From Ideas to Innovation
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From Ideas to Innovation
We are extremely pleased to announce we've launched a new meeting for our funded researchers in April 2024.
After reaching out to a number of our funded researchers we asked how we can best support our research community to enable you to accelerate the impact of your research, ensuring the results of your hard work have the best chance of benefiting the lives of those affected by prostate cancer.
The clear call from this insight was to provide a meeting where researchers can network, disseminate unpublished results, establish new links and explore new collaborations. Our ambition is to provide you with that opportunity in From Ideas to Innovation.
See you in April!
We will be hosted by the Royal College of General Practitioners at 30 Euston Square, London on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April 2024.
Registration is now full - Complete this form to join our waitlist.
Latest updates
We can't wait to see you in April, but we understand that things come up and you may no longer be able to attend. If you're no longer able to join us please let us know, we have a growing wait-list of researchers wanting to attend and we want to make sure as many researchers as possible are able to join us!
Our survey is now closed. Thank you to those who took the time to choose topics to discuss.
Keep your eye on the agenda below as we'll update the sessions when we have more information to share.
For those presenting posters you should have emails in your inbox letting you know which day you'll be presenting.
- If you're presenting on Day 1 we ask you to be by your poster for the drinks reception
- If you're presenting on Day 2 we ask you to be by your poster in the coffee breaks
All posters should be no larger than A1-you can choose whether they are landscape or portrait.
If you have any questions reach out to us
We’ve now met with all the speakers taking part in From Ideas to Innovation and the agenda now reflects the order of speakers. We have some very exciting sessions planned for you!
A meeting for researchers designed by researchers
We want to make sure this event serves our funded research community as best as it can, so we didn't want to make assumptions on what you need. We invited you to be part of our Scientific Organising Committee, and we are delighted that so many of you accepted our call.
Members of our Scientific Organising Committee are:
Professor Charlotte Bevan, Imperial College London
Dr Mick Brown, University of Manchester
Dr Victoria Dunne, Queens University Belfast
Professor David Elliott, Newcastle University
Dr Asma Ahmed Hassan Elshiekh, University of Glasgow
Dr Claire Fletcher, Imperial College London
Dr Susan Heavey, University College London
Dr Jennie Jeyapalan, University of Nottingham
Dr Alan McWilliam, University of Manchester
Professor Paula Mendes, University of Birmingham
Dr Emma Scott, University of Newcastle
Professor Greg Shaw, University College London
Dr Ning Wang, University of Leicester
Dr Jason Webber, Swansea University.
Sessions and Speakers
Want to know who is speaking in each session of From Ideas to Innovation? See the schedules below for days 1 and 2!
*This current schedule may be subject to change closer to April 2024*
Day 1
Sessions and Speakers for Day 1 of From Ideas to Innovation.
Registration will be held at 30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB, United Kingdom.
Refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Dr. Matt Hobbs, Prostate Cancer UK
Chiara de Biase, Prostate Cancer UK
Professor Jan van der Meulen, Department of Health Services Research and Policy and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Noel Clarke, The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals, Manchester
Co-chairs:
Emeka Ojimba,
Dr Jane Shortall, University of Manchester
Speakers:
Emeka Ojimba
Dr Tanimola Martins, University of Exeter
Dr Jana McHugh, Institute of Cancer Research
Professor Dan Brewer, University of East Anglia
Dr Abraham Gihawi, University of East Anglia
Dr Claire Fletcher, Imperial College London
Hot lunch will be provided.
Co-chairs:
Paul Dennington, Session chair
Dr Jennie Jeyapalan, University of Nottingham
Speakers:
Paul Dennington
Dr Tristan Barrett, University of Cambridge
Professor Paula Mendes, University of Birmingham
Dr Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London
Dr Shonit Punwani, University College London
Prostate Cancer UK Research Team
Refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Co-chairs:
Gary Reeves
Dr Corinne Woodcock, University of Nottingham
Speakers:
Gary Reeves
Professor Hing Y. Leung, University of Glasgow
Dr Jason Webber, Swansea University
Professor Yong-Jie Lu, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Ashwin Sachdeva, University of Manchester
Dr Alan McWilliam, University of Manchester
Professor Hing Y. Leung, University of Glasgow
Co-chairs:
Robert Dimmick
Professor David Elliot, University of Newcastle
Speakers:
Robert Dimmick
Professor Greg Shaw, University College London
Professor Suneil Jain, Queen's University Belfast
Professor Rob Bristow, University of Manchester
Professor Ian Mills, University of Oxford
Dr Adriana Buskin, University of Newcastle
Dr Anastasia Hepburn, University of Newcastle
Networking opportunity.
Day 2
Sessions and Speakers for Day 2 of From Ideas to Innovation.
Co-Chairs:
Martin Wells
Dr Demi Pritchard, Swansea University
Speakers:
Martin Wells
Dr Ning Wang, University of Leicester
Professor Gert Attard, University College London
Dr Alison Tree, The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Julia Murray, The Institute of Cancer Research
Professor Emma Hall, The Institute of Cancer Research
Professor Jayne Tierney, University College London
Dr Claire Vale, University College London
Co-chairs:
Tony Collier, BEM
Dr Susan Heavey, University College London
Speakers:
Professor Charlotte Bevan, Imperial College London
Professor Jason Carroll, University of Cambridge
Professor Johann de Bono, The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Emma Scott, University of Newcastle
Dr Eileen Parkes, University of Oxford
Refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Co-chairs:
Gary Hooker
Dr Simon McDade, Queens University Belfast
Speakers:
Professor Simon MacKay, University of Strathclyde
Professor Helen McCarthy, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Jonathan Coulter, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Val Macaulay, University of Oxford
Professor Clare Verrill, University of Oxford
Gary Hooker, Co-chair
Hot lunch will be provided.
The networking sessions will be during this extended lunch break.
Grab your lunch then join us in the auditorium for small break-out discussions on topics chosen through our networking survey.
We'll run two networking sessions at 13:00 and 14:00. In each session we'll break-out into smaller groups to tackle challenges from striking a work/life balance, how to commercialise your research, to Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Part #1 of our future directions session:
Co-chairs:
Patrick Williams
Dr Kelly Coffey, University of Newcastle
Speakers:
Dr Abraham Gihawi, University of East Anglia
Dr Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London
Dr Rachel Barker, University of Bristol
Refreshments and snacks will be provided
Part #2 of our Future directions session:
Co-chairs:
Patrick Williams
Dr Kelly Coffey, University of Newcastle
Speakers:
Dr Juan Manuel Jiménez Vacas, The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Joe Taylor, The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Asma Ahmed Hassan Elshiekh, University of Glasgow
Dr Emma Scott, University of Newcastle
Dr Victoria Dunne, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Edward O'Neill, University of Oxford
Laura Kerby, Prostate Cancer UK
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