Networking by industry
Healthcare and life sciences networking
Two different worlds that share a label. The research and biotech side is a cluster economy built around campuses and investors; the health services side is shaped by public procurement and moves at an entirely different speed.
How these rooms actually run
Research-side networking happens on and around the science parks, is frequently technical, and almost always has somebody in the room who is raising or deploying capital. Health services networking is more formal, more procedural, and the useful relationships are often with people who cannot themselves buy anything but know who can. Timelines in both halves are measured in years.
What to do before you go
Establish which half of the sector a room belongs to before you commit the day, because turning up to a biotech investor evening with a services proposition is a wasted journey. On the research side, reading what people actually work on is not optional.
Rooms on The Gantry open 14 days ahead, and each attendee profile leads with what that person is working on now and what they will happily be asked about. On the free tier you see 30% of a room, which is enough to judge whether the mix matches the invitation; if an organiser has added you to their delegate list, all of it opens at no cost.
Where it clusters in the UK
The places where healthcare and life sciences concentrates enough to make a local room worth travelling for:
Cambridge
Cambridge Science Park · Granta Park · Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Events here OxfordshireOxford
Oxford Science Park · Harwell Campus · Milton Park
Events here Greater ManchesterManchester
Spinningfields · Ancoats and the Northern Quarter · MediaCityUK
Events here West YorkshireLeeds
Wellington Place · Park Square · Leeds Dock
Events here NottinghamshireNottingham
the Lace Market · Nottingham city centre · NG2 Business Park
Events here Greater LondonLondon
the City · Canary Wharf · Shoreditch and Old Street
Events hereNo healthcare and life sciences Rooms listed yet
Rooms are opening across the UK. Create a free account and The Gantry will show you the ones in your sector within the distance you are willing to travel.
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This page covers the app's Healthcare & Life Sciences category. See every sector, or browse by city instead.
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