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Wales Health Science Conference 2025: Building a sustainable NHS, shaping the future together.
Join us for the return of the Wales Health Science Conference where Healthcare Science Cymru and the Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee (WSAC) are working in collaboration to provide cutting-edge discussions, opportunities to explore innovative research and a platform to network that will help build a sustainable NHS in Wales.
The two-day event will host diverse speakers sharing their invaluable insights, knowledge and expertise. Each session will cover a variety of essential topics that are fundamental to services right now. The focal point being the sustainability of the NHS through various lenses of health science; these will include leadership, quality services, workforce and education, future technologies, economy and pharmaceuticals.
Engage with top experts and be part of ground breaking advancements in health science. Don't miss out on an inspiring event that pushes boundaries, fosters excellence and collaboration.
If you would like your posters presented in the conference handbook and entered for a Healthcare Science Cymru award, please send a PDF version of you poster to HEIW.HCS@wales.nhs.uk.
15th to 16th May 2025 Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno. To View on Map – Click here
Eventbrite: Purchase Tickets here
Please see below for the conference agenda, weekly speaker announcements will follow.
The Wales Health Science Conference 2025 is a two-day event hosted by Healthcare Science Cymru and the Wales Scientific Advisory Committee, bringing together healthcare leaders, education institutions, policymakers, and decision-makers from across Wales.
Call for Exhibitors:
Why Exhibit?
As an exhibitor, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Showcase your products, services, or initiatives to a wide-ranging and influential audience.
- Build meaningful connections with healthcare professionals, service leads, and health board directors.
- Position your organisation as a key contributor to the advancement of healthcare science in Wales.
Secure Your Space Today
Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with Wales's healthcare science community.
For more information or to book your exhibitor space, contact:
HEIW.HCS@wlaes.nhs.uk
Act fast, spaces are filling quickly!
DAY ONE
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8:30 -9:30 |
Registration open |
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9:15 |
Call for delegates to take seats in hall |
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9:30 |
Welcome & housekeeping |
Prof Chris Hopkins |
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9:35 |
Opening address |
HEIW Exec Lisa Llewellyn |
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SESSION 1 – Sustainable Workforce and Education |
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10:00 |
Our workforce now and in the future – Exploring the workforce context. |
Cath Mulligan, HEIW |
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10:20 |
NHS Wales Healthcare Science Career Framework launch
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Dr Sarah Bant
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10:40 |
Neurodivergence in the workforce (Title TBC) |
Dr Ian Collings/ Katie Webb |
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11:00 |
Coffee break & time to review posters, stands and resources |
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SESSION 2 – Transformational Change |
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11:25 |
Welcome back |
Prof Chris Hopkins |
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11:30 |
Transforming Services at a National Level – an Audiology Perspective
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Jon Day |
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11:55 |
Tackling Cancer Survival Rates in Wales - Innovating Today, Transforming for Tomorrow |
Jason Lintern elsh Gov and Dr Rhodri Griffiths Director of Innovation, Adoption, Life Sciences Hub Wales |
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12:15 |
Lunch. |
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13:15 |
SESSION 3a – Driving Research and Innovation |
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SESSION 3b – Leadership for Change |
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SESSION 3c – Quality Service Provision |
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13:15 |
Welcome |
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Welcome |
Sue Brierley - Hobson, BCUHB ADAHPHS |
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Welcome |
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13:25
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Research integrity and publications |
Dr Chloe Wilson - Senior Medical Editor The LANCET
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13:25
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Better By Betsi |
Lou Rodrigues - QI Lead |
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Virtual Wards |
Alec Doclca |
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13:55
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Navigating NHS Complexity - A Systems Thinking Approach to Managing Complexity in Healthcare. |
Tegid Williams BCUHB |
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Leadership Career Reflections |
Mel Barker - DAHPHS, Chair Healthcare Science Network |
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Clinical Engineering (TEC Cymru) |
Kerrie Phipps or Chiquitta |
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14:15 |
VPAG |
Jayne Goodwin, Health and Care Research Wales |
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Workshop Dr Ian Collings/ Katie Webb |
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Patient Safety and the Profession |
Janet Monkman, CEO of AHCS |
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Richard Scott |
Workshop Dr Ian Collings/ Katie Webb |
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AI and quality services |
Alexander Aubrey |
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14:55 |
Rapid Topics from Clinical Scientist/HSST |
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14:55 |
Workshop Dr Ian Collings/ Katie Webb |
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Panel Q and A |
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15:15 |
Rejoin main conference |
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15:20 |
Award Ceremony
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TBC |
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15:40 |
Day 1 closing remarks |
TBC
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16:00 |
Day 1 close – coffee and networking |
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DAY TWO
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration open Posters, Stands and Resources available for viewing |
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8:45 |
Call for delegates to take seats in hall | ||||||||||
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9:00 |
Welcome and Housekeeping |
Teresa Owen, EDAHPHS BCUHB. |
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9:05 |
Day two address |
Vicki Heath CSAH/CSO |
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SESSION 4 – Future of Diagnostics |
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9:15 |
Keynote – From Particle Physics to Medicine – the Impact of CERN on Healthcare Technologies |
Rhodri Jones, CERN |
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| 9.55 | Keynote - Project ARTHUR | Dr Lucia Gleeson, Welsh Gov | |||||||||
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10:35 |
Nuclear Medicine |
Julian MacDonald |
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11:00 |
Coffee break & time to review posters, stands and resources |
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SESSION 5 – Applying scientific evidence in NHS decision making |
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11:30 |
Welcome Back |
Teresa Owen - EDAHPHS BCUHB. |
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11:35 |
Healthcare across Wales – Affordability vs Cost effectiveness |
Matthew Prettyjohns, Principal Researcher, Health Technology Wales |
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11:55 |
Health Inequalities and Implications |
Public Health Wales |
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12:15 |
Lunch. |
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13:15 |
SESSION 6a – AI and Data: The future is here |
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SESSION 6b – Technologies and Drugs |
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SESSION 6c - TBC |
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13:15 |
Welcome |
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Welcome |
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13:15 |
Welcome |
Tom Welton President of the SCOR |
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13:25
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Data in Decision making |
Gareth John DHCW |
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Value-Based Healthcare applied to medicines (Title TBC) |
Sally Lewis |
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QSI update /Wales implementation |
Glenda Shaw |
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13:55
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Road to at scale adoption of AI technology in the NHS: the role of the healthcare scientist |
Anna Barnes |
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Pharmacogenomics (Title TBC) |
prof Dyfrig Hughes |
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The road into research as a radiographer |
Louisa Edwards Brown |
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14:15 |
Clinical Computational Science Career Framework |
Adam Partlow |
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CAR-T Therapies |
Ceri Jones |
14:10 |
AI (NIAW Projects update) |
Caroline Parker |
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14:35 |
AI in BCHUB |
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14:35 |
Dementia – New Diagnostics and Therapies |
Chineze Ivenzo |
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Quality and Research - how does training and education fit into this |
Dr Jenna Allsup |
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14:55 |
Panel Q and A |
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14:55 |
Panel Q and A |
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14:50 |
Panel Discussion |
Lead by Tom Welton |
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15:00 |
Conference Closing Address |
Vicki Heath, CSAH |
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15:30 |
Close and coffee to go
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