FemHealth Integrates 2025

Fostering greater equality in biotech and healthcare

18th March 2025

EVENT TOPICS:

  • Towards gender equality & The growth of FemTech

In it’s first year, FemHealth Integrates is a unique event addressing the gender gap in healthcare – both in health outcomes and within the health industry workforce. Tackling both decades-long inequalities and the emerging field of FemTech, FemHealth Integrates is the perfect opportunity for people of all genders to come together to bring about greater equality in biotech and healthcare.

HOSTED BY:

SPONSORS INCLUDE:

Bruntwood SciTech Mills & Reeve

AGENDA:

08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Networking
09:30 - 09:40
Welcome & Opening Remarks
09:40 - 09:55
Keynote Address
10:00 - 10:20
Fireside Chat: Advancing FemTech across the UK Regions
The UK has a persistent gender health gap for women and despite living longer than men, women spend 25% more of their lives grappling with deliberating health issues. The UK has an opportunity to create a bold legacy, support innovation and further investment into the FemTech industry. This session will explore the current performance of the sector and outline opportunities for FemTech businesses to drive innovation with equal access to support pathways, fostering the advancement of this sector across the UK.
Jordan Dargue
Facilitated by

Jordan Dargue

Lifted Ventures
Co-Founder

Towards gender equality & The growth of FemTech

10:25 - 11:05

Women on trial

Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical trials. Today, women are still underrepresented in trials, meaning we still don’t know how well many drugs and devices work for women. How can we increase the inclusion of women in medical research?

Facilitated by

Stephanie Caird

Mills & Reeve LLP
Principal Associate

PANELLISTS

  • Hanadi Jabado | Sana Capital
  • Dace Dimza-Jones | Department for Business and Trade
  • Geraldine Wagner | Novartis

11:05 - 11:35

Networking Break

HOST SPONSOR:

11:35 - 12:15

Women investing in women

Investment in women’s health innovations is increasing. To sustain this growth, we need to involve more women as investors to create a more inclusive and impactful VC landscape. How can we build a cohort of female investors to support purpose-led, innovative, commercially strong women-founded businesses?

Facilitated by

Vicky Protano

Mills & Reeve
Corporate Partner

PANELLISTS

  • Jess Jackson | Praetura Ventures
  • Helen Oldham | Lifted Ventures

12:20 - 13:00

Ladies first?

Research into women’s health has been underfunded for decades. Conditions that mostly or only affect women, such as endometriosis, pelvic floor disorders and urinary tract infections, are largely understudied compared to those that predominantly affect men. How can we close this gender gap in healthcare?

Facilitated by

Jason Mellad

Start Codon
Chief Executive Officer

PANELLISTS

  • Stasa Stankovic | OvartiX
  • Josiane Chuisseu | Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Sabine Hutchison | Seuss+
  • Alistair Williamson | Lucid Group

13:00 - 14:00

Networking Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:40

Culture change

Women are making huge strides in shaping healthcare policies, advancing medical research, and revolutionizing patient care. How can we create a more inclusive culture to empower more women leaders in healthcare and business?

Facilitated by

Kathryn Simpson

Kathryn Simpson Consulting Limited
Business Consultant

PANELLISTS

  • Jackie Macritchie | Cumulus Oncology
  • Sahana Nayak | Samata Science

14:45 - 15:25

The future of Femtech

Femtech is a rapidly growing market, attracting the attention of investors and developers. This diverse range of technologies, apps, services and softwares promise innovative solutions to women’s health and wellness needs. How can we ensure the sustained and long-term growth of femtech to address healthcare inequalities?

PANELLISTS

  • Lydia Mapstone | BoobyBiome
  • Yasmin Baba | Amilis
  • Aahuti Rai | Four Points Health

15:30 - 16:30

Networking Drinks Reception

MEDIA AND CHANNEL PARTNERS:

VENUE:

Circle Square, Manchester

Circle Square, Manchester

FemHealth Integrates  2025 Venue: Circle Square

Circle Square is a thriving hub of pioneering global brands and start-ups in creative digital tech. Here you’ll find businesses working across Internet of Things, AI, blockchain, web3, AR & VR, cloud computing, energy tech and more. We offer high-quality, flexible office space, meeting rooms and event space, alongside a bespoke programme of business support giving you access to funding, training and collaboration.

Bruntwood SciTech

Bruntwood SciTech is the country’s leading developer of city-wide innovation ecosystems, and the largest dedicated property platform for the UK knowledge economy.  Alongside a 50-year track record in the property industry, we bring a wealth of experience in creating and developing strategic partnerships with UK regional cities, universities and NHS Trusts.

Offering premium office and lab space, a range of scientific services and specialist business support, we are perfectly placed to help companies – particularly those in the science and technology sectors – to form, scale and grow.

Getting here

Circle Square is located at the heart of Manchester’s Oxford Road. Just a short walk from the city’s major transport links, accessed by one of the best connected public transport routes in the North of England.

https://circlesquaremanchester.com/getting-here/

Address:

Circle Square

Oxford Rd, Manchester M1 7FS, United Kingdom

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