Marc Koska is a highly successful businessman and social entrepreneur who has helped to save ten million lives. Despite years of rejection, Marc persisted in developing his revolutionary disposable syringe. Now he licenses manufacturers worldwide from his Ashdown Forest base. He was awarded an OBE for his 'Contribution to Global Healthcare'.

Marc is a highly motivational and enthusiastic speaker, someone who has fought ignorance, bureaucracy and vested interest every step of the way to create a highly successful and dynamic company.

One child dies every 24 seconds as a result of unsafe injections. The World Health Organisation estimate 3,500 dies each day as a result of unsafe injections, which is the equivalent of 10 jumbo jets crashing each day! Syringes intended to be used once are reused in developing world healthcare systems on average seven times, passing on blood borne diseases such as HIV AIDS and Hepatitis from one patient to another.

Today hundreds of millions of his syringes are sold annually and the invention has saved over ten million lives. All injections given with a K1 syringe, Marc's revolutionary invention, are sterile and safe. They protect the patient, and the next patient, and their families, because the K1 syringe cannot be reused - it locks and breaks after one use. Marc Koska can tell his inspiring story and how he founded Star Syringe and the charity SafePoint Trust.

Marc was recently awarded the Innovation Health Award by The Tech Awards an international awards programme that honours innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity making him one of the best health innovators in the world today.

He is a very popular speaker at TED conferences worldwide, Google Zeitgeist and he will be speaking at The Daily Beast Innovators Conference and Intelligence Squared.

His recent campaign in India reached a staggering 508 million people in just one week - a world record, raising awareness and educating the whole nation through TV ads, radio broadcasts, cinema screenings and newspaper articles - delivering a groundbreaking campaign to ensure that all medical injections are given safely. He achieved an historic breakthrough, resulting in plans for all injections to be made with auto disable syringes and thereby saving literally millions of lives in the coming years.

Marc has addressed many audiences, including the British Medical Association, the Sussex Business Awards launch, Rotary Clubs, Sussex Enterprise Business Conference, Young Enterprise groups, schools and colleges and given motivational speeches for companies such as Boehringer Ingleheim and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Films about his work have been shown in many countries, as well as at the Royal Albert Hall as part of 'Peace One Day'.

TESTIMONIALS

''Marc speaks with passion and clarity on a subject that is complex yet alarming. His 20 year mission is conveyed through his fascinating collection of anecdotes. He is an outstanding entrepreneur and a true inspiration.''
Medical Futures Ltd

''Marc is an inspirational and effective speaker. He is able to transmit his passion and knowledge on a number of topics like entrepreneurial ventures, medical technologies and their development. What is remarkable about him is the capability to translate complex matters in simple, clear and powerful messages, supported by a number of anecdotes and stories related to his own experience.''
Science and Technology Research

''Marc Koska came to the University of Sussex to deliver a keynote talk to our students and staff as part of our Enterprise programme. Marc's talk was an open, honest and moving account of his 20 year battle to bring one-use syringes to third world countries and raise awareness of the dangers involved in being treated by unethical medics. Marc's down to earth approach both in giving us the highs and lows of starting and running an organisation and also in engaging the audience ensured that both students and staff are still talking about his presentation. With his talk, Marc captivated the audience from the start, and his calm delivery style ensured that both students and staff were not shy in coming forward to ask questions afterwards, and also join him for the follow-up networking session. We would be delighted to invite Marc back at anytime.''
University of Sussex

''When you meet Marc you can't help but be sucked in by his passion and enthusiasm for his goal of ONE INJECTION ONE SYRINGE. He is both confident and persuasive in a direct yet friendly way and before you know it you are part of his team, a team that you feel, with his leadership will achieve his goal if not today then tomorrow.''
TR Fastenings

''Please send Marc a huge thank you for his visit to the University. He was brilliant and the class loved it. He informed and inspired. It is the best example of a successful policy changing effort that overcomes inertia and corruption to address an urgent human challenge.''
Santa Clara University

''Marc was an excellent speaker and it was a great pleasure to hear him. It was humbling and passionate - thank you Marc. Rating - Excellent!''
Bracknell Forest Homes

''The client was delighted with Marc's presentation. Apart from being on a topic very close to the audience's heart, he spoke with great passion and told a very powerful story which moved the audience. The presentation system he used was excellent.''