Event Details

19:30 - 22:30

Dinner: Optional Welcome Dinner
The Outsider Restaurant
15 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1 EE

09:30 - 10:00

Reception: Registration and Coffee

10:00 - 10:45

Group Discussion: Introductions and News from WSG Life Sciences Firms
Participants introduce themselves and give an update on their practices.

10:45 - 11:30

Guest Speaker Presentation: Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence
AI and Patents – the DARBUS cases relating to machines as “inventors”; and The unintended legal consequences of harvesting medical data.

11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break: Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30

Panel Discussion: The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
Overview and challenges for patent holders and their attorneys.

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch: Lunch

14:0 - 14:45

Guest Speaker Presentation: Investing in Life Sciences Companies – An Investor’s View
Presentation by Malcolm Gillies from Intuitive Investments Group PLC. Malcolm is an investor and also a director of several private companies involved in the medical and technology sectors. He was a director of Scottish company Aircraft Medical Ltd until it was sold to Medtronic Limited for US$110 million. He will discuss life sciences investments in UK companies. Attendees are encouraged to participate with their observations from their own jurisdictions.

15:00 - 15:45

Guest Speaker Presentation: The UK’s National Security & Investment Act and its Effect on Life Sciences Transactions
A review of the NSI Act, its requirements for notification and its impact on both M&A and IP licensing Transactions.

15:45 - 16:30

Group Discussion: Opportunities for WSG Life Sciences collaborations

18:30 - 20:00

Cocktail: Pre- Dinner Drinks
Angels Share Bar & Restaurant
7 Hope St., Edinburgh, EH2 4EL

20:00 - 23:00

Dinner: Dinner
The Bonham Hotel
35 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, EH3 7RN

10:00 - 12:30

Round Table Presentation: Optional Excursion
Holyrood Palace
Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DX, United Kingdom

12:30 - 14:30

Group Discussion: Optional Lunch