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The Big Conversation is our annual face-to-face learning and networking event for people in health and care strategy, transformation, improvement, research, innovation, and delivery. 

The Day’s Talks

KEYNOTE Research, innovation and implementation: Strengthening primary and community-based care, Dr Shera Chok, NIHR National Lead for Community Settings

Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICP - Strategy and joint forward plan, Lara Alloway, CMO, Caroline Morison, Chief Strategy Officer

Dorset ICP - Stategy and joint forward plan, Ashleigh Boreham, Deputy Director Partnerships, Research and Innovation  

Accelerating innovation with impact in community and primary care, Richard Booth, Deputy CEO, Health Innovation Wessex

Developing community health assets to improve health and wellbeing, Alistair Doxat-Purser, CEO, Faithworks

Dorset Research Engagement Network - "I am more than" - Dr Helena Posnett, Dorset HealthCare

Hampshire Research Engagement Network - Raising Voices in Research, Katherine Baker, NHS Hampshire and IOW, Jess Johnson, Action Hampshire

Community and primary healthcare in Hampshire and Isle of Wight - how research fits into the changing landscape, Dr Sarah Williams, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS FT

Dorset HealthCare - A day in the life of a Community Health Trust, Dr Andrew Dean, CMO

NIHR ARC Wessex - Progress and impact of applied health research across Wessex, Prof Cathy Bowen, Deputy Director

NIHR HDRC Southampton and Portsmouth - Role of research and innovation driving change in local authorities, Becky Wilkinson and Matt Gummerson

The Research Delivery Network support research in community settings, Dr Rebecca Croucher, RRDN South Central

Bournemouth University - our collaborative research with community, Prof Jane Murphy, Assoc Head of Research and Innovation

Community health and care research at University of Portsmouth, Dr Jenny Roddis, Assoc Head of Research and Innovation

Health Sciences University - Clinics as a platform for collaborative research, Dr Julie Northam and Dr Neil Langridge