Inward AMR Innovation Mission to the UK- Edinburgh, 2022

Date and Time

20th May 2022 | 09:00 - 16:30

Location

The Carlton Hotel

Edinburgh

Curb Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) by boosting collaboration through new partnerships and joint innovation, growing your organisation.

As part of a this UK wide inward mission focusing on the challenges and opportunities of Antimicrobial Resistance ( AMR) Scottish Enterprise are supporting our IUK EDGE colleagues in delivering the Scottish part of the mission, to Edinburgh May 20^th.

Companies from EU and ROW will visit to meet with Scottish companies and Knowledge bases to discuss, network and partner in this area on FRIDAY MAY 20^th in Edinburgh.

Who is attending the mission?

For an overview of the non-UK organisations attending the mission please check out the website.

For a total overview all attendees please check out B2Match.

The Ask- Please share with any of your Scottish contacts/companies/academics in the area of…….

Antimicrobials and alternatives
Preventives such as vaccines
AMR diagnostics

Please email me if you have any questions at all, thanks for your help!

Claire Melville (Claire.melville@scotent.co.uk)

Friday 20 May: Edinburgh Biosciences Cluster Edinburgh is the beating heart of the Scottish life sciences community. It hosts a range of large and small companies, providing state of the art science and innovation facilities.
08:30 – 09:00	Gather at Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel (at walking distance) UK delegates travel on their own; parking is possible at………
Chairperson of the day: Dr Claire Melville; Scottish Enterprise
09:00 – 09:40	Coffee and Welcome by Dr Peter Dirken, Innovate UK
09:40 – 09:50	Welcome by Dame Sally Davies; UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (video)
09:50 – 10:00	Catalysing global AMR R&D Dr Lesley Ogilvie; Global AMR R&D Hub, Berlin, Germany (video)
10.00 – 10:45	Keynote: Diagnostics Innovation in the Context of Targeted and Effective Antibiotic Therapy Professor Till Bachmann, Professor of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection, The University of Edinburgh
	Edinburgh AMR Forum: Connecting and communicating excellence in antimicrobial resistance research and translation in Edinburgh Dr Hilary Snaith, Edinburgh Infectious Disease EID, University of Edinburgh
10.45 – 11:00 11.00 – 11:30	Coffee break Opportunities & barriers to SMEs developing antimicrobial therapy candidates Dr Deborah O’Neill, CEO Novabiotics Ltd.
11:30 – 12:00	Taking testing to the people – challenges in developing an AST for point of care use Dr Ewan Chirnside, Director of Research Collaborations, ODx Innovations

12:00 – 12:15	Q&A and panel session led by Dr Claire Melville Panelists Prof Til Bachmann, Dr Hillary Snaith, Dr Deborah O’Neill, Dr Ewan Chirnside, Dr Peter Dirken, Dr Maarten van Dongen
12:15 – 13:30	Networking lunch with regional representatives Scotland
13:30 – 13:45	Closure of formal part by Dr Phil Packer, Innovate UK (nb partnering sessions continue in the afternoon)
13:45 – 16:30	Facilitated matchmaking session III between non-UK and UK delegates
16:30 – ..	Tram or taxi to Edinburgh airport for departure and return home

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