The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) recognises that investing in innovation is crucial to improve patient care and bring about changes to the healthcare system. The ACMD Translational Research Services progress ideas seamlessly from discovery, through translation, to launch. This journey is sequenced through three interconnected programs (ACMD Challenge, ACMD Advise and ACMD Engine).
This session is designed for clinicians and researchers who have a clinical problem they don’t know what to do with, or an idea they haven’t known how to progress. Through real project journeys, you’ll see exactly how ACMD helps, and what it looks like to take that first step.
Join innovators, clinicians and researchers at ACMD on Thursday 18 June for an honest look at how two real projects moved from a clinical problem to a funded research project.
This is not a panel of polished success stories. It’s a structured conversation with the people who lived it: the clinician who raised their hand, the researcher who got the call, and the ACMD team who built the bridge between them.
This ACMD Link event is powered by ANDHealth
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
Time (AEST): 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD), Auditorium, Level 1, 27 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
Session format: Hybrid delivery with presentations, audience Q&A and networking
Registration*: Free to attend, but registration is essential
*Registrations will close 9am Wednesday 17 June 2026
Who should attend:
- Clinicians and researchers with an unsolved problem or an early-stage idea
- Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers
- Early-stage innovators, founders and CXOs
- Medtech, digital and connected health professionals and service providers
Stay tuned for speaker announcements!
Important note for attendees:
Please be advised that photographs and videos may be taken by ACMD and ANDHealth staff. By attending this event, you agree to being filmed or photographed, and acknowledge that these may be used for marketing or promotional purposes.
As a condition of complimentary registration, all guests attending this event will be required to complete a short post-event survey. Your feedback supports continuous improvement and helps shape the direction of future industry activities.
