Upcoming Innovation Events
We work to maximise opportunities for companies to interact with researchers and health and care professionals – a conversation can often spark new innovative ideas.
Keep up to date and find out more about the latest innovation events from across Scotland.
Public Sector Cloud Services, Infrastructure and AI 2024
Date and Time: Tuesday, 24 Sep 2024 9:30 am – 16:00 pm.
Location: Edinburgh Dynamic Earth
Event Info:
Holyrood Connect’s annual Public Sector Cloud Services Conference returns to Dynamic Earth in central Edinburgh on 24 September 2024.
The Scottish Government recently launched its new Cloud Platform Service for the public sector. This event will provide an opportunity for public sector organisations across Scotland to reflect on where they stand in their own cloud migration and explore future strategies for the whole sector.
Through a variety of interactive session formats, our revamped conference will delve into the progress made within the Scottish public sector, the complexities found as cloud journeys advance, and what the future might hold as we embrace Cloud and Artificial Intelligence.
The event will act as a premier opportunity for public sector professionals in Scotland to connect in person, learn and exchange ideas.
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Digital Lifelines Scotland Annual Conference 2024
Date and Time: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 10:00 am – 16:00pm
Location: Surgeons Quarter, 10 Hill Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DS
Event Info:
The Digital Lifelines Scotland Third Annual Conference will be held in-person on Tuesday 10th September at The Surgeons Quarter in Edinburgh.
Reserve a ticket today to join Christina McKelvie, Minister for Drug and Alcohol Policy, and other keynote speakers celebrating the achievements of the programme so far and looking to the future of how digital can help reduce drug-related harms in Scotland.
Digital Lifelines Scotland has funded over 30 organisations to support more than 2,400 people at risk of drug-related death or harm to be digitally included, and the numbers keep on growing. To support this work over 300 staff and volunteers have completed digital harm reduction champion training to strengthen the workforce digital skills. Working with the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) Digital Lifelines Scotland has also supported the co-designed of digital harm reduction apps and services.
This year’s conference will be an opportunity to be part of cross-sector discussions and interactive workshops to hear more about and celebrate these achievements.
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DigitalScotland 2024 Conference Launch
Date and Time: Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 08:00 am – 17:00 pm
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Event Info:
DigitalScotland is the largest annual gathering of public sector technology professionals, where global govtech leaders share technology insights and lessons in digital transformation, leadership, skills, cultural change and data-driven innovation.
Due to feature 50-plus speakers from a diverse array of backgrounds, DigitalScotland is the leading forum to hear about how digital and data are transforming the way our public services operate and fulfil their mission to be modern, responsive and designed around the needs of citizens.
With a growing global ‘govtech’ movement, DigitalScotland is a must-attend for technologists and policymakers delivering the next generation of government services.
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Health Inequalities in Scotland: The State of the Nation
Date and Time: Tuesday, 17th September 2024, · 10am – 16:30pm
Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Event Info:
Holyrood’s inaugural Health Inequalities in Scotland: The State of the Nation summit, is taking place at Dynamic Earth on 17th September 2024. The summit is free to attend and will bring together Scotland’s leading public health voices from the public, private and third sectors to share innovation, make connections and explore the practical steps that can be taken to inspire change and turn the tide.
Over the course of the day, sessions will:
Explore initiatives that have been successful in tackling health inequalities;
Discuss solutions to specific challenges such as smoking and obesity;
Consider the roles that different sectors such can and are playing.
Scotland's Health Awards 2024
Date and Time: 7th November, 2024
Location: O2 Academy Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Event Info:
he Scotsman are delighted to host the 2024 Scotland’s Health Awards in partnership with NHS Scotland and The Scottish Government.
Scotland’s Health Awards 2024 will celebrate the extraordinary achievements of those individuals and teams who go above and beyond to deliver compassionate, high quality health and social care to the people of Scotland.
These awards recognise the contribution of frontline health and social care workers but also celebrate those who work so hard behind the scenes in support roles to ensure we have the kind of health and care services that are vital in achieving the highest quality of care.
The awards ceremony and gala dinner will take place in November 2024 in Edinburgh and will be attended by over 500 guests from across Scotland.
If you are interested in sponsorship for this event please contact Rebecca Thompson for more details: rebecca.thompson@scotsman.com
Entries close on Sunday 18th of August 2024
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Engaging students in healthcare innovation for an improved NHS
Date and Time: Wednesday, 26 June 2024 • 12:00 – 13:00
Location: Online
Event Info:
InnoScot Health’s last webinar for the first half of 2024 will be focusing in on the important role which higher education can play in supporting the development of healthcare innovation.
The bitesize, free to join ‘lunch & learn’ session from the formal NHS Scotland partner is entitled Engaging students in healthcare innovation for an improved NHS and will provide expansive insights on this key facet of turning ideas into health service improvements.
It will also offer interesting perspectives on the types of projects being taken forward by creative and innovative students – engineers and product design engineers – who have taken concepts and turned them into prototypes, while looking at how they are facilitated.
The interactive webinar will be introduced and led by InnoScot Health’s Innovation Manager Fiona Schaefer who will welcome Dr Theo Lim, Programme Director of MSc in Advance Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Applications at Heriot-Watt University.
Joining them will be Lorraine Thomson, Business Engagement Manager at Interface who works with organisations to match them to Scotland’s world-leading academic expertise, helping to turn innovative ideas into reality.
The accessible, bitesize ‘lunch & learn’ sessions are hosted on Microsoft Teams, regularly providing a platform for inspiring guest speakers whilst allowing InnoScot Health staff to share their deep knowledge and insights on innovation.
Pre submit your questions for our panel discussion to info@innoscot.com
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