{"id":2388,"date":"2025-02-07T11:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:47:32","slug":"life-sciences-and-5g-technology-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2025\/02\/07\/life-sciences-and-5g-technology-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Sciences and 5G Technology Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2-4pm | Thursday 27 February | Taliesin Mall Room, Singleton Campus, Swansea University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In partnership with Vodafone, we are excited to host a public engagement event that delves into the evolution of 5G, its role in advancing technology, and the tangible benefits it brings to our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts from industry and academia will address health and environmental challenges, demonstrating how 5G is making a positive impact on our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers will also emphasise the importance of ongoing collaboration between the public and private sectors to fully leverage technology &#8211; enhancing community health, wellbeing, and social care outcomes while driving growth across these critical areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swansea-university-to-develop-world-first-research-and-innovation-living-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> that Swansea&nbsp;University will work with Vodafone to deliver a 5G testbed spanning the University\u2019s two campuses, Singleton and Morriston Hospitals, and parts of the city. The project is backed by Swansea Bay City Deal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/swanseabaycitydeal.wales\/projects\/digital-infrastructure\/\">Digital Infrastructure<\/a> programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Digital Infrastructure Programme is proud to support the aspirations of the Campuses project and is delighted to have awarded a \u00a31.5m grant to the project from its 5G Innovation Fund.&nbsp;The funding will accelerate the world-first research and innovation environment for health and life sciences, to develop advanced solutions to current challenges faced by the sector.&#8221; &#8211; Rebecca Llewhellin, Project Manager, Digital infrastructure Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions about the infrastructure, please come along and speak to the experts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ee856660 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/digital-innovation-and-5g-technology-seminar-tickets-1241958474229?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Register your interest<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2-4pm | Thursday 27 February | Taliesin Mall Room, Singleton Campus, Swansea University In partnership with Vodafone, we are excited to host a public engagement event that delves into the evolution of 5G, its role in advancing technology, and the tangible benefits it brings to our region. Experts from industry and academia will address health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190346150,"featured_media":2393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Wordpress-2.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfwlnl-Cw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":215,"url":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2024\/03\/19\/test\/","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":0},"title":"5G Innovation Fund anticipates exciting, new collaborations for 2024","author":"meganchick1","date":"19th March 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Digital Infrastructure Programme\u2019s 5G Innovation Fund is now open to City Deal partners and regional public sector bodies until March 2024\u00a0 Swansea Bay City Deal\u2019s Digital Infrastructure Programme is picking up the pace with numerous digital developments.\u00a0 One of which is the 5G Innovation Fund, which has already successfully\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ILS2.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ILS2.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ILS2.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ILS2.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1105,"url":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2024\/10\/04\/funded-studentship-opportunity-to-enhance-older-adult-care-using-5g\/","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":1},"title":"Funded Studentship opportunity to enhance older adult care Using 5G","author":"meganchick1","date":"4th October 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Vodafone has announced a fully-funded PhD Scholarship at Swansea University to explore 5G-enabled 'fit and forget' wearables that will enhance older adult care. 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