About the event
The LifeArc Translational Science Summit highlighted and encouraged discussion on how translational science can bridge the gap between basic research and clinical applications. The day featured presentations and insights from leading scientists, experts, policy makers and innovators. It also hosted the amazing Translating Science Through Art exhibition, which brought together artists and scientists working within rare diseases to create fabulous works of art in a range of production methods and styles.
Programme tracks:
- Data-driven discoveries and translation
- Biotech ventures: navigating the funding landscape
- Innovating translational science
- Breaking barriers: accelerating translation for under-served patients through collaboration
Keynote plenaries agenda
| Time | Speakers | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:15 | Stéphane Maikovsky | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 09:15-09:35 | Patrick Chinnery | Working together to deliver success in the UK life sciences ecosystem |
| 09:35-09:55 | Dame Kate Bingham Clare Terlouw | A fireside chat with Dame Kate Bingham on the future of biotech investing |
| 09:55-10:00 | Dave Powell | Agenda overview |
| 16:50-17:15 | Professor Lord Robert Winston Lord David Willetts | Turbocharging translational science in the UK |