Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 4

Financing Innovation: How can we utilise novel mechanisms to fund innovation?

Evaluating Innovation: How do we evaluate innovation appropriately?

Clinical Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship in the Community.

Change and Innovation: What are the obstacles to change in complex health organisations in the UK?

Healthcare Service Innovations: How do we provide high quality healthcare with decreased resources globally?

Innovation to Practice: What are the challanges to bringing innovative drugs and devices into healthcare delivery and practice globally?

Opening remarks for the Medical Innovation 2010 Conference and a Keynote Address given by Prof Baron Peter Piot, The Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, 'Harnessing Innovation to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Global Health Landscape'

Technological innovations can bring health benefits to many people in Less Industrialised Countries. How do you find the right organisations to partner with? The Medical Innovation lecture series has been conceptualized to bring together students, researchers, academics, practitioners and managers to debate the cross-cutting issue of innovation in the healthcare sector. The lectures explore the challenges of innovation within complex healthcare organisations and provided nuts-and-bolts advice for healthcare professionals and researchers to build businesses around their innovative ideas.

Successful medical innovation requires knowing how to secure resources and support. The Medical Innovation lecture series has been conceptualized to bring together students, researchers, academics, practitioners and managers to debate the cross-cutting issue of innovation in the healthcare sector. The lectures explore the challenges of innovation within complex healthcare organisations and provided nuts-and-bolts advice for healthcare professionals and researchers to build businesses around their innovative ideas.