Our Events

Free webinar to detail health innovation partner’s evolving model for closer ‘triple helix’ working

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 11th February 2026, 12:00 – 12:45

📍Location: Online

Event Info:

On Wednesday 28th January, InnoScot Health will discuss its phased transition from NHS Scotland partner to a more expansive consultancy offering which will more closely engage industry and academia, bringing Scotland’s ‘triple helix’ closer together.

The webinar — entitled ‘The evolving face of healthcare innovation — how InnoScot Health is expanding its reach’ — takes place from 12-12.45pm and will be presented by Head of Innovation, Robert Rea, and Head of Innovation Commercialisation, Gillian Henderson.

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UNITE MOOCs: Building the Foundations for Scalable Digital Health

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 4th February 2026, 12:00 – 12:45

📍Location: Online

Event Info:

On 4th February 2026 at 14:00 CET, UNITE are bringing a focused webinar on what it really takes to scale digital health beyond pilots and proof-of-concepts. Drawing on real case studies from the EU and the Western Balkans, the session explores how regulatory readiness (MDR/IVDR), ecosystem collaboration, and alignment with EU standards can turn compliance into a strategic advantage — not a blocker.

You’ll hear why early regulatory understanding accelerates innovation and partnerships, how digital health ecosystems actually work (and why many collaborations fail), and which skills founders, researchers, and professionals need to build solutions that survive contact with real healthcare systems.

If you’re building, researching, regulating, or enabling digital health, this webinar is for you.

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Screening – it’s complicated. The science, evidence and practice of screening for disease

📅 Date and Time: Monday, 5th February 2026, 10:00 – 16:30

📍Location: Parliament Hall, 66 South Street, St Andrews, KY16 9QW

Event Info:

The Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare is offering its second course – Screening, it’s complicated on Monday, 5th February in St. Andrews.

Join the event to discuss the complexities and controversies of screening, dilemmas, and politics, ranging from newborn testing to prostate cancer. When is screening useful, harmful, or cost- effective, and how are the decisions made by the NHS?

Dr Angela Raffle, the leading public health physician and a national leader in improving screening programmes will deliver the keynote: Stories from 30 years of screening; creating order out of chaos. Other multidisciplinary visiting speakers will also join the event: Richard Foggo, Co-Director of Population Health with the Scottish Government; and Dr Tasmin Somerfield, National Clinical Advisor/Deputy Director of Screening, NHS National Services Scotland. Richard and Tasmin will speak as policymakers considering the politics and evidence conundrum. Dr Emily Postan, Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Fellow in Bioethics at University of Edinburgh, will consider whether self-knowledge is always ‘good’.

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Digital Health and Care Conference 2026

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 10th February 2026, 09:25 – 15:00

📍Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh

Event Info:

Scotland’s leading Digital Health and Care Conference returns to Edinburgh on the 10th and 11th February 2026 for it’s 17th consecutive year, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.
Across the two days, Scotland’s top political voices, health leaders and senior representatives from across the public and third sectors will come together to explore the journey from ambition to impact by collaborating and discussing the key challenges and opportunities facing the health and care sector through a packed agenda of panel sessions, masterclasses and keynote addresses.

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Techscaler Health & Medtech Innovation Summit

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 24th February 2026, 12:00 – 16:00

📍Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute

Event Info:

Join Scotland’s health & medtech community to connect, share ideas, and explore opportunities with founders, investors, and partners.

On Tuesday, 24th February, Techscaler Health & Medtech Innovation Summit will bring together Scotland’s thriving health and medtech startup ecosystem for an event designed to connect, inspire, and showcase innovation in the industry. With a focus on founder-led insights and sector-specific challenges, the summit offers a unique platform to spotlight Scottish startups, share knowledge, and foster meaningful collaborations across the ecosystem.

 

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Health & Social Care Transformation 2026

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 12th March 2026, 08:15 – 16:30

📍Location: University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow

Event Info:

Registration is now open for the Transforming Health & Social Care Scotland 2026 Conference, taking place on Thursday, 12th March at the University of Strathclyde Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow.

Scotland’s health and social care system is entering one of its most significant periods of change in a generation. With MyCare.scot set to begin its first live deployment at the end of 2025, the focus now turns to how services, pathways, and data will evolve to meet the expectations of a modern, digitally enabled NHS.

On 12th March, the Transforming Health & Social Care Scotland 2026 Conference will bring together national leaders, clinical innovators, and international experts to explore what this next chapter looks like in practice — from AI-enabled decision-making and integrated digital pathways to workforce readiness and system-wide redesign.

This year’s agenda will examine:

• The phased rollout of the Digital Front Door and what it means for citizens and clinicians
• How policy is shifting from strategy to delivery across health and social care
• The rise of AI, predictive analytics and data-driven planning
• New approaches to telehealth, virtual care and integrated pathways
• The culture, leadership and skills needed to embed digital change

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Public Sector Data & AI Summit 2026

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 18th March 2026, 10:00 – 16:15

📍Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh

Event Info:

On Wednesday, 18th March, Holyrood’s Public Sector Data & AI Summit 2026 will once again provide a vital platform for shared learning, cross-sector collaboration, and fresh thinking. As Scotland prepares for the next parliamentary election, the strategic use of data and ethical application of AI will play an important role in shaping the policy agendas and delivering better services for communities.

This event will focus on how Scotland’s public sector can advance its use of data and AI – responsibly, innovatively, and in ways that build trust and deliver tangible benefits to citizens. Join us for a day of high-impact keynotes, hands-on case studies, and strategic insights designed to support everyone – from data analysts to chief data officers – as they navigate the complex data challenges and opportunities ahead.

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DataFest 2026

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 27th May 2026 & Thursday 28th May 2026

📍Location: Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Event Info:

DataFest 2026 returns on 27th–28th May at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. Tickets go on sale in October — join The Data Lab Community for exclusive early-bird access and be among the first to secure your spot at Scotland’s leading data and AI event.

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DigitalScotland 2026

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 24th November 2026

📍Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Event Info: 

Digital Scotland is the annual summit for technology and policy leaders engaged in building Scotland’s future public services. In 2025 we showcased the new national Digital Strategy, designed and led by Scottish Government and the local government umbrella organisation, COSLA.

Keynote Speakers for 2025:

• Ivan Mckee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government
• Joe Griffin, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
• Geoff Huggins, Digital Director, Scottish Government
• Ann-Marie Gallacher, Chief Information Officer, NHS

We take a deep dive on the constantly-evolving story of AI, and its implications for public services, with emerging use cases and inspiring examples of how that technology – and others – are reshaping the citizen experience. Featuring over 70 speakers, 100 exhibitors and 1,200 delegates, the conference is the biggest forum for public sector technology leaders, with case studies from across the UK, as well as partner nations, including Denmark, Estonia and Finland.

The conference tapped into the public tech zeitgeist – covering the latest from the global GovTech movement, digital ID, cloud services, payments, AI, IoT and Cybersecurity.

Digital Scotland is the meeting place where government ministers interact with technology upstarts and disruptors engaged and motivated by the goal of creating world-class digital experiences for citizens of the future. Be part of the conversation.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the strategic direction for government digital policy and programmes with a new national Digital Strategy.
• Hear how GovTech leaders from across the UK and Europe are pursuing technology-led transformation of government services.
• Experience best-in-class technology projects from an array of public services, from healthcare to social services, local government, environment and justice.
• Learn playbook approaches to tech implementation from experienced public-sector technology leaders.
• Attend industry masterclasses spanning user-centred design, data, AI, cloud, cybersecurity and IoT

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