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Wales Innovation Week

WALES INNOVATION WEEK

Innovation into Action launches the 2008 Wales Innovation Week, a significant week for Welsh innovation and technology, which also features the annual BioWales event at the Vale Hotel Resort, near Cardiff on March 12 and 13, and the British Female Inventor and Innovator Showcase, Conference & Awards at City Hall on March 10 and 11.

BioWales

BioWales is the largest bioscience event outside London and it returns in 2008 with a free conference, exhibition and biopartnering event- showcasing the Welsh bioscience sector to an international commercial and academic audience.

The '08 conference programme features a world class line-up of speakers, including Dr. John Patterson of Astra Zeneca; Professor Stan Roberts of Manchester University; Ron Peterson of Boots Centre for Innovation; and Professor Ruth Duncan of Cardiff University, with further names to be announced. The programme themes for next year's event reflect the major interests in Wales - pharmaceuticals, industrial biotechnology and medical devices, and new for 2008 is a panel discussion on trading with the UK, to be chaired by Harriett Fear of UKTI, with the benefit of the experiences of major US and Asian bio companies.

BioWales 2008 features:

-           an impressive conference programme

-           a biopartnering event with pre-arranged, one-to-one brokerage meetings to discuss potential collaboration projects and new technologies

-           an exhibition and networking opportunity to share ideas and build profile

To register or find out more, please go to http://www.biowalesevent.com/

British Female Inventor and Innovator Awards

Women across the nation have the chance to be recognised as the British Female Inventor and Innovator of the Year 2008 with the latest competition by the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) taking place in Cardiff for the first time to celebrate and promote creative, inventive and innovative products and inventions by women - from those created in the laboratory to ideas developed in the kitchen at home.

Founder, Bola Olabisi who has since launched the competition in Asia, Africa, Latin America and most recently Europe, says that the UK event is moving from strength to strength: "The 2008 event will reflect the diversity of innovations that we receive in the competition. We welcome ideas from women of all backgrounds - scientists and engineers working on patented inventions to women with no previous research and development experience who have come up with an excellent gadget. The only crucial criteria is that they have a valid contribution to providing a better quality of life for people," says Bola.

With the premier support and assistance of Wales Innovators Network funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, the theme of the 2008 two day event is ‘Accelerating Innovation with Knowledge Transfer and Technology' and will include several high profile industry speakers from various backgrounds.

For further information about the award categories and entry forms visit http://www.gwiin.com/

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