Regenerative Medicine Careers: How to choose and secure your dream career Wednesday February 26th 2014 Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, B5 4EW 09:30 Registration, arrival refreshments and opportunity to network 10:00 Event opening Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Head of Business Engagement and National Outreach, EPSRC-funded Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine 10:10 Regener8: Translating regenerative therapies Dr Mike Raxworthy, Operations Director, Regener8 and Chief Executive Officer, Neotherix Speaker acknowledgements: 10:15 Technology transfer: A career at the interface Dr James Lapworth, Senior Licensing and Commercialisation Manager, University of Leicester 10:35 An industry perspective on translatable regenerative medicine Dr Sarrawat Rehman, Research Engineer, JRI Orthopaedics 10:55 A career in biomaterials in a large medical device company David Farrar, Biomaterials and Bioskills Laboratory Manager - Biomaterials, Smith & Nephew Research Centre 11:15 Tea break and opportunity to network 11:40 From rigs to regs: My career so far Dr Patrick Ginty, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Cell Therapy Catapult 12:00 Researcher to entrepeneur Iwan Roberts MRes MEng, Chief Operating Office and co-founder, Puridify 12:20 Cellular therapy: From academia to biotech and points in between Dr John Campbell, Associate Director – Research, Development & Innovation, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service 12:40 Regenerative medicine: A research council fellowship perspective Dr Rob Thomas, EPSRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University 13:00 Lunch and networking opportunity 14:10 Announcement regarding the FIRM Symposium 2014 14:15 Introduction to CV clinic and group discussions - Dr Sophie Dale-Black 14:25 – 15:05 CV clinic If you requested a slot with a CV mentor, please see the CV clinic timetable to find your time slot and CV mentor name. To ensure the CV clinic runs smoothly, please be at the correct meeting table at the stated start time of your slot. Please ask for help at the registration desk. CV mentor acknowledgements: 14:25 – 15:05 Group sessions Group sessions are informal, please move between sessions as you wish attending your CV mentoring slot(s) at the correct time. 1. Working with a recruitment agent - Tim Berry, Recruitment Consultant, SRG 2. Creating your own brand - Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Head of Business Engagement and National Outreach, EPSRC-funded Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine 3. Applying for a Fellowship – Q&A - Dr Rob Thomas, EPSRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University 15:05 Tea break and networking 15:30 – 16:20 CV clinic (continued) Group sessions (repeated) 1. Working with a recruitment agent - Tim Berry, Recruitment Consultant, SRG 2. Creating your own brand - Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Head of Business Engagement and National Outreach, EPSRC-funded Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine 3. Applying for a Fellowship – Q&A - Dr Rob Thomas, EPSRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University 16:20 Wrapping-up – Dr Sophie Dale-Black 16:30 Close of event