Healthcare in the 21st century is rapidly evolving from a purely hospital and surgery based service to a patient centred model.  A range of circumstances from demographics to the current economic crisis is driving enormous change in healthcare across the globe.

This event focuses on introducing innovative technology businesses to a burgeoning healthcare market they may never have considered entering and will bring together healthcare professionals, clinicians, academics, inventors, investors and technology companies.

This year's Key Note Speaker is Andy Taylor from the Association of British Healthcare Industries and the event will be chaired by Kevin Wilson, Innova Partnerships Ltd and UK Trade and Investment.

When a court ruled this year that IT supplier EDS should pay BSkyB at least £270 million for fraudulently claiming it could meet deadlines when it couldn't, it sent a shockwave through the industry. But what can suppliers and customers of IT learn from this case?

The Digital Systems KTN, in conjunction with the International Digital Laboratory at Warwick University is holding a free conference on SMART technologies. The sessions will present current Policy, Technology and Research of the SMART approaches to Healthcare, Transport and Energy.