Henry Peck, VP, Growth & Strategy, LSI (Moderator)
Visit Featured Companies in New Innovator Pavilion
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Adrian Cohen
Founder
Headsafe
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Alex Troshkin
Co-Founder
LINLINE Medical Systems
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Allan McNichol
CEO
Zuno Medical
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Allen Ruszkowski
President & CEO
CVAC
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Daniel Adler
Co-Founder & CEO
BioT Medical
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Daniel Sands
Managing Partner
Factor 7 Medical
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Dawn Bitz
President
Lazzaro Medical
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Dr. Karen Cross
Co-Founder & CEO
MIMOSA Diagnostics
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Dr. Margaret Kalmeta
Founder & CEO
Rapid Nexus
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Dusty Majumdar
CEO
PredxBio
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Gail Lebovic
CEO
Silicon Valley Innovations
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Gary Strange
CEO
MMD Technologies
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Gopal K. Chopra
Co-CEO
CDX Medical Technologies
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Gregory Dean
CEO & Founder
DriQ Health
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Hasan Ertas
CEO
Exin Health
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Jayiesh Singh
CEO
Able Innovations
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John Swart
CEO
Cytotheryx
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Joon Chung
Co-Founder & CTO
Veyond Metaverse
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Jose Bohorquez
President
Bold Type Product Development
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Kris Buchanan
CEO
RedDrop DX
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Latifa McQuiggan
Chief Commercial Officer
VizualEyes
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Mark Doidge
CEO
Headache Sciences
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Mark Koeniguer
CEO
ScreenPoint Medical
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Mary McGovern
CEO
ADTEC Healthcare
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Mehdi Arani
Co-Founder & CEO
Tidal Medical Technologies
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Nima Ziraknejad
Founder, CEO
NZ Technologies
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Peter Fischer
CEO
InkSpace Imaging
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Peter van de Graaf
CEO
Choice
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Ran Sela
Co-Founder, CEO
Healium Medical
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Randy Hubbell
Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors
Armis Biopharma
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Richard Lotti
President & CEO
Stoparkinson
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Ron Tribble
President
Radiatric
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Ryan DeBoer
CEO
The Shape Sensing Company
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Sarah Lee
CEO
Relavo Medical
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Thomas Nichols
President
Pretika
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Todd Parker
CCO
PictorLabs
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Vijay Paul
Co-CEO
Vantari VR
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Joseph Connell, CEO, NeuEsse
10:25-10:34 am
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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
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
