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Find out about funding opportunities and how to register your place on upcoming events, including our MPD Training Courses designed to provide delegates with insights, knowledge and practical skills for the workplace.

Medilink Midlands, a pan-regional strategic alliance between the Medilinks in the east and West Midlands, has recently been established to bring the collective expertise of the two organisations together to preserve the interests of over 1,700 life science organisations within the region and stimulate growth to support this vital element of the Midlands economy.

Since their incorporation over 15 years ago, Medilink West and East Midlands have established comprehensive local connections, and through this partnership Medilink Midlands has a combined network of over 8,000 contacts in over 1,700 organisations within the Life Sciences sector, including the NHS, the AHSN network, major universities and a range of multi-nationals and high value start-ups. Grant Thornton UK LLP has come on board as a strategic partner of Medilink Midlands. Read more inside >

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- Entries open for the 2018 Medilink WM Medical and Healthcare Business Awards- Australian company Orthocell signs UK dental distribution deal - Registration is now open for Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2019 - free to attend!- New technology transfer network set to accelerate innovation in the Midlands

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applications are now open for the biggest event within our calendar, showcasing the best in life sciences across the region.

The annual Medilink West Midlands Medical and Healthcare Business Awards will be taking place in February 2019 - more details will be released shortly, so make sure to keep an eye out for when bookings open!

are you a Medilink West Midlands member?

Applications are now open for this year’s Medical and Healthcare Business Awards, so make sure you get your applications in!

application forms can be downloaded here.

There are a lot of positive benefits to applying to a Medilink West Midlands Award: shortlisted and winning organisations receive a lot of publicity and promotion throughout our extensive marketing campaign. You also have the chance to receive a prestigious Medilink Award and certificate!

Our judges will be meeting in December to review all of the applications, and shortlisted applicants will be announced before Christmas. Winners will be announced at our Awards ceremony next year.

Remember all shortlisted applicants will receive 2 free tickets to the awards Ceremony, and tickets

can also be purchased for those who want to attend. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to get in touch with Vanessa Bailey either via email at VanessaB@MedilinkWM.co.uk or via phone on 0121 452 5630.

Find out about our winners and view photos from the 2017 Medilink West Midlands Medical and Healthcare Business Awards here.

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award categories: • Start Up Award • Innovation Award • Partnership with the NHS Award• Supply Chain Award • Export Achievement Award • Outstanding Achievement Award Would you like to sponsor an award? Contact Vanessa Bailey for sponsorship opportunities or for more information regarding the event via email at VanessaB@MedilinkWM.co.uk or via phone on 0121 452 5630.

We would like to say thank you to our sponsors so far: West Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Calthorpe Estates and Marks & Clerk.

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software is playing an increasingly important role in the medtech sector - we see developments in smart devices, embedded software and wearable healthcare technology. We also see that european Regulations are developing to address this technology with increased scrutiny and specific requirements for these products s and the expected of standards and process to demonstrate ongoing compliance. this course will look at the implementation of ieC62304 in the development of software and software containing devices.

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Medilink Midlands, a pan-regional strategic alliance between the Medilinks in the east and West Midlands, has recently been established to bring the collective expertise of the two organisations together to preserve the interests of over 1,700 life science organisations within the region and stimulate growth to support this vital element of the Midlands economy.

Since their incorporation over 15 years ago, Medilink West and East Midlands have established comprehensive local connections, and through this partnership Medilink Midlands has a combined network of over 8,000 contacts in over 1,700 organisations within the Life Sciences sector, including the NHS, the AHSN network, major universities and a range of multi-nationals and high value start-ups.

Medilink Midlands has been created to further utilise the skills, knowledge and expertise resident within the current organisations and will provide a more strategic focus on influencing Midlands-wide initiatives that affect the Life Sciences industry, such as the Midlands Engine, as well as wider national initiatives such as the Accelerated Access Review. This will be alongside the operational work of the

existing regional organisations that includes skills training, business and innovation support, market access support, R&D collaboration, and access to business networks.

The launch of Medilink Midlands follows the announcement of the UK’s Industrial Strategy: government’s long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the country. One of the five core foundations of the strategy is ‘places: prosperous communities across the UK’. Working alongside the Midlands Engine and other strategic alliances, Medilink Midlands’ sole aim is to help stimulate additional and value-added growth of the Midlands as a prosperous community for Life Sciences.

lord Henley, Business Minister, said:“Through our Industrial Strategy and the Life Sciences Sector Deal, we are committed to ensuring the UK is at the forefront of this burgeoning field and we will build on the strengths of our established clusters of excellence.

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Midlands, ensuring that the region plays a leading role in the life sciences revolution while bringing together the collective expertise of the NHS, the huge number of life sciences SMEs and universities in the region.”

dr darren Clark, director Medilink Midlands, commented:

“The UK’s medical technology sector is the third largest in Europe and 98% of the sector is made up of SMEs, the largest regional cluster of which is located in the Midlands. The Midlands is also home to a wide supply chain serving the Medical Technology, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sectors. In recent years, Medilink East Midlands and Medilink West Midlands have been increasingly working together, and the formal establishment of

Medilink Midlands is a natural extension to continue to help the sector grow on a pan-regional basis.”

Grant Thornton UK LLP has come on board as a strategic partner of Medilink Midlands. Grant Thornton is one of the world’s largest professional services network of independent accounting and consulting member firms; to find out more information please visit www.grantthornton.co.uk.

You can find out more about Medilink Midlands by visiting the website www.medilinkmidlands.co.uk.

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– Network with members of Medilink East and West Midlands– Hear from our members and their journeys to success

– Find out the latest activity of Medilink Midlands

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MEdilink MEMBER and ausTRalian COMPanY ORThOCEll siGns uk dEnTal disTRiBuTiOn dEalMember’s newsOrthocell

Medilink West Midlands (Medilink WM) is proud to announce that one of its newest members, australian company ‘Orthocell ltd’ (Orthocell), has just signed its first distribution deal in the UK for its range of dental products.

Orthocell is a regenerative medicine company producing cellular therapies, and collagen scaffolds for the treatment of human tissue injuries and defects. Following the recent EU approval (CE Mark) for the collagen scaffold (CelGroTM), the company is focussed on driving key opinion-led product adoption and sales in dental bone and soft tissue indications. This will be followed by, in the short to medium term, regulatory submissions for the use of CelGroTM in other applications including tendons and ligaments, cartilage, nerve and other soft tissue defects.

This distribution deal initiates Orthocell’s business development plans for the UK. It marks the start of Orthocell bringing their innovative tissue and bone regeneration products to UK patients and clinicians.

The company aims to continue the great success they have achieved in other markets.

Orthocell will first launch ‘CelGroTM’, an off the shelf collagen scaffold which supports soft tissue and bone repair in dental applications.

In March this year, Medilink WM introduced Orthocell’s European Manager, Kevin Edwards, to Geoff Halligan, a long-established distributor and CEO of Carrera Medical, a subsidiary of their highly regarded dental laboratory here in the heart of Birmingham. Kevin described the year to date as being a busy period with extensive promotion of the exciting dental products from Orthocell. Kevin said, “It’s been great to meet such an ambitious and friendly group of people here in the West Midlands, so much so, we have been able to set up this distribution agreement in just under two months. Medilink WM and the Inward Investment Team of the UK Government have been outstanding in their help and support to Orthocell.” continue >

Medilink WM member Orthocell is a regenerative medicine company focused on regenerating mobility for patients by developing products for the repair of a variety of soft tissue injuries.

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Kevin Edwards continued, saying, “Meeting Geoff Halligan and his business partner Jeff Caddick has been excellent as their knowledge and expertise within the UK dental market is second to none. Orthocell are very happy to have Carrera on board to promote and distribute ‘CelGroTM.”

Jeff Caddick reflected, “Today marks the official start of what has already proven to be a great relationship established when we met with the Australian Orthocell team including Professor Zheng, the inventor and CSO; Paul Anderson, CEO; and Gregor Maier, Sales and Marketing Director. This gave us the confidence required to launch our new company, Carrera Medical, in order to concentrate on bringing ‘CelGroTM’ to the UK dental industry.”

Geoff Halligan proudly announced to Medilink WM, “Within week one of marketing this amazing new dental game-changing product we have secured our first orders and we are in negotiations with a major dental chain. We couldn’t have asked for more!”

Kevin Edwards has advised that Orthocell’s business here in the UK is continuing to develop with assistance from the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN). Orthocell are in discussions to undertake specialist dental research which will complement and extend the existing data for Orthocell’s range of products as well as those currently in development. Orthocell hopes to make further announcements regarding this work in the near future and would like to acknowledge and thank WMAHSN and Medilink WM for their support in this region.

Medilink WM congratulates both Orthocell and Carrera Medical on this excellent start to their business. Following further introductions provided to Orthocell, Medilink WM are looking forward to announcing additional ground-breaking news on Orthocell and Carrera Medical’s growth and development here in the West Midlands and UK.

Orthocell’s leading medical device product is CelGro™, a collagen scaffold which facilitates tissue repair and healing in a variety of reconstructive and surgical applications. Orthocell recently received European regulatory approval (CE Mark) for CelGro™ and is being readied for market authorisation in the Us.

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Med-Tech Innovation Expo, the UK and ireland’s leading showcase for medical design and manufacturing technology, will be held at the neC, Birmingham from 15-16 May 2019.

Registration is now open for Med-Tech Innovation Expo, the UK and Ireland’s leading showcase for medical design and manufacturing technology. Free-to-attend, this exciting event brings together the medical engineering and manufacturing community; more than 200 companies from all areas of the medical device supply chain engaging with 4,000+ visitors across 2 action-packed days.

For the first time, the event will be held at the NEC, Birmingham. The move was announced during the 2018 expo and means a larger show with more exhibitors and exciting new features focused on medtech, medical plastics, digital devices, pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and early-stage innovations. The expansion of the event is reflected in the conference and seminar programme which will now be held across three stages.

As in previous years, the event will feature new product and company launches alongside live demonstrations of the latest machines, technology, applications, materials, products and services. Attendees will also benefit from an enhanced conference and seminar programme, learning from thought-leaders across the Med-Tech Innovation Conference (produced in association with Medilink UK), the HealthTech Stage and brand-new Med-Tech Introducing stage.

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Med-tech innovation expo 2019 will take place in Hall 2 at the neC, Birmingham from 15-16 May 2019.

for more information and to register your place, visit www.med-techexpo.com

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- The stand space is in a prime location at the entrance, providing maximum exposure and immediate visibility to every visitor entering the show- No hassle, minimum costs and minimum impact on staff resource. Be part of the Expo without having to build and manage your own stand- We prepare everything, all you need to do is turn up with your products and brochures and start selling- Be visible under the Medilink UK branding

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If you have a requirement for electrical cable assemblies or integration of electrical control panels, then look no further than CHH ConeX ltd, based in the heart of Birmingham, who have recently joined Medilink to offer their specialist products and services in the life sciences and Medical technologies sector.

CHH’s aim in joining Medilink is to collaborate with other members, satisfy their electrical cabling needs and offer to build the best fully integrated control cabinets for their machines and plant.

Since 1990 and currently from their 55,000 sq ft facility in Birmingham, CHH have built an enviable reputation in the telecoms market, having designed and integrated cabinets and manufactured cable assemblies into 30,000+ telecoms cabinets (those green boxes you see at the end of most residential streets) to deliver broadband to over 8 million UK subscribers, working with the likes of BT, Vodafone, NEC and EE. Log on to www.chhconex.com and take a virtual tour. In more recent times, CHH have brought their specialist expertise to medical related applications.

Before joining Medilink, CHH invited Services and Membership Manager, Joanne Mewis, and Connectivity Manager, Chris Dyke, to take a factory tour. Chris said: “CHH offer excellent specialist cable assemblies for customers, especially those that need manufactured and assembled electrical control cabinets and control panels. This is also complemented by a logistics process to reduce customer costs and improve efficiencies for field service and maintenance engineers, delivering consumables parts, tooling and personal protective equipment anywhere in the UK.”

CHH have recently been working with a Medical and Life Sciences sector customer, initially supplying cable harness looms, then progressing to the wiring up of their

major electrical control panels and cabinets for their sophisticated biomaterial refrigeration chambers.

CHH sales and Marketing director, kevin Wilcox, said: “When we first met this customer they were going through a transitional period, taking over the manufacturing of large modular plant from their Head Office in the USA. This meant, along with taking over the work of their American subcontractor, their UK cable suppliers couldn’t keep up with their UK demand. This was hitting them hard, with all the uncertainty it caused and the pressure of constantly progress chasing materials from the supply chain. We took all of these headaches away, by being the single point of order for all manufactured cable assemblies. We delivered a fast, responsive and reliable service making sure we were excellent with our communication and support. We were delighted when they made the decision to migrate the outsourcing of their electrical control cabinet integration requirements to CHH. Our goal is always to make things simple for a customer, freeing up their people, cash and space to allow their team to focus on core activities.”

CHH Managing director, tim Hughes, said: “It’s been a great opportunity to work with this customer, understanding their challenges, their operational issues and working closely to create and deliver a cost-effective solution. We have demonstrated that we deliver what we promise and we live by our values of trust, honesty, respect and commitment.”

CHH’s Engineering Team have developed a special Executive Briefing, where they’ll share with you a number of case studies to demonstrate how CHH have achieved outstanding results in cable assembly and cabinet integration solutions. During this 20 minute meeting they’ll share with you how they saved one customer over £594,000 a year, reduce another’s labour costs by £197,000 a year, and helping another complete 800 cabinets in under half the time.

if you’d like CHH to share these valuable insights into what cable assembly, cabinet integration and control panel solutions you could consider implementing in your own business, contact kevin Wilcox on 0121 344 6333 or email him at kevin.Wilcox@chhconex.com and he’ll arrange a time to visit you.

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The uk-india healthcare ai Catalyst (haiC) competition Competitiondepartment for international trade

if you are a healthcare ai company and are interested in doing business in india – this programme is for you.

This exciting new grant programme from the Department for International Trade offers unprecedented opportunity for UK Artificial Intelligence companies’ access to India, one of the world’s largest healthcare markets.

Selected companies will be awarded a part-funded grant of between £25,000 - £80,000 along with business and implementation support, throughout the programme in India.

The programme is working with the department for international Trade in the uk and india and the Government of india’s think tank, niTi aayog, as part of the ai tech collaboration.

apply by 1 november at www.f6s.com/haicdigital/applyany questions please email: healthcare.uk@trade.gov.uk

Open grant funding competition: round 3Funding competitionInnovate UK

Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £20 million to deliver game-changing or disruptive innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy.

Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in the best cutting-edge or disruptive ideas with a view to commercialisation. All proposals must be business focused, rather than pure research. Applications can come from any area of technology, science or engineering, including arts, design, media or creative industries, and be applied to any part of the economy.

Proposals can fit into one or more of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund areas.

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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million to speed up development of commercial digital health solutions.

The Digital Health Technology Catalyst (DHTC) is a £35 million fund, being run over 4 years. It is part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

• Projects must be led by an SME and must develop new commercial digital technology solutions to address significant healthcare challenges.

• Projects must be collaborative and work with at least one other grant-claiming partner (NHS, other healthcare providers, other businesses, research technology organisations, research base or third sector).

Competition closes: Wednesday 31 October 2018 12:00pm

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sME innovation loans: september 2018 competition now open!CompetitionInnovate UK

Innovate UK is offering up to £10 million in loans to SMEs for highly innovative late stage projects with the best game-changing and/or disruptive ideas or concepts. Proposals can come from any technology area or industry sector and there should be a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact. Registration for this competition is now open.

To take on an innovation loan for a project you must:• be a UK based SME• carry out your project in the UK• provide evidence that your business is suitable to takeon a loan

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the Midlands innovation group of universities has launched the largest collaboration between university technology transfer offices in the UK, to attract investment and management talent to the region.

The Midlands Innovation Commercialisation of Research Accelerator (MICRA) will share best practice and share resources across technology transfer offices in Midlands universities. The partnership will support the development of spin-out companies, helping them to obtain finance and expertise, and accelerating the rate at which innovations are able to be commercialised.

The announcement was made at an event held at The University of Birmingham to over 120 invited guests.

The event – which had speakers including Alice Hu-Wagner, Managing Director for Strategy, Policy and Business Development and Markets at the British Business Bank, and Alice Frost, Director of Knowledge Exchange at Research England – outlined the opportunities the Midlands region presents to industry and investors and the value of collaborations and innovation between industry and universities.

Funded by Research England through the Connecting Capability Fund, the event heard about the challenges faced by universities in driving the uptake of their Intellectual Property (IP).

Professor sir david eastwood, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham, who welcomed guests to the event, said: “The benefits of MICRA to the region will be significant. Strengthening the innovation ecosystem to encourage closer links between the technology transfer offices and high-quality incubation spaces most suitable to individual business needs, will stimulate the growth of innovation-led businesses in the Midlands.”

Helen turner, director of Midlands innovation, said: “Midlands Innovation provides a collaborative structure which enables technology transfer offices to strengthen their capacity and share best practice. By working together MICRA aims to attract large ‘patient capital’ investors who are willing to back new ideas. People with vision and management talent who understand the potential for success in our region.” continue >

Dr James Wilkie, CEO of University of Birmingham enterprise commented: “The UK has eighteen of the 100 most innovative Universities in Europe – and four of these are in the Midlands Innovation partnership. We also have an enviable translational landscape that is attracting increasing attention from overseas, and a rich history of collaboration with companies of all sizes.”

Professor stuart Croft, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Warwick, who invited guests to explore the opportunities offered at the event, said: “The MICRA project shows clearly what can be achieved when universities work together. Drawing on the collective partner strengths is fundamental to what the Midlands Innovation partnership was set up to do.”

Commenting on the MICRA launch event, alice Frost, director of knowledge exchange at Research england, said: “Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund is investing in eighteen projects to demonstrate the world class commercialisation practiced in our universities. This includes MICRA being launched today - an ambitious project bringing together the largest formal technology transfer collaboration in the country, with benefits for

research, the Midlands area and for delivering the Government’s Industrial Strategy and 2.4% target.”

Within easy reach of London, the Midlands is essential to national economic success. The region is responsible for over a fifth of the UK’s total manufacturing capability. The services sector in the Midlands accounts for over four million jobs and is worth around £158 billion a year.

Midlands Innovation unites the power of university research with the unique strengths of Midlands industry to drive pioneering research, innovation, skills development and economic growth. Collectively partners are incubating more than 600 businesses and supporting over 1600 jobs.

MI partners include the universities of Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick. Academics in these universities generate more new inventions and patents per unit of research income than any other UK universities group.

To find out more about MICRA and how you can get involved, visit: www.midlandsinnovation.org.uk

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learn more about opportunities in the Brazilian medical devices and pharmaceutical markets, the largest in

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this Webinar will cover the main trends in life sciences, including:• Opportunities for exports in the medical devices and pharmaceutical sectors

• Updated overview of regulatory environment and product registration• Tax and legal framework

santander will also be joining to explain how they can support your business.

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This event is brought to you by Medilink West Midlands and delivered by ul and MasterControl.

this FRee workshop will cover a number of aspects of compliance related activities and requirements. together with a brief overview of the applicable regulations for both device manufacturers and component manufacturers, the application of Quality Management processes and systems will also be addressed. the use of these systems in conjunction with effective learning processes and systems will enable companies to be ‘audit Ready’ as the new Medical devices Regulations are implemented.

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Two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Fda) published its draft guidance on data integrity, the final guidance remains in the “forthcoming” stage. Meanwhile, regulatory guidelines for ensuring the completeness, consistency and accuracy of data still must be upheld. We are all well aware that there are numerous regulations surrounding data integrity, so i’ll forgo the trite references relating to corralling felines. instead, i will suggest that a good approach to achieving data integrity compliance is to develop a practical data management strategy around data storage and migration.

Perhaps, we can agree that going digital with data management has been both beneficial and somewhat challenging. Certainly, the ability to automate data collection, storage and analysis, as well as immediately access any data in real time has been positive.

On the other hand, the various, continuously changing technologies for storing and migrating data have made maintaining data integrity a bit unwieldy. For example, as data storage infrastructures evolve, data stored for 10 years or longer may not be readable on newer versions of operating systems or applications. Still, data integrity guidelines require that every 1 and 0 of original data remain intact.

Data migration technologies also evolve. Therefore, keeping up your end of the data integrity compliance agreement means you routinely need to move the data you’re trying to keep safe and undisturbed, yet still accessible, to a new system.

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Data integrity guidelines do not prescribe a specific method or technology for data storage. Still, two areas of focus for data storage compliance are integrity and retention.

data integrity – Data integrity is established where the data is stored and managed in its original form. The guidelines for maintaining the integrity of stored data include:

• Data must be the original (or a true copy) and keptsecure from modification, corruption or loss.• Data must be retained throughout the data lifecycle.• Data records must be complete and contain all datahistory information.• Stored data must be accompanied by all metadata, aswell as appropriate validation data.• Data must be stored in a way that prevents deterioration.• Data must be searchable and retrievable for auditsor legal review purposes. Read the full article here.

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Register your place: health 2.0 West Midlands launch Eventeventdigital Health West Midlands

digital Health West Midlands are pleased to announce the first Health 2.0 West Midlands Event!

tuesday 4th december, 12-4 at iCentrum Birmingham

This event will help those interested in learning about new and upcoming digital trends, and in using and developing technology to improve health and wellbeing. This event is organised by Digital Health West Midlands, the digital service from West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), and will provide attendees with the opportunity to:

Meet like-minded individuals and those from different industries with a shared vision for improving health and care using digital innovation.

Delegates will have the opportunity to decide what topics they would like to see featured at future events - you can help to shape the future of the learning community. You will have the opportunity to network with individuals from different sectors (NHS, Tech, Academic, Start-ups) and to learn more about the potential of using digital in health.

The full agenda along with confirmed speakers will be made available shortly.

Please register to ensure your space as places are limited. Click here to register your place.

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FRee event, lunch provided on arrival

tuesday 6 november, 12-4 at iCentrum Birmingham

The Digital Health Learning Community is for anyone and everyone interested in digital health innovation who would like to improve their skills and confidence in using technology and data.

This event will give attendees The opportunity to:

• Understand the potential of using and developing digital health solutions• Become more confident and skilled in using technology and data to improve health• Explore examples of learning in the field of digital health• Find out how to become a digital health champion• Connect with developers and businesses and make your ideas come to life• Meet like-minded individuals and those from different industries with a shared vision for improving health and care using digital innovation.

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Medilink West Midlands2018 Medical and Healthcare Business Awards

sponsorship Opportunitiessponsoring a Medilink West Midlands Medical andHealthcare Business award gives your organisation a unique platform to promote yourbrand and the opportunity to engage with thehealthcare business community within the region.

Benefits include:

• AccesstoMedilinkWestMidlands’strongnetwork, via media and digital communications

• RegionalandNationalPRviaMedilinkWestMidlands and Medilink UK. This can also be supported by other regional Medilinks

• LogoontheMedilinkWestMidlandsandMedilink UK websites

• NominationadvertsintheMedilinkWestMidlands newsletter and website

• LogodisplayedonsponsoredAwardapplicationforms

• LogoontheRunner-upandWinnercertificates

• LogoengravedonyoursponsoredAward

• Logoondisplaymaterialincludingapull-upbanner (which will take central position on the stage)

• LogoandorganisationdescriptionintheAwardsbrochure, which is distributed on the evening

• 2complimentaryticketstotheceremony

• Logofeaturedonthemainscreen,duringthedinner and the ceremony

• OpportunitytopresentyoursponsoredAward

• AftertheAwardsCeremonyyouwillalsoreceivecontinued national promotion, via Medilink West Midlands and Medilink UK. You will also receive a copy of the post-Awards Newsletter in print and online

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