Upon arrival, attendees can check in at the registration desk before choosing from a selection of refreshments and getting involved in:

• Super Connect Expo: to enable attendees to connect with business support organisations providing advice, support, funding or other support, including:
  • Alzheimer’s Society
  • Inspire People
  • Nomius
  • Cut Through Marketing
  • Accelerate Associates
  • Global Good
  • Empower Dementia
  • FundFlex Intelligence
  • More to be announced

• Super Connect Networking*: The Super Connect team at Empact Ventures will super connect attendees who register, opt-in and check-in in person on the day with potential partners, clients, funders, business support or collaborators:

• • During the Event (by email): You’ll be super connected with exhibitors, pitchers, speakers or panellists once they’ve arrived, based on your preferences
  • During the Event (in-person) – Attendees will be able to consult the Lead Super Connector, Kosta Mavroulakis (CEO, Empact Ventures) to make warm introductions in person (if in attendance) to other attendees, speakers or exhibitors
  • During the Event (Super Connect Wall) – Attendees will be able to view the photos of all speakers, exhibitors, partners and attendees opted-in registrants to find them in the event or consult Kosta to introduce them where possible
  • After the Event: We may also super-connect you to a wider network of partners, clients, funders, collaborators, or business support based on your registration form up to 8 weeks after the event, subject to capacity

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

We will welcome delegates and provide an overview of the day’s aims with introductions to our delivery partners:

• Host: Kosta Mavroulakis, Founder & CEO, Empact Ventures and Editor-in-Chief, Global Good
• Graeme Forth, Senior Innovator, The Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programme

This session explore the key business challenges faced by HealthTechs when scaling, and how the right business support can help at each stage of the session. It will cover key areas from product development, to fundraising and recruitment. The panel will feature:

• Andrew Medhurst, Managing Director, Inspire People
• Mike Watson, Co-Founder, Above10x
• Andrew Shortt, Innovation and Growth Specialist, Innovate UK Midlands

Five tech startups and scaleups from the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programmes (LaunchPad and Accelerator) will pitch to our audience and panel including:

• Chair: Simon Lord, Head Of Innovation, the Alzheimer’s Society
• Steven Farmery-Vigus, Interim Operations Director, Camphill Village Trust & Board of Trustees Member-Creative Support & Birmingham Hospice, Angel Investor
• Chandresh Pala, Angel Investor l Co-Founder and CIO of Exponential Positive Impact Capital (EPIC) l CEO of Cohezia
• Kevin Monserrat, Founder and CEO, and Pre-Seed Investor

Note: The pitchers will be announced by 25th June 2026

A refreshment break before returning for the second part with the Super Connect Expo and Super Connect Wall open to support your ongoing networking

The promise of AI in healthcare is vast—from predictive analytics in diagnostics to administrative automation—but the reality of integration into existing UK health and social care frameworks remains a significant challenge. This session focuses on the “last mile” of technology adoption. We will explore how to integrate HealthTech solutions into the daily workflows of clinicians and social care workers without increasing burnout, ensuring that data flows seamlessly between secondary care and community services.

Panellists will include:

• Chair: Kosta Mavroulakis, Founder and CEO, Empact Ventures and Editor-in-Chief at Global Good
• Ian Newington, Innovation and Industry Engagement Lead, NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Brain Injury
• Dace-Dimza-Jones, Dealmaker, Office for Investment and Life Sciences Sector Development Lead, GM Business Growth Hub
• Anastasia Chalkidou, Programme Director (HealthTech) at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Co-Chair – Medical Devices Interest Group at Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)
• Gary Hickey, Senior Research Manager, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

Five more tech startups and scaleups from the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programmes (LaunchPad and Accelerator) will pitch to our audience and panel including:

• Chair: Kosta Mavroulakis, Founder & CEO, Empact Ventures and Editor-in-Chief at Global Good
• Andrew Humphries, Head of Medical Device Innovation Services and Medical Device Safety Officer
• More panellists to be announced

Note: The pitchers will be announced by 25th June 2026

At this point, we will have lunch kindly provided by GBS. You can also continue to use the Super Connect Wall, Networking and Expo to connect with others in the event.