Leeds, UK

Programme (tentative, all tbc)

DAY 1 – Thursday 16^th March 2023

09:30 – Welcome and overview of programme – LTHT BD&I team

10:00 – 10:30 Patrick Trotter, Medilink, Head of Innovation, Commercialisation and Regulatory

10:30 – 11:00 Robert McGough, Partner, Hill Dickinson

11:00 – 11:30 Nick Hex, Associate Director (NHS and Public Sector), York Health Economics Consortium

11:30 – 12:00 Ryan Palmer, Business Development Manager, Orcha Health

12:00 – 12:30 Lunch for delegation and then walk to Nexus

DAY 1 – Thursday 16^th March 2023 – afternoon session

12:30 – 13:00 Arrival, registration, tea/coffee

13:00 -13:30 Welcome session

13:00-13:10 Professor Phil Wood, Chief Executive, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

13:10-13:20 Henry Rigg, Director of Trade and Investment, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

13:20-13.30 Kari Anne Dehli, Head of Public and Private Partnerships, Norway Health Tech

13:30-14:15 Panel session: Working together for patient and economic benefit in Leeds and Norway

• Chaired by Dennis Dokter, Manager Data and Insights, Smart Cities Lead at Nexus, University of Leeds
• Chris Herbert, Director of Operations, Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Amy Lochtie, Innovation Hub Director, West Yorkshire and Harrogate, Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network
• Luan Linden-Phillips, Innovation Adoption Specialist, Leeds Academic Health Partnership
• Steph Oliver Beech, HealthTech Regional Lead, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Trine Radmann, Head of International Affairs, Norway Health Tech

14:15-15:30 Refreshments and Networking in the Innovation Marketplace

15:30-16:15 Seminar session: Strategic Drivers for Clinical Innovation: Hospitals of the Future Norway and UK

Introduced by James Goodyear, Director of Strategy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Presentations from:

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

• Mike Bacon, Programme Director, Building the Leeds Way Programme
• Anne Stanton, Deputy Director, Building the Leeds Way Programme
• Jonny Sylvester, Digital Lead, Building the Leeds Way Programme

Oslo University Hospital (OUS)

• Tine Borgen Hildisch, Programme Manager, Oslo University Hospital

16:15-17:00 Panel session: Doing Business in Leeds: Perspectives from Norway and UK

Chaired by Greg Wright, Business Editor, Yorkshire Post

Featuring:

• Barry Singleton, Business Development Officer, NEXUS Leeds
• Andreas Landsverk, Director of Partnerships, Ledidi
• Sven Seljom, Chief Sales Officer, RoomMate and Sensio
• Thomas Ims, Chief Operating Officer, SmartCrowding
• Ewa Truchanowicz, PhD, FRSA, Managing Director, Dignio
• Harrison Evans, Director of R&D and Collaboration, Itecho Health

17:00-17:05 Close

18:30-20:30 Optional dinner and drinks

Hoist House, 6, 7 Wellington Pl, Whitehall Rd, Leeds LS1 4AW

DAY 2 – Friday 17^th March 2023

08:45 – 09:00 Arrival, registration and tea/coffee

09:00 – 09:05 Opening remarks

Dr Ai Lyn Tan, Director of Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

09:05-09:45 Fireside chat: Clinical Innovation in Practice

Chaired by

• Chris Herbert, Director of Operations, Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Prof Hermant Pandit, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Leeds and Honorary Consultant at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Ryan Mathew, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds (UoL) and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Prof Tze Min Wah, Senior Consultant Radiologist in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Kent Roger Bjørklund, Special Adviser, New Oslo University Hospital

09:45 -10:45 Company pitches Session 1

Pitches from: CheckWare, Dignio, DNV Imatis, Holocare, Ledidi

10:45 – 11:00 Refreshments

11:00-11:45 Company pitches session 2

Pitches from: Medlytic, SmartCrowding, Bliksund

11:45 – 12:30 Targeted Matchmaking sessions with Norway Health Tech delegation companies

Hosted by the Innovation Pop Up, Business Development and Innovation Team, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Time tbc Side Meeting – LTHT AI Group & NORA (Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium)

• Alex Moltzau, AI Policy, Governance, Ethics and International Partnerships
• Dr Chris Herbert, Director of Operations, Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Chris Hammond, Clinical Director, Radiology CSU, Consultant Vascular Radiologist
• Dr Kieran Zucker, NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Oncology Specialist Registrar
• Prof Alex Frangi, Diamond Jubilee Chair in Computational Medicine and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, with joint appointments at the School of Computing and the School of Medicine

12:30 – Close

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Contact persons in Norway Health Tech:
Trine Radmann, Head of International Affairs tr@norwayhealthtech.com

Irene Chelliah, Medical and International Advisor irc@norwayhealthtech.com

Kari Anne Dehli, Senior Project Manager kad@norwayhealthtech.com

The Market Entry Program UK and connected events are funded by Stiftelsen Teknologiformidling.