The Times Life Sciences Summit

20/03/2024

University of Aberdeen, King's College Conference Centre, High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3SW, UK

The UK’s life sciences sector is tackling some of the biggest global health challenges through scientific creativity, commercial innovation and technological advancement, improving lives whilst delivering robust economic growth.

Join entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders at the 2024 Life Sciences Summit in Aberdeen, where experts will explore what it takes to transform the first spark of an idea into a commercial reality.

Hear from investors who support companies at every stage of the development pipeline, including the CEO of Innovate UK, Indro Mukerjee, and senior representatives from LifeArc Ventures, Deepbridge Capital, Epidarex and Archangel Investors.

The North-East of Scotland is home to a distinct cluster of clinical-stage biotech companies and, with the recent opening of the ONE BioHub innovation hub, is a region poised to maximise its life sciences sector’s health, wellbeing, and economic potential. Join the summit to learn from the Scottish entrepreneurs behind biotech, medtech and healthtech companies, including Carcinotech, EpitogenX, Microplate Dx, TauRx, NovaBiotics and Elasmogen. Explore cutting-edge approaches to drug discovery with artificial intelligence experts and discuss the future of life sciences with leading industry commentators, including the BioIndustry Association.

Join Times science editor Tom Whipple, Times columnist Gillian Bowditch, and life sciences leaders as they explore the exciting potential of this dynamic, innovative and fast growing sector.