Invest Midlands 2022: Organic growth? The life sciences sector
This year’s Invest Midlands event will take place on Friday March 25 and is being curated by TheBusinessDesk.com and its sponsors becg, the University of Birmingham, Millennium Point and Phoenix Group.
We can now exclusively reveal this year’s packed agenda, which features high-profile speakers and panellists discussing everything from devolution to funding, and the war for talent to the Midlands towns and cities of the future.
Today, we take a look at what is sure to be another fascinating session: Organic growth? The life sciences sector.
Life sciences has long been a specialism of the Midlands and it has clusters and companies that are internationally innovative. What is needed to further increase its impact and what lessons can other sectors learn from its success?
Our panel includes:
– Dr Nik Kotecha OBE – Founder and Chairman of Morningside Pharmaceuticals
– Dr Tom Burr – Chief Scientific Officer – SourceBio International
– Ralph Weir – CEO – Zayndu
– Jane Theaker – CEO – PBD Biotech
– Professor Gino Martini – Managing Director Precision Health Technology Accelerator (PHTA) – University of Birmingham and Birmingham Health Partners
The full-day conference will be packed with insight, analysis and original research that will make it an inspiring and informative event that can’t be missed by anyone investing, working or innovating in the Midlands.
To grab your tickets for this not-to-be-missed event, please click here.
A full list of speakers is available here.
For the first time the conference is being complemented by the Invest Midlands dinner at Millennium Point in Birmingham on March 16, with a guest list featuring our speakers and some of the biggest names in Midlands business. Guest speakers at this event include Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor at the University of Birmingham and Councillor Ben Bradley MP, leader of Nottinghamshire County Council.
What’s more, anyone who buys a ticket for our dinner on March 16 will receive a free place at the online conference.
Turn pixels into plates and kick-off the conversation in person with some of the Midlands’ leading business figures at Millennium Point next month.
