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The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2026

June 23 - June 26

The annual Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics is the flagship event of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery at Imperial College London. It serves as a global forum for networking, collaboration, and the exchange of pioneering research and innovations in the field of medical robotics. Bringing together a vibrant international community of surgeons, engineers, scientists, and industry leaders, the Symposium provides a unique platform to explore the latest developments shaping the future of robotic and digital surgery.

Join CC at the event where we will demonstrate advancing surgical AI with Open-H-Embodiment.

Cambridge Consultants will also moderate a panel discussion.

Title: The Prompted Surgeon

Sub title: The role and risks of AI in the future of surgical robotics

Date: Thursday 25 June 2026
Time: 1:30 – 2:30
Location: The Lowther Room
Moderator: Alex Maret, Leader of Robotic Technology, Cambridge Consultants

Panel:

  • Joe Corrigan, Chief Technology Officer, Cambridge Consultants
  • Professor Naeem Soobro – Royal College of Surgeons
  • Mustafa Toloui – Global Head of Healthcare from NVIDIA

 

Meet our team

Joe Corrigan
Head of Technology, Global Medical Technology | View profile

Joe is Head of Technology at Cambridge Consultants and has grown the AI capability to become a world leading AI consultancy with the rigour to bring multiple class 2/3 products to market.

Alex Maret
Vice President, Robotics & Digital Surgery | View profile

As the leader of robotic technology at Cambridge Consultants, Alex guides teams in the development of groundbreaking products to shape the future of healthcare. His work is focused on identifying high value opportunities for clients and creating novel robotic solutions for an increasingly digital future.

Oliver Sowerby
Vice President, MedTech Innovation | View profile

Oliver is Vice President of MedTech Innovation at Cambridge Consultants. He is a Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in R&D and a seasoned medical device developer having led the technical development of reusable surgical instruments, laparoscopic tools, otoscopes, chemical reactors and fully-automated machinery.

Joe Smallman
Technical Lead in AI and Algorithms | View profile

Joe specialises in developing real-time AI solutions within the fields of machine vision and robotics. In recent years he has focussed on translating ground-breaking advances in reinforcement learning from academia to a broad range of industrial robotic applications.

Details

Venue

  • The Royal Geographical Society
  • 1 Kensington Gore
    South Kensington, London SW7 2AR United Kingdom