Nexxus Scotland

Nexxus Annual Life Science Awards (West)

Seventh Year of Annual Awards!

Presentation of our seventh Annual Nexxus Life Science Awards for Lifetime Achievement, Innovation, Young Life Scientist of the Year and Most Promising Young Life Science Company will take place once again in the atmospheric and relaxed Auditorium in Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow.  

Join us to celebrate local talent and expertise, catch up with old acquaintances and make new and valuable contacts.   

There will also be the opportunity to view and judge the entries for the Nexxus 2012 Life-Sci Visions Calendar submitted by Scottish life science related organisations.

Guest Speaker

This year we are delighted to confirm that Sir Kenneth Calman, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow and Chair of the Glasgow City of Science steering committee will join us to give a brief talk about Glasgow and the importance of science to the city.

Sir Kenneth will be known to many, if not all of us, through the many influential posts he has held over the years and below is just a snap-shot of his career to date :- 

Having graduated in medicine in Glasgow, Sir Kenneth became Professor of Oncology in 1974 and remained in that post for 10 years.  In 1984 he became Dean of Postgraduate Medicine and Professor of Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Glasgow and Consultant Physician with an interest in palliative care at the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. 

In 1989 Sir Kenneth was appointed Chief Medical Officer at the Scottish Home and Health Department and in September 1991 he became Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health in London.  In 1996 he was awarded a KCB. He was a member of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation, and its Chairman from 1998-9.  He was Vice Chancellor and Warden of the University of Durham from 1998 until 2007 and was a Member of the Statistics Commission from 1999 until 2007. He is President of the Institute of medical Ethics and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the British Library.

He chaired the Commission on Scottish Devolution 2008-9, was President of the British Medical Association 2008 and became Chairman of the National Trust for Scotland in September 2010.

Sir Kenneth's most recent books are "A study of storytelling, humour and learning in medicine" and "Medical Education: Past present and future." He is currently pursuing research for an M.Litt on Scottish Literature and Medicine.

Venue

The venue is located at the top of Byres Road, at the junction with Great Western Road and is only a few minutes walk from Hillhead Underground Station.   Car parking is available behind the Underground Station and on-street parking is available in Byres Road, Great Western Road and the surrounding streets.   Map showing venue.   For a more detailed map of the area including location of Hillhead Underground Station (STP) see Multimap.

Programme

Annual Awards West 2011 Programme

Registration 

To express your interest in attending this event please click on the orange 'request a place' button (top right)  As usual, attendance at this event is free of charge. (NB Dress code is normal business attire).   We look forward to seeing you on the evening! 

Back to event listing