Daring to Innovate

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a unique experiment in architecture, design, technology, and cutting edge healthcare. By establishing a vibrant innovation culture it has harnessed its benefits through an award-winning innovation team. Using the backdrop of the COVID crisis, we explain why innovation is so important in healthcare. Exploring how innovation can have a real impact for patients and demonstrate what can be achieved when you dare to innovate.

Who is this for?

From frontline healthcare workers to hospital executives and med-tech investors, this first of its kind, children and young people's virtual health-tech conference, is for everyone interested in improving the lives of children and young people through technology innovation

Opening – WHY innovate 9:00 am – 9:20 am

Talks and insights from some of our amazing patients, staff, and executives on why it is so important to innovate. The starting point for all journeys is the why, to put some fire in your belly for when it gets difficult.

Speakers - list

Louise Shepherd, CBE Chief Executive Alder Hey Children NHS Foundation Trust - Why is it important to hospital leadership for a trust to be innovative
Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Why do we innovate
Jack Morton, Innovation Consultant - Patient story - Why is Innovation important to patients – High 4’s All Round.

What have we achieved? 9:20 am – 11:00 am

Featuring a series of wide ranging and inspiring short talks on what has been achieved using our innovation culture. Some of the highlights include: How to set up a telerobotic neonatal service in 2 weeks, innovative hand hygiene behavioural nudging, mapping asthma from space, advanced antiviral nanomaterials, PPE tailoring, rapid prototyping hacks and making gloves for people with 4 fingers!

Speakers list

Dr. Richard Cooke, Director of Hy-genie, Retired Consultant Medical Microbiologist - Hy-Genie Hand Hygiene Monitoring tool
Mr. Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Distancer -Door Handles are Lava (Find out how not to touch them)
Mr. Chun Kwok, Paediatric Surgical Specialist Trainee - Handover Digitising the handover process
Miss. Rachel Harwood, Paediatric Surgical Registrar & Research Fellow - FFP3 Reuse - FFP3 can you clean them?
Simon Minford, Clinical Innovation Consultant, Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Plastic Surgery - Neonatal Telemedicine Baby Cam #Level2000
Mr. Rafael Guerrero, Clinical Director of Innovation - HoloLens -Immersive Technology Meets Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Ben Sainsbury, CEO Marion Surgical – (Title of talk TBC)
Dr Darren Gates, Clinical Innovation Consultant & Paediatric Intensivist and Carol Platt, Senior Innovation Consultant - Virtual Assistants
Mr. Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Anti-Viral Nano Materials
Mr. Roland Partridge, Clinical Innovation Consultant & Consultant Paediatric Surgeon - Face Covers - There's more to it than you think
Mr. Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Hacks, Prototypes and Workarounds - Not all innovations are fancy
Prof. Ian Sinha, Respiratory Consultant - Asthma Mapping - How to see asthma from space
Kevin Bell, Interim Associate Director of Data Insight and Automation - Power Apps 101 -Your Digital Swiss army knife for Covid-19 response
Mr. Roland Partridge, Clinical Innovation Consultant & Consultant Paediatric Surgeon - PPE - Hoods / Visors / Gowns
Shereef Hosny, Innovation Consultant - Alder Play - The Digital Front Door
Henry Pinchbeck, CEO, David Collins, Biomedical Engineer, & Paul Roberts, Business Development and Project Manager at 3D Life Prints - Delivering 3D Medical Device Innovation at the Point of Care
Phil Jennings, CEO Innovation Agency - How the Innovation Agency supported Alder Hey
Mr. Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Failures, mistakes, and things that weren't a problem

Commercial Break – Tesla owners group

How have we achieved it? 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

A series of bite-sized insights into how to enable a culture of innovation. From embracing failure to procurement, commercialization, research, strategy, and gaining executive buy-in. We tap the ideas of our leaders and partners to create a how-to for innovation.

Speakers list

Claire Liddy, Director of Innovation - Making innovation make sense to hospital executives
Emma Hughes, Deputy Director of Innovation - Daring to innovate: a successful healthcare innovation strategy
David Powell, Development Director - Building "the Bat Cave", Innovation physical infrastructure
Kate Warriner, Chief Digital and Information Officer – Alder Hey’s Journey to a Digital Future
Mr. Iain Hennessey, Honorary Associate Professor, Healthcare technology and design - Failures, mistakes, and things that weren't a problem
Rebecca Hamilton Cook, Commercial Research Business Development Manager - Creating a smooth baton pass
Steve Begley, Head of Procurement - Creating an innovation procurement framework
Hayley Thomas, Head of Corporate Fundraising at Alder Hey Children’s Charity - Alder Hey Children’s Charity and The Innovation Team: Making an Impact’