Category: Events

CADDA at Barclays Eagle Labs Café

📅 Thursday, 6th November ⏰ 10:00 – 12:00 PM 📍 Barclays Eagle Labs, Discovery Park

The Centre for Advanced Diagnostics Development and Application (CADDA) is hosting a café-style event at Barclays Eagle Labs, Sandwich, designed to connect with diagnostics companies from across the region.

CADDA is a strategic programme with funding support from Research England.
It is a national programme set to drive innovation in human and animal diagnostics. CADDA is led by the University of Kent in partnership with The University of Manchester and University College London (UCL).

This informal session is an opportunity to:

  • Learn more about CADDA and the support we can offer diagnostics businesses
  • Explore our Knowledge Transfer Vouchers (CKTVs)
  • Discover the benefits of joining our Community of Practice (membership is free)
  • Network with CADDA’s team and other diagnostics organisations

Tea and coffee will be provided, and the session is open to all organisations with an interest in advancing diagnostics.

While registration isn’t required, we kindly ask you to sign up via Eventbrite so we can tailor the session and make sure there’s enough coffee to go around.

If you’re unable to attend but would like to know more about CADDA or discuss opportunities to collaborate, please contact us at cadda@kent.ac.uk

We look forward to welcoming you to the Café and exploring how we can work together to drive diagnostics innovation.

Startup Roadshow

📅 Thursday, 25th September ⏰ 10:00 – 12:30 PM 📍 Fruitworks Coworking, Canterbury
This event is hosted by South East Angels.

South East Angels are excited to host their next Startup Roadshow in Kent, Canterbury on the 25th September, a free event bringing together founders, investors and others in the startup ecosystem for a morning of networking and startup showcases, with a panel of investor judges. This event, run by South East Angels, is a great opportunity for startups to present their ideas via a quickfire pitching session, and network with local funders and founders.

🔗For more information and to get your tickets

The Kent ENdoscopy Training Course

📅 September 30, 2025 – October 2, 2025 ⏰ 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM 📍 Building 500, Discovery Park

This event is hosted by SaySo Health.

The 9th Kent ENdoscopy Training Course on Endo-surgical Insight in Colorectal, Gastric, Oesophageal and HPB lesions.

A warm welcome to the K.EN.T Course 2025, a 3–day course which is taking place in Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent on the 30th of September to the 1st of October 2025, now in its 9th successful year. The hands-on training day will be held at the academic premises of Discovery Park on the 2nd of October 2025.

🔗For more information and to get your tickets

£1 Rediscovery Charity Sale

📅 3rd Wednesday-4th Thursday September ⏰ 10:00-16:00 📍 Magellan Suite, Innovation House

Bag a bargain and make a difference! Our onsite charity shop is holding a £1 Sale – every purchase helps support the local community. Everyone welcome. Free parking at Discovery Park’s Visitor Centre.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

📅 Wednesday 24th September 2025 📍 Innovation House, 2nd Floor, opposite the Social Zone

From 11am until the last slice is gone, we’ll be serving delicious cakes and treats in support of Macmillan Cancer Support.

If you’d like to get involved, you can either whip up something tasty at home or pick up a sweet treat from the shop — just let Janice know at J.Noble@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk.

Or, simply drop by, join the fun, and help us in the most enjoyable way possible… by eating cake! 🍰

 

Unbe-leaf-able Free Salad

📅 Thursday 21st August 2025 📍 Innovation House Foyer

GrowUp will be showing up at Innovation House with free salad bags worth leaf-ing your desk for. No pesticides, no cutlery, no fuss – just bags full of bold, fresh flavour.

London Life Sciences Week (LLSW)

This event is hosted by London Life Sciences Week.

Join us on 16th – 21st November 2025 for London Life Sciences Week (LLSW). The annual event brings together industry leaders, innovators, and investors to unite the global biotech community for a week of unparalleled networking and dealmaking. Centered around the Jeffries European Healthcare Conference, the week attracts over 800 international senior decision-makers from Life Science companies and investor firms. The week kicks off with a ‘Welcome to London’ reception and features a series of satellite events to showcase London’s best life science initiatives to promote and celebrate life sciences in London. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this global gathering of networking and opportunity.

For more information visit: lifesciencesweek.london

WM Life Sciences Week 2025

This event is hosted by West Midlands Life Sciences Week.

Join us in the West Midlands from September 15-19, 2025, for the inaugural WM Life Sciences Week, where innovation meets industry leadership.

West Midlands Life Sciences Week 2025 is a pioneering programme designed to bring together professionals, researchers, and businesses shaping the future of life sciences. Running from September 15 to 19, this week-long initiative will explore the latest advancements, medical breakthroughs, and innovative technologies.

For more information

TOPRA – US Regulation of Medical Devices – London & online

This Masterclass will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the US regulatory procedures for medical devices, to enable you to make recommendations about regulatory strategy for the US market.

When: 23-25 July 2025
Where: Lincoln Plaza, 2 Lincoln Plaza, Canary Wharf, London E14 9BD

Day 1 start time: 09:00 BST | Day 3 end time: 16:30 BSTThis course is also available to attend online.

 

Suitable for

This course is essential for:

  • Delegates from the pharmaceutical industry who wish to develop their knowledge
  • Delegates from allied industries who wish to have a comprehensive understanding of the subject
  • Students on the TOPRA MSc programme.

Note: this course is also Module 21 of the MSc Regulatory Affairs.

Course information

This course will cover:

  • US FD&C Act and Code of Federal Regulations
  • History, Structure and Mission of the FDA
  • Product Designation and Device Classification
  • Pre-Submissions, Pre-Market Notification & Approval
  • Combination Products
  • Device Listing and Establishment Registration
  • Labelling
  • Quality Systems Regulation and Inspections
  • Medical Device Reporting

Benefits to delegates

This course will enable you to:

  • Understand the global importance of the US medical devices market and the history and context of medical device regulation in the US
  • Demonstrate a critical understanding of the US medical devices regulation, processes and procedures
  • Critically evaluate the different routes into the US medical device market and the regulatory requirements and processes for each
  • Evaluate the differences and similarities between the regulation of medical devices in the US and EU
  • Be able to make recommendations about entering the US medical devices market and a suitable strategy for doing so. This will include the ability to apply product jurisdiction, device classification criteria and identify relevant regulatory pathways and requirements
  • Make sound judgments in he absence of complete data and communicate their conclusions effectively
  • Critically appraise and evaluate communications relating to medical devices from US regulatory bodies and research publications

CPD: This course provides 15 CPD hours upon successful completion.
To learn more about why Continuing Professional Development is important, visit our Lifelong Learning page.

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