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’

Closing insights 12:30pm

A roundup of our key messages for people to take home.