With the medical landscape constantly evolving, developments such as affordable sensors, ubiquitous mobile devices, progress in genomics, robotics and advances in neuroscience are all helping re-shape the industry. Designed to introduce, explain and predict the coming trends facing the medical and personal health industries, WIRED HEALTH will gather insight from scientists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders crafting the future of health, and offer a tight focus on this sector, says WIRED.
WIRED HEALTH will cover a variety of topics including: Data-driven health; Personalised medicine and genomics; Synthetic biology and 3D printing; Bionics and robotics; Neuromedicine; and Tackling diseases and new vaccines.
David Rowan, Editor of WIRED, comments “WIRED HEALTH is the next step in WIRED’s mission to celebrate the ideas, developments and people reshaping our world, continuing to build on the success of our acclaimed annual October conferences, as well as our summit focusing on finance. We’re pleased to now be turning our attention to the world of medical science.”
Confirmed speakers so far include Billy Boyle, Co-founder of Owlstone Nanotech, a Cambridge University spin out that has raised $15m of investment to develop and commercialise miniature chemical sensors on a microchip which can be used for medical diagnostics; Andrew Thompson, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Proteus Digital Health whose vision is to integrate medicines that treat chronic conditions with mobile technology; former Wall Street trader and neurophysiologist John Coates; circadian neuroscientist and sleep researcher Russell Foster; applied mathematician Max Little whose research has been applied to problems in biomedicine such as monitoring of Parkinson’s disease; Jack Kreindler, high-altitude medic, and health and future technology evangelist; Claire Hooper, CEO of DuoFertility which helps infertile patients to conceive naturally; Senior Director of Medical Research at Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Catherine Mohr, MD MSME, who is an expert in the fields of robotic surgery and sustainable technologies; Sir Mark Walport FRS FMedSci, Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government & Head of the Government Office for Science; and Molly Stevens, biomaterial researcher at Imperial College who is using new materials to regenerate bone in the body.
As with the annual flagship events and the magazine’s inaugural one-day summit, WIRED MONEY, WIRED HEALTH aims to bring together the most talented people, forward-thinking innovators and captivating thought leaders, both on stage and off.
Rupert Turnbull, Publisher of WIRED, adds “WIRED is once again delighted to bring together opinion formers and future shapers – this time fusing innovation, technology and medicine – to create an inspiring and stimulating day of ideas, debate and discussion. To help facilitate this meeting of minds, we are pleased to announce Cisco as our Networking Partner. Cisco is a leader in connecting the dots of the healthcare industry, allowing for remote collaboration, increased security and device compatibility. At WIRED HEALTH, Cisco will showcase some of the foremost startups in the Internet of Everything, as well as the IoE’s impact on healthcare.”
Aimed at a high-level executive audience, attendees will enjoy the opportunity to network with like-minded, intellectually curious individuals from the sector including physicians, senior healthcare executives, innovators and investors, disrupters and incumbents.
The event will be hosted at 30 Euston Square, new home to the Royal College of General Practitioners, and will be “a haven for disruptive thinking and innovation”.
There are a limited number of tickets available for WIRED HEALTH, at a price of £995 (A 10% discount is available to “early-birds” until 28th February. WIRED subscribers have access to a 15% discount). Further speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
