Connecting Finance, Fundraising and Grants: A Health and Medical Research Transformation Journey

 EVENT OVERVIEW

Health and medical research organisations are under increasing pressure to modernise operations, improve visibility across data, and create stronger connections between finance, fundraising, grants, membership and affiliate management, and stakeholder engagement.

Join Walkerscott and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) for a customer fireside chat exploring HMRI’s digital transformation journey and the lessons learned along the way.

During this session, HMRI will share why they embarked on a transformation program, the drivers behind key business and technology decisions, and how they approached change in stages across finance, fundraising, grants, membership and affiliate management.

Rather than focusing on technology alone, this discussion will explore the realities of transformation within the health and medical research sector, including what worked well, challenges encountered, lessons learned, and the importance of aligning people, processes, systems and data to support long-term organisational goals.

Whether you’re part of a medical research institute, research translation centre, health foundation, or broader health and medical research organisation, you’ll leave with practical insights and considerations that can help inform your own transformation journey.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Why digital transformation matters across the health and medical research sector
  Understand the challenges many organisations face with disconnected systems, manual processes and fragmented data, and why a more connected approach is becoming increasingly important.
• The HMRI transformation journey
  Learn why HMRI embarked on transformation, the business drivers behind the program, and how a phased approach helped deliver change across multiple areas of the organisation.
• Connecting finance, fundraising, grants, membership and affiliate management
  Explore how connected systems and data can improve visibility, strengthen decision-making and support more effective operations.
• Practical lessons learned
  Hear what worked well, challenges encountered, lessons learned and what HMRI might approach differently with the benefit of hindsight.
• Planning your own transformation roadmap
  Gain practical considerations to help assess technology investments, organisational priorities and future transformation opportunities.

WHY ATTEND

• You’re reviewing business systems, processes or technology platforms across your organisation.
• You want to learn from a real world transformation journey within the health and medical research sector.
• You’re looking to improve visibility and connectivity across finance, fundraising, grants and stakeholder management functions.
• You’re planning future digital transformation initiatives and want to understand common challenges and lessons learned.
• You’re responsible for organisational strategy, operations, technology or business transformation.

EVENT HOSTS

Specialists in Microsoft business applications, digital transformation and solutions for the health and medical research sector.

• Richard Gauntlett, Pre‑Sales Consultant, Walkerscott
• Guest Speaker, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

• Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2026
• Time: 45 Minutes (2:00pm NZDT / 12:00pm AEDT / 9:00am SGT)
• Location: Microsoft Teams (Online Webinar)

For more information, please contact us.