Agenda
Day 1
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
12:00PM-7:00PM
12:00-12:30PM
Registration and working box lunch — Grand Peninsula Foyer
12:30-12:35PM
Welcome Address —
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways
12:35-1:15PM
Reimbursement Is Now Job One
Steve Farmer, MD, PhD, Chief Strategy Officer, Coverage and Analysis Group, CMS
Josh Makower, Director and Co-Founder, Stanford Biodesign
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)
1:15-1:20PM
Sponsor Moderator — Medmarc
1:20-1:30PM
1:30-1:40PM
1:40-1:50PM
1:50-2:00PM
2:00-2:10PM
2:10-2:20PM
2:20-2:40PM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
2:40-3:10PM
TAP into FDA: New Opportunities for Companies to Engage the Agency
Alan (AJ) Baumel, Acting Associate Director, FDA’s Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program (TAP)
David Filmore, Executive Editor, Market Pathways (moderator)
3:10-3:15PM
Sponsor Moderator — IQVIA Medtech
3:15-3:25PM
3:25-3:35PM
3:35-3:45PM
3:45-3:55PM
3:55-4:05PM
4:10-4:40PM
Ireland’s Unique Medtech Cluster
Maria Jennings, Adviser, Enterprise Ireland
Ashley Seehusen, Venture Partner, Sante Ventures
Declan Soden, CEO, Mirai Medical
Cepta Duffy, Adviser, Enterprise Ireland (moderator)
4:40-5:45PM
MedTech Innovator Value Competition
Steve Davis, CEO, Cellulora
Dean Hu, Chief Operating Officer, Savage Medical
Declan Soden, CEO, Mirai Medical
Harlee Sorkin, CEO, InterShunt Technologies, Inc
Robyn Plowright, CSO, Newrotex
Judges:
Lynn Carney, Director, Agency and Alliances, Medmarc
Avi Roop, Managing Director, RCT Ventures
Takahiro Sano, Director, Corporate Development & Strategies, Nipro Medical Corp
Paul Grand, CEO, MedTech Innovator (Host)
5:45-7:00PM
Networking Reception — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Day 2
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
8:15AM-7:15PM
8:15-8:45AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast — Grand Peninsula Foyer
8:45-9:25AM
AI in Medtech — Where Are We Today and Where Are We Going
Nivi Arumugam, Digital Healthcare Executive, In Transition, Ex-Becton Dickinson, Ex-Google
Steve Sweeny, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Viz.ai
Rajat Verma, Senior Manager, Venture Investments, Abbott
Sheila Shah, Managing Director, L.E.K. Consulting (moderator)
9:30-9:35AM
Sponsor Moderator —Medmarc
9:35-9:45AM
9:45-9:55AM
9:55-10:05AM
10:05-10:15AM
Implandata Ophthalmic Products
10:15-10:35AM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
10:35-11:10AM
Navigating Through Early Stage Investments
Anne DeGheest, Founder, HealthTech Capital
Andy McGibbon, Managing Partner, Sonder Capital
Lu Zhang, Founder & Managing Partner, Fusion Fund
James Huie, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (moderator)
11:10-11:15AM
Sponsor Moderator — MedTech Strategist
11:15-11:25AM
11:25-11:35AM
11:35-11:45AM
11:45-11:55AM
11:55-12:40PM
IP Trends in Medical Devices
Shannon Lam, Partner, Knobbe Martens
Irfan Lateef, Partner, Knobbe Martens
12:40-1:50PM
Lunch
1:55-2:35PM
Cross Border Investing: Finding Capital in Non-Obvious Places
Hanson Gifford, III, Partner, Lightstone Ventures
Geoff Pardo, General Partner, Gilde Healthcare
Thom Rasche, Managing Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital
Andrew Weiss, Venture Partner, Sofinnova Partners
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
2:35-2:40PM
Sponsor Moderator — Latham & Watkins
2:40-2:50PM
2:50-3:00PM
3:00-3:10PM
3:10-3:20PM
3:20-3:30PM
3:30-3:50PM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
3:50-4:15PM
Keynote: Christopher Cleary, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic
4:15-5:00PM
Understanding Investment Strategies Across the Spectrum
Ajay Dharia, Venture Partner, MedTech Venture Partners
Shawn Fu, Vice President, Vertex Ventures HC
Greg Garfield, Senior Managing Director, KCK MedTech
Dave Hood, President & CEO, DH3 Associates
Cynthia Yee, Principal, Vensana Capital
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
5:00-6:00PM
MedTech Innovator Finals Competition - Mid-Stage Startups
Jay Banerjee, President, ImmersiveTouch
Yvonne Bokelman, CEO, Alyve Medical
Richard Foust, CEO, MicroTransponder
Catherine Liao, CSO, CardieX
Judges
Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences
Edward Hanlon, Senior Associate, Gilde Healthcare
Tamir Meiri, Principal, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Cynthia Yee, Principal, Vensana Capital
Paul Grand, CEO, MedTech Innovator (Host)
6:00-7:15PM
Reception — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Day 3
Thursday, November 16, 2023
8:15AM-1:00PM
8:15-8:45AM
Continental Breakfast — Grand Peninsula Foyer
8:45-9:05AM
Medical Device M&A and Public Market Perspectives
Jennie Xue, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners
9:05-9:10AM
Sponsor Moderator —
9:10-9:20AM
9:20-9:30AM
9:30-9:40AM
9:40-9:50AM
9:50-10:00AM
10:00-10:10AM
10:10-10:30AM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
10:30-11:10AM
Understand The Role of Strategics in Medtech Innovation
Christopher Cleary, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic
Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences
Tamir Meiri,Principal, Venture Investments, MedTech, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Sarah Cook, Sr. Manager, Olympus Corporation of the Americas
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
11:10-11:50AM
The MedTech Startup Equation
Yvonne Bokelman, CEO, Alyve Medical
Filip Peters, CEO, Acorai
Justin Olshavsky, General Partner, Pioneer Bio Fund
Michael Tar, Global Consulting Sales Strategist, NAMSA
David Uffer, Managing Director, Medtech, Trinity Life Sciences
Giovanni Lauricella, Managing Partner, Lifeblood Capital (moderator)
11:50AM-12:15PM
MDIC: Connecting Companies and Regulators
Andrew Cleeland, CEO, Fogarty Innovation
Andrew Fish, President & CEO, MDIC
Chip Hance, CEO, Regatta Medical, Incoming Chairman, MDIC
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)
12:15-1:00PM
Box Lunch — Grand Peninsula Foyer
