About this Event
Back by popular demand, Unlocking User Needs in Medtech is a hands-on workshop for anyone with a great medtech idea – entrepreneurs, startups, clinicians, or problem-solvers – who want to build something that truly works for real people.
Run by the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery and proudly supported by the Victorian Medtech Skills and Devices Hub, this in-person, half-day workshop will give you practical tools to take your idea from concept to life-changing product.
You'll begin with a short, engaging presentation before jumping into small group activities where you’ll explore real medtech products and uncover the user needs behind their design. Along the way, you’ll learn how thoughtful design choices are made—and spot opportunities to do even better.
Led by experienced medtech commercialisation experts, this workshop will help you ask the right questions, understand what users really need, and shape your idea into something that works in the real world.
By the end of the session, you’ll:
- Understand why identifying user needs is the most important first step in medtech development
- Learn from experts who’ve successfully brought products to life
- Practice the skills to map user needs and design better solutions
If you want to build smarter, safer, and more impactful healthcare solution - this workshop is for you. Spaces are limited, so book early to secure your place.
About the ACMD
This workshop is delivered by the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD), a collaborative biomedical engineering centre accelerating the translation and commercialisation of medical research. This includes the delivery of much-needed, cutting-edge medical and healthcare solutions with a focus on medtech, biotech and digital health.
The ACMD brings together clinicians, major universities, leading research institutions, and innovative healthcare companies to develop novel technologies and drive the health system's transformation through research, collaboration and education.
The ACMD is co-located at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, expanding opportunities for clinician-led research. State-of-the-art equipment, laboratories and facilities combined with strong affiliations with universities foster a thriving biomedical engineering ecosystem.
Use of photos for marketing
The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) and the Victorian Medtech Skills and Devices Hub (VMH) regularly reproduce photographs of people in promotional and marketing material as well as on our web sites in order to promote our shared activities to the broader MedTech sector.
The ACMD and VMH would like to use and reproduce one or more photographs of you for this purpose and is seeking your consent.
Photographs of you which are sufficiently clear to identify you are considered personal information. The ACMD and VMH have a comprehensive policy addressing issues related to the use, collection, security and access to personal information which can be viewed here.
By attending this event you consent to the use of your photograph/s for the purpose stated above.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ACMD Building, 27 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Australia
AUD 33.00 to AUD 55.00
