Events calendar
This is a month by month calendar of third-party events that take place around the world. It is ideal for researchers, funders and policy-makers looking for key conferences where they can learn, network and raise visibility of their activities in the field of research and innovation for health and health equity.
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March 2010:
International Workshop: User and User-Driven Innovation Workshop
- Organization: UN University and Open University, UK
- Targeted audience:
- Location: Open University, Milton Keynes
- Website: http://thesys.open.ac.uk/
The Open University, through the ESRC Innogen Centre and the Development Policy and Practice Group in the Department of Design, Development, Environment and Materials are co-organising the workshop with the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT).
The 2-day event takes place at the Open University, in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, and seeks to provide an opportunity for discussion and further thinking about the drivers behind increased interest in user and user driven innovation in various sectors and contexts, as well as what the implications of increased focus on, and prevalence of, user driven and user innovation will be for developing countries.
A number of leading global academics and practitioners in the area of innovation will be at the workshop.
Contact Dr Julius Mugwagwa (j.t.mugwagwa@open.ac.uk), Prof Joanna Chataway (j.c.chataway@open.ac.uk), Prof Fred Gault (gault@merit.unu.edu), or Marlene Gordon (m.gordon@open.ac.uk) Phone: + 44 (0) 1908 654 782
The 2-day event takes place at the Open University, in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, and seeks to provide an opportunity for discussion and further thinking about the drivers behind increased interest in user and user driven innovation in various sectors and contexts, as well as what the implications of increased focus on, and prevalence of, user driven and user innovation will be for developing countries.
A number of leading global academics and practitioners in the area of innovation will be at the workshop.
Contact Dr Julius Mugwagwa (j.t.mugwagwa@open.ac.uk), Prof Joanna Chataway (j.c.chataway@open.ac.uk), Prof Fred Gault (gault@merit.unu.edu), or Marlene Gordon (m.gordon@open.ac.uk) Phone: + 44 (0) 1908 654 782
Medical Innovation 2010: A Global Perspective on Healthcare Innovation
- Organization: George Institute and Skill Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
- Targeted audience: Policy makers
- Location: Oxford, UK
- Website: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/entrepreneurship/events/Pages/MedicalInnovation2010.aspx
Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The George Institute for International Health, and supported by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Medical Innovation 2010 will bring together over 300 healthcare professionals, managers, policy makers and researchers for a two-day conference at the Saïd Business School in Oxford. Through a dynamic programme including keynote speeches, parallel sessions, entrepreneurship workshops and networking opportunities, we aim to provide an exclusive insight into the global challenge of healthcare innovation.
This is an exciting opportunity to engage with a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, both UK based and international. Throughout the conference you will obtain a 360 degree view of healthcare innovation, culminating in a high level policy debate held on the final day and an introduction to The George Centre for Healthcare Innovation.
Confirmed speakers and panel members include:
* Prof Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
* Sir William Castell, Chairman, The Wellcome Trust
* Prof the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Chair of Surgery, Imperial College and former Minister of Health
* Prof Dame Sally Davies, Director General of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Health and NHS
* Prof Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare; Visiting Professor, Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London
* Prof Ian Gilmore, President, Royal College of Physicians
* Prof Stephen MacMahon and Prof Robyn Norton, Principal Directors, The George Institute for International Health
* Prof Baron Peter Piot, The Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London
* Prof Ngaire Woods, Director, The Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Who should attend?
We expect the audience to include healthcare providers, policy-makers, healthcare entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academics and others from the private and voluntary sectors both in the UK and globally.
This is an exciting opportunity to engage with a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, both UK based and international. Throughout the conference you will obtain a 360 degree view of healthcare innovation, culminating in a high level policy debate held on the final day and an introduction to The George Centre for Healthcare Innovation.
Confirmed speakers and panel members include:
* Prof Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
* Sir William Castell, Chairman, The Wellcome Trust
* Prof the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Chair of Surgery, Imperial College and former Minister of Health
* Prof Dame Sally Davies, Director General of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Health and NHS
* Prof Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations, GE Healthcare; Visiting Professor, Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London
* Prof Ian Gilmore, President, Royal College of Physicians
* Prof Stephen MacMahon and Prof Robyn Norton, Principal Directors, The George Institute for International Health
* Prof Baron Peter Piot, The Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London
* Prof Ngaire Woods, Director, The Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Who should attend?
We expect the audience to include healthcare providers, policy-makers, healthcare entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academics and others from the private and voluntary sectors both in the UK and globally.