Innovation Forum 2016 – Leaders Conference
Are you a scientist interested to connect with industry leaders from Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Amgen, GE Healthcare, AstraZeneca, GSK and many more? Are you keen to gauge a future in industry, secure funding for your research or identify investment partners to commercialise your science? Join us at the 3rd “Innovation Forum 2016 – Leaders Conference”, to be held on the 21st and 22nd September 2016 in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

This two-day meeting will bring early career scientists together with the foremost R&D-industry executives in an effort to foster networking and partnership. There is an increasing trend to connect both young and seasoned academics with their peers in industry. This conference provides that platform with over 60 speakers, 600 delegates including CEOs, prominent investors, top innovators and entrepreneurs. Aside from the engaging keynote lectures, workshops and networking sessions, this conference includes the world finals of the IMAGINE IF startup accelerator, with cutting-edge science & technology ventures.
Date: 21 September 2016, 9:00 (Wednesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2016)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Prof. Leszek Borysiewicz (Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge), Prof. Jörg F. Debatin, M.D., MBA (Vice President, Chief Technology and Medical Officer, GE Healthcare), Prof. Patrick Vallance (President, Pharmaceuticals R&D, GSK), Dr. Ruth March (Vice President, Personalised Healthcare and Biomarkers, AstraZeneca), Dr Nick Scott-Ram (Oxford AHSN), Dr. Ann Connolly (Senior Director of New Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Innovation), Prof. Steve Jackson (Head of CRUK, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)
Organiser contact email address: info@inno-forum.org
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://www.inno-forum.org/conference/
Audience: Public
Editor: Danuta Jeziorska