Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, April 25, 2023

11:30-11:55: Registration and box lunch — Great Room Foyer

11:55-12:00: Welcome/Opening — Great Room

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways

12:00-12:30: Fireside Chat: - Building Great Companies –

• Andrew Cleeland, CEO, Fogarty Innovation

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

12:35-1:15: Reading the Current M&A Environment: The Bankers’ Perspective

• Adam Barker, Head of Healthcare Equity Research, Goodbody

• Michael Healy, Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, UBS Healthcare

• Kinam Hong, Partner, Sofinnova Partners

• Jennie Xue, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist  (Moderator)

1:20-1:25: Moderator - Medmarc

1:25-1:35: Aortyx

1:35-1:45: LaNua Medical

1:45-1:55: Vitestro

1:55-2:05: Locate Bio

2:05-2:15: TibaRay

2:15-2:25: Fada Medical

2:25-2:35: Triplemed

2:35-3:10: Future Medtech From Ireland:

• Stephen Cox, CEO, InVera Medical

• Lyn Markey, Co-Founder & CEO, XTremedy Medical

• Lucy O’Keeffe, CEO, CroiValve

• Elle Sander, Co-Founder & CEO, Lifelet Medical

• Alan Hobbs, Manager High Potential Start Ups, Enterprise Ireland (Moderator)

3:10-3:30: Networking Break -- Great Room Foyer

3:30-3:35: Moderator: Greenlight Guru

3:35-4:15: Medtech by the Numbers

• Barbara Castellano, Partner, Panakes Partners

• Megan MacDonagh, Vice President, SV Health Investors

• Rabab Nasrallah, Investment Team, Earlybird Venture Capital

• Anne Portwich, Partner, EQT Life Sciences

• Jennifer McMahon, Partner, Seroba Life Sciences (Moderator)

4:20-4:30: Integrated Translational Research: Advanced preclinical methods support product differentiation

• Peter Markham, President & CEO, CBSET

4:30-4:40: Active Medical

4:40-4:50: ViCentra

4:50-5:00: Samsara Vision

5:00-5:10: TEDIRO

5:10-5:20: Pacertool AS

5:20-5:30: Artiria Medical

5:35-6:35: MedTech Innovator — Dublin

• Paul Grand, Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator

• Jake Goble, Cardiac and General Medical Products Business Leader, WL Gore

• Jennifer Kozak, Vice President, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson

• Rupert Winckler, Head of EMEA Business Development, Olympus Corporation

• Edna Lazar, Senior Director, Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences

6:35-7:45: Networking Reception

Day 2 - Wednesday, April 26, 2023

8:00-8:30: Registration & Welcome Coffee — Great Room Foyer

8:30-8:35: Moderator – IQVIA Medtech

8:35-8:45: Microsure

8:45-8:55: Hemerion Therapeutics

8:55-9:05: INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

9:05-9:15: Versono Medical

9:15-9:25: Altavo

9:25-10:00: Keynote: Medtech 2023, Where Do We Go From Here?: Medtech trends and implications from EY’s annual Pulse of the Industry survey

• Todd Brinton, MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Corporate Vice President, Edwards and Board of Stanford Biodesign

• Jennifer Kozak, Vice President, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson

• Fergal McAleavey, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, EY

• John Babitt, Partner, EY, (Moderator)

10:00-10:40: Investing in Late/Growth Capital

• Janke Dittmer, Partner, Gilde Healthcare

• Ruben Osnabrugge, Investment Manager, EQT Life Sciences

• Daniel Parera, Partner, Kurma Partners

• Alexander Schmitz, Partner, Endeavour Vision

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

10:40-11:00: Networking Break — Great Room Foyer

11:00-11:40: Building a Great Board: Criteria and Compensation Considerations

• Sophie Baratte, Managing Director, Agile Capital Markets

• Chuck Carignan, Executive Chairman, Cairdac

• Reinhard Krickl, CEO, Phagenesis

• Martin Pfister, Principal, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management

• Agata Lindenthal, Senior Consultant, HTI Healthcare and Technology International (Moderator)

11:40-12:10: Keynote: Christopher Cleary, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic

12:10-12:50: Panel Session Reimbursement: Getting Paid for Innovative Technologies

• Arjun Desai, Chief Strategic Innovation Officer, Insightec

• Ronan Glynn, Partner, Health Sector Lead, EY

• Dan Rose, CEO, LimFlow

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways

12:50-2:00: Lunch

2:00-2:45: Current Investment Trends and Dynamics from a European perspective:

• Arthur Franken, General Partner, Gilde Healthcare

• Mano Iyer, Partner, Sofinnova Partners

• Olivier Litzka, Partner, Andera Partners

• Thom Rasche, Managing Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

2:50-2:55: Moderator — Velentium

2:55-3:05: BlueDrop Medical

3:05-3:15: Positrigo

3:15-3:25: Ronovo Surgical

3:25-3:35: Azalea Vision

3:35-3:45: Alucent Biomedical

3:45-4:05: Networking Break — Great Room Foyer

4:05-4:45: MDR: Are We Still Talking About This? And What Does It Mean for the Future?

• Oliver Bisazza, CEO, Medtech Europe

• Claire Dyson, Consultant/former Head of UK Approved Body at DEKRA

• Pedro Eerdmans, Director, Global Strategy Services, NAMSA

• Sinead Keogh, Director, Ibec MedTech & Engineering, Ibec

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways

4:50-4:55: Moderator — Team Consulting

4:55-5:05: Dianosic

5:05-5:15: Ceroflo

5:15-5:25: Oxford Endovascular

5:30-6:00: Q & A — Perspective From Experiences Building Start-ups to Strategic

• Todd Brinton, MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Corporate Vice President, Edwards and Board of Stanford Biodesign

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

6:00-7:30: Networking Reception

Day 3 - Thursday, April 27, 2023

8:00-8:20: Registration & Welcome Coffee — Great Room Foyer

8:20-9:10: Future Proofing Innovation in a Medtech Sprint

• Kevin Boyle, SVP R&D Interventional, BD

• Jinny Lee, SVP of Exploration, Strategy and Marketing, Edwards Lifesciences

• Sinead Walsh, Director of Operations, BioInnovate

• Ashley Seehusen, Venture Partner, Sante Ventures and COO, Sante Accel

• Fiachra Sweeney, CTO, Fire1

• Lisa Carmel, EVP Global Strategic Partnerships, Veranex (Moderator)

9:15-9:55: US investors in Europe The New Global Perspective

• Auriel August, Senior Associate, Santé

• Janke Dittmer, Partner, Gilde Healthcare

• Caroline Gaynor, Partner, Lightstone Ventures

• Andy McGibbon, Managing Partner Sonder Capital

• Théophile Mohr Durdez, CEO, Volta Medical

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

10:00-10:40: Rationalizing the Portfolio in a Changing Medtech Environment:

• Christopher Cleary, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic

• Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences

• Jennifer Kozak, Vice President, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson

• Rupert Winckler, Head of EMEA Business Development, Olympus Corporation

• David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator)

10:40-11:20: Getting in the Endzone: Achieving Commercialisation

• Isabella Schmitt, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Proxima Clinical Research 

• Michalis Papadakis, Founder & CEO, Brainomix

• Ross O’Neil, Founder & CEO, Neuromod Devices

• Donal O'Shea, Founder & CEO, Deciphex

• John Olden, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard (Moderator)

11:20-12:00: What would a China opportunity look like for you?

• Olivier d’Arros, Managing Partner, Mavie Technologies

• Lucien Goffart, CEO, Robocath

• Jose Calle Gordo, Chairman, Highlife Medical and Board member of JenaValve

• Jack Qian, CEO, Alfa Medtech

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

12:00-12:20: Networking Break & Working Box Lunch — Great Room Foyer

12:20-12:25: Moderator – Vicky Valla, Regulatory Compliance Lead, Evnia

12:25-12:35: PreciHealth

12:35-12:45: Intressa Vascular

12:45-12:55: BresoTec Medical

12:55-1:05: Sentante

1:05-1:15: inHEART

1:15-1:25: FluidAI

1:30-2:10: The Real World Impact of MDR: How CEOs and Investors are Adapting

• Bernard Collins, Chairman, Aerogen

• James Eadie, Managing Director, Sante Ventures

• Florian Ludwig, CEO, CardiacBooster and Venture Partner, Thuja Capital

• John O’Dea, CEO, Palliare

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways

2:10: Event concludes

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