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LSI 2021
Emerging Medtech Summit

The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel - Dana Point, CA - February 17-19, 2021

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Keynote Velis Predicting Coronavirus Financial Impact Weeks Before Pandemic Hits

Over 1300 1-on-1 Partnering Sessions Took Place at EMS 2020

Venture Capital Panel During Welcome Reception & Cocktails Night 1

Perspectives from the VC, Payer & CEO on Reimbursement: Panel led by Tonya Dowd

Strategic Dealmaking Panel Insights from CEO David Hochman (Orchestra) and VP Strategy Earl Slee (Medtronic)

CathWorks CMO Ramin Mousavi

Ossio CEO Brian Verrier

Alternative Financing Panel Drew Large Crowd on Day 3

Private Meetings with CEOs After Presentations in Main Ballroom

Christopher Velis Keynote Address

Terri Burke, Partner at Epidarex Capital Shares VC Insights in Panel on Day 1

Motus CEO Tim Moran

More Networking Prior to Fireside Chat with Dr. Manny Villafana (Founder St. Jude, ATS, Cardiac Pacemakers)

SentiAR CEO Berk Tas

Terumo, J&J, Orchestra, Medtronic, Intuitive Execs Weigh In During Strategic Panel led by Dave Mildrew (BioQuest)

Panel: Intuitive Surgical, Kaiser, Ximedica, Edwards Lifesciences & Alira

ClearFlow CEO Paul Molloy

1300+ Private Partnering Meetings Took Place

Private Partnering Meetings Overlooking Pacific Ocean

Innovation Panel: Lisa Carmel (Ximedica), Noam Krantz (J&J), Greg Madden (SV Health Investors), Stephen Ralph (Gore), Michael Pereira (Ximedica)

Lively Clinical Affairs Panel (Lisa Beck, Ori Ben-Yahuda, Tonya Dowd)

Ximedica VP Lisa Carmel

InnovHeart CEO Jason Bottiglieri

EPIC Neuro CEO Bill Phillips

Greg Madden, Partner SV Health Investors, Shares Insights on VC Investing

Colospan CEO Boaz Assaf

ZKR Orthopedics CEO John Barrett

Jim Rushworth, CEO of Terumo Medical on Strategic Partnering Panel

Yostra Founder Vinayak Nandalike

VerteCore CEO Paul Leake

UVision360 CEO Allison London Brown

Alternative Financing Panel

Trice Medical CEO Mark Foster

Synergia Medical CEO Attila Borbath

Strados Labs CEO Nick Delmonico

StimGuard CEO Laura Perryman

SpineOvations CEO Niv Caviar

Sonix Medical Devices CEO Vipula Tailor

Sonavex CEO David Narrow

Silk Biomaterials CEO Gabriele Grecchi

Shoulder Innovations COO Matt Ahearn

Sense Diagnostics CEO Geoffrey Klass

Saranas CEO Zaffer Syed

Rna Diagnostics CEO Jeremy Bridge-Cook

ReSymmetry Executive Liana Foksheneanu

REACT Neuro CEO Shahid Azim

QUANTASON CEO Edmond Rambod

Pulmostics CEO William Wittmeyer

Promaxo CEO Amit Vohra

Pristine Surgical CEO Bryan Lord

PolyVascular Co-Founder Henri Justino

PhotoniCare CEO Ryan Shelton

Path Ex CEO Sinead E. Miller

Ortho Regenerative Technologies CEO Claude LeDuc

Orgagen CEO Saverio La Francesca

OcuSciences CEO Kurt Riegger

nView Medical CEO Cristian Atria

NuEyes CEO Mark Greget

NuCryo Vascular CEO Kevin Beedon

nRichDX CEO William Curtis

Novuson CEO Stuart Mitchell

NIDO CEO Thomas Marchand

New View Surgical CEO Bryce Klontz

Neurent Medical CEO Brian Shields

NeuEsse Chairman Joseph Connell

Navigation Sciences CEO Alan Lucas

Nanochon CEO Benjamin Holmes

Moterum CEO David Huizenga

Micro Interventional Devices CEO Michael Whitman

Melzi CEO Reid Rutherford

MediPines CEO Steve Lee

Medical 21 CEO Manny Villafaña

Magforce CEO Dr. Ben Lipps

LindaCare CEO Shahram Sharif

LightIntegra Technology CEO William Dubiel

LifeWave Biomedical CEO Steve Stephansen

Ictero Medical CEO Matthew Nojoomi

HealthySole CEO Nelson Patterson

HealthLytix CEO Nathan White

HAPPE Spine Program Director Douglas Snell

GyroGear Founder Faii Ong

GreenBone Ortho CEO Lorenzo Pradella

Flosonics Medical CEO Joe Eibl

Fist Assist CEO Tej M. Singh

FAST BioMedical CEO Joseph Muldoon

ExplORer Surgical CEO Jennifer Fried

Exact Imaging CEO Randy AuCoin

E-Scopics CEO Claude Cohen-Bacrie

Epic Neuro President Bill Phillips

Engage Therapeutics COO Mark Theeuwes

Embody CEO Jeff Conroy

Elevation Spine CEO Charles Gilbride

Diality CEO Osman Khawar

Consensus Orthopedics CEO Colleen Gray

CivaTech Oncology CEO Suzanne Babcock

Cerenetex CEO Benjamin Bobo

Centese Chief Business Officer Randy Preston

Centerline Biomedical CEO Philip Rackliffe

Reimbursement Trends Panel

CardioThrive CEO Shelley Savage

Canary Medical CEO Bill Hunter

Bridge Medical Devices CEO Skip Graham

Biorez CEO Kevin Rocco

Biolinq CEO Jared Tangney

Bardy Diagnostics CCO Ken Nelson

Augmedics CEO Nissan Elimelech

Auctus Surgical CEO John Barrett

Aspect Biosystems CEO Tamer Mohamed

Articulate Labs CEO Josh Rabinowitz

Alucent Biomedical CEO Myles Greenberg

Alertgy CEO Marc Rippen

AiM Medical Robotics CEO Bob Cathcart

Activ Surgical CEO Todd Usen

Acarix CEO Per Persson

Lively Industry Panel on HEOR & Payer Insights for New Technologies

Deepak Sahu of Alira Health Moderator: Lively Session with Strategics & Payers on HEOR

Lisa Carmel, VP of Ximedica Leads Innovation Panel on Day 3

Lively Panel: Day 3

Alternative Financing Panel: Angel, VC, Family Office, Non-Dilutive & Crowdsourcing Perspectives

Panel: Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Ben Joseph of Mend Medical Shares a Fresh View on Medtech Investing

Irfan Lateef of Knobbe Moderates Investor Panel on Day 3

Skip Graham, CEO Bridge Medical Devices Makes Huge Announcement at EMS 2020

Medtech Angel Investor Greg Scott (BPI) Providing Insights on Raising Capital in 2020

J&J's Noam Krantz Providing Unique Insights in Innovation Panel

Health Tech Leader Lisa Carmel of Ximedica Sets Stage for Full Day of Innovation

Centerline Biomedical Created Tremendous Buzz at EMS 2020

DiFusion Technologies CEO Derrick Johns

Panel: Payers & Strategics Weigh in on Product Innovation

Greg Madden, Partner at SV Health Investors: VC Insights

Innovation Panel: SV Health Investors, Gore, J&J, Ximedica

Networking During Welcome Reception & Venture Capital Panel

Manny Villafana (Founder of St. Jude) Presents Next Venture, Medical 21

Panel: Hot Topics in Clinical Affairs 2020

Mike Pereira, President of Ximedica Shares Vision for Innovation

Tonya Dowd, VP of MCRA Setting Stage for Full Day of Innovation

Dr. Gary Owens Shares the Payer Perspective during Reimbursement Panel

Alyssa Howard of MCRA Leads Session of Innovation

Networking Between Innovation Sessions

Investor Reception and Networking on Day 1 Welcome Session

Israeli Innovator Efrat Shenhod-Malihi, Founder of ReSymmetry & LSI Staff

1:1 Networking at Private Sessions Overlooking Pacific Ocean

More Partnering in Private Reserved Sessions

Welcome & Registration at Emerging Medtech Summit

Partnering on the Pacific at Emerging Medtech Summit

Sidebars, Networking & Partnering During Breaks

Medtech Thought Leaders Moderating Innovation Sessions

Tivic Health CEO Jennifer Ernst

Partner on the Pacific with the Leaders Building Medtech

The Plan For 2021

A Peek Back At 2020

Confirmed Presenting CEOs

Angie Conley

CEO

Abilitech Medical

Ashok Khandkar

CEO

Elute

Bill Perry

CEO

Deep Blue Medical Advances

Kevin Richardson

Kevin Richardson

Chairman & CEO

SANUWAVE

Jong Lee

CEO & Cofounder

Day Zero Diagnostics

John VeLure

President & CEO

i-Lumen Scientific

Brian Hutchison

Brian Hutchison

Executive Chairman and CEO

Catalyst OrthoScience

Ziad Rouag

CEO

BIOMODEX

Peter Van Haur

CEO

VitalConnect

Laura Piccinini

Laura Piccinini

CEO

Respiratory Motion

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Connecting Innovators & Investors

Confirmed Investors/Strategics

Greg Madden

Partner

SV Health Investors

Ben Glenn

Innovation Strategist

Shay Glenn, LLP

Amy Belt Raimundo

Amy Belt Raimundo

Managing Director

Kaiser Permanent Ventures

Kwame Ulmer

Venture Partner

Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health

Daniel Teo

Managing Partner

Hunniwell Lake Ventures

Nicholas Mourlas

Nicholas Mourlas

Sr. Director New Ventures

Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Melinda Richter

Melinda Richter

Global Head

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS

Geoff Pardo

Partner

Gilde Healthcare Partners

Jon Root

General Partner

US Venture Partners

Terri Burke

Venture Partner

Epidarex Capital

Kyle Dempsey, MD

Kyle Dempsey, MD

Partner

MVM Partners

Jeff Peters

Venture Partner

OrbiMed

Greg Garfield

Senior Managing Director

KCK Group

Dennis McWilliams

Dennis McWilliams

Venture Partner

Sante Ventures

Tak Cheung

Principal

New Enterprise Associates

Barbara Lubash

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Versant Ventures

Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison

General Partner, Head of Business & Corporate Development

Google Life Sciences, Verily Ventures

Christopher J. Velis

Christopher J. Velis

Founder & Executive Chairman

Miraki Innovation

Nicholas Pachuda

Nicholas Pachuda

Innovation & New Ventures

Pure Medtech Advisors

Luba Greenwood

Healthcare and Tech Investor and Innovator

Google, Roche, Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

John F. Ryan

Managing Director

Wells Fargo Strategic Capital

Patrick O'Neill

Patrick O'Neill

Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments

Connecticut Innovations

Debbie Lin

Executive Director

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund

Sean Cheng

Venture Capital

Philips Ventures

ZiHan Lin

Venture Principal

Lilly Asia Ventures

Lisa Carmel

Vice President Strategy

Ximedica

Gwen Watanabe

VP of Global Corporate Development, Strategy and Strategic Relationships

Teleflex

Omid Akhavan

Managing Director

Anthro Ventures

David Sym-Smith

David Sym-Smith

Venture Partner

Mobility Ventures

David Uffer

Senior Partner & VP

Alira Health

Eric Breese

Investment Director

Evonik Venture Capital

Kenneth Ross

Medical Group Manager

Evonik Corporation

Tiffany Le

Healthcare Investor

New Enterprise Associates

Edward Hanlon

Associate - Venture & Growth

Gilde Healthcare Partners

Dan Secor

Associate

Gilde Healthcare Partners

Peter Stebbins

VP, Business Development

Johnson & Johnson

Paul McCreadie

Partner & Chief Operating Officer

Arboretum Ventures

Richard Fang

Managing Partner

Hunniwell Lake Ventures

Allan May

Venture Partner, Medtech Convergence Fund

Co-Founder, Life Science Angels

Tico Blumenthal

Tico Blumenthal

Chair

Life Science Angels

Adam O'Donnell

Venture Investor

Mighty Capital

Oliver Keown

Intuitive Ventures

Intuitive Surgical

Matt Dwork

Strategy & Business Development

Edwards Lifesciences

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Presenting Companies

LSI's top 100 medtech startups will present at this event.

Why Attend?

Hear what attendees said last year and why they are already signing up for the 2021 event.

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Sponsorship will be limited for the 2021 Summit. Apply early to be considered.

Investors, Strategics, Innovators

This event is attended by the top strategics, active investors (venture capital, PE, angel, family office, alternative) and best-of-best innovators selected by LSI.

Keynote & Panels

2021 Keynote and industry panels to be announced soon.

Agenda

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Hotel Information

The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel
One Ritz-Carlton Dr
Dana Point, CA 92629

Special LSI room rate and accommodations available.

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