Pharma Pitch Perfect @PSWA Innovation for Health 2022
Pharma Pitch Perfect @PSWA Innovation for Health is a dedicated opportunity for pharmacists to become innovators in pharmacy practice. It’s a chance for pharmacists to showcase an innovative idea and for established players and health professionals to identify and partner with innovative pharmacists. This is a unique opportunity for you to pitch an idea or project that has the potential to attract the attention of a customer, investor or pharmacist to support and enable you to take your idea and develop it into a full research project or even a future commercial venture.
Event 1 - Tuesday 24 May 7.00pm-9.00pm
Pharma Pitch Inspiration Night
Be inspired by innovators from a range of pharmacy areas and learn the basic skills of design thinking to help you begin your journey of innovation. This event will be held via Zoom meeting.
Presenters:
Amanda Bryce - Amanda is a community pharmacist who has owned Gerald Burns Pharmacy in Bicton for 14 years. She is a credentialed pharmacist, lecturer at UWA and Curtin and diabetes educator with a passion for gut health. Believing that..."you are not what you eat but what you absorb" and that so many chronic illnesses start in the gut, she has helped hundreds of patients gain greater health through improved gut function. Helping patients improve their health outcomes through great gut health is her most satisfying work as a pharmacist.
Sean Grieve - Sean’s innovation journey began whilst he was working at Joondalup Hospital Pharmacy and continued on for over a decade. Sean was given the opportunity to lead the implementation of onsite sterile compounding for oncology. In addition, he developed many other software solutions for the pharmacy.
This ongoing interest in software development led him to the start-up of Zepli, where he has been a director since 2016. Sean's focus at Zepli is to improve software and workflow within the health sector, particularly for pharmacies. His background in hospital pharmacy and compounding motivates him to develop systems that promote safety, assist the efficiency of pharmacists, and encourage collaboration with other health professionals.
Teresa Di Franco - As an early career pharmacist Teresa witnessed diabetic family members and patients struggling with the management of their medicines and all the associated allied health and specialist appointments required. Teresa became a credentialled diabetes educator and saw a need for a clinic that would provide access to a range of professionals that support diabetic patients. This led her to open Perth Diabetes Care (PDC), a health hub that is attached to her pharmacy. Perth Diabetes Care now employs diabetes educators, exercise physiologists, dietitians, podiatrists, psychologists and physiotherapists. Working as one, the PDC health team help patients achieve health goals and provide the best clinical advice and education from health professionals that are experts in their field.
Dr Jennifer Halton - Jennifer is Chief Impact Officer at The Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation in Perth, where she leads on transformational strategies for growth and quantifiable impact incorporating service design thinking, digital transformation, open Innovation and ecosystem alignment. Jennifer has award-winning expertise in building strategic and commercial partnerships for growth and innovation across geographies and sectors. Before relocating to Perth, she designed the growth and partnership proposition for Imperial College London’s JV, Scale Space, working with world-leading venture builders and academics to help scale-ups connect, innovate and grow within and beyond the UK SME ecosystem. She has led research and commercial projects in Europe and Australia with global brands, including Facebook, AstraZeneca, ARUP, Matheson, Vodafone and BT. Jennifer holds a PhD in early modern studies and has published and lectured globally in her research field.
Where: This event will be held via Zoom meeting.
Event 2 - Wednesday 29 June 6.30pm-9pm
Pharma Pitch Presentation Night
Register to present your innovative idea by emailing general@pswa.org.au by Wednesday 15 June.
You will be given 5 minutes to pitch your idea to a judging panel of clinicians, investors, business leaders and mentors before taking 5 minutes’ worth of questions from the panel and audience.
Networking opportunity -
You don’t have to pitch. Come along and enjoy an opportunity to hear from some innovative pharmacists and network with your colleagues.
The Prize: Attendance to an Entrepreneurial Mindset Boot Camp by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation (CERI). This is an interactive 2-day course focused on education and training through experiential learning and designed to empower and inspire participants on their innovation journey valued at $3,000.
The Judging Panel:
Teresa Di Franco - PSWA Board Member, Owner Perth Diabetes Care
Other judges TBC
Where: CERI - The Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Level 1, 22 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands WA 6009
Cost: There is no charge for PSWA members to attend these events
Closing dates for registrations:
Event 1 - Thursday 19 May
Event 2 - Thursday 23 June