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Past Events

How the drug discovery industry works

12.00-17.00 OIpsen Bioinnovation, Park Drive, Milton Park OX14 4RY A half-day course covering the structure and commercial environment of the biopharmaceutical industry including key technical aspects of the drug development process. There is a charge for this event run by OBN. Further information and booking details here.

Event Types: Partner event Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Innovation in health and care: overcoming the barriers to adoption and spread

08.30-17.00 The King’s Fund, London W1G 0AN This conference showcases case studies demonstrating the transformative power of simple, low cost innovations in improving health and care services and the dramatic difference these can make to people’s lives. A King’s Fund/AHSN Network event. There is a charge for this event. Further information and booking details here.

Event Types: Partner event

What did genomics ever do for us?

17.00-19.30 Sadler Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA We have just skimmed the surface of what is possible in the field of genomics. There are rich possibilities to accelerate progress through cross-fertilisation between industry and academia. Learn more at this event about progress, possibilities and challenges in the application of genomics. Followed by networking and drinks. […]

Event Types: Partner event

Channel shift to digital outpatients

09.30-14.00 Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading RG2 0FL Workshop focusing on opportunities to transform the way patients access outpatient services – from mobile appointment booking to remote consultations – through new collaborations, knowledge sharing and practical, implementable solutions. Event sponsored by NHS Improvement and facilitated by Academic Health Science Networks. Speakers include Oxford AHSN Head of […]

Event Types: Partner event Strategic and Industry Partnerships AHSN Network

Technology showcase: therapeutics, small molecules and biologics

  12.00-18.30 Said Business School, Oxford OX1 1HP Leading researchers, healthcare professionals and industry figures will come together to focus on the latest innovations and commercial opportunities in key areas including therapeutics, small molecules and biologics. Download the programme for the annual technology showcase here. Areas to be addressed include: small molecule discovery vaccines experimental medicine […]

Event Types: Partner event Strategic and Industry Partnerships

New horizons in health and social care

09.30-16.30 Hilton Reading, RG2 0GQ NHS England South Medical Directorate annual conference. It aims to answer the following questions: How can a community asset-based approach be used to improve the health of our patient-citizens? What are the opportunities, developments, and challenges in genomic medicine and precision healthcare? What we can learn from system-wide leaders to […]

Event Types: Partner event

Introduction to the Rosalind Franklin Institute

13.00-14.30 Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BD An opportunity to find out about the Rosalind Franklin Institute, a new national research body based at Harwell dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology development. The RFI aims to develop unique new techniques and tools and apply them for the […]

Event Types: Partner event

BioThirstday networking

17.30-20.00 Ipsen, 102 Park Drive, Milton Park Ox14 4RY Life-sciences networking event organised by OBN. Further information and booking details here.

Event Types: Partner event

People are messy – film

18.00-20.30 Penultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, East Oxford OX4 1BN Free screening of film about patient engagement followed by food and discussion. People are messy was commissioned in collaboration with the Theatre of Debate supported by the National Institute for Health Research. It tells the story of two young men with a rare inherited blood disorder. […]

Event Types: Partner event

Living well with dementia

12.30-16.30 Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road, Oxford OX4 4XP Interactive workshop for clinicians and health and social care workers from primary, acute, secondary, community & social care and care homes who are interested in improving care for people diagnosed with dementia. Organised by the NHS Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network. Further information and booking details here.

Event Types: Partner event Patient safety