21 May 2025

Registrations are now closed. If you would like to be added to a waiting list, please email us at TayHealthTech@hw.ac.uk 

Registration includes your conference entry, all refreshments and lunch, and entry into the Discovery exhibition and ship.

Why meet?

• Expand your knowledge of the issues affecting Tayside
• Be inspired by the healthcare solutions, both now and in the future
• Immerse yourself in the subject, away from daily tasks
• Meet new people, make new contacts

Who can attend?

The Conference is open to a wide audience including all:

• Members of the public with an interest in community healthcare and/or medical devices
• Academics and researchers
• Innovators and entrepreneurs
• Health and social care professionals

The conference may also be of interest to those working in healthcare policy, charities and civic organisations.

Please help spread the word about our conference to people you think would be interested to take part in the conversation.

View our Conference Programme for the Tay Health Tech Conference 2025 (opens as pdf document).

Organising Committee

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the Tay Health Tech Conference 2025 in Dundee, Scotland on 21 May 2025.

• Vicky Farquhar, Heriot-Watt University
• Amy Connelly, Heriot-Watt University
• Researchers
• Public input through the Tay Health Tech Citizen's Assembly

With support from Tracy Duncan, Dundee City Region Convention Bureau

Keynote Speaker

Tom Steele, Chair of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board

Tom Steele was appointed as Chair of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board on 1 June 2018. From 2014 until this appointment, he served as a Non-Executive Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at NHS Lanarkshire and as a member of the South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board. Currently Tom also co-chairs the National Health and Social Care Innovation Design Authority Board and chairs the National Group for Volunteering in NHS Scotland. Previously he spent his career in management consultancy with KPMG and then in the IT industry, where for 20 years he held various senior executive positions with Fujitsu UK. Tom has wide leadership and corporate governance experience of large, complex organisations. 

Tom was reappointed for a further four years from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2026.

Discovery Point

The conference is being held at Discovery Point, Dundee. This unique 5 star visitor attraction offers stunning views of the Quay and River Tay, is close to all travel links, and is within easy reach of all sights, shops and business districts of the city.

Your registration at the conference gives you complimentary access to the Discovery exhibition, as well as RRS Discovery, where you can find out more about the healthcare on board the ship, and ponder the differences a century has made to medical devices and procedures!

Location: Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD1 4XA

• Parking - 0.3 miles to pay and display car parks nearby
• Airport - 2.3 miles from Dundee Airport
• Railway - directly opposite Dundee Railway Station

Read Discovery Point's Accessibility Guide (link opens in new window)

Read our Event Code of Conduct for the Tay Health Tech Conference 2025 (opens as pdf document).

Dundee is conveniently located and easily accessible by road, rail and air. We would recommend train and bus options are used as much as possible.

By car

Dundee is just a 90-minute drive from 90% of Scotland's population, and Discovery Point is an easy drive from both the A92 and the A90. There are many car parks in the area around the conference venue.

By bus

You can use Traveline to plan your journey to Dundee. The conference venue is a 15min walk from Dundee Bus Station for the longer distance routes, but many local buses stop outside the train station, which is across the road from the venue.

By train

Dundee train station is across the road from the conference venue, with mainline services to Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and by extension London.

By air

We'd recommend those in the UK to arrive by public transport but if coming from further afield, you can fly into Dundee airport from London Heathrow or choose to fly into any of the international airports in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, or Glasgow and then travel to Dundee by road or rail.

Read our Travel Made Easy Guide (link opens in new window) on how to get to Dundee from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Airport, including coach travel to Dundee.

All information in the travel guides correct at the time of filming (filmed 2024).

For a variety of hotels and B&B’s close to the city centre, view our Accommodation Guide (link opens in new window).

Getting around Dundee

Get active out and about in Dundee city. A compact city bursting with places of interest, history, and things to see, it is so easy to get around.

Dundee’s active travel routes in and around the city have been developed over the last few years with a key objective to encourage active travel through walking, cycling and public transport, and deploy sustainable alternatives to decarbonise transport. Visit Dundee.com website and find out more about Our Walkable City.

MixMap is a friendly, easy to use, locally produced Dundee map for tourists showcasing the colourful range of independent businesses, attractions and places of interest in Dundee and Broughty Ferry.

We want to help you make the most of your time in our city. Discover great little shops, welcoming restaurants, immersive attractions with MixMap The Dundee Tourist Map.

Sustainability Pledge

The Tay Health Tech Conference 2025 aims to minimise the environmental impact of the meeting and contribute towards a safe and healthy environment.

Read our Sustainability Pledge (opens as pdf document)

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