Our Events

Rehab Robotics Workshop: Clinical & Community Practice

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 15th October 2026, 09:30 – 12:30

📍Location: The National Robotarium, Edinburgh

Event Info:

Join industry experts from Thor Assistive Technologies Ltd, clinicians and practitioners for an interactive, hands-on workshop exploring the practical application of robotics in physical and occupational therapy.

Hosted at the world-class National Robotarium, and with the support of the and Health & Care Technologies Global Research Institute, this workshop bridges the gap between clinical theory, evidence-based practice, and real-world implementation. Whether you work in acute hospital environments, specialised rehabilitation hubs, or community care, this session will provide actionable insights into how innovative robotic systems can enhance patient outcomes and support clinical workflows.

Key Highlights & What to Expect

• Hands-On Experience with Advanced Tech: Get practical experience with the state-of-the-art Fourier Rehab Hub alongside dedicated hands-on stations with semi-humanoid robots, tele-presence tools, and wearable robotics.
• Clinical Theory & Evidence Base: Ground your understanding in the latest research and clinical evidence supporting robotic-assisted therapy.
• Real-World Testimonials: Hear directly from practicing therapists and clinicians about how they integrate these tools into daily care and patient pathways.
• Expert Training: Learn directly from academic researchers and training specialists at Thor Assistive Technologies.
• Networking & Catered Lunch: Connect with fellow clinicians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and researchers over coffee and a catered lunch.

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Using Data to Combat Health Inequalities

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 28th October 2026, 10:30 – 12:00

📍Location: Online

Event Info:

Health inequalities are preventable and unjust differences in the way various groups in society experience health, care, and wellbeing. This might not only cover certain illnesses people have, but also their access to care services and public health benefits, such as green spaces. Health inequalities are a significant issue across the UK, and are vital to combat in order to have a fair and healthy society. This webinar will showcase three researchers whose cutting-edge work highlights how data research can be used to target health and care inequalities.

AGENDA
10.30: Introduction by Chair – Honghan Wu, HDR UK Scotland Co-Director
10.35: Olivia Swann, University of Edinburgh
11.00: Laura Ward, University of Dundee
11.25: Reese Green, University of Glasgow
11.50: Q&A and close

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From Innovation to Impact: IFIC Scotland Conference

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 27th October 2026, 09:30 – 16:15

📍Location: Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Clydebank, United Kingdom/Online

Event Info: 

This one-day collaborative learning event shares local, national and international experience of implementing integrated care and support. Participants will consider the innovation and improvement required for Health and Social Care Service Renewal and to implement key priorities from the Care Reform (Scotland) Act.

Themed sessions and breakouts will include:

• Preventative, proactive and place-based care and support
• Digital innovation for health, social care, housing and wellbeing
• Collaborative workforce solutions and inter-professional education
• Embedding lived experience in learning ecosystems
• Investing for value and outcomes

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Usher Connects and EMS300 event: Past, present and future of Population Health Sciences with Distinguished Guest Lecture

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 3rd November 2026, 10:30 – 15:45

📍Location: Usher Building, Edinburgh

Event Info: 

Join colleagues from the Usher Institute at The University of Edinburgh for a special Usher Connects and Edinburgh Medical School 300 event exploring the past, present and future of population health sciences, followed by a distinguished guest lecture from Professor George Davey Smith, University of Bristol.

The morning session will explore the evolution of population health sciences, today’s research, and how we can shape the future of the field. Following lunch and poster presentations, Professor George Davey Smith will deliver the afternoon’s distinguished lecture, examining questions of causality in non-communicable diseases.

The day will feature conversations, panel discussions and opportunities to get involved, with audience questions and discussion throughout.

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Regulating adaptive AI-enabled medical devices – how to safely navigate the next frontier of development

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 28th October 2026, 12:00 – 12:45

📍Location: Online

Event Info: 

Join InnoScot Health for its next interactive webinar of 2026, placing a focus on the successful regulation of next generation MedTech innovation.

The free to join session will offer Scotland’s MedTech innovators ‘lunch and learn’ insights around the safe, successful regulation of adaptive AI-enabled medical devices.

Adaptive AI-enabled devices use machine learning (ML) algorithms to continuously or iteratively learn from new patient data and update their performance after deployment, so it is an area that sparks great discussion.

InnoScot Health’s Quality Manager, Lauren Brophy is urging attendees – both cutting-edge innovators with an interest in developing adaptive AI-enabled medical devices, and other parties who are simply keen to understand the overarching direction of travel for MedTech – to learn more about this important, growing area.

While adaptive AI is undoubtedly an exciting area, it is one that also requires careful strategy and know-how to navigate successfully. Lauren will be joined by a guest speaker from Scarlet – specialists in global certification for AI medical devices who believe that next generation technology can be accessed today when navigating the regulatory approval process correctly.

Presenting on behalf of Scarlet is Dr Osman El-Koubani, a medical doctor, clinical researcher, and medical device software expert who works as a Clinical Engineer and AI/ML Regulatory Specialist.

This highly interactive webinar, including open discussion and Q&A opportunities, will offer useful insights on:

• Risk classification – placing AI medical devices in the right Medical Device Regulation (MDR) class
• Clinical evidence – what’s needed for tackling broad AI functionality and claims
• Post certification – managing AI changes quickly and safely

Pre submit your questions to info@innoscot.com

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AI in Healthcare: A Practical Guide to Medical Device Development Series

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 12th November – Thursday, 3rd December 2026, 15:00 – 16:00

📍Location: Online

Event Info: 

This webinar series, delivered by Hardian Health, provides a practical introduction to developing software and AI as a medical device.

The global medical device market continues to grow rapidly, creating exciting opportunities for innovators developing digital health technologies and AI-enabled solutions. However, bringing a medical device to market requires an understanding of regulation, quality management, clinical evidence, and risk management.

This three-part webinar series, delivered by experts from Hardian Health, provides a practical introduction to the key considerations involved in developing Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD). Through real-world examples and case studies, participants will gain insights into the regulatory landscape and the steps required to develop safe, effective, and compliant health technologies.

The global medical device market continues to grow rapidly, creating exciting opportunities for innovators developing digital health technologies and AI-enabled solutions. However, bringing a medical device to market requires an understanding of regulation, quality management, clinical evidence, and risk management.

This three-part webinar series, delivered by experts from Hardian Health, provides a practical introduction to the key considerations involved in developing Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD). Through real-world examples and case studies, participants will gain insights into the regulatory landscape and the steps required to develop safe, effective, and compliant health technologies.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar series, participants will be able to:

• Understand what constitutes a Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and an AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD).
• Explain the key regulatory requirements for medical devices in the UK and internationally.
• Develop a clear statement of intended use and understand its importance in regulatory classification.
• Identify how software and AI medical devices are classified and regulated.
• Recognise the clinical evidence required to demonstrate safety, performance, and effectiveness.
• Understand the role of quality management systems, risk management, and software lifecycle processes in medical device development.
• Gain confidence in navigating the medical technology landscape, from early innovation through to market readiness.

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Technology Scotland Annual Dinner & Awards 2026

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 12th November 2026, 18:00 – 23:00

📍Location: Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow

Event Info: 

The Technology Scotland team is pleased to announce that their Annual Dinner and Awards will return in 2026, taking place on Thursday, 12th November at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

As the biggest event in the Technology Scotland calendar, the Annual Dinner and Awards brings together more than 250 guests from across Scotland’s critical and enabling technologies sector for an evening of celebration and networking.

Following the huge success of their inaugural awards in 2025, they are delighted to confirm that the awards will now become a regular feature of their Annual Dinner.

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Scotland's Health Awards 2026

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 12th November 2026, 18:30 – 23:00

📍Location: Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

Event Info: 

The Scotsman are delighted to host the 2026 Scotland’s Health Awards in partnership with NHS Scotland and The Scottish Government for a third year.

Scotland’s Health Awards 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.

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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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DigiFest 2026

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 9th December 2026

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

Event Info: 

Following on from the success of Digifest 2025, organised by Futurescot and Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre and its collaborative partners, DigiFest 2026 will be the anchor event for the Scottish digital health and care ecosystem. We are pleased to announce this year’s conference will again be held at the Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

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Digital Lifelines Conference: Connected Lives in a Connected System

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 11th March 2027, 08:30 – 16:30

📍Location: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Roseburn St, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ, UK

Event Info:

The event will showcase how place-based partnerships are embedding digital within local systems to improve access and accessibility, reduce inequalities and support better outcomes for people. Through shared learning and evidence of impact, delegates will explore how digital inclusion and digital products and services are moving from time-limited project activities to sustainable components of Scotland’s response to substance use harm and recovery.

Whether you work in policy, service delivery, health and care, community and voluntary sector, or digital innovation, this conference offers an opportunity to learn from emerging practice, strengthen partnerships, and contribute to shaping the future of digitally enabled support across Scotland.

Register now to be part of the conversation.

The agenda for the day will be published as it emerges in coming weeks and months.

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Health & Social Care Transformation 2027

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 11th March 2027, 08:30 – 16:30

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

Event Info:

Join the Health & Social Care Transformation 2027 in Glasgow, as the next steps in digital health and care that will bring better are charted, more joined-up outcomes for patients and those receiving care, greater efficiency for services, and a more connected, resilient health system for every person in Scotland.

Hear how national programmes such as MyCare.Scot are starting to transform the way care is delivered, empowering people to make more informed decisions about their own care, and of loved ones.

And understand how data-sharing, coupled with national and local reforms, are helping to bridge the divide between the NHS and social care providers.

With the advent of Artificial Intelligence, the conference also explores how screening programmes, and workforce productivity initiatives are starting to benefit from the technology – helping clinicians and care practitioners to deliver faster, smarter care.

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