Science & Technology
Medilink South West Business and Innovation Awards 2026
Get ready! The Medilink South West Business and Innovation Awards 2026 is celebrating the brightest minds and boldest ideas in the region. It's the perfect chance to network, be inspired, and talk to innovators up close. Don’t miss out on an amazing evening full of celebration and cutting-edge innovations!
Guest speaker Dr John Lees
Isambard‑AI: Powering the Future of Health & Life Sciences - reconstructing cell interactions in disease
Come and hear about UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer and how it is aiding our understanding of disease.
Join us for a presentation on Isambard‑AI, the UK’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer, purpose‑built to accelerate breakthroughs in healthcare and life sciences. Ranked among the top 15 supercomputers worldwide Working at speeds 100,000 times faster than the average laptop and able to process in one second what it would take the entire global population 80 years to achieve, Isambard-AI offers huge potential in fields such as robotics, big data, climate research and drug discovery. — unlocking new possibilities for AI‑driven innovation.
This talk will introduce how Isambard‑AI is already transforming life science innovation in areas such as understanding the cell to understand disease through a network of protein interactions.
Whether you work in clinical care, digital transformation, biomedical research, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, or data science, this session will show how Isambard‑AI can support faster research, more sophisticated modelling, and new opportunities for collaboration.
Led by the University of Bristol as part of the national AI Research Resource (AIRR), Isambard‑AI offers researchers, clinicians, industry partners, and innovators access to world‑leading, open‑source AI capabilities.
Who Should Attend?
Healthcare professionals • NHS digital and transformation teams • Biotech and pharma companies • Life science SMEs • Researchers • Innovators • Data scientists
Why Attend?
In just 30 minutes, learn about Isambard-AI and how you could benefit from unprecedented computational power. Be part of the community celebrating Innovation in Health and Life Science across the South West and enjoy networking opportunities in a relaxed environment.
