LSI USA '24

Event Agenda

Attention Attendees

Visit Featured Companies in New Innovator Pavilion

March 18, 2024

Pre-Event Day

12:00-4:00 pm

Registration

3:30-5:30 pm

Early bird partnering

5:30-8:30 pm

Join us for a pre-event reception hosted by LSI & sponsored by Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles

Pre-Event Reception
Cocktails
Dinner Welcome & Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks & Event Kick-Off
Fireside (7:00-8:00 pm)

Fireside Chat with Dr. Stuart Hart and Mark Jesser, the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Digital Officer at Integra LifeSciences

Henry Peck, VP, Growth & Strategy, LSI (Moderator)

Stuart Hart, CMO & Corporate VP, Integra LifeSciences (Fireside Speaker)

Mark Jesser, Chief Digital Officer, Integra LifeSciences (Fireside Speaker)

March 19, 2024

Day 1

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the indoor Yoga Studio

7:00-8:00 am

Registration

6:30-7:50 am

Networking Breakfast Sponsored by MedtechWomen
Panel (7:15-7:50 am)

Innovation On All Fronts: Shifting Solutions to Meet the Needs of the Patients

Lisa Carmel, EVP Strategic Partnerships, Veranex (Moderator)

Janani Reisenauer, Vice Chair, Innovation, Surgery; Thoracic Surgeon; IP, Mayo Clinic (Panelist)

Amanda DePalma, SVP Head of Corporate and Regional Marketing, Siemens Healthineers (Panelist)

Ashley Seehusen, Venture Partner, Sante Ventures (Panelist)

Maria Artunduaga, Founder & CEO, Samay (Panelist

7:15-7:20 am

Track 4 (Presentations)

Mathias Alt, Managing Partner, GetAhead (Session Leader)

7:21-7:30 am

Idan Geva, CEO, Butterfly Medical

7:31-7:40 am

Neal Patel, Founder, Endoluxe

7:41-7:50 am

Patrick Anquetil, CEO, Portal Instruments

7:51-8:00 am

Stuart Mitchell, CEO, Novuson Surgical

7:50-7:55 am

Event Logistics, Opening Remarks

7:55-8:30 am

Keynote with Dr. Catherine Mohr, President of the Intuitive Foundation

Dr. Catherine Mohr, President, Intuitive Foundation

9:00-9:40 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Human Capital: Challenges and Solutions in Retention and Scalability

Charles Rohaut, Managing Director, Life Sciences & PE/VC, ZRG Partners (Moderator)

Alex Bennett, Chief Growth Officer, ZRG Partners (Panelist)

Jeff Mollica, Managing Director, Medical Device & Life Sciences Practice, ZRG Partners (Panelist)

Evan Luxon, CEO, Centese (Panelist)

David Kereiakes, Managing Partner, Windham Venture Partners (Panelist)

8:40-8:45 am

Track 1

Edward Muzio, President & CEO, Group Harmonics (Session Leader)

Track 2

Alexis Bilodeau, CEO, Cleio (Session Leader)

Track 3

Andrew Fish, President & CEO, Medical Device Innovation Consortium (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 9:00 - 9:40)

8:45-8:54 am

Mike Karim, CEO, Oxford Endovascular

Christine Horton, CEO, Visura Technologies

Susan Lutz, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Cognivue

8:55-9:04 am

Ash Attia, CEO, Bionic Vision

Adam Szaronos, CEO, Trukera Medical

Brian Hess, CEO & Founder, RevBio

9:05-9:14 am

Amir Danino, Founder & CEO, INNOVENTRIC

Nelson Patterson, CEO, Anavasi Diagnostics

Gulam Khan, CEO, Centerline Biomedical

9:15-9:24 am

David Narrow, CEO, Sonavex

Derek Sham, Founder & CEO, Cosm Medical

Sharief Taraman, CEO, Cognoa

9:25-9:34 am

Dr. Margaret Kalmeta, Founder & CEO, Rapid Nexus

Kial Gramley, CPO, BackStop Neural

Matt Ginn, CEO, IQ Endoscopes

9:35-9:44 am

Martin Herman, CEO & Co-Founder, Powerful Medical

Charles Allan, CEO, MY01

Timothy Blair, President, iChor Vascular

9:45-9:54 am

Marcin Golebicki, CEO, EP Solutions

Christopher Arapoff, Vice President of Market Access, CeQur

Chris Springate, CEO, ARC Medical

(Panel in session from 9:45 - 10:25)

9:55-10:04 am

Finbar Dolan, CEO, Versono Medical

Adarsh Patil, Founder & Inventor, OUI Medical

Neil Bodick, CEO, Gate Science

10:05-10:14 am

Dimitrios Angelis, Co-Founder, Sparta Biomedical

Gustavo De Greiff, CEO, Kneevoice

Bryan Lord, CEO, Pristine Surgical

9:45-10:25 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Lung Cancer at a Tipping Point: Innovation, Private Equity, and Strategic Partnerships Driving Industry Expansion

Diego Serrano, Operating Partner, Akilia Partners (Moderator)

Justin Montellese, Director Corporate Business Development (M&A), Hologic (Panelist)

David Beylik, Vice President, Ajax Health (Panelist)

Joanna Nathan, CEO, Prana Thoracic (Panelist)

10:30-11:10 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Adoption of Immersive VR and AR in Surgery: Tailwinds, Headwinds, and Future Outlook

Sabeen Shaikh, Partner - Global MedTech, LifeSciences Consultants (Moderator)

Richard Vincent, Founder & CEO, FundamentalVR (Panelist)

Bhavesh Barot, Operating Partner & CBO, Truffle Capital (Panelist)

Rachel Van Stratton-Kirk, Director, Global Strategic Marketing, Robotics & Digital Solutions (Panelist)

10:15-10:20 am

Track 1

Roger Brooks, Founder, RBrooks Group (Session Leader)

Track 2

Daniel Thompson, CSO, Greenlight Guru (Session Leader)

Track 3

Ryan Roberts, CCO, Veranex (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

10:20-10:29 am

Firas Al-Ali, CEO, Cygnus Medical

Rui Jing Jiang, Founder & CEO, Avisi Technologies

Ilan Uchitel, CEO & Co-Founder, CAPS Medical

10:30-10:39 am

Bill Perry, CEO, Deep Blue Medical Advances

Howard Hechler, President & COO, Lumicell

Dr. James Carpenter, CEO, SurePulse

10:40-10:49 am

Jeff O'Donnell, Jr., President & CEO, Waypoint Orthopedics

Per Langoe, CEO, GT Medical Technologies

James Biggins, CEO, Access Vascular

10:50-10:59 am

James Lancaster, CEO, Solenic Medical

Myles Greenberg, President & CEO, Alucent Biomedical

Will Martin, President & CEO, IRRAS

11:00-11:09 am

Vivek Kopparthi, Co-Founder & CEO, NeoLight

Saravana Kumar, President & CEO, 4C Medical

Vijit Sabins, Co-Founder & CEO, Adaptyx Biosciences

11:15-11:55 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Bioconvergence: Breaking Down Silos in Disruptive Innovation

Marc Alcser, Shareholder, Stradling (Moderator)

Assaf Barnea, CEO, Sanara Ventures (Panelist)

Ariane Tom, Founder & Managing Director, Kaleida Capital (Panelist)

Suraj Mudichintala, Senior Associate, Action Potential Venture Capital (Panelist)

11:10-11:15 am

Track 1

Roger Stern, CEO, Stellartech (Session Leader)

Track 2

Bryant Grigsby, CEO, Phoenix DeVentures (Session Leader)

Track 3

Ed Raskin, Managing Director, LS Associates (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 11:15 - 11:55)

11:15-11:24 am

Abhishek Ramkumar, CEO, Abram Scientific

Pramote Hochareon, Founder & CEO, NirvaMed

Dinesh Kumar, Chief Operations Officer, Promaxo

11:25-11:34 am

Victor Gura, CEO, Wearable Artificial Organs

Jeff Pompeo, President & CEO, Caretaker Medical

Stuart Simpson, CEO, THINK Surgical

11:35-11:44 am

Ryan Shelton, COO & Co-Founder, PhotoniCare

Peter Vranes, CEO, Nutromics

Colin Mansfield, President & CEO, Allheartz

11:45-11:54 am

Lloyd Mencinger, President & CEO, Aqua Medical

Jeff Cambra, CEO, SpinaFX

Galit Frydman, CSO & Founder, Coagulo Medical Technologies

11:55 am-12:04 pm

Maxwell Munford, CEO, Osstec

Dawn Bitz, President, Lazzaro Medical

Nina Tandon, CEO, Epibone

12:00-2:00 pm

Networking Lunch Sponsored by Arena, a PTC Business

12:45-1:25 pm

Track 1

The Data Driven Case for Investing in Diverse Founding Teams

Jeff Chu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Features Capital (Moderator)

Jenny Barba, Founder, Managing Partner, Features Capital (Panelist)

Virpi Muhonen, CEO, Askel Healthcare (Panelist)

Elizabeth Clayborne, CEO, NasaClip (Panelist)

Track 2

Transitions of Leadership: Challenges and Considerations in Installing New Management

Joe Mullings, Chairman & CEO, The Mullings Group (Moderator)

Terri Burke, Venture Partner, Epidarex Capital (Panelist)

Zoar Engelman, Founder & CSO, Deerfield Catalyst (Panelist)

Mark Christopherson, CEO, Lunair Medical (Panelist)

Track 3

IP: Friend or Foe in Building Medtech Ventures?

Irfan Lateef, Partner, Knobbe Martens (Moderator)

Sabing Lee, Co-Chair and Partner, Knobbe Martens (Panelist)

Leah Brownlee, President, Lazurite (Panelist)

David Beylik, Vice President, Ajax Health (Panelist)

12:45-12:50 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Weronika Michaluk, Principal, SaMD Practice Lead, HTD Health (Session Leader)

12:50-12:59 pm

Robert Neusner, COO & CBO, BMI OrganBank

1:00-1:09 pm

Jean Pham, CEO, Cellens

1:10-1:19 pm

Joanna Nathan, CEO, Prana Thoracic

1:20-1:29 pm

Vyasaraj Manakari, CEO & Co-Founder, Magloy Tech

1:30-1:39 pm

Tareck Raafat, Co-Founder & CEO Consultant, G Life Quantum

1:40-1:49 pm

Paul Mikus, CEO, PolarisAR

1:30-2:10 pm

Track 1

ASCs: The Next Frontier of Robotics and Digital Medicine

Addie Harris, CEO, HAVENTURE (Moderator)

Stuart Simpson, CEO, THINK Surgical (Panelist)

Christopher Campbell, Director, Software & Sensors, Johnson & Johnson - DePuy Synthes

Clement Vidal, Business Unit Director, eCential Robotics (Panelist)

Christopher Prentice, CCO, LEM Surgical (Panelist)

Track 2

The Decade of Brain Health: Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Opportunities in Neuromodulation and Neurodegenerative Disease

Mike Labbe, Director of Business Development, Velentium (Panelist)

Kip Roberts, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy | Neuroscience Portfolio, Medtronic (Panelist)

Ken Mariash, CEO, Sinaptica Therapeutics (Panelist)

Ana Maiques, CEO, Neuroelectrics (Panelist)

Brent Vaughan, CEO, Cognito Therapeutics (Panelist)

Track 3

Clinical and Regulatory Strategies' Chicken-and-Egg Problem, and its Impact on Investment Decisions

Ivanny Franklin, Global Marketing Consulting Sales Director, NAMSA (Moderator)

Adam Saltman, Principal Strategy Consultant, NAMSA (Panelist)

Nir Goldenberg, Technology Development Manager, Mayo Clinic Ventures (Panelist)

Auriel August, Principal, Sante Ventures (Panelist)

Edwin Lindsay, Managing Director and Principal Consultant, Compliance Solutions Life Sciences (Panelist)

1:55-2:00 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Jeff Sorenson, CEO, Yunu (Session Leader)

2:00-2:09 pm

Thilo Hoelscher, CEO, BURL Concepts

2:10-2:19 pm

Alexandre Chau, CEO, Endo Tools Therapeutics

2:20-2:29 pm

John Swart, CEO, Cytotheryx

2:30-2:39 pm

Denis Dufrane, CEO & Scientific Founder, Novadip Biosciences

2:40-2:49 pm

Karl Schweitzer, CEO, Eyetronic

2:15-2:55 pm

Track 1

Corporate VCs: What They Want, and How They Align With M&A and Business Development

Bill Little, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, Orchestra BioMed (Moderator)

Michael Ryan, VP, Venture Capital & Business Development, Boston Scientific (Panelist)

Steve Pacelli, Executive VP & Managing Director, Dexcom (Panelist)

David Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Gastrointestinal and Medical Surgical Portfolio, Medtronic (Panelist)

Murielle Thinard McLane, Managing Partner, Intuitive Ventures (Panelist)

Track 2

Resetting the Scales: Navigating Valuation and Financing Expectations in 2024

Dave Mildrew, Managing Director, BioQuest (Moderator)

Rik Vandevenne, Managing Director, RC Capital (Panelist)

Rebecca Raabe, Investment Partner, Sprig Equity (Panelist)

Matthew Schopp, Senior Director, Business Development (Panelist)

Paul McCreadie, Partner & Chief Operating Officer (Panelist)

Track 3

From Invention to Exit: Building Avitus Orthopaedics

Axel Strombergsson, Vice President, QuickVault, Veeva Systems (Moderator)

Maxim Budyansky, Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Avitus Orthopaedics (Panelist)

Neil Shah, CEO, Co-Founder, Avitus Orthopaedics (Panelist)

2:55-3:35 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

The Stratification of Surgical Robotics: The Right Equipment in the Right Place for the Right Patient

Joe Mullings, Chairman & CEO, The Mullings Group (Moderator)

Greg Roche, CEO Distalmotion (Panelist)

Michael Clouthier, VP, Business Development & Licensing, Surgical Operating Unit, Medtronic (Panelist)

Scott Huennekens, Executive Chairman, Front Foot Ventures (Panelist)

Evelyn Tee, Partner, Lifesciences Consultants (Panelist)

2:55-3:00 pm

Track 1

George Lewis, VP of Growth Strategy, Arena, a PTC Business (Session Leader)

Track 2

Holly Scott, VP& Senior Partner, The Mullings Group (Session Leader)

Track 3

Thomas Graham, Business Development Director, Triple Ring Technologies (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 2:55 - 3:35)

3:00-3:09 pm

Brian Kannard, Founder, PercuSense

Dror Zerem, CEO, FIZE Medical

Ray Liu, CEO & Co-Founder, Vena Vitals

3:10-3:19 pm

Almog Aley Raz, CEO, CorNeat Vision

Ananth Ravi, CEO & Co-Founder, MOLLI Surgical

Alan Lucas, CEO & Co-Founder, Navigation Sciences

3:20-3:29 pm

Youssef Helwa, CEO, FluidAI

Todor Jeliaskov, CEO & Chairman, inHEART

Lali Sekhon, President, SpinePoint

3:30-3:39 pm

Henry (Chip) Appelbaum, President & CEO, Novian Health

Thomas Nichols, President, Pretika

Robert Ball, CEO, Shoulder Innovations

3:40-3:49 pm

Richard Vincent, Founder & CEO, FundamentalVR

Steven Mickelsen, CEO, Field Medical

Gregory Fischer, Co-Founder & Chief Science Advisor, AiM Medical Robotics

(Panel in session from 3:40 - 4:20)

3:50-3:59 pm

David Webster, CEO, Body Vision Medical

Monica Wellejus, Sales & Marketing Manager, Ossiform

Hillary Pierce, CEO, Total Flow Medical

3:40-4:20 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Evolution of M&A and Strategic Partnerships

Kristi Nakayama, Sr. Vice President, Business Development, Veranex (Moderator)

Eric Schantz, Vice President Corporate Development, Medtronic (Panelist)

Devon Bream, Global GM & President Invasive Cardiology, GE HealthCare (Panelist)

Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences (Panelist)

Doug Solomon, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan (Panelist)

4:25-5:05 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Medtech Growth Capital: What is the New Normal in Late-Stage Financing?

Carly Roddy, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan (Moderator)

Susan Stimson, Managing Director, KCK Medtech (Panelist)

Alexander Schmitz, Partner, Endeavour Vision (Panelist)

Kyle Dempsey, Partner, MVM Partners (Panelist)

Anthony Williams, Partner, HealthQuest Capital

4:00-4:05 pm

Track 1

Tonya Dowd, EVP Reimbursement, Value Generation, and Market Access, PRIA Healthcare (Session Leader)

Track 2

Rachel Knutton, CEO, Alluvia Studio (Session Leader)

Track 3

Michael Groosman, Director of Sales, REV 1 Engineering (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

4:05-4:14 pm

Jeremy Kwarcinski, CEO, iiShield

Lars Grieten, CEO, FibriCheck

Julien Payen, CEO, Lattice Medical

4:15-4:24 pm

Pedro Costa, CEO, Interventional Systems

Alex Troshkin, Co-Founder, LINLINE Medical Systems

Rob Krummen, CEO, Vektor Medical

4:25-4:34 pm

David Giarracco, CEO, Noninvasix

Wesley Jones, CEO, Vonova

Suzanne Moloney, CEO, HidraMed Solutions

4:35-4:44 pm

Upma Sharma, President & CEO, Arsenal Medical

Jennifer Fried, CEO, Flow Medical

Bruce Ramshaw, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Caresyntax

4:45-4:54 pm

Dusty Majumdar, CEO, PredxBio

Andrew Iott, CEO, HAPPE Spine

Motasim Sirhan, CEO, Elixir Medical

4:55-5:04 pm

David Cash, CEO, ZKR Orthopedics

Richard Yazbeck, President & CEO, NED Medical

Matthew Morris, CEO, Altra

5:05-5:14 pm

Eman Namati, CEO, SpectraWAVE

Dimitri Sokolov, CEO, Spiro Robotics

Andrew Malcolmson, CEO, Fifth Eye

5:15-5:20 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Jon Cohen, Head of Life Science Industry GTM - Americas, ServiceNow (Session Leader)

5:20-5:29 pm

Kayla Graff, CEO, Sweetbio

5:30-5:39 pm

Moufeed Kaddoura, CEO, Kenota Health

5:40-5:49 pm

Vijay Paul, Co-CEO, Vantari VR

5:50-5:59 pm

Roberta Lee, CEO, Sonofii

5:15-5:55 pm

Track 1

Future of Digital Surgery, with Senior Leaders from GE HealthCare, Intuitive, Mayo, SANTE, & Veranex

Lisa Carmel, EVP Strategic Partnerships, Veraex (Moderator)

Dennis McWilliams, Partner, Sante Ventures (Panelist)

Janani Reisenauer, Vice Chair, Innovation, Surgery; Thoracic Surgeon; IP, Mayo Clinic (Panelist)

Brian Miller, EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Intuitive (Panelist)

Philip Rackliffe, President & CEO - Image Guided Therapies, GE HealthCare (Panelist)

Track 2

Lab-to-Market: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry

Samuel Scofield, Senior Associate, Good Growth Capital (Moderator)

Grace Katzschmann, COO, Nanoflex Robotics AG (Panelist)

Jennifer Fried, CEO, Flow Medical (Panelist)

Gregory Fischer, Co-Founder & Chief Science Advisor, AiM Medical Robotics (Panelist)

Andrew Bochner, Managing Partner, Bochner PLLC (Panelist)

Track 3

Improving Healthcare Outcomes for Our Military: Partnering and Funding Opportunities With the VA and MTEC

Shawn Green, Chief of Strategy, MTEC| Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (Moderator)

Michael Parrish, Chief Acquisition Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Panelist)

Kristopher Teague, Executive Director, VHA Innovation Ecosystem, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Panelist)

Thomas Osborne, Executive Director: VA Convergence Center (VC2), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Panelist)

Christopher Parker, Associate Executive Director, Strategic Acquisition Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Welcome Reception & Dinner

Dinner sponsored by Knobbe Martens & ServiceNow (6:00-8:00 pm)
Fireside (7:30-8:30 pm)

Fireside Chat with Dave Hickey, EVP & President at BD Life Sciences

Lisa Carmel, EVP Strategic Partnerships, Veranex (Moderator)

Dave Hickey, Executive Vice President & President of Life Sciences, Becton Dickinson

March 20, 2024

Day 2

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the indoor Yoga Studio

7:00-8:00 am

Registration

6:30-8:00 am

Networking Breakfast Sponsored by MedTech Color
Panel (7:15-7:50 am)

Investing in Medtech and Healthtech in Africa

Kwame Ulmer, Venture Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health (Moderator)

Sewu-Steve Tawia, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Jaza Rift Ventures (Panelist)

7:15-7:20 am

Track 4 (Presentations)

Mark Mescher, Vice President of Sales, MedScout (Session Leader)

7:21-7:30 am

Bill Colone, Co-Founder, Fortuna Devices

7:31-7:40 am

Virpi Muhonen, CEO, Askel Healthcare

7:41-7:50 am

Anh Hoang-Lindsay, CEO, Jana Care

7:51-8:00 am

Adam Hill, CEO, Acoustiic

7:50-7:55 am

Welcome & Opening Comments

7:55-8:35 am

Keynote with Bernard Zovighian, CEO of Edwards Lifesciences and Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer at SV Health Investors

Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors (Moderator)

Bernard Zovighian, CEO, Edwards Lifesciences

9:00-9:40 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Palette Life Sciences: Financial and Transactional Insight on Their $600M+ Exit With Teleflex

Henry Peck, VP, Growth & Strategy, LSI (Moderator)

James Leech, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer, Maximed (Panelist)

Neil Oberoi, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities (Panelist)

Per Langoe, CEO, GT Medical Technologies (Panelist)

8:45-8:50 am

Track 1

Darwin Shurig, CEO, Shurig Solutions (Session Leader)

Track 2

Axel Strombergsson, Vice President, QuickVault, Veeva Systems (Session Leader)

Track 3

Edwin Lindsay, Managing Director & Principal Consultant, Compliance Solutions Life Sciences (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 9:00 - 9:40)

8:50-8:59 am

Olivier Delporte, CEO, SamanTree Medical

Lishan Aklog, CEO, Lucid Diagnostics

Sydney Robinson, CEO & Co-Founder, Vessl Prosthetics

9:00-9:09 am

Claude Nogard, CEO, Ergosuture

George Makhoul, CEO, Dilon Technologies

Tim Jacobson, CEO, NOxy Health Products

9:10-9:19 am

Hamed Hanafi, CEO, NovaResp Technologies

Caitlin Morse, CEO, BrainSpace

Meg Samek-Smith, CRO, MultiplAI Health

9:20-9:29 am

Leah Brownlee, President, Lazurite

Kris Buchanan, CEO, RedDrop DX

Vicki Farrar, CEO, Light Line Medical

9:30-9:39 am

Nicholas Purcell, Founder, Purcell

Joelle Tudor, Co-Founder & CEO, CathConnect

Scott White, CCO, Delphinus Medical Technologies

9:40-9:49 am

Ana Maiques, CEO, Neuroelectrics

Gregory Dean, CEO & Founder, DriQ Health

Elson Yong, CEO, Carecam

9:50-9:59 am

Cathy Skinner, CEO, NXgenPort

Robert Wilson, CEO, Egg Medical

Douglas Fairbanks, CEO, VISIE

(Panel in session from 9:45 - 10:25)

10:00-10:09 am

Antony Odell, CEO, Echopoint Medical

Aswin Gunasekar, Founder & CEO, Zeto

Peeyush Shrivastava, CEO, Genetesis

9:45-10:25 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Why is Women's Health Still an Under-Ventured Market?

Holly Scott, VP & Senior Partner, The Mullings Group (Moderator)

Todd Usen, President & CEO, Minerva Surgical (Panelist)

Terri Burke, Venture Partner Epidarex Capital (Panelist)

Tara Ghazi, Co-Founder & COO, MALCOVA (Panelist)

Amrish Nair, CEO, Biorithm (Panelist)

10:10-10:15 am

Track 1

Harnik Shukla, Partner, Knobbe Martens (Session Leader)

Track 2

Joslyn O'Grady, Executive Recruiter, Accordance Search Group (Session Leader)

Track 3

Mohammad E. Kondri, Commissioner of Life Sciences Industry, Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

10:15-10:24 am

David Israeli, CEO, Magenta Medical

Doug Teany, Co-Founder & CEO, Method AI

Joseph Connell, CEO, NeuEsse

10:25-10:34 am

Juan Jimenez, CEO, AccurKardia

Savas Komban, CEO, Smartlens

Michael Nagel, CEO, Vomaris Innovations

10:35-10:44 am

Amaan Mazhar, CEO, Modulim

Patrik Schmidle, CEO, CARI Health

Topher Kinsella, CEO, Watershed Therapeutics

(Panel in session from 10:30 - 11:10)

10:45-10:54 am

Robert Benkowski,Co-Founder & CEO, Opsin Biotherapeutics

Dr. Karen Cross, Co-Founder & CEO, MIMOSA Diagnostics

Toon Overbeeke, CEO, Vitestro

10:55-11:04 am

Ryan DeBoer, CEO, The Shape Sensing Company

Sujit Dike, CEO, Gyder Surgical

Matthew Thompson, President & CEO, Endologix

10:30-11:10 am

Track 4 (Panel)

cultivate(MD): From the Kernel of an Idea to Harvesting an Exit

Nathan Estruth, Chairman, Genesis Software Innovations (Moderator)

David Blue, Director, cultivate(MD) (Panelist)

Robert Ball, CEO, Shoulder Innovations (Panelist)

R. Sean Churchill, Managing Director, cultivate(MD)

Matthew Ahearn, Managing Director, cultivate(MD) (Panelist)

11:20 am-12:00 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Cracking the Code: Finding the Optimal Valuation for Successful Capital Infusion and
M&A Deals

Scott Pantel, CEO, LSI (Moderator)

Ramin Mousavi, President & CEO, CathWorks (Panelist)

Andrew ElBardissi, MD, Partner, Deerfield Management (Panelist)

Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors (Panelist)

Chris Eso, VP, M&A, Strategy and Portfolio Management, Medtronic (Panelist)

Jay Watkins, Managing Partner, Sonder Capital (Panelist)

11:05-11:10 am

Track 1

Andrew Bochner, Managing Partner, Bochner (Session Leader)

Track 2

Alex Wakefield, Chief Revenue Officer, AcuityMD (Session Leader)

Track 3

Joe Mullings, Chairman & CEO, The Mullings Group (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

11:10-11:19 am

Yeshwanth Pulijala, CEO, Scalpel

Edvardas Satkauskas, CEO, Sentante

Amos Ziv, Founder & CSO, CardiaCare

11:20-11:29 am

Greg Roche, CEO, Distalmotion

Carolina Aguilar, CEO, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

John Wong, Co-Founder & CEO, Fluid Biomed

11:30-11:39 am

Sanjay Shrivastava, CEO, Innova Vascular

Michael Phillips, Co-Founder & CEO, Vena Medical

Jay Trautman, Co-Founder, CEO & Director, Invenio Imaging

11:40-11:49 am

John Schindler, CEO, Liquet Medical

Manfred Franke, CEO, Neuronoff

Deborah L. Conley, Managing Director, Myocardial Strain Technologies

11:50-11:59 am

Martin Mayse, CEO, Pleural Technologies

Robert Isaacs, CEO, TrackX Technology

Steffen Hovard, CEO, Neuspera Medical

12:00-2:00 pm

Networking Lunch Sponsored by Veranex

12:45-1:25 pm

Featured Session with Raymond Cohen and Swaril Mathur, the CEO and VP of Business Development at Axonics

Swaril Mathur, VP, Business Development, Axonics

Raymond W. Cohen, CEO, Axonics

1:30-2:10 pm

Track 1

Stryker's Journey to $20B and the Role of M&A

Emily West, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Moderator)

Bryant Zanko, Vice President Corporate Business Development, Stryker (Panelist)

Adam Wollowick, Sr. Director, Business Development, Stryker (Panelist)

Siddarth Satish, Vice President, AI, Stryker (Panelist)

Track 2

FDA Breakthrough Designation: ROI and Considerations With Shifts in Coverage

Etienne Nichols, Sr. Marketing Manager, Greenlight Guru (Moderator)

Kwame Ulmer, Venture Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health (Panelist)

Carolina Aguilar, CEO, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics (Panelist)

Nathan Beaver, Partner, Foley & Lardner (Panelist)

Lishan Aklog, CEO, Lucid Diagnostics (Panelist)

Track 3

Advent of AI: What Will it Take to Drive True Adoption in Clinical Workflows?

Natasha Allen, Partner, Foley & Lardner (Moderator)

Sascha Berger, Partner, TVM Capital Life Science (Panelist)

Rob Krummen, CEO, Vektor Medical (Panelist)

Daniel Hawkins, CEO, Vista.ai (Panelist)

Ittai Harel, Managing Partner, Pitango Venture Capital (Panelist)

1:30-1:35 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Jessica Zdinak, CRO, Applied Research and Analysis Company (Session Leader)

1:35-1:44 pm

Bob Katz, President & CEO, Director, ForwardVue Pharma

1:45-1:54 pm

Gopal K. Chopra, Co-CEO, CDX Medical Technologies

1:55-2:04 pm

John MacMahon, Co-Founder, Cytokind

2:10-2:50 pm

Track 2

Israel: Past, Present & Future of Medtech Innovation in StartUp Nation

Tal Wenderow, Venture Partner, Genesis Medtech Group (Moderator)

Chris Eso, VP, M&A, Strategy and Portfolio Management, Medtronic (Panelist)

Shai Policker, CEO, MEDX Xelerator (Panelist)

Jinny Lee, SVP, Exploration, Strategy and Marketing, Advanced Technology (Panelist)

David Israeli, CEO, Magenta Medical (Panelist)

Hila Karah, Managing Partner, Pitango HealthTech (Panelist)

2:55-3:35 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Medtech M&A 2024: Looking Onward and Upward

John Babitt, Partner, EY (Moderator)

Greg Banker, Partner, Vensana Capital (Panelist)

Chris Eso, VP, M&A, Strategy and Portfolio Management (Panelist)

Jennifer Fried, CEO, Flow Medical (Panelist)

Bennett Blau, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs (Panelist)

2:50-2:55 pm

Track 1

George Lewis, VP of Growth Strategy, Arena, a PTC Business (Session Leader)

Track 2

Jay Zhu, Partner | MedTech Strategy, Transactions, and Commercial, Ernst & Young (Session Leader)

Track 3

Ben Trombold, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Velentium (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 2:55 - 3:35)

2:55-3:04 pm

David Kirschman, Co-Founder, Orthomod

Abhita Batra, Founder & CSO, Neuro42

Brian Stewart, CEO, Tally Surgical

3:05-3:14 pm

Joseph Rafferty, CEO, Vesteck

Deanne McCarthy, CEO, Swiftsure

Joon Chung, Co-Founder & CTO, Veyond Metaverse

3:15-3:24 pm

Matt Virden, Chief Development Officer, VitalTE

Pierre Lemire, CEO, Kent Imaging

Philip Kemp, President & COO, X-Bolt Trauma Orthopedics

3:25-3:34 pm

Maarten van der Zanden, CIO, ATRO Medical

Jon Greenwald, CEO, CAIRA Surgical

Keith Warner, CEO, Neuralace Medical

3:35-3:44 pm

Nathan Bryan, CEO, Bryan Therapeutics

Joy Barton, CEO, Regain Laser Therapy

William Altman, CEO, CorInnova

(Panel in session from 3:40 - 4:20)

3:45-3:54 pm

Laurence Blazianu, CBO, PreciHealth

Bob Mitchell, CEO, N8 Medical

Chris Sturm, President, Facet Dynamics

3:40-4:20 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Does Venture Scale? Fund Size Logic, Considerations, and Misconceptions

Dennis McWilliams, Partner, Sante Ventures (Moderator)

Amir Soltanianzadeh, Managing Partner & Founder, Solardis Health Ventures (Panelist)

Owen Willis, Founder and General Partner, Opal Ventures (Panelist)

Nancy Hong, PhD, Biotech Investor (Panelist)

Thom Rasche, Managing Partner, Earlybird Ventures (Panelist)

4:25-5:05 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Harsh Realities in Building and Financing Medtech Ventures

Jonathan Norris, Managing Director, HSBC Innovation (Moderator)

Omid Akhavan, Managing Director & Founder, Anthro Ventures (Panelist)

Sean Cheng, Managing Director, Ascension Ventures (Panelist)

Anita Watkins, Managing Director, Rex Health Ventures (Panelist)

Daniel Hawkins, Founder, Spark Medtech (Panelist)

3:55-4:00 pm

Track 1

David Hochman, Chairman, CEO & Founder, Orchestra BioMed (Session Leader)

Track 2

Kyle Rose, CEO, Rook Quality Systems (Session Leader)

Track 3

Kelley Kennedy, Vice President, IQVIA (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

4:00-4:09 pm

Evan Luxon, CEO, Centese

Richard Foust, CEO, MicroTransponder

Fouad Noor, Co-Founder & CEO, ThinkSono

4:10-4:19 pm

Jannis Fischer, CEO, Positrigo

Howard Leonhardt, CEO, Lionheart Health

Paul Molloy, CEO, Applaud Medical

4:20-4:29 pm

Tim Miller, CEO, Stimdia Medical

Leo Smit, CEO, Hy2Care

Nik Sharma, CEO, BioCorteX

(Panel in session from 4:25 - 5:05)

4:30-4:39 pm

Stephen Cox, CEO, InVera Medical

Shane Gleason, CCO, InspireMD

Matt Curran, CEO, Nanoflex Robotics

4:40-4:49 pm

Sanjeev Bhatia, CEO, Joint Preservation Innovations

Camilla Easter, CEO, Oxford Medical Products

Jessica Pan, Consultant, Radiance Therapeutics

4:50-4:59 pm

David Johnson, CEO, Icarus Medical

James O'Reilly, CEO, Arrayus Technologies

Peter Fischer, CEO, InkSpace Imaging

5:00-5:09 pm

Berk Tas, CEO, SentiAR

Brandon Bendes, Co-Founder & President, Woven Orthopedic

Seung Eun Choi, CEO, S-Alpha Therapeutics

5:10-5:15 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Bryan Gilpin, President, Sunrise Labs (Session Leader)

5:15-5:24 pm

Thomas Looby, CEO, Conavi

5:25-5:34 pm

Robert Hayman, CEO & Chairman, Perimetrics

5:35-5:44 pm

Sabrina Jahn, Chief Business Officer, Liposphere

5:45-5:54 pm

Roya Khosravi-Far, President & CEO, InnoTech Precision Medicine

5:10-5:50 pm

Track 1

Accelerating Cardiac Care Innovation: How can Major Device Companies Collaborate with the Startup Ecosystem?

Ken Nelson, Angel Investor & Partner, MedTech Advantage Fund (Moderator)

Nathan Harrington, Managing Partner, Philips Ventures (Panelist)

Lisa Suennen, Managing Partner, Ventures, American Heart Association (Panelist)

Chris Eso, VP, M&A, Strategy & Portfolio Management, Medtronic (Panelist)

David Hochman, Chairman, CEO & Founder, Orchestra BioMed (Panelist)

Track 2

The End of One Road and the Beginning of Another: Transitioning From Pre to Post FDA

Tonya Dowd, EVP Reimbursement, Value Generaion, & Market Access, PRIA Healthcare (Moderator)

Cody Simmons, CEO, DermaSensor (Panelist)

Luc Marengere, Managing Partner, TVM Capital Life Science (Panelist)

Pierre Lemire, CEO, Kent Imaging (Panelist)

Scott Janssen, Managing Director, LS Associates (Panelist)

Track 3

International Expansion, Market Development, and Cross-Border Partnerships in the US, EU, and APAC

George Lewis, VP of Growth Strategy, Arena, a PTC Business (Moderator)

Kevin Chu, Principal, F-Prime Capital (Panelist)

Ryan McGuinness, Global Head, in Vitro Technologies/Commercial GM, Triple Ring Technologies (Panelist)

Matthias Bellmann, Director Global Focus Team Cardiovascular, TUV SUD (Panelist)

David Webster, CEO, Body Vision Medical (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Dinner Reception

Dinner sponsored by Velentium (6:00-8:00 pm)
Fireside (7:30-8:30 pm)

Fireside Chat: Neurotechnology to Address the Limitations of the Human Body

Andy Rasdal, Board Member, Synchron (Moderator)

Thomas Oxley, CEO, Synchron (Fireside Speaker)

March 21, 2024

Day 3

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the indoor Yoga Studio

6:30-8:00 am

Networking Breakfast Sponsored by Arena, a PTC Business
Panel (7:15-7:50 am)

The Agony and Ecstasy of Doing Big Things in Medtech

David Hochman, Chairman, CEO & Founder, Orchestra BioMed (Moderator)

Howard Levin, CEO & CMO, Deerfield Catalyst (Panelist)

Chris Cleary, Vice President Corporate Development, Medtronic (Panelist)

7:15-7:20 am

Track 4 (Presentations)

Session Leader

7:21-7:30 am

Oliver Baertl, CEO, CorTec

7:31-7:40 am

Svetla Alexandrov, CSO, Equilibr.io

7:41-7:50 am

Mike Rolla, CRO, AliveCor

7:51-8:00 am

Rodolfo Rohr, CEO, LarmorBio

7:55-8:30 am

Keynote

Reimagining How We Innovate in Medtech, with Alex Gorsky and Rick Anderson

Roger Brooks, Founder, RBrooks Group (Moderator)

Alex Gorsky, Former Chairman & CEO, Johnson & Johnson (Keynote Speaker)

Rick Anderson, Chairman & Founding Managing Director, Revival Healthcare Capital (Keynote Speaker)

9:00-9:40 am

Track 4 (Panel)

The Verticalization of AI in Medtech and Healthcare

Gabriel Jones, CEO and co-founder, Proprio (Moderator)

Armen Vidian, Managing Partner & Co-founder, Recode Health Ventures (Panelist)

Alexander Morgan, Partner, Khosla Ventures (Panelist)

Debbie Lin, Venture Partner, T.Rx Capital (Panelist)

Akhilesh Pathipati, Partner, MVM Partners

9:45-10:25 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Medtech Buyouts by Private Equity: Reflections, Trends, and Outlook on Deal-Making

Dave Uffer, Managing Director, MedTech, Trinity Life Sciences (Moderator)

Erich Wolff, Buyouts Lead, MedTech Vertical, Partners Group USA (Panelist)

Duke Rohlen, CEO, Ajax Health (Panelist)

Antonio Sanchez-Cordero, Principal, ARCHIMED (Panelist)

8:40-8:45 am

Track 1

Bob Yedid, Managing Director, LifeSci Advisors (Session Leader)

Track 2

Xiaomei Teng, Founder & CEO, InteBase (Session Leader)

Track 3

Suzie Bangle, Team Sales Manager, Barrington James (Session Leader)

Track 4

8:45-8:54 am

Benjamin Freedman, President & CEO, Limax Biosciences

Maria Artunduaga, Founder & CEO, Samay

Randy Hubbell, Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors, Armis Biopharma

8:55-9:04 am

Michael Gardner, Co-Founder & CEO, NSite Medical

Dominic Senn, Co-Founder & CEO, MachineMD

Benjamin Esque, CEO, Corstasis Therapeutics

9:05-9:14 am

David Constantine, CEO, Juniper Biomedical

Deanna Harshbarger, Vice President, Product, Cala Health

Christopher Haig, CEO, Efemoral Medical

(Panel in session from 9:00 - 9:40)

9:15-9:24 am

RESERVED

Josh Vose, CEO, Tulavi Therapeutics

Patrick Sauvageau, CEO & Co-Founder, Zilia

9:25-9:30 am

Track 1

Rick Satcher, Director of Commercialization, MTEC (Session Leader)

Track 2

Andrew Swanson, Chief of Strategy & Business Development, ForTec Medical (Session Leader)

Track 3

Susan Posner, Partner and Managing Director, Head of MedTech, Digital Health and HIT, Health Advances (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

9:30-9:39 am

Sherif Soliman, CEO, Matregenix

Patryk Kania, CEO & President, Field Orthopaedics

Ricardo Berrios, Founding CEO, Adhera Health

9:40-9:49 am

Geoffrey Klass, CEO, Sense Neuro Diagnostics

Joe Rinehart, Founder & CEO, Perceptive Medical

Martin Gurbin, CEO, Verv Technologies

9:50-9:59 am

Jason Winder, CEO, Sonogen Medical

Constantinos Anagnostopoulos, CEO, Pleioflow

Bill Athenson, CEO, Third Pole Therapeutics

10:00-10:05 am

Track 1

Michel Moravia, CEO, Quality Means Business (Session Leader)

Track 2

Matt Eisendrath, President & Chief Commercial Officer, Full Spectrum Software (Session Leader)

Track 3

Peter Doyle, President/CEO, Hirsh Precision (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 10:30 - 11:10)

10:05-10:14 am

Philipp Lang, Chairman & CEO, OnPoint Surgical

Mark Hunter, CEO, Harmonic Bionics

Marc Zemel, CEO, Retia Medical

10:15-10:24 am

Jonathan Waldstreicher, CEO, Galvanize Therapeutics

Efrain Torres, CEO, Adialante

Andrew Heuerman, CEO, The Patient Company

10:25-10:34 am

Elizabeth Clayborne, CEO, NasaClip

Kathy Magliato, CEO, Cordex Systems

Doug Evans, President & CEO, Lungpacer Medical

10:35-10:44 am

Rick Altinger, Board Member & CCO, MAUI Imaging

Reza Khorasaninejad, CEO, Leadoptik

Gavin Cooper, CEO, AltaScience

(Panel in session from 10:30 - 11:10)

10:45-10:54 am

Tara Ghazi, Co-Founder & COO, MALCOVA

Gary Strange, CEO, MMD Technologies

Larry Dentice, President & Director, MUSE Microscopy

10:55-11:04 am

Dan Chambers, CEO, CleanSite Medical

Scott Roth, CEO, ImaCor

Holger Friedrich, CEO, AquaHeart

10:30-11:10 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Structural Heart Innovation in Medtech's Era of Change

JD Friedland, Managing Director, Ventures, Cleveland Clinic (Moderator)

Maggie Nixon, CEO, Capstan Medical (Panelist)

Donald Bobo, Corporate VP, Edwards Lifesciences (Panelist)

Jacques Essinger, CEO, Polares Medical (Panelist)

William Phillips, Managing Partner, Alruna Advisors (Panelist)

11:15-11:55 am

Track 4 (Panel)

Why the Heck Can't I Raise Capital

Nick Pachuda, Innovation & New Ventures, Precision Life Science Partners (Moderator)

Kevin Rocco, VP Bioinductive Technologies, CONMED (Panelist)

Tamir Meiri, Director, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation (Panelist)

Fernando Pacheco, Investment Director, Endeavour Vision (Panelist)

Jeffrey O'Donnell Sr., Managing General Parnter, Runway Healthcare (Panelist)

Deanna Harshbarger, Vice President, Product, Cala Health (Panelist)

11:05-11:10 am

Track 1

Caroline Irungu, Global Commercial Strategy, Medidata (Session Leader)

Track 2

Joseph Panetta, PCRG (Session Leader)

Track 3

Chris Danek, CEO, Bessel (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

11:10-11:19 am

William Hendren, CEO, Qura

Luis De Taboada, CTO, JelikaLite

Rob Hill, CEO, TAE Life Sciences

(Panel in session from 11:15 - 11:55)

11:20-11:29 am

David Doster, CEO, AMSEL Medical

John Uecker, CEO, ClearCam

Scott Aldrich, CEO, EndoSound

11:30-11:39 am

Matt Hedrick CEO & Co-Founder, AKICept

Mohamed Sheta, CEO, AiZtech Labs

Rhodel Dacanay, Anesthesiologist/Inventor, NEVENT

11:40-11:49 am

Kenichi Maruyama, CEO, GORYO Chemical

Georgi Kadrev, CEO, Kelvin Health

Peter van de Graaf, CEO, Choice

11:50-11:59 am

Martin Cook, CEO, Venstra Medical

Anmol Kapoor, CEO, Bioaro

Conner Herman, CEO, Percy

12:00-2:00 pm

Networking Lunch Sponsored by The Mullings Group

12:45-1:25 pm

Track 2

Neuro-Innovation: How Can We Enable Better, Faster Intervention in Communities Across the Globe?

Henry Peck, VP, Growth & Strategy, LSI (Moderator)

Micheal Singletary, Football Coach & Former Player (Panelist)

Hunt Batjer, Professor Emeritus, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern (Panelist)

Geoffrey Klass, CEO, Sense Neuro Diagnostics (Panelist)

Bernard Bendok, Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic (Panelist)

12:45-12:50 pm

Track 4 (Presentations)

Lynn Carney, Director, Agency and Alliances, Medmarc (Session Leader)

12:50-12:59 pm

Talal Sharaiha, Founder & CEO, Aspisafe Solutions

1:00-1:09 pm

Jeff Luber, CEO, Binx Health

1:10-1:19 pm

Michalis Papadakis, CEO, Brainomix

1:20-1:29 pm

Scott Gunnigle, CEO, Agada Medical

1:30-1:35 pm

Track 1

Joshua Corb, Partner, Basis (Session Leader)

Track 2

Azad Virk, Shareholder, Stradling (Session Leader)

Track 3

Paul-Lukas Hoffschmidt, Founder and CEO, Alpha Sophia (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session from 1:30 - 2:10)

1:35-1:44 pm

Tony Simula, CEO, TekCyte

Jayiesh Singh, CEO, Able Innovations

Brad Patt, CEO, Tetrous

1:45-1:54 pm

Junehong Kim, Chief Medical Officer, Tau Medical

Laura Yecies, CEO, Bone Health Technologies

Robert Hamilton, CEO, Neurasignal

1:55-2:04 pm

Michael Finegan, CEO, Acera Surgical

Shyam Natarajan, CEO, Avenda Health

James Peacock, CEO, Nocira

1:30-2:10 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Changing Leadership Culture in Real Time at RefleXion Medical – A Case Study

Todd Powell, President & CEO, RefleXion Medical (Moderator)

Edward Muzio, President & CEO, Group Harmonics (Panelist)

2:20-3:00 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

Investing for the Long-Haul: Supporting Companies and Aligning Investors Across Stages

Allan May, Chairman of the Board, FundamentalVR (Moderator)

Tom Vogelsong, Life Science and Tech Advisor, Kyto Technology & Life Science (Panelist)

Shubhra Jain, Head of Healthcare Investments, Tarsadia Investments (Panelist)

Katerina Fialkovskaya, Venture Investor, Philips (Panelist)

Tyler Wanke, Investor, Wanke Family Office (Panelist)

2:05-2:10 pm

Track 1

Kent DiasAbeygunawardena, Director - US Programs, IDE Group (Session Leader)

Track 2

Kevin Dempsey, Sr. Director, Technology Development Group, Emphysys, Tecan (Session Leader)

Track 3

Drue DeAngelis, Managing Partner, The DeAngelis Group (Session Leader)

Track 4

(Panel in session)

2:10-2:19 pm

John Engels, CEO, Corvivo Cardiovascular

Jacques Essinger, CEO, Polares Medical

Malcolm Hebblewhite, President, Atmo Biosciences

2:20-2:29 pm

Thomas Douthitt,CEO, Caeli Vascular

Scott Durbin, CEO, illumiSonics

Amrish Nair, CEO, Biorithm

(Panel in session from 2:20 - 3:00)

2:30-2:39 pm

Danguole Altman, CEO, Cx Precision Medicine

Chris Murphy, CEO, Bluedrop Medical

Clement Vidal, Business Unit Director, eCential Robotics

2:40-2:49 pm

Prathamesh Prabhudesai, CEO, safeBVM

Kevin McGann, President & CEO, Accelus

Jean-Rene Belanger, CEO, Imeka

2:50-2:59 pm

Maggie Nixon, CEO, Capstan Medical

Ben Huang, CEO, Astron Medtech

Adom Dumanian, Operations Officer, Mesh Suture

3:00-3:09 pm

Trent Reutiman, CEO, Mercator

Sumita Pennathur, CEO, Laxmi

Kris Siemionow, CMO, Robotron

3:10-3:19 pm

Regina Atim, Founder, Clinicians Touch Allyve Solutions

Franz Bozsak, CEO, Sensome

Mike Rosenthal, CEO, Endovascular Engineering

3:20-3:29 pm

Ronald Berenson, President & CEO, KitoTech Medical

Greg Buchert, CEO, Makani Science

Nathaniel Smith, CEO, nSight Surgical

3:10-3:50 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

What Does 2024 Hold For the Frozen IPO Market?

Kimberly Ha, Founder & CEO, KKH Advisors (Moderator)

Jaione Maiz, Principal, Venture Capital, Anzu Partners (Panelist)

Eric Dimise, Sector Lead, Healthcare & Life Sciences Capital Markets, NYSE (Panelist)

Shayne Kennedy, Corporate Partner, Latham & Watkins (Panelist)

4:00-4:40 pm

Track 4 (Panel)

The Future of Device-Driven Data: Delivering Real Insights and Outcomes From Mountains of Information

Deepak Sahu, Managing Director, Trinity Life Sciences (Moderator)

Caitlin Morse, CEO, BrainSpace (Panelist)

Peter Vranes, CEO, Nutromics (Panelist)

David Kereiakes, Managing Partner, Windham Venture Partners (Panelist)

3:30-3:35 pm

Track 1

Shannon Lam, Partner, Knobbe Martens (Session Leader)

Track 2

Scott Janssen, Managing Director, LS Associates (Session Leader)

Track 3

Natasha Bond, President, ERI Group (Session Leader)

Track 4

3:35-3:44 pm

Anastasia Rigas, CEO, Heteron Biotechnologies

Gloria Matthews, CMO, Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics

Samuel Frishman, CEO, MDC

3:45-3:54 pm

Dan Rizzuto, CEO, Nia Therapeutics

RESERVED

Kelly Roman, CEO & Co-Founder, Fisher Wallace Labs

(Panel in session from 3:50 - 4:30)

3:55-4:04 pm

Juliana Elstad, CEO, Vibrato Medical

David Haggerty, CEO, Vine Medical

Roey Shafrir, Founder & CEO, Spinol

4:05-4:14 pm

RESERVED

Elad Sapir, CEO, Cuspa

Michael Cerminaro, President & CEO, Thrombolex

4:15-4:24 pm

Katarina Hedbeck, CEO, Tada Medical

Carlos Bremer, President North American Division, Brain4Care

Jan Ostman, Head of US Operations, LN Robotics

4:25-4:34 pm

Lora Allemeir, CEO, Cerulean Scientific

Alois Hopf, CSO & Co-Founder, Bottneuro

Craig Davis, President & CEO, NovaScan

4:35-4:44 pm

Nicolas Vachicouras, CEO, Neurosoft Bioelectronics

Greg Parranto, CEO, Endeavor Orthopaedics

Eric Brown, CEO & Founder, OsteoCentric Technologies

4:45-4:54 pm

Michael Sughrue, Co-Founder & CMO, Omniscient Neurotechnology

Leo Trautwein, CCO, Know Labs

Marina Izzo, CEO, EBAMed

5:00-5:45 pm

In Venture Veritas: True Stories of Building Microsoft, Inventing Technologies, and Making Great Wine

Gabriel Jones, CEO and Co-Founder, Proprio (Moderator)

Josh Makower, Director, Stanford Biodesign (Panelist)

Cameron Myhrvold, General Partner, Ignition Partners (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Dinner Reception

Dinner sponsored by Greenlight Guru (6:00-8:00 pm)

March 22, 2024

Day 4

8:00 am-3:00 pm

Please RSVP in advance to secure a spot.

LSI Golf Outing sponsored by Greenlight Guru
Wellness Day, options below
- Spa
- Yoga - on Grand Lawn
- Beach Meditation Hike

LSI USA '24

Event Agenda

Visit Featured Companies in New Innovator Pavilion

Adrian Cohen

Alex Troshkin

Allan McNichol

Allen Ruszkowski

Daniel Adler

Daniel Sands

Dawn Bitz

Dr. Karen Cross

Dr. Margaret Kalmeta

Dusty Majumdar

Gail Lebovic

Gary Strange

Gopal K. Chopra

Gregory Dean

Hasan Ertas

Jayiesh Singh

John Swart

Joon Chung

Jose Bohorquez

Kris Buchanan

Latifa McQuiggan

Mark Doidge

Mark Koeniguer

Mary McGovern

Mehdi Arani

Nima Ziraknejad

Peter Fischer

Peter van de Graaf

Ran Sela

Randy Hubbell

Richard Lotti

Ron Tribble

Ryan DeBoer

Sarah Lee

Thomas Nichols

Todd Parker

Vijay Paul

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