EVENTS

Understand the NHS’s approach to sustainability & sustainable procurement

Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and real change cannot happen without new innovations and innovative businesses. This event aims to educate innovators on the growing importance of the climate crisis and what they need to know over the coming years. It will look at how climate change is impacting the NHS, how the NHS is impacting our climate, and break down the NHS’s approach to sustainability and sustainable procurement over the next decade – critical to understand if  you want to work with NHS in the future.

There will also be advice and support on how your business can become cleaner and more sustainable.

The event will be hosted at the Surrey Heartlands Health Tech Accelerator, an innovation and accelerator partnership that brings clinicians, academics and tech companies to solve health and social care challenges.

Agenda

10:00 – 10:30 Registration, refreshments & networking

10:30 – 10:40 Welcome & introductions

10:40 – 11:45 ‘A Net Zero NHS – What Innovators Need to Know about Sustainability’ and interactive Q&A Session

Amelia James, Environmental Sustainability Lead, Kent Surrey Sussex and Oxford AHSNs

11:45 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 12:30 Support Overview Session

Dr Yuchen Gu, Scale-Up Programme Sector Manager, SETsquared

Dr Alastair Kirby, Technology & Industry Navigator, Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN

12:30-13:00 Lunch & Networking Opportunities

 

Speakers

Amelia James, Environmental Sustainability Lead, Kent Surrey Sussex and Oxford AHSNs

Amelia works for both the Oxford and Kent Surrey Sussex AHSNs, joining in April 2022. She has a broad financial service background, with a key focus on environmental responsibility and sustainable practice. Amelia will focus on how the AHSNs support the NHS in achieving its net zero carbon ambition, embedding environmental sustainability in all initiatives aimed at improving health and productivity and generating economic growth.

 

Dr Alastair Kirby, Technology & Industry Navigator, Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN

Alastair joined the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network in September 2021. He has a background in supporting start-ups and SMEs to grow and innovate within government accelerators.  Using his experience, Alastair provides support to our innovation exchange programmes focusing on helping health tech companies navigate their route into the NHS.

 

Dr Yuchen Gu, Sector Manager, Scale-Up Programme, SETsquared

Yuchen oversees the industry-academia liaison, R&D project consortia-building, and bid development support to the Scale-Up Programme member companies. He has a technical background in advanced materials and manufacturing, and has over 10 years’ experience in supporting industry-focussed research. He is dedicated to helping innovators with their R&D road mapping and business acceleration via fundraising in both public and private sectors.