NEXUS 2020-2022 networking series

Episode 1 - Medicines regulations post-Brexit

In this webinar Dr. Helen Erwood, Chairman of ESPL Regulatory Consulting tells us about the challenges and joys of regulating and supplying medicines and medical devices between the EU, UK, Great Britain and Northern Ireland post-Brexit; future changes that we can expect in the logistics of it all; and what this means for some parts of the life science industries.

Episode2 - Discover the latest developments at Inverness Campus

In this webinar Karen Thomson from Inverness Campus, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, tells us about new projects and builds and also some of the plans for the future of the Campus.

Episode 3 - How healthcare is changing - rethinking remote

This episode features Morag Hearty and Adrian Smith discussing how healthcare delivery is changing in Scotland and England, and what this means for patients and healthcare professionals.

Morag Hearty is the Remote Health Pathways Strategic Lead, Technology Enabled Care (TEC), at the Digital Health & Care Directorate of the Scottish Government.

Adrian Smith is Head of Digital Transformation at NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit.

Episode 4 - The AAA sector in Scotland

In episode 4 we hear from Jenna Bowen, Research Associate at SRUC. Jenna presents the findings of a research study she has undertaken to increase the understanding of, and identify strengths and opportunities for the animal health, agri-tech and aquaculture (AAA) sector in Scotland.

Episode 5 - Claiming for R&D tax credits

Could your business Claim R&D tax credits? Find out in our latest NEXUS webinar. Elizabeth Leonard, Director and Head of Corporate Tax at French Duncan, tells us about one of the biggest sources of tax repayments, R&D tax credits.

Elizabeth and her team at French Duncan have been helping businesses of all sizes uncover significant claims for years and have become experts in all thing R&D tax credits.

Episode 6 - Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd

In this webinar, new Executive Director, Darren Gibson, tells us all about Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd (FSS), a not-for-profit charity based in Kincraig. We hear about clinical trials and research, data management and statistical support they provide. Darren also discusses how he sees the future for FSS and how you can engage with them.

Episode 1 - How to make your food product healthier

In this webinar, Catriona Liddle from Queen Margaret University’s Scottish Centre for Food Development & Innovation, and Joanne Burns, Reformulation for Health Manager at the Food and Drink Federation Scotland (FDFS), lead a discussion on how food and drink businesses in the Highlands and Scotland can reformulate and make their products and recipes healthier.

The discussion covers topics such as the public health challenge of improving dietary health, and the Scottish Government’s Reformulation for Health Programme, through to consumer insights and the response to market and customer demands for healthier products. We also hear from businesses seeking to innovate and reformulate their products and ingredients.

Episode 2 - How Augmented Reality tools can advance medical training

In this NEXUS webinar Will Shu, Director and Co-founder of Organlike Ltd, talks about how they can support safer and more effective surgery by producing "hyper-realistic" anatomical models and tools for use in surgical training and simulation.

Additionally Will Shu is Hay Professor of Bioengineering at University of Strathclyde and understands the challenges within surgical training during the pandemic. Organlike supports safe and more effective surgery by producing models that use digital technology to solve this challenge.

The company is part of a consortium that uses Augmented Reality to help train surgeons around the world using Organlike’s models.

Episode 3 - Find out about Scottish Vet Referrals

Scottish Vet Referrals, based at Inverness Campus, offer specialist vet services for local pets. Kirsten Macleod tells us about their treatments for eye disease and cancer. You might also have seen them on BBC Alba treating eyes of snow leopard cubs.

Episode 4 - Tritonia Scientific Ltd

Tritonia Scientific Ltd (TSL), founded in 2018, was set up as a commercial development from the UK’s National Facility for Scientific Diving. Although originally diving-centric, the company has rapidly evolved to deliver a range of technology-based solutions that address project needs in the sub-tidal and inter-tidal environments. The company also owns and manages one of the three NHS-registered emergency recompression centres in Scotland.

Our guest speaker Martin Sayer, Managing Director at TSL, tells us about their main area of innovation involving the use of 3D photogrammetry. This is a computer-based technique that generates highly complex three-dimensional models using standard photo or videographic source material.

Episode 5 - NHS Highland Research Development & Innovation

NHS Highland Research, Development and Innovation (R&DI) ensures that patients receive treatment and care based on the best evidence available, using innovation to support service improvement.

Strong RDI activity throughout the NHS is important and includes research, service redesign and innovation projects with partners including businesses, third sector organisations and academic institutions.

Frances Hines, the RD&I Manager, and Lee Heaney, Innovation Manager, tell us more about the facilities and trials they manage and the projects they support.

Episode 6 - Climate Tech and the digital opportunities available for businesses

Our guest speaker Marc Strathie, Head of Policy and Research at ScotlandIS, explains the Climate Tech sector and the digital opportunities available for businesses. He also tells us about a range of SMEs from across the region and throughout Scotland, who have already made use of digital opportunities to tackle climate related challenges. He focuses on key sectors including energy, land use, the built environment and transport.

ScotlandIS is the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry. It is at the heart of Scotland’s digital economy, shaping, changing and driving it forward.

Episode 7 - How businesses can help inspire a future generation of STEM professionals

Our guest speaker Emma Robertson, Project Manager at Science Skills Academy (SSA) tells us how SSA inspires young students and she shares some of their success stories. You will also find out how you as a business can get involved with SSA and help to galvanize future generations of professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).

Science Skills Academy is a multi partnership project led by Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and funded through the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal. The main aim of SSA is to encourage more young people to study (STEM) based subjects.

Episode 9 - What does good Intellectual Property management look like to an SME?

In this webinar Caroline Pigott, Senior Trade Mark Attorney & IP Solicitor at HGF Limited and Caroline MacLellan, Senior Innovation Manager from HIE explain the importance of Intellectual Property (IP).

Caroline Pigott uses fictious case studies to highlight the importance of IP and she focuses on trademarks in a business setting.

Caroline MacLellan tells us how HIE can help your business with an IP audit.

Episode 10 - Discover how our technology placement programme can help your business

In this webinar Lizi Blackwood, Technology Development Manager from Northern Innovation Hub explains the opportunities available to SMEs, regarding hiring a graduate to potentially improve their productivity, competitiveness, and growth potential. She is joined by Cecila Grigor from Planit Scotland who shares her experience of hiring a graduate through the programme.

Episode 11 - Explore the latest developments in animal health and aquaculture

In this webinar Prof George Gunn, Head of Veterinary Epidemiology at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) tells us about the developments in animal health and aquaculture, with a particular focus on plans in Inverness for the Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre.

Episode 12 - Food and Health - How to make your food product healthier

In this webinar, Catriona Liddle from Queen Margaret University’s Scottish Centre for Food Development & Innovation, and Joanne Burns, Reformulation for Health Manager at the Food and Drink Federation Scotland (FDFS), lead a discussion on how food and drink businesses in the Highlands and Scotland can reformulate and make their products and recipes healthier.

The discussion covers topics such as the public health challenge of improving dietary health, and the Scottish Government’s Reformulation for Health Programme, through to consumer insights and the response to market and customer demands for healthier products. We also hear from businesses seeking to innovate and reformulate their products and ingredients.

Episode 1 - NHS Highland navigate urgent cancer care with video technology

Episode 2 - Project Corran

4c Engineering and Aseptium explain how they came together with other partners (including LifeScan Scotland Ltd) during the first COVID lockdown in 2020 to design and supply face shields to the NHS.

Episode 3 - Recovery post COVID-19: Digital skills at your door

Recovery post COVID-19: Digital skills at your door featuring CodeClan. 

Episode 4 - Make, remake, reuse – why circular economy makes business sense

Our guest speaker Helen Lavery, Regional Engagement Manager at Zero Waste Scotland explores the concepts behind a circular economy. This is one in which products, services and systems are designed to maximise their value and minimise waste.

Products last longer when they are reused, repaired, remanufactured or recycled. Find out how we can build back in a better way from COVID-19 and work towards tackling the climate crisis. Helen also discusses key strategies that will enable businesses to take advantage of the opportunities that it presents and share some real life examples of circular models in action across the life science and technologies sectors. 

Episode 5 - How to succeed with Intellectual Property

Do you have a product or idea you would like to protect? Or do you simply want to improve your knowledge of intellectual property (IP)? Our NEXUS webinar with Dr Kate Macdonald from Capella IP explains how using intellectual property (IP) as a business tool can empower innovators, improve credibility and create a competitive edge. This can put your business in a stronger market position - using both free and registrable IP to help protect ideas and start conversations.

Episode 6 - Health and life sciences innovation opportunities with UHI

The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) works in collaboration with regional businesses, entrepreneurs, public and 3rd sector organisations to develop commercially and clinically successful Health and Life Sciences Innovations.

Since 2015 more than 120 innovation projects involving over 60 academic collaborators and over 50 commercial partners have generated £30m in new research income. These are focused around UHI strengths in cancer, heart disease, immunology, active health and nutrition, behaviour science, remote and rural health, and user-led design. Their projects are all about impact, both at home and abroad.

They help establish real world improvements in health, social care and life sciences while responding to the need for affordable, realistic, and effective care for everyone in the Highlands and Islands.

Dr Adam Giangreco discusses the UHI approach to collaborative innovation, and providing a recent case study that exemplifies how this process can work for business. Adam also discusses the planned Life Sciences Innovation Centre on Inverness Campus and how the physical building will support innovation activity.

Episode 7 - Marketing healthcare through patient advocacy

Marketing in the healthcare sector - how can you turn your patients into advocates? Watch our recorded NEXUS webinar with Neil Hillyard who discusses his work in the dental sector and how he applied his approach to a different healthcare sector. Neil works with specialist dental practices in the UK as well as the British Orthodontic Society.

Episode 8 - How geofencing technology makes family visits to care homes possible

Our NEXUS webinar explains how geofencing technology makes family visits to care homes possible. Hear how Castlehill Care Home in Inverness was the first in Scotland to trial innovative technology that aims to allow relatives to visit their family freely and help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Alan White, Director of Highland Health Ventures which is overseeing the project with NHS Highland, is discussing the care home technology trials, and Alastair Williamson from Wyld Networks provides more detail on how the technology works.

Episode 9 - Apps positively enabling the lives of disabled people

Smart technology is available to help disabled people overcome the challenges of everyday live. Our NEXUS webinar guest speaker Gavin Neate, Founder and CEO of Neatebox explained how his applications “Button” and “WelcoMe” are directly and positively influencing the lives of disabled people. Gavin also shared his knowledge on how high-growth Tech4Good products and models are changing the face of sustainable business ownership and growth.

Episode 10 - UHI Active health research and innovation activities

Meet our future neighbours at the Life Sciences Innovation Centre that is taking shape on Inverness Campus: The Active Health research team at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Watch our recorded NEXUS webinar and hear from Prof Trish Gorley and Dr Daniel Crabtree about the research they undertake and they expertise and equipment their team has to offer.

Episode 11 - Digital technology and the health service in Highlands

Digital technology is making Highland health services more accessible. Watch our NEXUS webinar recording to hear about the online technologies that benefit patients in the Highlands.

Dawn Robb from NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) talks about NHS Near Me, a secure video service for patients with pre-arranged appointment times.

Karen Mackillop, Project Midwife from NHS Highland explains the BadgerNet online portal and application which allows patients to access their maternity records over the internet.