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The Future of Healthcare and Life Sciences Research
Unlocking the Future of Health Data in the UK
The Future of Life Sciences event brought together leaders from across the NHS, government, academia, and industry to tackle one of the UK’s greatest opportunities—and challenges: unlocking the full potential of health data to improve research, innovation, and patient outcomes. Through expert panels, international insights, and candid discussions, the event explored how we move from aspiration to action—breaking down technical, legal, and cultural barriers to create a truly interoperable, data-driven research ecosystem.
Hear more about the event — insights from participants and sponsors.
Download the full post-event write-up here.
An Exclusive Event on Interoperability and NHS Data Innovation
Join us next year - We’re already planning for next year’s conference. The format will remain deliberately tight-knit, with opportunities to contribute to the discussion—whether as a speaker, sponsor, or participant. If you're working at the intersection of life sciences, healthcare, data, and research, and want to help shape the future of the UK’s data-driven life sciences ecosystem, we want to hear from you. Please contact: richard.yeatman@ignitedata.com and ele.harwich@newmarket-strategy.com
Event Details
Thursday, 1st May 2025
1:45 PM - 6:00 PM (Doors open at 1:45 PM)
High-Level Agenda
Featured Speakers
1:45 PM – Arrival & Welcome
Doors open for networking and refreshments.
2:00 PM – Opening Conversation
Lord James O’Shaughnessy in discussion with Professor Cathie Sudlow OBE on the Sudlow Review and the future of UK research data.
2:45 PM – Panel 1: Overcoming Data Access Challenges
Explore global strategies, including the US FHIR model, with senior leaders from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, MSK, and more.
3:30 PM – Break
3:45 PM – Panel 2: Operationalising Interoperability in the NHS
Insights from NHS England, Cambridge University Hospitals, and other key stakeholders on putting policy into practice.
4:30 PM – Closing Remarks
Lord Ara Darzi shares a visionary message for the future of UK health data.
4:45 – 6:00 PM – Networking Reception
Drinks and discussion with speakers, thought leaders, and senior NHS and industry representatives.
Lord Ara Darzi – Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation and Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Prof. Cathie Sudlow, OBE – OBE, author of
the Independent Review into the UK
health data landscape
Lord James O’Shaughnessy – Senior Partner, Newmarket Strategy
Joe Lengfellner – Senior Director, Clinical Research Informatics & Technology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Amy Cramer – Clinical Innovation Focus
Area Lead, Johnson & Johnson
Rachel Enright – Executive Director, Late Development Oncology Clinical Operations, AstraZeneca
Steve Tolle – Chief Product and
Technology Officer, IgniteData – Chair
And more
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IgniteData
Modernizing clinical research data transfer through secure, high-fidelity connectivity.
Newmarket Strategy
Strategic healthcare consultancy empowering innovation through policy and market access expertise.
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