Innovation Forum Leaders Conference
Are you a scientist interested to connect with industry leaders from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Genentech, Sanofi, Shionogi 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 4th “Innovation Forum 2017 – Leaders Conference”, to be held on the 4th and 5th of Dec 2017 in Oxford, United Kingdom.

This two-day meeting will bring scientists together with the foremost R&D-industry executives in an effort to foster networking and partnership. There is an increasing trend to connect academics with their peers in industry. This conference provides that platform with over 60 speakers, 400 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.

For more information visit inno-forum.org/if2017 and to see highlights from the last year conference follow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmkp7gVk2U&t=25s
Date: 4 December 2017, 9:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Speakers: Professor Sir John Bell (Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford), Dr Eliot Forster (CEO of Immunocore Ltd), Gordon Sanghera (CEO Oxford Nanopore Technologies), Jonathan Milner (Investor, Philanthropist, Serial Entrepreneur), Rt Hon. Lord David Willetts (Former Minister of State for Universities and Science), Dr Bruno Holthof (CEO Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), Lord Paul Drayson (Chairman and CEO Drayson Technologies), Richard Mason (Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, London), Ian Tomlinson (Chairman, Apollo Therapeutics Fund), Dr James Sabry (Senior Vice President, Genentech Partnering), Natasha Loder ( The Economist)
Organiser contact email address: info@inno-forum.org
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://inno-forum.org/if2017/
Audience: Public
Editor: Danuta Jeziorska