon: Inspiration for Entrepreneurs
Charles Cotton
Founder & Chairman of Cambridge Phenomenon International Ltd
10:50am - 11:30am
Networking refreshment break with exhibits
11:30am - 01:00pm
Final of the IMAGINE IF! 2016 Accelerator
- Dr Ann Connolly, Senior Director of New Ventures at Johnson & Johnson Innovation
- Kevin Johnson, Co-founder of Medicxi Ventures
- Sarah Haywood, Chief Executive Officer of MedCity
- Kieran Murphy, President & CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences
01:00pm - 02:00pm
Networking Luncheon with exhibit
Keynote Address
02:00pm - 02:30pm
Developing patient centric technology
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg F. Debatin, MBA
Vice President, Chief Technology and Medical Officer, GE Healthcare, GE Corporate Officer
Workshops (in parallel)
Executive Panel
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Innovation and healthcare systems – creating access
- (Chair) Dr Nick Scott-Ram MBE, Director of Commercial Development at the Oxford AHSN
- Dr Nicholas Ibery, Associate Partner at Pangea Investors LLP
- Antony Mattessich, Managing Director, Mundipharma International
- Aimie Chapple, Managing Director, UK Health Industry and UK and Ireland Client Innovation at Accenture
- Karolina Korth, International Business Development, ROCHE Diabetes Care / Emminens
- Raja Shankar, Senior Principal, IMS Consulting Group
03:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Spin out or sneak out?
Dr Jeremy Sosabowski
CEO of AlgoDynamix, Serial entrepreneur
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Tech Transfer Practices – Spin out or sneak out?
- Chair: Simon Portman, Managing Associate at Marks & Clerk Solicitors LLP
- Prof. Gino Martini, Visiting Professor in Pharmaceutical Innovation, King’s College London / Roche
- Dr Giles Dudley, Head of Company Creation, Sunergos Innovations
- Dr Tom Weaver, Chief Executive Officer of Congenica Ltd.
- Dr Jeremy Sosabowski, CEO of AlgoDynamix, Serial entrepreneur
- Dr Howard Marriage, Translator and Entrepreneur in Residence, Company founder and Chairman
- Piero Formica, Senior Research Fellow of the Innovational Value Institute, Maynooth University
IMAGINE IF!
04:45 PM - 05:15 PM
Announcement of winners of the IMAGINE IF! Pitch Final
Keynote Address
05:15pm - 05:35pm
Distilling the Sky – Art meets Science
Pinar Yoldas
Cross-disciplinary Artist & Independent Researcher
05:35pm - 05:45pm
Closing Keynote – Close of Conference
Prof. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
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