Programme

Thursday 28th January

Chair: Dr Virginia Acha, Associate Vice President, Global Regulatory Policy, Merck Sharp & Dohme

09:00

Welcome and Introductions
Speaker: Professor Atholl Johnston, President, Clinical & Contract Research Association

09:05

The Dawn of a New Era for UK Clinical Research
Speaker: Lord Bethell, Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care

09:15

Questions

09:20

Clinical Research Recovery, Resilience and Growth
Speaker: Emma Lowe, Senior Research Policy Manager, DHSC

09:40

UK Vision for the Future of Clinical Research
Speaker: Paul Blakeley, Head of Access to Health Innovation, Office for Life Sciences

10:00

Questions

10:10

Clinical Research Apprenticeships – Addressing the Skills Shortage
Speaker: Yvette Cleland, CEO, CPL Life Sciences

10:30

Questions

10:45

COFFEE BREAK

11:15

Learning from COVID-19 and Building Back Better
Speaker: Dr Martin O’Kane, Head of Clinical Trials Unit, MHRA

11:50

Questions

12:00

Moving Forward – Medical Devices in Transition and Standstill
Speaker: Dr Camilla Fleetcroft, Devices Regulatory Affairs Group Manager, MHRA

12:35

Questions

12:45

LUNCH BREAK

13:45

Integrating, Improving, Innovating
Speaker: Dr Janet Messer, Director of Approvals, HRA

14:20

Questions

14:30

TEA BREAK

15:00

Review and ‘SWOT’ Analysis of UK Clinical Research Going Forward
Dr Matthew Hallsworth, Head of External Relations, NOCRI and Dr William van't Hoff, CEO, NIHR CRN will be joined by today's speakers in a panel discussion.

15:45

Summing Up and Close
Speaker: Professor Atholl Johnston, President, Clinical & Contract Research Association