Health and Life Sciences Business Forum

South Gloucestershire is home to a growing cluster of health and life sciences businesses, and this roundtable is an opportunity to bring the community together to connect.

Designed for senior leaders and decision-makers, this open forum invites organisations working in biotech, digital health, diagnostics, and preventative care to share insights, build connections, and help shape future support initiatives.

The discussion will be guided with context setting from Pete Carpenter, Deputy CEO and Director of Programmes at Health Innovation West of England, helping frame the conversation around regional strengths, innovation priorities, and future collaboration.

What We’ll Discuss:

• What challenges are you facing?
• What opportunities are emerging?
• What conversations would you like to have with peers, educators, investors, and local authorities?

Why It Matters

Our aim is to strengthen local networks and connect supply chain businesses with the organisations that procure their services - creating space for collaboration, shared learning, and practical next steps to work together.

What You’ll Gain

• Understand the current health and life sciences landscape
• Exchange ideas and industry knowledge
• Build relationships across the sector
• Help shape future events and support

Who should attend: Founders, CEOs, COOs, CTOs, Heads of R&D, Clinical Directors, and Business Development leads from Health and Life Science start-ups and SME businesses.

This free event is intended for South Gloucestershire based businesses and has limited capacity. Early registration is encouraged.

Refreshments and light catering will be provided.

This event is funded and supported by South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with Future Leap.

Opportunities, Suggestions and Conditions

South Gloucestershire Council collect your information to meet the funding requirements of the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority for organising business events, which allows us to continue to host free to attend events such as these. Your information will only be used for funding purposes and will not be shared with any other parties.

To support networking, we’ll share your name, job title, and company with other attendees of this event only. If you’d prefer not to share this, let us know when registering.

Future Leap and South Gloucestershire Council may reach out to attendees in relation to the event and further opportunities facilitated by us, but unless you have opted in to marketing communications, you will not receive any further marketing emails.

We take photos at our events for promotional use. If you don’t want to be photographed, please email us in advance.

If you need closed captions, a carer/assistant ticket, or have other accessibility needs, email events@futureleap.co.uk at least one week before the event.

Agenda and speaker changes may occur. We reserve the right to make changes at any time.