WITH just over a month to go until Nucleus Expo comes to Hampshire, the programme has just been revealed by event organisers React Communications.

Sponsored by Merck, Nucleus Expo takes place on September 21 at the University of Southampton Science Park in Chilworth.

Centre Stage will see the Royal Navy, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Cancer Research Technology and Merck reveal the future of innovation within their organisations and play host to a set of exciting panel discussions.

Workshops and breakout sessions will run parallel to this, giving attendees the opportunity to connect with the likes of SETsquared, The London Stock Exchange, Roke Manor, IBM and Hampshire Constabulary on topics such as cyber crime, open innovation and miniaturised satellites.

Nucleus Expo will also play host to 30 innovative exhibitors, ranging from laser scalpels and cutting-edge prosthetics to neutron detectors and tidal energy solutions, as well as a bespoke networking area sponsored by Spire Southampton Hospital.

Jane Whitney-Smith, hospital director for Spire Southampton Hospital, said: “We are excited to be playing a major role in bringing people together at Nucleus Expo 2016.

"The networking zone is always an important draw for attendees and we see this as an excellent opportunity to demonstrate our own expertise and how we deploy the very latest technical innovations at our hospital here in Southampton.”

To register for a free ticket to attend Nucleus Expo visit reserved at www.hantsnucleus.co.uk.

The University of Southampton’s Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS) has revealed four of the businesses that it will be sponsoring in the FortisNet zone –- a regional knowledge hub and to help advance musculoskeletal health.

They are: Aurora Medical, specialists in the design and development of orthopaedic implants; Blatchford , world-leading supplier of rehabilitation products with clinical expertise in prosthetics, orthotics, special seating and wheelchairs; Hobbs Rehabilitation, which will be showcasing its latest technology including a robotic exoskelton and a bionic leg; and RedLux which which produces non-contact 3D profiling technology, which gives fast, reliable and highly precise measurement data of components such as artificial joints, pistons, valves, cylinders, lenses and, bearings.