Category: Events

Join us for the Kent & Medway Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Sector Roundtable for Health & Life Sciences (including Medtech) — a strategic, in-person event designed to shape the future of skills in our region.

The Kent & Medway LSIP, funded by UK Government, aims to align local skills provision with the evolving needs of employers, ensuring our workforce is equipped to support sustainable economic growth.

This roundtable is your opportunity to:

• Share your experiences with the regional skills and education system
• Highlight current challenges and skills gaps
• Influence the development of the new Kent & Medway LSIP, due for publication in 2026

We’re seeking input from employers across the health and life sciences sectors (inc Medtech) to ensure all voices are heard and key issues are captured accurately.

Event Details

• Date:Friday 5th December 2025
• Time: 10am-12pm
• Platform: Zoom
• [Click here to register for the online meeting]

Why Attend?

Your insights are vital to shaping a skills landscape that meets employer needs and supports regional growth. These sessions are designed as open forums for employers to provide feedback on progress and suggest opportunities for collaboration and improvement.

Join us for the Kent & Medway Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Sector Roundtable for Health & Life Sciences (including Medtech) — a strategic, in-person event designed to shape the future of skills in our region.

The Kent & Medway LSIP, funded by UK Government, aims to align local skills provision with the evolving needs of employers, ensuring our workforce is equipped to support sustainable economic growth.

This roundtable is your opportunity to:

• Share your experiences with the regional skills and education system
• Highlight current challenges and skills gaps
• Influence the development of the new Kent & Medway LSIP, due for publication in 2026

We’re seeking input from employers across the health and life sciences sectors (inc Medtech) to ensure all voices are heard and key issues are captured accurately.

Event Details

• Date: Wednesday 19th November 2025
• Time: 10am–12pm
• Location: The Village Hotel, Maidstone
• [Click here to register for the in person roundtable]

If you’re unable to attend in person, you can join our online session instead:

• Date:Friday 5th December 2025
• Time: 10am-12pm
• Platform: Zoom
• [Click here to register for the online meeting]

Both sessions will follow the same format. Please register for the option that best suits your schedule.

Why Attend?

Your insights are vital to shaping a skills landscape that meets employer needs and supports regional growth. These sessions are designed as open forums for employers to provide feedback on progress and suggest opportunities for collaboration and improvement.

Join Discovery Park for a sponsored networking evening designed for start-up founders, investors, and other sector stakeholders.

⏰ 17:30 – 20:30

Hosted at Barclays Eagle Labs, Shoreditch, the event will feature a panel discussion led by Discovery Park Ventures, exploring strategies for scaling funding and raising investment in today’s macroeconomic environment.

 

Hear from our panel of founders and operators who’ve navigated uncertain markets and are now thriving:

Lydia Mapstone — BoobyBiome

Antony Odell — EchoPoint Medical

Pedro Correa de Sampaio — Neobe Therapeutics

Rachel Dennison — Oxford Medical Products

Georgia Fleet — Zonova Tech

 

Book your free ticket

Carbon 6 Academy of Science is a pioneering new specialist sixth form, located at leading science and innovation campus Discovery Park. Benefiting from world-class lab facilities and industry connections, Carbon 6 provides the ideal learning environment for ambitious students who are passionate about a career in STEM or looking to study science at University.

Learn more about the facilities at our open day on Thursday 27th November, 6pm – 9pm:

Please register your interest ahead of attending by selecting the time required using the Book Now link below

Open evening schedule:

Group 1:

6pm Arrival and refreshments

6:30pm Hear from Carbon 6 Lead, Russell Sauntry

7:00pm Tour of the world-class facilities at Discovery Park

Group 2:

7:30pm Arrival and refreshments

8:00pm Hear from Carbon 6 Lead, Russell Sauntry

8:30pm Tour of the world-class facilities at Discovery Park

There will also be a chance to meet some of our industry partners and subject leads and ask any questions you may have.

A-level courses offered at Carbon 6 Academy of Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths, with additional opportunities in Further Maths and Extended Project Qualifications.

Visit Website: https://discovery-park.co.uk/lp/carbon-6-academy-of-science/

HatHats Coffee Company, in partnership with Bidfood, invites you to an unmissable two-day industry event designed for leaders, innovators, and changemakers in food, drink, and hospitality.

Across Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th January 2026, Discovery Park will host decision-makers from across the UK, sharing strategies, uncovering trends, and sparking opportunities that will shape the future of our industry.

Day 1 – “There’s a Deal to Be Done”

Focus: Partnerships, deal-making, and value creation in food and drink.

Day 2 – “Innovate or Evaporate”

Focus: Innovation, operational efficiency, and staying ahead of the curve.

This event brings together the sharpest minds, boldest innovators, and most influential voices in the food and drink sector. Over two dynamic days, you’ll gain insider insights, forge high‑value connections, and explore the trends, technologies, and strategies that will define the next decade of our industry. If you’re serious about staying ahead, this is where you need to be.

For more info and to secure your tickets, click here.

This is a private event hosted by Mewburn Ellis. Invite only. If you think you would like to attend, please email info@discovery-park.co.uk.

Drop-in sessions with Dr Heather Ramsay to find out more about the NIHR BioResource

The NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, and enabling scientific discoveries. We have over 330,000 consented volunteers, from the general population and patients with common and rare diseases, who have donated a blood sample, granted access to their health records and genomic data, and are willing to be recalled to participate in academic and industry-led experimental medicine and clinical research studies. Recruitment is on a national and local level, with 18 local BioResource centres across England, including Cambridge.

Find out more and book a slot here.

The ultimate inter-schools competition

which is all about inspiring and engaging young minds in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM)! We’re on a mission to ignite your curiosity and creativity, and we want to see your amazing projects that showcase the best of STEM.

Whether you’ve built a robot, designed an app, conducted experiments or created something entirely unique, enter by 30th September 2025! The showcase STEM Fair will be hosted at the Discovery Park on Friday 17th October.

Find out more, book tickets, and enter your school here.

Wednesday 15th October 2025 18.00 – 20.00 London EC4A 3AG

This event is hosted by Abel + Imray.

Our Abel + Imray Investors + Innovators Meet Up series bring people together to start creating those connections through networking over informal drinks. Each event has an innovation theme to provide a focus to attract relevant investors and innovating businesses to be ‘in the room’.

The meet up is free to attend though places are limited, and places are restricted to 2 per organisation.

For more information and to get your tickets

This event is hosted by Growing Kent & Medway.

Meet exciting plant-based food and drink businesses and hear from the innovators and researchers making our horticultural food systems more sustainable.

The event will include:

• Talks from local policy makers and funders
• Presentations on cutting-edge science and technology developments in food and farming
• Taste new food and drink products developed with support from Growing Kent & Medway
• Network with other Growing Kent & Medway members; businesses, technical research specialists, funders, and business support experts
• Tours of Niab’s research facilities, including the glasshouses, Wine Innovation Centre, research vineyards and growth rooms
• Plus, hear about the next phase of place-based innovation for our sector.

The morning will feature talks and presentations at the Orchards Event Centre, East Malling, before we move to the Mumford Building for networking, lunch and demonstration displays.

Lunch will be provided on the terrace overlooking the Niab vineyards.

Limited places are available for businesses to display their products during the networking session. Please email contact@growingkentandmedway.com if you would like to request a table.

We hope you can join us for this free event to celebrate the brilliant innovation taking place across our supply chains.

Find more information here.