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Are you working on sensing, smart textiles, human movement, rehabilitation, digital health, digital biomarkers, or real-world data? Join colleagues from across the University for a half-day showcase and workshop to shape Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s offer in wearable and nearable health technologies, ahead of an industry-facing event with selected external partners. The Life Sciences Sector Group Forum will be focused on strengths in digital health, wearable and nearable technologies, smart textiles, sensing, rehabilitation, sports-health technologies, diagnostics, human performance and real-world evidence.

The event is hosted by the Life Sciences Sector Group, part of the University’s new Sector Groups aligned with the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

Why attend?

• Meet colleagues in other Schools with complementary expertise and find new collaborators
• Showcase your research or demonstrator and be considered for the follow-on industry event
• Explore routes to funding and impact: collaborative research, KTPs, contract research, sponsored studentships and joint bids
• See demonstrators in the NCSEM Street and Gait Lab
• Help set priorities on validation, evidence generation and adoption

Themes include: wearable and nearable sensing (worn devices, and sensors in the environment around a person); smart textiles and self-powered monitoring; rehabilitation and assistive technologies; physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement; sports-health technologies; biomechanics and injury prevention; digital biomarkers and real-world data; diagnostics; product validation and adoption readiness.

The forum will be designed to connect complementary expertise and identify where Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é can offer distinctive, multidisciplinary solutions to challenges faced by the life sciences, healthcare, rehabilitation and sports sectors.

The event will aim to:

• Introduce relevant Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é research capabilities, facilities, technologies and demonstrators
• Build a clearer picture of the University’s collective strengths in wearables and nearables
• Identify areas of mutual interest across disciplines and with prospective industry partners
• Explore opportunities for collaborative research, consultancy, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, contract research, sponsored studentships and joint funding bids
• Consider the evidence, validation and translation requirements needed to move promising technologies closer to practical use
• Agree a small number of clear and achievable follow-up actions

The intended outcome is a stronger and more coordinated Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é proposition for external engagement. Insights from the forum will help shape a future industry-facing session where University specialists and selected partners can examine priority needs, develop potential project ideas and establish practical routes to collaboration.