UK medtech vis­it for Nordic com­pa­nies

This vis­it aims to demon­strate medtech busi­ness and inno­va­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties and intro­duce the medtech ecosys­tem and the most impor­tant stake­hold­ers in Birm­ing­ham and Cardiff.

Time: 3.- 6.2.2025

Place: Birm­ing­ham, Cardiff

Reg­is­tra­tion will open soon.

Who should attend

Nordic medtech busi­ness­es inter­est­ed in:

•  expan­sion into the UK

• expan­sion beyond first UK loca­tion

• Nordic busi­ness­es and research & inno­va­tion cen­tres that would ben­e­fit from access to world-lead­ing facil­i­ties and aca­d­e­m­ic exper­tise with­in medtech

• Nordic busi­ness­es look­ing to inno­vate and devel­op prod­ucts for medtech or com­pa­nies look­ing to tar­get a grow­ing mar­ket oppor­tu­ni­ty

Ten­ta­tive agen­da

• Mon, Feb 3rd

Arrival (for Finns, the eas­i­est is to take a direct flight to Lon­don or Man­ches­ter).

Evening — wel­come drinks in Birm­ing­ham. 

• Tue, Feb 4th

Full-day pro­gramme Birm­ing­ham + din­ner

• Wed, Feb 5th

AM train trav­el to Cardiff. Pro­gramme from ~12–17.00 + din­ner

• Thu, Feb 6th

Trav­el back (for Finns, the eas­i­est to fly back from Lon­don)

Cost

Organ­is­ers cov­er at least the agen­da, meals dur­ing the pro­gramme and train tick­ets from Birm­ing­ham to Cardiff. Par­tic­i­pants cov­er their accom­mo­da­tion and oth­er trav­el costs.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion on loca­tions

Birm­ing­ham and West Mid­lands are home to a diverse and grow­ing medtech sec­tor. Some of the many inter­est­ing ecosys­tem play­ers in the area include:

- Health Inno­va­tion Cam­pus, where they will have PHTA Pre­ci­sion Health Tech­nol­o­gy Accel­er­a­tor open­ing in Q1/2025.

- World-class uni­ver­si­ty ecosys­tem with uni­ver­si­ties like the Uni­ver­si­ty of War­wick and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Birm­ing­ham

- Med­ical devices test­ing and eval­u­a­tion cen­tre

- Medilink

- Health Inno­va­tion West Mid­lands (can for instance, sup­port with NHS access)

Cardiff:

Some poten­tial stake­hold­ers / areas to high­light:

- Wales Genom­ic Health Cen­tre

- Cardiff Edge Sci­ence Park

- Cardiff Medi­cen­tre

Cardiff has been recog­nised as a cen­tre of excel­lence for pre­ci­sion med­i­cine by Inno­vate UK.

• The Euro­pean Can­cer Stem Cell Research Insti­ti­tute

• Cardiff Uni­ver­si­ty Brain Research Imag­ing Cen­tre

• Cardiff Insti­tute for Tis­sue Engi­neer­ing and Repair

This event is organ­ised by the Depart­ment for Busi­ness and Trade (DBT) / British Embassies in Helsin­ki. Stock­holm and Oslo.

Con­tact per­son

Mari Aal­to­nen

Senior Advis­er – Inward Invest­ment, British Embassy in Helsin­ki

mari.aaltonen@fcdo.gov.uk