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Investing in Medical Nanotechnologies II

 

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Day 1 - Wednesday 28th November
Day 2 - Thursday 29th December

9.20 - 9.30
Welcome and Introduction
Ottilia Saxl, CEO, The Institute of Nanotechnology

Plenary session
The Promise of Nanomedicine

Chair: Prof. Shervanthi Homer Vanniasinkam, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary Professor of Translational Vascular Medicine, Leeds Medical School UK

9.30 - 9.55

Prof. Dr J W (Hans) Hofstraat, Vice President Philips Research, Healthcare Strategic Partnerships

10.00 - 10.25

Dr Tar Choon Aw, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Monash University School of Medicine, Malaysia

10.30 - 10.55
Refreshments
   

Session 1:
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Chair: Professor Jörg Vienken, Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care, Germany

11.00 - 11.20

Prof. Jörg Vienken, Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care

11.25 -11.45

Nicholas Sleep, CEO Magnecell Ltd

11.50 - 12.10

Dr Nick Skaer, CEO, Oxford Biomaterials

12.15 - 12.35

Dr Eliane Schutte, Signifix

12.40-13.55
Lunch
   

Session 2:
Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Development

Chair: Dr. Richard Moore, Manager, Nanomedicine and Lifesciences, Institute of Nanotechnology

14.00 - 14.25

Prof. Clive Washington, Principal Scientist, Astra Zeneca

14.30 - 14.50

Prof. Amarnath Maitra, University of Delhi

14.55 - 15.15

Professor Peter Ghazal, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK

15.20 - 15.45
Refreshments
   
15.50 - 16.10

Dr Daniel E Lynch, Technical Director, Exilica Ltd

16.15 - 16.35

Karsten Hipler, CEO, ImuThes


16.45 - 18.00


Drinks and Networking

Sponsored by MTI Partners Ltd.


18.30 - 20.00


Public Debate:
'Nanomedicine… hype? Or a real revolution in healthcare?'


9.20 - 9.30
NanoMedNet - an overview
  Richard Moore, Nanomedicine and Lifesciences, Institute of Nanotechnology, UK

Plenary session:
Medical Nanotechnology- Challenges and Opportunities

Chair: Dr Leonard Fass, GE Healthcare, UK

9.30 - 9.55
Nanotech - Cutting through the hype. A realistic business case for pharma
Dr Thomas Keller, Director - World Wide Applied Technology, GlaxoSmithKline

10.00 - 10.25 Medical Nanotechnology: A Clinician-Scientist's Perspective
 

Professor Shervanthi Homer Vanniasinkam, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary Professor of Translational Vascular Medicine, Leeds Medical School, UK

10.30 - 10.55

Refreshments

   

Session 3:
Novel Devices, Nanosensors and Diagnostics

Chair: Professor Michael Horton, Bone and Mineral Centre and Sackler Institute for Musculoskeletal Research, Executive Council member of LCN, London, UK

11.00 - 11.20

Highly integrated Lab-on-Chip platform for multiplexed molecular diagnostics
 

Dr. Michele Palmieri, R&D Manager, Lab-on-Chip Program, Microfluidics Division, STMicroelectronics

11.25 - 11.45
 

Dr. Gerry Ronan, CEO, Farfield Scientific, UK

11.50 - 12.10

Prof Lars Montelius, Dean of the Physics Department & Head of Exploratory Nanotechnology Group, University of Lund

12.15 - 13.30

Lunch

Session 4:
Investing in NanoMedicine: Strategy and Vision for the Future

Chair: Rhian Granleese, Marks & Clerk

13.35 - 14.00

Renzo Tomellini, Head of the Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Unit, European Commision

14.05 - 14.30

Robert Geertsma, Centre for Biological Medicines and Medical Technology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, NL

14.35 - 15.00

Dr Nicola Baily, Business Analyst, Technology Transfer, The Wellcome Trust

15.05 - 15.30

Ogan Gurel, Managing Director, XRoads Solutions Group, LLC

15.35 - 15.45

Closing Remarks

 

15..50

Departure

Updated: 23/11/07

 

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