Creative Disruption Forum—20 October 2025
The Creative Disruption Forum, hosted by Prof Tony Sedgwick and Graham Combe at Arc Oxford, Garsington Road, Oxford OX42SU, will comprehensively examine the latest dealmaking and investor strategies and trends. This is conducted with the "boots on the ground" experts that are actively working in the field. From investors, to biotech and life science innovation CEOs, to the middle men and professionals helping the deals to succeed, we learn from the doers in a format and fora that is interactive, engaging and intimate expertly moderated by our resident thought-leader Prof Tony Sedgwick....... guarenteed to be a better learning experience than AI.
The Agenda in Summary
The approximate CDF agenda is:
10-10.30 am arrival with coffee & teas, biscuits & fruit - networking
10.30-10.50 am - initial introduction to event, sponsor intros and house keeping etc
10.50- 12.00 - Initial Keynotes interviews with investors and those with recent investment
12.00-12.20 pm - coffee & tea break
12.20-12.50pm - Keynote interviews with dealmakers kicking off with James Fry, Mills & Reeve will outline what he is seeing in the dealmaker landscape.
12.50-1.30 pm - Then we have the "boots on the ground" company interviews to get their perspectives.
1.30-2.30 pm - light lunch with coffee + refreshments
3.00-4.00 pm - 6-8 workshops with a Group Leader on each - a great way for everyone to get to know each other.
4.00-5.00 pm - The workshop Group Leaders overview their discussions and Tony Sedgwick round up.
5.00-5.15 pm - End
6 -8 pm - Unofficial Drinks & Networking at the Oxford Retreat.
ADMISSION FEE for Service Companies such as CROs, CDMOs, Patent Attorneys, Consultancy Firms = £120 - ALL-INCLUSIVE .
ADMISSION FEE for Innovative Emerging Life Science Companies and Independent Consultants = £60
Investors can apply for free entry by writing to [email protected].
Thank you to our sponsors.
More General Information about the Creative Disruption Forum
At all our events, we encourage dialogue in the room with the keynotes and participants expertly moderated by our resident thought leader, Prof Tony Sedgwick. Tony and I have worked together developing our Agile Leaders, Biotech Buddies, #coffeebuddies and now our Creative Disruption Forums over the last nine years. During the pandemic, we did 3-4 #coffeebuddies "shows" weekly, linking our UK community to others worldwide. Our aim for each participant in all our events is to be engaging, informative and entertaining - with no more death by PowerPoint! lol
To spark new thoughts and ideas and build friendships
As organisers, we promise always to entertain, engage, inform and be interactive during our thought-leadership interviews and Creative Disruption workshops. This is to help you spark new thoughts and ideas and build friendships with peers, clients and collaborators.
How do you benefit from attending?
As a "Leader" in the biotech sector, or aspiring leader, or someone that is simply curious, you will benefit from this "Creative Disruption" Forum. It will allow you to share common challenges and build deeper connections and trust with your peers. In turn, the aim is to build your confidence when working in areas typically outside your comfort zone by learning and discussing with this / your "Agile" peer-to-peer network.
You can broaden your understanding of the key aspects of the commercialisation journey and how to overcome potential barriers. You can speak to people in a similar position about issues you may not have the opportunity to talk about elsewhere. You can discuss your challenges by learning from other people's experiences to help you find a solution or spark an idea. Why let leaders of emerging companies reinvent the wheel to be successful when we can learn from the experiences of others who have faced similar challenges before?
Chatham House Rules apply - "what goes on in the Forum, stays in the Forum - so to speak!"
Our mission is to help you build your innovation-enabled healthcare business so it is "fit for purpose," genuinely innovative and attractive to the global markets. Helping you build solid, trustworthy networks with your peer group and help spread your creative R&D business network nationally and internationally. Our motivation and focus are on helping you build long-term reliable business relationships and support you on your journey through our supportive business community.
Prof Tony Sedgwick, the self-professed www.ThoughtDisruptor.com, facilitates this workshop. Tony has an esteemed career in academia and business; he is a trained pathologist. His accolades include once being the Global Head of Clinical Reseach at Roche AG, being a VC and being one of the UK's first Biotech CEOs. Tony has now been CEO of four life science companies, Chairman of over 10 Companies, and held many positions within the academic community. He is also an active psychologist, which has helped him develop his passion for "Agile" community group development. He is a Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master VIII and Jiu-Jitsu trainer. Two years ago, Tony published the book "The Mighty Advisor", which became a number 1 best seller in the Amazon STEM Business Management category. He has just published his second book "Engines of Propulsion" which is avaiable on Amazon and beyond. Most recently Tony has trained as an actor, and has acted in the West End and around London.
We will start this Creative Disruption Forum on Wed 15 October, with a 10.00 am arrival (followed by a prompt 10.30 am start with interviews of prominent thought leaders).
We promise that our #CreativeDisruption Forum will be like no other life sciences event or business network you have experienced. You will be walking out of the session inspired, educated and more connected.
ADMISSION FEE for Service Companies such as CROs, CDMOs, Law Firms and Patent Attorneys, Consultancy Firms = £120 - ALL-INCLUSIVE
ADMISSION FEE for Innovative Emerging Life Science Companies and Independent Consultants = £60 - - ALL-INCLUSIVE
Investors can apply for free entry by writing to [email protected].
Further details and tickets are on Eventbrite.
