Upon arrival, attendees can check in at the registration desk before choosing from a selection of refreshments and getting involved in:

• Super Connect Expo: to enable attendees to connect with business support organisations providing advice, support, funding or other support, including:
  • Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programme
  • Empower Dementia
  • Inspire People
  • Nomius, powered by Regulogix Consulting and ZenBit
  • Cut Through Marketing & Accelerate Associates (on the same stand)
  • OVHcloud Startup Program
  • FundFlex Intelligence
  • MaidaCare
  • OneCarbon
  • Learning Just Became Easier
• Super Connect Clinics: Throughout the event, we will host 15-minute one-to-one clinics with experts that can either be booked in advance by emailing jemma@empact-ventures.com or by queuing up to speak with the experts, which include:
  • FundFlex Intelligence (Grant funding & Investment support)
  • Inspire People (Recruitment Support)
  • Cut Through Marketing (Strategic Marketing Support)
  • Accelerate Associates (Market Research)
  • Buoyancy Health Strategy (Market Entry & Access / Value Propositions / Commercialisation / Revenue & Market Expansion / Strategic Leadership
  • Darwin / Global Good (Marketing and Business Development Support)

• Super Connect Networking*: The Super Connect team at Empact Ventures will super connect attendees who register, opt-in and check-in in person on the day with potential partners, clients, funders, business support or collaborators:

• • During the Event (by email): You’ll be super connected with exhibitors, pitchers, speakers or panellists once they’ve arrived, based on your preferences
  • During the Event (in-person) – Attendees will be able to consult the Lead Super Connector, Kosta Mavroulakis (CEO, Empact Ventures) to make warm introductions in person (if in attendance) to other attendees, speakers or exhibitors
  • During the Event (Super Connect Wall) – Attendees will be able to view the photos of all speakers, exhibitors, partners and attendees opted-in registrants to find them in the event or consult Kosta to introduce them where possible
  • After the Event: We may also super-connect you to a wider network of partners, clients, funders, collaborators, or business support based on your registration form up to 8 weeks after the event, subject to capacity

Learn More in the Rise of the Super Connectors piece in leading tech publication Maddyness here *

We will welcome delegates and provide an overview of the day’s aims with introductions to our delivery partners:

• Host: Kosta Mavroulakis, Founder & CEO, Empact Ventures and Editor-in-Chief, Global Good
• Simon Lord, Head of Innovation, Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programme

Moving a HealthTech innovation from localised validation to
global market adoption requires an ironclad operational, financial, and organisational architecture. Our expert panellists will reveal how founders can practically utilise the right business support to scale their ventures, covering marketing, fundraising and recruitment.

The panelists include:

• Chair: Catrina Clulow, Managing Director, Cut Through Marketing
• Andrew Medhurst, Managing Director, Inspire People
• Mike Watson, Co-Founder, Above10x
• Andrew Shortt, Senior Innovation and Growth Specialist, Innovate UK Midlands

Five tech startups and scaleups from the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programmes (LaunchPad and Accelerator) will pitch to our audience and panel, including:

• Chair: Natasha Howard-Murray, Innovation Programme Manager, the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programme
• Kevin Monserrat, Founder and CEO, and Pre-Seed Investor, Execution Capital
• Shosh Shetty, Managing Director, Thim Ventures
• Sarah Robson, Angel Investor & Founder of Robson Productions
• Chandresh Pala, Angel Investor, Co-Founder & CIO, Exponential Positive Impact Capital (EPIC)
• Steven Farmery-Vigus, Interim Operations Director, Camphill Village Trust & Board of Trustees Member-Creative Support & Birmingham Hospice, Angel Investor

The pitchers include:

• Anna Munoz, Co-Founder and CEO, Punto Health
• Dipo Olagbegi, Co-Founder and CEO, Cognability,
• Stefan, Nae, Founder AstoCare
• Sherin Benny, Co-Founder, Aether
• Molly Baldini, Founder, DentaBlue

A refreshment break before returning for the second part with the Super Connect Expo and Super Connect Wall open to support your ongoing networking

 Implementing AI and HealthTech innovations across the UK healthcare and social care systems requires an understanding of unmet needs and patient needs, as well as the technology itself. Our panellists will reveal how public organisations in these areas can identify the right innovation, and evaluate how to implement it in a way that safeguards patient data, builds trust and unlocks measurable operational efficiencies across both clinical and social care pathways.

Panellists will include:

• Chair: Philip Marais, Global Start-Up Program Director, OVHcloud Startup Program
• Ian Newington, Innovation and Industry Engagement Lead, NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Brain Injury
• Dace-Dimza-Jones, Dealmaker, Office for Investment and Life Sciences Sector Development Lead, GM Business Growth Hub
• Anastasia Chalkidou, Programme Director (HealthTech) at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Co-Chair – Medical Devices Interest Group at Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)
• Gary Hickey, Senior Research Manager, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

Five more tech startups and scaleups from the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Programmes (LaunchPad and Accelerator) will pitch to our audience and panel including:

• Chair: Matt Hughes, Co-Founder at Darwin & Managing Editor at Global Good
• Andrew Humphries, Head of Medical Device Innovation Services and Medical Device Safety Officer
• Steven Farmery-Vigus, Interim Operations Director, Camphill Village Trust & Board of Trustees Member-Creative Support & Birmingham Hospice, Angel Investor
• Chandresh Pala, Angel Investor l Co-Founder and CIO of Exponential Positive Impact Capital (EPIC) l CEO of Cohezia
• Kevin Monserrat, Founder and CEO, and Pre-Seed Investor, Execution Capital
• Ian Newington, Innovation Lead, NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Brain Injury

The pitchers are as follows:

• Michael-Jordan Faucher-Folie, Founder of Just Once
• Robert Livingston, CEO, Kincern
• Valeria Dosso, ReNeu
• Tallie Bush, CEO, CircadaCare
• Frances, CEO and Consultant, 6D Dementia

At this point, the event will come to a close with some networking until 1pm and please note there will not be any lunch provided though you can use the local coffee shops in the area to grab some before continuing with your day. You can also continue to use the Super Connect Wall, Networking and Expo to connect with others in the event.