20 Nov | ACMD Link: Introducing the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery

If you could make one change to accelerate health innovation in Australia, what would it be?

Australia stands at the threshold of a new era in health innovation, one defined by connected, data-driven and patient-centred care. At the heart of this transformation is the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, together forming a living laboratory where clinicians, engineers, researchers and industry converge to accelerate translation from bench to bedside.

Join innovators, clinicians, researchers, investors and policymakers on Thursday 20 November for a networking breakfast and dynamic conversation with ACMD partner organisations on accelerating healthtech translation in Australia. Hosted by ACMD and powered by ANDHealth, this event will explore how cross-sector collaboration can turn breakthrough research into real-world impact.

Discover how the new ACMD facility serves as a national ecosystem for translational discovery; a living laboratory where biomedical engineering, digital health and clinical care converge. Together, we’ll tackle the key challenges of bringing innovation to life, from regulation and validation to commercialisation and adoption, and discuss how Melbourne can position itself as the health innovation capital of the Asia-Pacific.

Speakers:

• Jeff Malone, Chief Executive Officer, ACMD
• Tory Williams, Head of Strategy and Planning, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Panellists:

• Professor Andrea O’Connor, Shanahan Chair in Frontier Medical Solutions, University of Melbourne
• Professor James Fallon, Chief Technical Officer, Bionics Institute | Head of Department, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne
• Professor Robert Kapsa, Professor, Biofabrication and Tissue Engineering, RMIT University
• Professor Natalie Sims, Deputy Director and Head, Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research | Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne & Australian Catholic University
• Dr Caroline Herd, Head of Commercialisation, Health and MedTech, Swinburne University
• Dr Govinda Poudel, Senior Lecturer, Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
• Dr Megan Robertson, Group Chief Research Officer, St Vincent's Health Australia | Director of Research, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne