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Women’s Health Technology Show 2024
The Women’s Health Technology Show,
2024. London, England.
Meet the leading global experts and innovators in new technologies to detect, diagnose, and manage Women’s Health conditions. Women’s HealthTech Show is for anyone passionately committed to improving health outcomes for women. This event will showcase the innovative technologies being developed to help fast-track the application of solutions to Women’s Health problems.
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Session |
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9:55 - 10:00 |
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Welcome from our Chairperson Chair person: 
Dr Ishi Bains
NHS GP, Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead for Gynaecology |
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10:00 - 10:45 |
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The Future of Healthcare is Female Women have historically been underrepresented in research and product development. Our panel will discuss how stakeholders - startups, investors, corporates, and healthcare leaders – have a responsibility to address and championing better healthcare products and services for women by challenging the status quo to create health equity.Chair person: 
Kate Lancaster,
CEO, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Speakers: 
Paula Bellostas Mugerza
Senior Partner and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice Leader, Kearney 
Alexandra Oti
CoFounder, Unravel Health 
Erin Beveridge
Principal Clinical Researcher, Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd. 
Miriam Kenrick
CoFounder, Women In Pharma and #BeyondBikiniMedicine |
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10:45 - 11:30 |
From Med to MedTech: Adapting the Art of Caregiving in the Digital Revolution How Health Hubs and AI Can Address Long-Standing Gaps in Women's Health Care While Expanding Access NationwideThe complexity of women's health care has advanced, but basic needs like accessible contraception are still neglected, contributing to stark disparities in the UK. In this panel, we want to explore how technology can empower women to take an active role in improving their health outcomes through knowledge and access to care. We will be looking at three key topics:
Chair person: 
Prof. Dame Lesley Regan
Women’s Health Ambassador England 
Speakers: 
Dr. Sue Mann
National clinical director for women’s health 
Prof. Hilary Critchley
Professor of Reproductive Medicine at UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 
Dr. Shera Chok
Founder and Chair of the Shuri Network; National Lead for Community Settings at the NIHR 
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11:30-12:00 |
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Fertility care Infertility affects an estimated 186 million individuals globally and many more struggle to conceive. Many technologies are now in place and constantly being developed to aid individuals and couples on their journey. |
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12:00 - 12:40 |
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Optimising perinatal pelvic health care to support a life course approach: call to action The role of technology and the development of digital health in perinatal pelvic health carePelvic floor dysfunction includes pelvic organ prolapse, urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction. It can affect one in three women with debilitating and devastating consequences to their physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. There are significant barriers to people seeking help, receiving timely access to support and appropriate identification and early intervention to address their pelvic health dysfunction. The panel will explore how digital enablers could reduce these barriers and support the teams work together on a life course approach. Chair person:
Dr Ishi Bains
NHS GP, Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead for Gynaecology 
Speakers: 
Janet Barter
President of the Faculty of sexual and reproductive health and Clinical lead at Tower Hamlets Women’s health Hub 
Rehan Khan
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal London Hospital Chair, Professional Development Committee at RCOG, Regional Lead Gynaecologist at NHSE (London)
Sunita Sharma
London Postnatal Clinical Lead and Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 
Imogen Pallister
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist, Pelvic Health Team Lead, Barts Health NHS Trust
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| 12:40-13:00 | How to deliver exceptional experiences for FemTech startups The FemTech revolution is reshaping healthcare, bringing women’s health to the forefront and emphasising the need for a user-centric approach that reflects the unique needs of its diverse user base. However, early-stage FemTech startups often struggle to find the best practices for evaluating and designing optimal user experiences. In this session, Shada Azodi, Research Director from Bold Insight—a leading user experience and human factors research agency with offices in London and Chicago—and Dr Sandra Nwokeoha, Founder of Ellescope—a medical software company with the mission to improve antenatal care outcomes—will explore UX research principles tailored specifically for early-stage research and testing. They will share practical tips from real-world projects, demonstrating how effective UX research and design strategies can be used to enhance product usability, accessibility, and satisfaction. Drawing on industry guidelines and their own first-hand experience, Shada and Sandra will offer actionable approaches for startups to anticipate unmet needs, foster empowering user experiences, and drive success in the FemTech sector.Speakers: 
Shada Azodi,
Research Director from Bold Insight 
Dr Sandra Nwokeoha,
Founder of Ellescope |
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| 13:00-14:30 |
Lunch and networking |
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| 14:30-15:15 |
Pregnancy and Pharmaceuticals: Bridging the Innovation Gap Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation in Obstetric Drug DevelopmentThe pregnancy market is underexplored but holds significant potential. The market is often seen as risky due to difficulties associated with conducting clinical trials on pregnant patients. However, there is a lot of interest and willingness from the pregnant population to take part in clinical trials. This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities within this market and bust the most commonly associated myths. Chair person: 
Anna David
Director at Institute for Women's Health, University College London 
Speakers: 
Prof. Jenny Myers
Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine/Consultant Obstetrician 
Prof. Peter Brocklehurst
Emeritus professor of Women’s Health, Director of Research and Development, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit; Co-chair 
Amin Rostami-Hochaghan
Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Director of Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research at The University of Mancheste
Dr Jahnavi Daru
Expert Assessor for Women’s Health at the MHRA; Benefit Risk Evaluation II, Safety & Surveillance 
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| 15:15 - 17:00 |
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| 17:00 - 22:00 |
GIANT Health Event “After party + Christmas Drinks”. In the bar at the Hilton Hotel Angel Islington, directly adjacent to the Business Design Centre. 53 Upper St, London N1 0UY Everyone invited. Cash bar |
This is one of the UK’s leading conferences showcasing the innovative technology being developed for women’s health care.
Highlighting the potential of technologies to fast-track solutions to women’s health problems is a key ambition to help reduce the unequal burden of disease women experience.
In the UK, women’s health technology is a rapidly growing sector within healthcare. According to NHS Digital’s 2022 report, greater total costs of patient level activity were related to women than men. Women spend a significantly longer proportion of their lives in ill health and disability when compared with men. Despite this, women are still underrepresented in medical research. Like many other female-specific conditions, research has shown that a lack of menopausal awareness and support for women in the workforce is costing the UK economy £10 billion annually due to affected individuals taking time off and leaving the workforce.
The government’s first Women’s Health Strategy for England was released last year to highlight and reverse the health inequalities and unequal disease burden women experience. Technology plays a key role in fast-tracking the improvement of women’s health outcomes. This show will champion and educate attendees on the technological innovation in women’s health, inspiring more creation and advances in the field.
The Women’s Health Tech Show is for all women’s healthcare workers in the UK, innovators and forward-thinking women’s health sector leaders from the healthcare sector, science, technology, and academia; everyone who is passionately committed to improving women’s health.
If you are involved or interested in women's health and tech innovation, this show is for you.
‘This is the UK’s leading MUST ATTEND event for everyone involved in innovation and providing healthcare services in women’s health.
- Network with high-profile individuals in women’s health
- Engage with the women’s health technology community
- Share knowledge with experts in the field
- Learn about the pertinent issues in women’s health and how technology can help solve them
- Meet potential customers and buyers
sponsorship opportunities
The Women’s Health Tech Show is for any companies involved in improving the detection, diagnosis and treatment of women’s health conditions, specifically in the area of:
- Menstrual health and gynaecological conditions
- Female-specific and gynaecological cancers
- Fertility care
- Maternal health
- Pelvic floor health
- Menopause
GIANT Women’s HealthTech Show Board of Advisors
Our advisors collaborating with us to create the most impressive and worthwhile show
Dr Ishi Bains
NHS GP, Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead for Gynaecology
Prof. Anna David
Director at Institute for Women's Health, University College London
Prof. Neena Modi
Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust