About the Event

Metabolic Support UK’s very first virtual conference offers attendees an interactive 3D environment with informative webinars, an exhibition hall and interactive, disorder-specific breakout sessions. You can enjoy the benefits of networking and contribute to live discussions, from the comfort of your own home. Don’t miss the chance to listen to our key speakers sharing their experiences and perspectives on the importance of patient involvement.

Highlights of our 2020 annual conference include:

• Webinars with live Q&A
• A range of interactive breakout sessions
• Access to exhibitors’ virtual booths

The theme of this year’s conference is: Patient Involvement: Creating Patient Leaders. Our webinars and breakout sessions will focus on the importance of patient involvement, and aim to empower patients and families from our IMD community to get involved and become patient leaders.

You will discover the many ways in which you can become a patient expert and the impact this can have. You will hear from our industry experts about the importance of patient involvement in the development of treatments and research. Our patient expert will share his experiences of joining an advisory council and raising awareness about his own condition. Finally our concluding webinar on day two, will reflect on the impact of covid-19 on the patient community, and discuss how specialist services and Metabolic Support UK are adjusting to the new normal.

To join the event, click the register button above and complete the short registration form.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Keynote

Chris Wolf, VP & Chief Technology Officer, Global Field & Industry, VMware

Chris serves as CTO, Global Field and Industry at VMware. In that role, he is responsible for helping to shape VMware’s long term technology vision, while ensuring that Research and Development priorities align with customer and industry needs. Wolf’s team drives thought leadership and industry alignment in a number of emerging areas, including Cloud, Edge, IoT, server platforms, HPC, and NFV. Chris also leads VMware’s 140+ member CTO Ambassador program, which further scales VMware R&D to customers and the technology community at large.

Prior to joining VMware, Chris was a Research Vice President for Gartner’s Technical Professionals service, where he managed the data center and private cloud research agenda. Before that, Chris was a founding member of the Data Center Strategies team at Burton Group, an independent virtualization consultant, and had stops at multiple colleges and at CommVault Systems along the way. Wolf’s IT and technology journey began in the US Marines.

Wolf holds a Master of Science degree in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has authored several technology book