| 25 P R O G R A M M E Dr Shuler Xu Co-Founder and CTO, RapidX Bio Dr Shuler Xu is Co-Founder and CTO of RapidX Bio. Shuler has been an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur since 2022, is currently a co-investigator for a Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust IAA at the university of Cambridge. Shuler along with his Co-Founder Nipun leads a team developing the world’s fastest, portable and arguably one of the most affordable qPCR platforms. This innovation uses lasers and gold nanorods to enable direct, technician-free detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in under 10 minutes with >95% sensitivity & specificity— delivering a 200-fold reduction in diagnostic turnaround and unlocking a new paradigm. LinkedIn: /company/rapidx-bio Dr Nick de Pennington Founder and CEO, Ufonia Nick is the Founder and CEO at Ufonia who brings to the team his background as a neurosurgeon with 15 years’ experience delivering frontline patient care and digital projects across regional health systems. Nick has an MA in Neurophysiology from the University of Cambridge, a BM BCh in Medicine, and a MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He’s an alumnus of Michael Porter’s Value Based Healthcare course at HBS and is ambitious and optimistic about the potential of technology to fix the systematic challenges facing health services across the world. LinkedIn: /in/nick-de-pennington/ www.ufonia.com An absolute game-changer… it gave me the confidence to lead a business. The depth of learning and high-calibre connections make this essential for any clinician.
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