Panellist, The Rise of the Machines, The Science Museum, London, UK

A public panel discussion chaired by Fergus Walsh of the BBC for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (RMCC)

President's Invited Guest Lecture, The Southern Thoracic Surgeons Association, Marco Island, Florida, USA

"Your talk was AWESOME!!"

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Professor Jeffrey Jacobs

President of the STSA

Invited Adress, The Mercers Livery Company, Ironmongerlane, London, UK

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Plenary Address, The Transparency Summit, Columbus Ohio, USA

"Not only was your presentation outstanding, but your ongoing contribution was essential to driving the conversation forward, here in the US."

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Amy Basken

Director of Programs

Pediatric Congenital Heart Association

Visiting Professor, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

The Risks of Silence

Invited Panellist, Current Ethical Thinking in Surgical Innovation, Bristol, UK

Part of the IDEAL collaboration for improving surgical research

Invited Lecture, Allocate Leadership Meeting, Old Trafford, Manchester, UK

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Keynote Address, British Assocation of Perinatal Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 "a fantastic talk. You certainly made us all think!"

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Dr Helen Mactier, President BAPM

Invited Address, Committee Room 13, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, UK

A presentation to a House of Commons Committee

Visiting Professor, University of Minnessota, Minneapolis, USA

"You were a great Visiting Professor. I have had several remark about how interesting, stimulating, challenging your talks were, and a couple said they thought it was our best Professorship ever! I would agree."

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Professor David Overman, Minneapolis

Invited Lecture, Imperial Medical School, London

An exploration of the overlap between art and science in modern surgery

The Werner Zuber Memorial Lecture, European Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Wengen, Switzerland

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Opening Address, European Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Wengen, Switzerland

"Terrifying Story, and vital contribution to our meeting"

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Dr Clive Lewis, Secretary ESHLT

Medico-Legal Lawyers Luncheon Club, Royal Society of Medicine, London

"Excellent talk.  Everyone enjoyed it.  Really Good."

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Kieran Coonan, QC

Keynote Address, Aviva Wholesale Conference, Corinthia Hotel, London

"Inspirational!"

Stewart Robertson, Organiser, Aviva Inverstors

Invited Plenary Lecture, Belgian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Senneffe, Belgium

The power of transparency in data presentation to optimise team performance.  Lessons from high performing industries.

Keynote Address. General Insurance Reseach Organisation, ICC Birmingham, UK

Two contrasting experiences; managing risk at scale, and the risk of managing complex issues when life is at stake

Keynote Lecture. Aviva Institional Investors Conference, The Shard, London, UK

"A GREAT presentation!"

After Dinner Speech for Wolters Klowers Inc, Tower Bridge, London, UK

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Invited Lecture, IDEAL Conference on Surgical Outcomes, Bristol UK

"Fantastic talk...Twitter was buzzing....Inspirational"

Professor Jane Blazeby, Professor of Surgery at Bristol and conference organiser

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Presentation for "Speakers for Schools", Excelsior Academy, Denton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Speakers for Schools is a charity started by Robert Peston.  It gives school students the chance to hear first hand from people in careers whom they might not otherwise meet.  It is really humbling and uplifting for the speaker!!

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The students ...commented, 

'Really inspirational/inspiring,' 

'emotional and moving,' 

'The best assembly I've ever had,' 

'It makes me want to be a better person.' 

'Amazing', 'fascinating.'

Keynote Address, Ai You Foundation, Cheng Du, China

A guide to the value of philanthropy in improving children's health

Keynote Address, Nestle plc Leadership Summit, Alton Towers, UK

"An inspiring session...resonated across the room'

Gharry Eccles.  Regional Vice President CP UK

Invited Lecture, ESPO 2018, Stockholm, Sweden

A review of current evidence and recent advances in this controversial field

Keynote Address, European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Stockhom, Sweden

"Outstanding, inspiring, fascinating and relevant"  

Ann Hermasson, President of ESPO

Keynote Address, Sanofi Product Launch, Munich, Germany

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Gresham College Public Lecture

The media and medicine have different perspectives. At least in part, this is due to a preference for individual human stories over detailed analysis of results. 

This lecture used examples of how the public may be misled and consider the implications of such misunderstanding.

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Invited Lecture to The Huxley Science Society, Westminster School, London, UK

"Outstandingly good talk from Prof Martin Elliott at Huxley Society about ‘keeping the wealthy alive’. Genuinely thought provoking and hugely insightful." 

@WSchoolScience @wschool

Invited Guest Plenary Lecture, The American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, USA

Audience Tweets;  "Brilliant speech", "fantastic presentation", "amazing talk". "my favourite talk of the day", "inspiring", "provoking, timely, brilliant", "thought provoking and stimulating as always"

Keynote Address with Mark Gallagher for PA Consulting. Evian, France

“Martin spoke at our Global Partner Conference and was a huge success. What particularly resonated was his numerous examples of innovation, and the way in which he has brought outside in thinking into his very specialist world. It was inspiring, optimistic and thought-provoking” 

Andrew Hooke, Head of Consulting, PA Consulting Group

Gresham College Public Lecture, Museum of London, London, UK

A discussion of the concepts behind, and ethics and finances of, personalised or precision medicine

Invited Lecture, BMJ Editors Away Day, London, UK

The surgical literature is beset way half truths and the lack of raw, analysable data. In this talk I outlined ways in which this situation could be improved

Keynote lecture, IVCC5 and DS Smith Plc, Geneva, Switzerland

How good data can change behaviour and the pernicious effects of a blame culture

Gresham College Public Lecture, The Museum of London, London, UK

As technology changes, do health professionals still need a good bedside manner?

Invited Lecture, to General Managers Course, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

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Invited Guest Lecture, The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoacic Surgeons, Visakpathanam, India

Past and Current status of modified ultrafiltration in cardiac surgery.

Invited Guest Lecture, The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoacic Surgeons, Visakpathanam, India

A summary of our extensive experience in the repair of complex tracheal problems in children

Keynote Address with Mark Gallagher (F1 presenter, formerly of Ford Cosworth), International Temperature Controlled Logistics Congress, Twickenham, London

Combining our experience of two high-risk sectors to reveal lesson suitable for other complex organisations seeking excellence

Keynote Lecture, Schroder's Recognition Scheme. London, UK

Motivational tricks to enhance performance

Keynote Lecture, Excellence in Education, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Lessons learned from various industries which have had an impact on the safety and effectiveness of medicine.

Invited Keynote Lecture, KU Leuven, Belgium

A paean to the right measures and transparency 

Keynote Address, East of England NHS Leadership Academy

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Invited Lecture, Timecare, Stockholm, Sweden

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Keynote Address, Aviva Insurance Summit, London UK

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Keynote Address, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, UCL, London

A review of what it feels like to be a cardiac surgeon, with interviews from surgeons from all over the world

Keynote Address, British Congenital Cardiac Association, London, UK

 "a wonderful talk. I think it may have really prompted people to help and commit to change in the future."

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Professor Michael Burch, BCCA

Keynote Address, Whitehall & Industry Group, Athenaeum, London

A conversational seminar about major issues in healthcare

Keynote Address, Pennington Manches Annual Partner Conference

"Martin Elliott was excellent- probably the best speaker I have ever heard. I thought he “got” the audience and pitched it just right- mix of important points he wanted to get across plus humour.  The way he explained applying an approach from completely outside of his world and the challenges that presented was fascinating. His “humble” approach for such an important man was impressive and a great example for many.  Quite how he has the time to do all the thinking outside of the box plus his day job I have no idea! "

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anonymous audience member

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Plenary Keynote Address, jENS meeting, Venice, Italy

a talk highlighting the importance of real time monitoring and transparency of team performance

The 28th Arthur DeBoer Lecture, Lurie Childrens Hospitalm Chicago, IL, USA

"fascinating, enlightening & entertaining"

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Grand Rounds (Visiting Professor Lecture) Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, USA

"The presentation was nothing short of spectacular"

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Kurt Newman MD, CEO, Children's National Hospital Washington DC, USA

Keynote Address; The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) in Chicago USA

"the talk was absolutely unbelievable. Everyone was glued. It was brilliant, eloquent, comprehensive, funny, provocative, educational … all in the right mix.  Made me want to never speak in public again!"

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Professor Luca Vricella, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA

Keynote Lecture, Exponent Private Equity, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, UK

Most people work within their corporate silos and don't get to appreciate how things are being done in other organisations.  I will show how much can be learned from surprising sources, and how we have improved safety and effectiveness in healthcare as a result.

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'Martin Elliott was extremely well liked and well received, so in summary a big success!'

Simon Davidson, Exponent PE

The Stokes Society Lecture, Pembroke College, Cambridge University

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Keynote Lecture, Brewin Dolphin, London

Cardiac surgery has lived through several disruptive changes, and technology is making a further impact.  Pressures from budget cuts, Brexit and organisational reform mean teams have to change and change the way they work.  This lecture describes the lessons we have learned and what might be useful to others.

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"Thank you so much for introducing us to Martin last week – he was such a success and everyone is still talking about him, it was just amazing…"

“Martin was amazing, great humour, incredibly deep and inspirational. “

Brewin Dolphin

Keynote Lecture, The Large Charities FInance Group

"thank you again for a fantastic presentation yesterday. The feedback on it was exceptional"

Rohan Hewavisenti, Imperial War Museum

The John Evans Lecture, The British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology (BAPO), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

"It was one of the best lectures I seen delivered at any meeting, not just medical or ENT.  It seems so obvious that we are setting the bar too low and that our research papers are simply summaries- but I think that is the first time I think it has ever been made so explicit.  I thought it set the tone wonderfully..."

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 Steven Powell, FRCS  BAPO organiser

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5 Invited Lectures, World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and cardiac Surgery, Barcelona, Spain

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Invited Lecture, Medway Hospital, Kent, UK

"Brilliant, Engaging, Inspiring"

James Devine, Executive Director of HR and OD

Keynote Lecture, ReaSoN Neonatal Conference, Warwick, UK

In this lecture, I explained basic theoretical points and indicated how a transparent approach to outcome reporting, in real time, can influence behaviour for the better, trading on our competitive instincts.

I  also examined the negative consequences of blame, and discussed how organisations and units can encourage a just culture in which learning from error is the norm.

I used real examples where appropriate and suggested methods which will work in any speciality

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75% of the audience rated the talk as 'excellent' and a further 18% as "good".

Keynote Lecture, Investment Advisors Conference, Hampshire, UK

Most business exist within a silo, preferring their own kind.  This talk demonstrated, using examples, how even very different industries can improve if they open their minds to others.

"We have collaborated with Martin on several events now, and each time he has been an absolute pleasure to work with in both the run-up to the conference, and on the day itself. His material is thought-provoking, informative and insightful, and offers a previously unknown perspective for our delegates. Indeed, at our most recent conference Martin’s session was described by our attendees as “outstanding”, “marvellous”, “fascinating” and “exceptionally relevant”, to list just a few of the comments. Martin’s talk scored a hugely impressive 4.76 out of 5, making it one of the most popular and well-received presentations at any of our conferences over the years. We would thoroughly recommend Martin as an external speaker for any business audience – his mes