Overview How can we ensure the safety of our patients if our healthcare systems are vulnerable to relentless cyber attacks? The digital health landscape is under unprecedented strain. In 2025, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) dealt with 204 “nationally significant” cyber-attacks, an average of four major incidents every week. The UK government has responded ... Read more
A morning exploring what really happens during a cyber breach, from the team that's handled over 200 real ransomware recoveries. The twist: AI is rewriting the attack playbook. Discover how preparation and resilience reduce downtime, hear real-world lessons from the front line, and get actionable tips for your organisation's incident response. Then step into the ... Read more
Join the Manchester life sciences community for an evening exploring how hybrid working, AI, and multi-generational teams are reshaping workplace culture. This month’s theme dives into the forces redefining how biopharma and health tech organisations operate. Led by moderator Paul Bradley-Law (Founder, The Great People Machine), the panel brings together Ike Cooke (LYVA Labs) and ... Read more
Join us at Sci-Tech Daresbury for a dynamic Business Pitching morning designed to bring the Life Science and Biomedical sectors together. Bionow, Sci-Tech Daresbury and STFC are co-hosting this session to connect innovative businesses, investors and potential collaborators from across the North of England. Expect rapid-fire 90-second pitches, followed by networking with organisations looking to ... Read more
The Digital Health Summer Schools return on 16–17 July 2026 at the University of Nottingham, pitched as the premier NHS IT leadership retreat for current and aspiring digital leaders. The programme focuses on peer learning, leadership development and practical digital transformation skills rather than product pitches. Sessions are built around participation — workshops, roundtables and ... Read more
SurgTech 2026 is the annual conference hosted by the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Accelerated Surgical Care. The event connects innovators, clinicians, academics and industry partners to shape the future of surgical care, with a strong focus on minimally invasive therapies, digital technologies and AI-enabled surgical innovation. Key themes include: • Early diagnosis and personalised ... Read more
AI is brilliant at spreadsheets, code, and first drafts. But when it comes to designing something you can actually manufacture, drafting a watertight contract, or building a brand that people genuinely trust, the human edge still matters. Rise and Design is a three-hour, in-person morning at The Catalyst in Newcastle exploring exactly that gap. Three ... Read more
The CHIME CXO Summit is a three-day residential training programme running 15–18 September 2026 at the Møller Institute in Cambridge. It's built for NHS CIOs, Chief Clinical Information Officers (CCIOs) and senior digital leaders who need to lead transformation across organisations where digital is not the primary language. Each module combines expert input with hands-on ... Read more
HTN Live 2026 returns on 16 September 2026 at the Crowne Plaza, Leeds for a focused day of participation, deep dives and peer-led discussion on digital and data transformation in health and care. Unlike conventional conferences, HTN Live poses challenge questions and facilitates real discussion rather than one-way presentations. The 2026 agenda spans digital action ... Read more
Co-hosted by Diversity UK and the University of Manchester's Greater Manchester Connected Health Ecosystem, the Women's Health Technology Summit 2026 brings together leaders from healthcare, research, technology, investment, academia, policy and industry to examine how digital technology can tackle persistent inequalities in women's health outcomes. The Summit is structured around three themes: tackling medical misogyny ... Read more
The NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Rehabilitation and EMERGE RehabTech are hosting their annual RehabTech Together conference at Nottingham Contemporary. This is a day-to-evening event bringing together researchers, clinicians, industry innovators and the public to share groundbreaking rehabilitation technology research, demo innovations and build connections. Agenda highlights: • EMERGE Early Career Researcher Forum (09:00–12:00, separate ... Read more
OHDSI UK 2026 returns to the University of Nottingham on 17–18 September 2026, bringing together researchers, data scientists and health informaticists working with the OMOP Common Data Model. For the first time, the event includes a training day on 17 September with three parallel tracks: working with the OMOP CDM in R; ETL and federated ... Read more
