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Health Tech Conference 2022

November 2022

Event date: 9th December 2022

HGF is a premium sponsor of the pro-manchester Health Tech conference on Friday 9th December.

This conference looks at exploring what new and innovative ideas have been developed in the past 12 months and what kind of difference they are going to make to the future of healthcare delivery in the UK. They will be looking at the changes in legislation, operating methods, and culture and how all these things are driving a fundamental shift in our healthcare system for good.

HGF Senior Patent Attorney Dr Janine Swarbrick will be speaking at the event on “Value from Innovation: patenting in digital health”.

Attending the event is HGF’s Partner & Patent Attorney Kieran Killough, Trade Mark Director Lauren Somers, Patent Attorney Dr Hannah Evans and Senior Patent Attorney Dr Mark Sellick.

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Attendees

Kieran
Killough

Partner & Patent Attorney

Mark
Sellick

Patent Director

Janine
Swarbrick

Partner & Patent Attorney

Lauren
Somers

Partner & Trade Mark Attorney

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