Weekly Brunches with Workshops: LegalTech and BioTech Market Dynamics and Trends
This event is part of the Weekly Brunches with Workshops series. Read more about the programme here.
MedTech: Owlstone Medical Ltd
Billy Boyle is a Cambridge engineering graduate that co-founded Owlstone Inc to develop FAIMS technology. After his wife's late cancer diagnosis, he focused on medical applications. This led to Owlstone Medical, which aims to save 100,000 lives and $1.5B in healthcare costs through Breath Biopsy technology for early disease detection.
Owlstone Medical partners with institutions like Cleveland Clinic and Astra Zeneca, has over 100 publications, and secured $150M in investment.
Billy has received numerous awards, including an MBE in 2021, and holds positions at Cambridge institutions. He's active in cancer research committees, fundraising and E-Lab - as entrepreneur-in-residence.
LegalTech: Safe Sign Technologies, acquired by Thomson Reuters
Alexander Samuel Kardos-Nyheim is a Cambridge law graduate that co-founded Safe Sign Technologies, and led this startup to acquisition while serving at A&O Shearman. He also founded The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art, and leads several public campaigns and initiatives.
Grace Lee is a senior applied research scientist at Thomson Reuters in London, UK. Before joining Thomson Reuters, she contributed her expertise at Amazon Alexa in Cambridge, UK. Grace has been recognized with several awards, including the 1st prize in the Samsung Electronics internship. She actively participates as a Program Committee (PC) member for top-tier Information Retrieval (IR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) conferences.
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WHEN: Friday, 18 October 2024
1-2 PM: Brunch in King’s Hall
2-3 PM:
* LegalTech workshop in Provost's Drawing Room
* MedTech workshop in Seminar Room
3 PM onwards: Optional informal discussion in the Turing Room, the E-Lab co-working space
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge
TICKETS: Secure your workshop slot by filling out this form. Reserve your place at the pre-workshop brunch by reacting to a post in this WhatsApp group.