UK’s first live meditech event of 2021 to open in Liverpool on 17 May

European Health-Tech Innovation Week, will run as a major live event in Liverpool, 17-21 May. The ACC Liverpool will be the venue, before the series of live and virtual events moves on to Berlin, Paris, Barcelona and Stockholm. Organiser GIANT Health said it chose Liverpool to launch its landmark event because of the thriving regional medical technology industry in the North West of England. Barry Shrier, GIANT Health founder, said: “ACC Liverpool is the ideal place for European Health-Tech Innovation Week. The city and the whole region is home to leading academic and medical institutions and a strong medical technology industry, as well as having a global reputation for innovation, manufacturing and outstanding hospitality.” Professor Shafi Ahmed (pictured), the noted futurist and multi-award-winning cancer surgeon working at The Royal London Hospital, and who chairs GIANT will give the welcoming address at the Liverpool event. He said: “After a year of lockdowns the British government is permitting the resumption of proper business face-to-face gatherings, conferences and exhibitions. On the very first day that this is permitted, GIANT Health is aiming to lead the way to help reopen society. We aim to celebrate the incredible work carried out by healthcare workers and businesses across Europe and beyond.” Registered healthcare professionals are entitled to free entry to the live event in Liverpool and all the virtual content for the whole week. For more information, visit the European Health-Tech Innovation website at https://www.giant.health/european-health-tech-innovation-week-2021-liverpool Jen Estherby, healthTech lead at Barclays Eagle Labs, co-sponsor of the event, added. “It’s great to see that GIANT Health is one of the first to hold a hybrid event allowing people to join them at their European HealthTech Innovation Week in Liverpool. Barclays Eagle Labs is proud to be a partner of GIANT and looking forward to connecting with some of the great HealthTech businesses attending.” Hannah Randles, health and life sciences champion at Growth Platform – the Liverpool City Region Growth Company and co-sponsor of the event, said: “Our City Region is a global leader in health and life sciences and this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase all our health-tech assets, skills, expertise and innovations.”