What an standout day on Friday for our Gold Coast Emerging Biomedical Industry Forum!

What an standout day on Friday for our Gold Coast Emerging Biomedical Industry Forum! Around 30 of the Gold Coast's top biomed and medtech minds come together to help us build a roadmap to shape and grow our biomedical industry over the next 10 years.

Fittingly, the event was held at the NeuTex Image-guided Therapy Surgical and Robotics Training Centre at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct. NeuTex co-founder Dr Hal Rice kicked off proceedings with a tour of the new state-of-the-art facility, which enables specialist doctors from across the Asia-Pacific to be trained in artificial intelligence and robotics, to remotely treat cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer and spinal conditions.

RDA Gold Coast partnered with the Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, City of Gold Coast and the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct for the event, which examined emerging opportunites, current barriers and possible solutions in the Gold Coast biomed industry. Andrew Bowskill from MTPConnect, the Industry Growth Centre for Medtech & Pharma, laid out the national context, followed by Dr Chris Davis, GM of Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics, who set the scene for Gold Coast. Attendees then broke into groups to delve into specifics, including workforce issues, land and infrastructure, partnerships and government policy.

The information gathered will be used to develop a 10-year action plan to fully capitalise on our booming growth, and a Gold Coast Biomedical Industry Capability Guide which will be used for promoting the sector internationally.

The event was facilitated by Dan Barr from the Better Cities Group and supported by the Gold Coast Regional Jobs Committee.