Open Day to celebrate WA health and medical innovation
Minister for Medical Research the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC speaks at the July 2023 Open Day.
The next Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day will be held on 18 July and will showcase the State’s brightest health and medical innovators.
The event will be hosted by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) in collaboration with the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub (WALSIH), under the theme: ‘a connected innovation ecosystem’.
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear about developments related to local health and medical innovation, learn about new FHRI Fund programs, and hear successful FHRI Fund recipients showcase their innovation projects through a captivating ‘Early-stage Biomedical and Health Showcase’.
Speakers will include prominent identities in the WA health and medical innovation space, including new FHRI Fund Advisory Council member, Professor Fiona Wood AO.
Recently awarded FHRI Fund grant recipients will also be announced.
An ‘innovation marketplace’ will be held after the formalities, allowing attendees to meet medical technology start-up representatives and gain insight into health and medical innovations in development.
Attendance may be in-person or online. For those unable to attend in person, a recording will be available on the FHRI Fund website.
Tickets can be reserved at the TryBooking page.
In-person attendance:
- Registrations: 9:00am-9:20am
- Speeches and presentations: 9:30am - 12pm
- Light lunch/networking/Innovation marketplace: 12pm-1pm
Online attendance:
- Speeches and presentations: 9:30am-12pm