This webinar will explore the potential impact of the addition of AI or Machine Learning to embedded solutions in the Mobility sector. Building on the success of the initial Implementing AI Webinars, in partnership with EPoSS (the European Technology Platform for Smart Systems), we have launched the AI at the Edge monthly webinar series for product designers and technologists looking at developments in embedded AI solutions (AIoT).

The addition of AI or Machine Learning to embedded solutions will provide a powerful advance in the implementation of smart systems and support the advances in digitalisation that apply to all industry sectors. To help organisations understand the opportunities of this emerging technology area, the webinars will focus on the potential impact on a set of industry sectors: Digital Industry, Mobility and Healthcare. Each webinar will consist of a series of keynote presentations and industry case studies. The series is aimed at both technology users, who want to understand the capabilities of technologies, as well as product development engineers, designers and product managers who are looking to improve the capabilities of the systems that they design.

Webinars in this series 

• 9th October | Digital Industry

• 13th November | Mobility

• 11th December | Healthcare

The “Photonics for…” webinar series, in partnership with Hamamatsu Photonics and the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, will look at photonics technologies in a variety of sectors and applications. Speakers from industry and academia will highlight the latest developments and KTN will provide an overview of the landscape and funding opportunities for each area. The series is aimed at companies and researchers developing photonics technology, and at end-users looking to solve challenges and to produce innovative products and services. Its main aim is to bring together photonics specialists with end-users, therefore there will be bookable one-to-one online meetings running across the whole series to support collaboration.

You can register below for one or more of our upcoming events: 

1st September – Photonics for…Environmental Monitoring
29th September – Photonics for…Manufacture
27th October – Photonics for…Security and Defence
24th November – Photonics for…Agri-Food
15th December – Photonics for…Quantum Applications
26th January – Photonics for…Water Industry Challenges

As part of the 50th Intelligent Sensing Program – Emerging & Novel Sensing Technologies for Precision Medicine & Digital Health

13 October 2020—15 October 2020

10:00-12:00

As recent emerging healthcare technologies, Precision Medicine and Digital Health have attracted great commercial investment in developing new technology developments, among them sensing technologies are the keys.

At this session, we have invited three expert speakers to share some novel sensing technologies currently underdevelopment with attendees, e.g. Implantable technology and segmental microfluidic sensing technologies, etc.  In addition, four relevant companies will showcase their novel sensing technologies.

The use of digital assets including electronic health records and remote collection of ‘vital signs’ combined with a deeper understanding of individuals’ physiology has led to the emergence of a new health care strategy; precision medicine. This has the potential to enable more precise diagnosis, more informed clinical decisions and, ultimately, a more targeted and effective treatment or intervention for every patient, improving the overall care quality.

Sensor technology, which features at various points in the precision medicine landscape, can enhance diagnostics, therapy management and health status monitoring and is a key component of this new approach at multiple stages of the patient journey.

This 3 days webinar will bring together relevant communities, sensor technology providers, new molecular characterisation technology developers and innovators working in AI, and other relevant stakeholders such as innovation funders. It aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, stimulate new ideas generation, develop new collaborations and partnerships.

Leading experts will discuss key subjects relevant to market challenges and opportunities, state of the art sensing technologies, emerging sensing technologies, as well as relevant innovation funding opportunities in the UK. Additionally, selected industry companies will showcase their technologies, expertise, and capabilities in shorter pitching talks.

Collaboration Platform: Our online networking tool, Meeting Mojo, can be used to discuss collaborative opportunities and facilitate introductions between the delegates and the speakers.

Meeting Mojo provides powerful networking through online messaging and 1:1 virtual meetings. You will be able to use this to upload your profile, search other users’ profiles and book video chat meetings via the platform which will take place after each webinar.

Confirmed Speakers

• Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch, CEO & Founder, Impli Ltd

• Xize Niu, Director & Founder, SouthWestSensor Ltd

As part of the 50th Intelligent Sensing Program – State of the Art of Sensing Technologies for Precision Medicine and Digital Health

13 October 2020—15 October 2020

10:00-12:00

Sensing technology is the key to enabling the development of Precision Medicine and Digital Health. In this session, we have invited three industry experts to present their technologies developed for use in Precision Medicine and Digital Health practices.

They will discuss using wearable to achieve digital phenotypic for diseases diagnostics and deep machine learning method for cancer detections. In addition, four relevant companies will showcase their technologies.

The use of digital assets including electronic health records and remote collection of ‘vital signs’ combined with a deeper understanding of individuals’ physiology has led to the emergence of a new health care strategy; precision medicine. This has the potential to enable more precise diagnosis, more informed clinical decisions and, ultimately, a more targeted and effective treatment or intervention for every patient, improving the overall care quality.

Sensor technology, which features at various points in the precision medicine landscape, can enhance diagnostics, therapy management and health status monitoring and is a key component of this new approach at multiple stages of the patient journey.

This 3 days webinar will bring together relevant communities, sensor technology providers, new molecular characterisation technology developers and innovators working in AI, and other relevant stakeholders such as innovation funders. It aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, stimulate new ideas generation, develop new collaborations and partnerships.

Leading experts will discuss key subjects relevant to market challenges and opportunities, state of the art sensing technologies, emerging sensing technologies, as well as relevant innovation funding opportunities in the UK. Additionally, selected industry companies will showcase their technologies, expertise, and capabilities in shorter pitching talks.

Collaboration Platform: Our online networking tool, Meeting Mojo, can be used to discuss collaborative opportunities and facilitate introductions between the delegates and the speakers.

Meeting Mojo provides powerful networking through online messaging and 1:1 virtual meetings. You will be able to use this to upload your profile, search other users’ profiles and book video chat meetings via the platform which will take place after each webinar.

Confirmed Speakers

• Charles Nduka, Chief Scientific Officer, Emteq Limited

• Mustafa Alhamdi, Data Scientist, Innovative Physics Ltd

As part of the 50th Intelligent Sensing Program – The Market, Challenges and Opportunities - Technology Development and Trend

13 October 2020—15 October 2020

10:00-12:00

In this session, three expert speakers will share their knowledge on market challenges, opportunities, and technology development trend in Precision Medicine, Digital Health and Biosensor technologies. In addition, four relevant companies will showcase their technologies.

The use of digital assets including electronic health records and remote collection of ‘vital signs’ combined with a deeper understanding of individuals’ physiology has led to the emergence of a new health care strategy; precision medicine. This has the potential to enable more precise diagnosis, more informed clinical decisions and, ultimately, a more targeted and effective treatment or intervention for every patient, improving the overall care quality.

Sensor technology, which features at various points in the precision medicine landscape, can enhance diagnostics, therapy management and health status monitoring and is a key component of this new approach at multiple stages of the patient journey.

This 3 days webinar will bring together relevant communities, sensor technology providers, new molecular characterisation technology developers and innovators working in AI, and other relevant stakeholders such as innovation funders. It aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, stimulate new ideas generation, develop new collaborations and partnerships.

Leading experts will discuss key subjects relevant to market challenges and opportunities, state of the art sensing technologies, emerging sensing technologies, as well as relevant innovation funding opportunities in the UK. Additionally, selected industry companies will showcase their technologies, expertise, and capabilities in shorter pitching talks.

Collaboration Platform: Our online networking tool, Meeting Mojo, can be used to discuss collaborative opportunities and facilitate introductions between the delegates and the speakers.

Meeting Mojo provides powerful networking through online messaging and 1:1 virtual meetings. You will be able to use this to upload your profile, search other users’ profiles and book video chat meetings via the platform which will take place after each webinar.

Confirmed Speakers

• Ken Suntherland, President of Canon Medical Europe, Canon Medical System Ltd

• Prof Richard Luxton, Director, Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology at UWE

This webinar will explore the potential impact of the addition of AI or Machine Learning to embedded solutions in the Digital Industry.

Building on the success of the initial Implementing AI Webinars, in partnership with EPoSS (the European Technology Platform for Smart Systems), we have launched the AI at the Edge monthly webinar series for product designers and technologists looking at developments in embedded AI solutions (AIoT).

The addition of AI or Machine Learning to embedded solutions will provide a powerful advance in the implementation of smart systems and support the advances in digitalisation that apply to all industry sectors.

To help organisations understand the opportunities of this emerging technology area, the webinars will focus on the potential impact on a set of industry sectors: Digital Industry, Mobility and Healthcare. Each webinar will consist of a series of keynote presentations and industry case studies.

The series is aimed at both technology users, who want to understand the capabilities of technologies, as well as product development engineers, designers and product managers who are looking to improve the capabilities of the systems that they design.

Webinars in this series 

• 9th October | Digital Industry

• 13th November | Mobility

• 11th December | Healthcare

*Online*

Join us to hear from an expert panel providing the latest information on international digital health tech developments and find out how you can internationalise your offer. Topics to be covered:- 

• The latest on Apps for self-care and wellness

• Prescribing apps and digital therapeutics

• Tele-medicine; Remote monitoring; Remote triage

• Support for companies in the Health Tech space to sell their products in overseas markets.

 Who is this webinar for?

South West Healthcare and Life Sciences companies with products and services that have scope to develop digitally and internationalise.

Please Note: We will send you details of the online platform and login details prior to the event.

Expert Panel members

Sarah Hildersley – Department for International Trade SW, Healthcare sector lead

With extensive business development experience as a British diplomat all over the world helping UK companies achieve sales success, and private sector experience from Iraq, Sarah now advises South West companies on their approach to selling in complex markets in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.  Having worked extensively with small businesses and some of the largest UK firms, Sarah is well placed to help our companies secure sales in the most efficient way.  Sarah helps companies analyse their route to market and to secure sustainable sales.  She recently took on the expanded role of High Growth Markets Specialist in recognition of our levelling-up plans to help South West companies break into new markets.  http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahhildersley

Hassan Chaudhury – Department for International Trade HQ Digital Healthcare lead

Hassan Chaudhury is a Digital Healthcare expert from the Department of International Trade.  He has a Health and Social Care background spanning NHS informatics, commissioning, commissioning support and public health.  Hassan previously founded a digital agency working with 'real world evidence' supplying global pharma and med tech. He was also a Researcher at Imperial College, London.

Professor Richard Luxton -  Medilink SW & UWE

Richard initiated the development and launch of Medilink SW in April 2012 and Chairs the Board of Directors. In 2008 he launched the Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology, UWE with Prof Janice Kiely and in 2018 they launched the Health Tech Hub.

Medilink South West is part of Medilink UK; a national health technology business support organisation. Medilink South West supports innovation, new product development and diversification in the sector by providing focused events, identifying potential research and commercial opportunities and highlighting details of the latest funding competitions.  The network includes hundreds of companies and organisations across the healthcare sector, including manufacturing; supply chain; materials and design and support services. Medilink provides the knowledge and support to help your business grow and exploit opportunities.

Richard Wyatt-Haines – Founder and Director of HCI, (Health and Care Innovations LLP)

Richard Wyatt-Haines is the founder and Director of HCI, a partnership with Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust that is transforming healthcare, using digital solutions to improve patient education, support remote consultations, reduce unnecessary outpatient appointments and increase clinicians’ capacity to care.

HCI has produced and implemented the largest collection of health and care information videos in the UK and plays a key part in developing new technological solutions for the NHS, including the national health and care video library made free for NHS use during COVID-19 by NHSX.

He is also the author of ‘Align IT’, an insightful book that helps readers realise the potential of IT and take steps to achieve their goals. Throughout this book, he incorporates his knowledge gained from years as a facilitator and insightful speaker.

Do you have a digital idea for primary care settings challenged by COVID-19?

This autumn the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is partnering with NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group to host the Spread Academy (Digital Primary Care) – a virtual academy to support primary care teams across the South West to prepare their digital projects for spread and scale.

Our Spread Academy is an immersive training programme designed to equip teams and leaders in health and care with the skills and insight they need to unleash large-scale change. Developed in collaboration with renowned US-based social change agency, Billions Institute, the academy teaches a practical framework for designing and leading large-scale change that the Billions Institute call the ‘Model for Unleashing’.

The Spread Academy (Digital Primary Care) will be delivered entirely remotely across eight online sessions from 22 September to 17 November 2020.

Applications are welcomed from teams and leaders in primary care across Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, with a digital health or care project that is ready to spread and scale across a primary care system.