A welcome address will be given with a short introduction to Empact Ventures, how the event is structured and important safety messages (E.g. emergency exists, fire alarms etc) and new opportunities

A welcome and introduction will be provided by our event:

• • Vee Mapunde, Co-Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research HealthTech Research Centre for Accelerated Surgical Care will provide an introduction to the NIHR, its programmes, and the support available for attendees
• • Madhur Srivastava, CEO, DocHQ will provide an introduction to its AI and Computer Vision work in the healthcare, fitness and wellness, and insurance sectors

This will be followed by an introduction to our host and supporting partners:

• • GBS will provide an introduction to the institution, its courses, programmes and opportunities to collaborate or get involved with presentations delivered in:
    • Leeds by Daniel Conneely Employability and Entrepreneurship Mentoring Manager Global Banking School

• • • London by Sally Web, Head of Careers and Employability
  • • Birmingham by Dr David Bozward, Head of Entrepreneurship and Employability
  • Con Franklin, Director, Rosely Group will outline its work in the healthcare sector and the support for healthcare organisations through Rosely Group, SMEs through its Start PR firm and startups/scaleups through Briefly

The session will discuss the opportunities and concerns about what is happening in these areas in the UK, the NHS and PPIE and it will be hosted by Madhur Srivastava (CEO, DocHQ) with a fireside chat guest in each city to be announced

Con Franklin (CEO, Rosely Group) will chair a roundtable discussion in each of the 3 events with 4 panellists including innovation leaders at NHS trusts, business leaders in health insurance firms, leading tech giants and SMEs to discuss this topic followed by Q & A with the audience

• Leeds Panelists (To be Confirmed)

• London Panelists (confirmed to date)
  • Anastasia Chalkidou, Associate Director HealthTech (Medical Technologies and Interventional Procedures evaluation), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Birmingham (confirmed to date)
  • Steve Farmery-Virgis, Birmingham Hospice

A carefully curated Pitch Session will be facilitated by the Global Tech for Good Competition, Super Connect for Good that will showcase local to global AI / HealthTech / MedTech innovations developed by 3 tech startups and 3 scaleups who will pitch to the Roundtable panellists and audience for pilots, partnerships and feedback

• Leeds Panelists (confirmed to date)

• • Dr Richard Evans, Head of Innovation and Business Development
• • Tim East, Propel, Accelerators and International Workstream, Innovation Yorkshire & Humber

• London Panelists (confirmed to date)
  • Anastasia Chalkidou, Associate Director HealthTech (Medical Technologies and Interventional Procedures evaluation), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Birmingham (confirmed to date)
  • Steve Farmery-Virgis, Birmingham Hospice

Note: More panellists will be added as we confirm them with startups and scaleups to be announced in due course for each city

Following on from the morning session, attendees begin networking with speakers and attendees over lunch (kindly provided by GBS) and getting involved in:

• Super Connect Support*: The Super Connect team at Empact Ventures will super connect attendees with potential partners, clients, funders, business support or collaborators through the following:

• • Upon Arrival: Those who registered, opted in to be super connected and check-in as attendees on the day will receive 3 introductions by email to the wider Super Connect Network based on the information provided on the registration form
• • During the Event (Super Connector Support) – Attendees will be able to consult the Empact Ventures team to make a warm in-person introduction to speakers, partners, and exhibitors that they’d like to meet based on their broad needs
• • During the Event (Super Connect Wall) – Attendees will be able to view the photos of all speakers, exhibitors, partners and opted-in registrants will support them in finding them in the event
• • After the Event: Attendees will receive 3 more super connections to potential partners, clients, funders, collaborators or business support based on their original registration or in-event Super Connect form via the Super Connect Wall

• Careers and Business Support Expo: to enable attendees to connect with potential employers from small to large organisations to explore new employment or internship opportunities with a selection of business support organisations providing advice to aspiring or existing startups, scaleups and SMEs

Learn More in the Rise of the Super Connectors piece in leading tech publication Maddyness here

A keynote speaker in each of the 3 events will be announced and will cover this topic (more details coming soon)

Attendees will be able to register to join one of five roundtables in each of the events on the following topics as part of their registration that will provide an opportunity to connect with a cross-sector community of practice involved in the event’s theses with a nominee summarising their thoughts to share with the audience at the end:

• Sustainability in Healthcare (Chaired by: Empact Ventures)
• Health Inequalities (Chaired by NIHR)
• MSK (Chaired by DocHQ)
• Training, Skills and Capacity Building (Chaired by GBS)
• Mental Health and Wellbeing (Chaired by Rosely Group)

At each event, we will be joined by 2 speakers who will do a quick 10-minute workshop on the following topics followed by 5 minutes of Q & A to help attendees understand their innovation funding options for their HealthTech ventures or projects:

• Grant Funding
• Alternative Finance options (e.g. debt, R & D Tax Credit Claims, Patent Box Relief, IP Leveraged Funding
• Investment

The first two topics will be delivered in each event by Sandy Finley (Partnerships Director, Visiativ UK) and the third topic will be delivered by an investment firm with Leeds so far confirmed (Emma Cassidy, Investment Executive, DSW Ventures) and two new speakers to be confirmed

Following on from the lunch session, attendees begin networking with speakers and attendees with refreshments (kindly provided by GBS) and getting involved in:

• Super Connect Support*: The Super Connect team at Empact Ventures will super connect attendees with potential partners, clients, funders, business support or collaborators through the following:

• • Upon Arrival: Those who registered, opted in to be super connected and check-in as attendees on the day will receive 3 introductions by email to the wider Super Connect Network based on the information provided on the registration form
• • During the Event (Super Connector Support) – Attendees will be able to consult the Empact Ventures team to make a warm in-person introduction to speakers, partners, and exhibitors that they’d like to meet based on their broad needs
• • During the Event (Super Connect Wall) – Attendees will be able to view the photos of all speakers, exhibitors, partners and opted-in registrants will support them in finding them in the event
• • After the Event: Attendees will receive 3 more super connections to potential partners, clients, funders, collaborators or business support based on their original registration or in-event Super Connect form via the Super Connect Wall

• Careers and Business Support Expo: to enable attendees to connect with potential employers from small to large organisations to explore new employment or internship opportunities with a selection of business support organisations providing advice to aspiring or existing startups, scaleups and SMEs

Learn More in the Rise of the Super Connectors piece in leading tech publication Maddyness here