For full event details please head over to the MediWales Connects 2019 website The only event of its kind for the health and care community, MediWales Connects is an all Wales NHS collaboration conference. NHS colleagues from across Wales, local companies and the wider industry sector will join to share clinical innovation in...
MediWales is collaborating with the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) to deliver this conference which will focus on monitoring and supporting patients outside the hospital setting (at home, in nursing and care homes) to specifically enable the measurement of vital signs to calculate a Nation Early Warning Score (NEWS) which is used...
MediWales & Innovate UK are running an event to support the call for applications and consortiums for the 'Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Healthy Ageing'. The largest element of the £98m Healthy Ageing programme, funded by the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), is the ‘Trailblazer’ projects. £40m will be invested to stimulate new ideas from a...
MediWales is working with the BIA, One Nucleus, BioNow and BioPartner UK will be holding and supporting consortia events across the UK aimed at helping biotech and life science companies to prepare for Brexit. We are aiming to provide multiple channels for life science businesses (particularly SMEs) to secure the most up-to-date information on Brexit...
MediWales is collaborating with Medilink UK to deliver an event focused on supporting MedTech and Diagnostics companies prepare for leaving the EU. We are planning a series of business support events covering expert guidance and detailed information on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). We have approached UK Government Office...
This interactive and informative event on ‘Preparing your NHS Business Case’ will enable you to prepare better business cases with input from the EMAHSN staff. This free to attend event is being held as part of the ACTIS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project....
UK HealthTech brings together key speakers to discuss the major strategic issues and policy developments facing the life science and health technology sector. Join delegates to network, meet collaborative partners and build business development opportunities. Listen to a programme of valuable sector updates and gain insights and intelligence across the life science and healthcare sectors....
We are delighted to announce that our fourteenth annual awards competition will take place on the 4th of December 2019. Over 300 VIPs and guests come together for this gala evening to celebrate the achievements of the NHS, life science and health technology communities. We work hard to recognise and showcase the achievements of our members. With...
Health Technology Wales (HTW) is holding an event to engage with industry in collaboration with mediwales at the Life Sciences Hub in Cardiff on Monday 13 January 2020. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of HTW’s role to increase access to health technologies in Wales and collaborate with industry to improve our assessment processes....
Join your fellow members and the team at MediWales to share your projects and demonstrate your technology at our members’ showcase. With exhibition and presentation opportunities, this event offers great potential to engage with the life science community in Wales and find new collaborative partners. Our showcase event provides an excellent opportunity for you to...
Covid Crisis Life Line Business support webinar to help navigate the Financial, Legal and HR issues of lockdown Alongside our partners, we are delivering a business support webinar to help guide and advise you through these uncertain and changing times. We know the impact this outbreak has had on our network and we are...
We know that you might be thinking about getting your teams back to work and we want to help ensure you have the resources to be safe and protected. This webinar aims to share best practice from those companies who have been working safely throughout lockdown, advice from experts about resources available and the practical...
How Wales has responded to Covid-19 We are hosting a series of webinars bringing together some of the inspiring stories of how our community has responded to the pandemic by adapting, innovating and collaborating. We feel we have a great story to tell with the development of new health innovations, significant advances in diagnostics, support...
We are hosting a series of webinars bringing together some of the inspiring stories of how our community has responded to the pandemic by adapting, innovating and collaborating. We feel we have a great story to tell with the development of new health innovations, significant advances in diagnostics, support for clinical trials and manufacture of...
We are hosting a series of webinars bringing together some of the inspiring stories of how our community has responded to the pandemic by adapting, innovating and collaborating. We feel we have a great story to tell with the development of new health innovations, significant advances in diagnostics, support for clinical trials and manufacture of...
We are hosting a series of webinars bringing together some of the inspiring stories of how our community has responded to the pandemic by adapting, innovating and collaborating. We feel we have a great story to tell with the development of new health innovations, significant advances in diagnostics, support for clinical trials and manufacture of...
We are hosting a series of webinars bringing together some of the inspiring stories of how our community has responded to the pandemic by adapting, innovating and collaborating. We feel we have a great story to tell with the development of new health innovations, significant advances in diagnostics, support for clinical trials and manufacture of...
Join us for the first in our Business Support webinar series, focusing on finance and funding. This event will highlight sources of grant funding and advice on applications, as well as fund raising, pitching and working with investors. Hear from experts across the sector and first hand company case studies. MediWales partners GS Verde will...
Join your fellow members and the team at MediWales to share your projects and demonstrate your technology at our members’ showcase, taking place on Zoom. Programme MediWales Partners GS Verde Abel & Imray Swansea University Medical School Swansea University College of Engineering - video GX - video Digital Showcase Healthy.io Rescape SymlConnect Simply Do Ideas...
We are delighted to announce that our fifteenth annual awards competition will take place on the 2nd of December, and this year we're going digital! With eleven awards across industry and NHS categories, the awards offer a platform to identify outstanding achievements in the life science sector in Wales. Now more than ever we have so much...
There are significant changes in the Regulatory requirements for Medical Devices and Diagnostics from the EU Directives and also the new UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA) mark. From 1st January 2021, the UKCA well be available for devices on the Great Britain market and the mark will be mandatory from June 2023. This MediWales event...
The National Health Service was very much at the frontline of impact of Covid 19 and this coincided with a huge demand for PPE, medical equipment, diagnostics and digital technologies. With new ways of working and rapid innovation adoption across the sector, our speakers will be examining how we can learn from the pandemic...
The LifeScience Academy Special Interest Group was created to support and develop our LifeScience Academy activity. The meetings bring together key industry and academic stakeholders to address which areas should be a focus for future events and engagement activity. Join us to discuss: Recruitment Help with student placements Skills gaps Training and professional development Collaboration...
DTR Medical, in partnership with MediWales, bring you a webinar focused around the importance of the continuation of Nasendoscopy procedures during the pandemic, and how the SNAP, Endoscope Guide, will enable these to continue throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. The SNAP device won the 2020 MediWales Innovation Award for industry partnership with the NHS. COVID-19 has heavily...
Join us for this free, one-day event to hear about some of the leading life science research happening in Wales today. Speakers will be drawn from across Welsh Universities & companies, and will include researchers with successful commercial partnerships and spin outs. Our three morning sessions will involve researchers from each of LSRNW's three interest...
The MediWales Members' Showcase is back in person this year at The Maltings! Join your fellow members and the team at MediWales to share your projects and demonstrate your technology at our showcase event. With exhibition and presentation opportunities, this event offers great potential to engage with the life science community in Wales and find...
We are delighted to announce that our sixteenth annual awards ceremony will take place on the 2nd of December at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff. At MediWales we work hard to recognise and showcase the achievements of our community, especially after a challenging time. Our ten awards are divided across industry and NHS...
On the 16th of February 2022 MediWales hosted a skills and recruitment special interest meeting to discuss the issues faced by the sector in skills and recruitment. A group of companies, universities and education programmes got together and had a discussion about how we can implement change in the sector. The conversation showed that we...
The only event of its kind for the health and care community, MediWales Connects is an all Wales NHS collaboration conference. Key note speaker – Judith Paget CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales and Director General for Health and Social Services NHS colleagues from across Wales, local companies and the wider industry sector...
MediWales are delighted to announce the upcoming Finance and Funding event being held in collaboration with Development Bank of Wales and Welsh Government Economy. Join us in Cardiff on the 28th September and learn more about the current funding schemes and grants available to you and your business. Listen to presentations from Development Bank of...
The MediWales Members' Showcase is back at The Maltings! Share your projects and demonstrate your technology at our showcase event, alongside fellow MediWales members and the team at MediWales. With exhibition and presentation opportunities, this event is the perfect way to engage with the life science community in Wales and find new collaborative partners. Our showcase event...
MediWales hosted our seventeenth annual Innovation Awards on the 8th December 2022, in Cardiff. We welcomed our industry members, academia and health and social care staff back to Cardiff for a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the Life Science sector in Wales. The MediWales Innovation Awards are regional awards, as part of the wider...
PwC Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH 14th March 2023 8:30am - 6pm MediWales is delighted to announce our upcoming BioWales in London event on the 14th of March 2023. Draft programme below. BioWales London is free to attend for all MediWales and partner organisation members. Delegates are welcome to request a full delegate list by email...
MediWales will be holding a skills, training and recruitment workshop on Tuesday 13th June in Pencoed. The special interest group will bring together companies and training bodies/further education/Universities to discuss the current issues surrounding workforce skills and recruitment into the life science and health tech sector and to highlight schemes and programmes available to both...
MediWales will be holding a skills, training and recruitment workshop on Tuesday 20th June in Deeside, North Wales. The special interest group will bring together companies and training bodies/further education/Universities to discuss the current issues surrounding workforce skills and recruitment into the life science and health tech sector and to highlight schemes and programmes available...
The Embassy of Switzerland and the Swiss Business HUB UK & Ireland are holding a Panel Discussion and Business Networking Event at Cardiff Castle on Wednesday 28th June in collaboration with Welsh Government and MediWales. Switzerland is home to a globally unique Life Science cluster. In addition to chemical and pharmaceutical firms, this encompasses a...
This event has now passed. The MediWales Connects Conference 2024 will be on the 26th June, at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel. To find out more about the MediWales Connects Conference 2024, please click here. The only event of its kind for the health and care community, MediWales Connects is an all Wales...
The MediWales Members' Showcase 2023 will be held on the 11th October at the Maltings, Cardiff! Present your projects, demonstrate your technology and share your latest news at our showcase event, alongside fellow MediWales members and the wider life science community. With exhibition and presentation opportunities available, this event is the perfect way to engage with...
MediWales are delighted to announce our upcoming Finance and Funding event. Join us in Cardiff on the 26th October and find out more about the current funding schemes and grants available to you and your business. There will also be a panel discussions and an opportunity to network with other businesses and investors. Hear from representatives from...
Anglo-Welsh Collaboration: It's not unusual... Following on from the success of MediWales BioWales in London event in March, MediWales will be holding a BioWales in Oxford event on the 21st November 2023. This event will focus on exploring the existing and potential new collaborations between Wales and Oxford. MediWales BioWales in Oxford is being...
MediWales is working with the Cardiff Capital Region team, Cardiff & Vale College and PWC in support of dedicated skills and training programme for our Life Science and Health Tech sector. Industry engagement is of course a critical part of establishing the skills and training requirements. The ‘Life Sciences and Healthtech Discovery Workshop’ is being...
MediWales is working in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada in the UK and Welsh Government to organise a networking seminar and lunch, followed by two site visits, to meet the cohort of the 2023 UK Digital Health Canadian Technology Accelerator. The delegation will consist of 10 Canadian digital health companies who are interested...
MediWales held our eighteenth annual Innovation Awards on Thursday 7th December 2023, in Cardiff. We welcomed our industry members, academia and health and social care staff to the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, for a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the Life Science sector in Wales. The MediWales Innovation Awards are regional awards, as...
The Cyber Security and Risk Management event will be held at the Maltings, in Cardiff on the 7th February in collaboration with Cardiff University Cyber Innovation Hub and NHS Wales. In a highly digitised working and personal world, there are ever present threats to our cyber security and the integrity of our networks. This event...
Mathys & Squire IP Firm, The Shard, 32 London Bridge St, London SE1 9SG 4th March 2024 1 - 5pm The afternoon before BioWales in London, MediWales will be holding a pre-event at the Shard, hosted by Mathys & Squire IP Firm. Building on the conversations we had at our BioWales in Oxford event, in...
Level39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB 5th March 2024 8:30am - 6pm Join us on the 5th March 2024 for the annual MediWales BioWales in London event in partnership with Canary Wharf Group and Kadans Science Partner. The Welsh life science sector is a thriving and dynamic ecosystem and,...
MediWales is holding an industry engagement event in collaboration with Health Technology Wales on the 25th April, which will also look at NHS access, innovation and adoption. MediWales and Health Technology Wales have joined forces to organise an event that will provide details of the route to market for medical technologies and diagnostics in Wales and...
Date: Tuesday 4th June Location: Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ Academia Meets Industry: Fostering Innovation - Unlocking the full potential of industry- academia collaboration and the future of innovation in Life Sciences and Healthcare About this event: Join us at Cardiff Medicentre as we: Showcase successful academia-industry collaboration examples Signpost routes to building collaborative relationships Discuss the right...
The only event of its kind for the health and care community, MediWales Connects is an all Wales NHS collaboration conference. Key note speaker - Judith Paget CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales and Director General for Health and Social Services. NHS colleagues from across Wales, local companies and the wider industry sector will...
The MediWales Members' Showcase 2024 will be held at The Maltings, Cardiff on the 8th October. There will be an opportunity for you to present your projects, demonstrate your technology and share your latest news at our showcase event, alongside MediWales members and the wider life science community. With exhibition and presentation opportunities available, this...
MediWales are holding a MedTech Regulatory and Cybersecurity Workshop on the 20th November at the Maltings, Cardiff. This workshop offers practical guidance on navigating privacy and security requirements, focusing on both organisational strategies and product specific compliance needs. Draft programme: 9:00 - 9:30am: Registration and refreshments Privacy & Security Standards and Compliance requirements for Medical Devices...
The nineteenth annual MediWales Innovation Awards will be on Thursday 5th December 2024, in Cardiff. MediWales looks forward to welcoming our industry members, academia and health and social care staff to the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, for a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the Life Science sector in Wales. The MediWales...
Bridging Innovation in Health and Life Sciences between Wales and the South West of England. Following on from the success of previous BioWales events in Oxford and London, MediWales will be holding a BioWales goes West event on the 23rd January 2025. This event will focus on exploring the existing and potential new collaborations...
MediWales are holding a Precision Medicine Showcase event in collaboration with Innovate UK Business Connect. The event will bring together key opinion leaders and stakeholders working in precision medicine from across Wales. The agenda will include a panel discussion, an interactive breakout session and informative talks on topics ranging from regulation, adoption of precision healthcare, data access...
MediWales will be holding our Finance and Funding seminar on the 19th February at the Maltings, Cardiff. This event is kindly supported by Abel + Imray, Development Bank for Wales and Welsh Government. The event will support our community of life sciences and health technology companies navigate the complex landscape of funding and investment. Designed to support fundraising...
Level39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB 12th March 2025 8:30am – 5pm Join us on the 12th March 2025 for the annual MediWales BioWales in London event in partnership with Canary Wharf Group, Abel + Imray, Welsh Government and Development Bank of Wales. The Welsh life science sector is a thriving...
Join the BIA, MediWales and Cytiva in Cardiff for a collaborative networking event on the 29th April! The day will include presentations from some of the most exciting companies in Wales, as well as panel discussions on how Welsh companies fit into the broader UK ecosystem. We'll consider how we can build the next generation...
Date and time: 21st May, 9:30am - 4pm Location: Cardiff Medicentre Is your business ready to unleash the power of AI? Perhaps you find all the talk of artificial intelligence confusing or maybe you can see the benefits but are not sure where to begin with integrating it into your company. During the course of...
MediWales held their annual Connects conference on the 17th June at the All Nations Centre, Cardiff. MediWales Connects is the all Wales NHS collaboration conference for the health and care community, connecting you with NHS patient facing clinicians, innovation leads, community health, industry, government and policy makers. Building on the excellent work that has been...
Join MediWales and British Business Bank for an insightful session exploring funding opportunities for the MedTech and Life Sciences sector in Wales. Featuring panels with leading funders, ecosystem experts, and innovative businesses, this event will uncover the financial pathways driving growth, research, and commercialisations in one of Wales' most dynamic industries. This event will be...
The MediWales Members Showcase 2025 will be held at Space2B at the Maltings, Cardiff on the 14th October. There will be an opportunity for you to present your projects, demonstrate your technology and share your latest news at our showcase event, alongside MediWales members and the wider life science community. With exhibition and presentation opportunities...
November 13, 2025 9.30am – 4pm All Nations Centre, Cardiff Interested? Book your place now! Shaping the Future of Stroke Care in Wales Are you looking for solutions to challenges in delivering stroke services? Are you interested in finding out if technology could help? Don't miss the chance to explore, discuss and connect with stroke...
The twentieth annual MediWales Innovation Awards were held on Thursday 4th December 2025, at the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff. The MediWales Innovation Awards are kindly supported by Welsh Government, Health and Care Research Wales and NHS Wales. MediWales welcomed industry members, academia and health and social care staff to the Mercure Holland House Hotel,...
5th February 2026 9:00am - 4:00pm Leonardo Royal Hotel Oxford, Godstow Rd, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AL Following the success of our BioWales event series, MediWales is delighted to be returning to Oxford on the 5th February. This event will explore the existing connections between Wales and Oxford and potential new collaborations. Supported by Welsh Government,...
In partnership with British Business Bank and kindly supported by Browne Jacobson, MediWales will be holding BioWales Investor Networking: Investing in the Future of Health on the 17th of March, which will kindly be hosted by Foresight at their offices in the Shard. This event will bring together investors and innovators from across the life...
18th March 2026 Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DR Join MediWales on the 18th March 2026 for the annual BioWales in London conference in collaboration with the BIA, supported by Browne Jacobson and kindly hosted by Pioneer Group at Victoria House. The Welsh life science sector is a thriving and dynamic ecosystem,...
MediWales will be holding their annual Connects conference on the 18th June at the All Nations Centre, Cardiff. MediWales Connects is the all Wales NHS collaboration conference for the health and care community, connecting you with NHS patient facing clinicians, innovation leads, community health, industry, government and policy makers. Building on the excellent work that...