Save The Date: 
Innovation Summit Dublin 2026
April 28 - 30, 2026
Conference Agenda
Day 1 - Tuesday, April 29
8:00-9:30am: Pre-conference Women’s Networking Breakfast. RSVP required
11:30-11:55am: Registration and box lunch -- Great Room Foyer
11:55-12:00pm: Welcome/Opening- Great Room
- David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways 
12:00-12:35pm: Keynote: A Conversation with Maria Sainz, President & CEO, Hyperfine - Leading Through Change: A CEO’s Insights On Resilience and Evolving Strategy
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways 
12:40-1:25pm: Building the Future: How VCs Raise New Funds for Future Innovations
- James Eadie, Partner, Sante 
- Josep Sanfeliu, Managing Partner, President & Co-founder, Asabys Partners 
- Ruben Osnabrugge, Partner, 415 Capital 
- Antoine Papiernik, Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners 
- Jeanne Bolger, Venture Partner, Seroba (moderator) 
1:30-1:35pm: Moderator- Lynn Carney, Director, Agency and Alliances, Medmarc
1:35-1:45pm: Sigila Medical
1:45-1:55pm: VesselSens
1:55-2:05pm: Berlin Heals
2:05-2:15pm: Endovascular Horizons
2:15-2:25pm: CorQuest Horizons
2:30-3:10pm: How and Why to Build a Medtech Company in Ireland
- Alison Liddy, CEO, Relevium Medical 
- Lucy O'Keeffe, CEO, CroiValve 
- John Thompson, CEO, AuriGen Medical 
- Kerrill Thornhill, CEO, MEG 
- Cepta Duffy, Manager Lifesciences, Enterprise Ireland (moderator) 
3:10-3:30pm: Networking Break -- Great Room Foyer
3:30-4:25pm: Medtech by the Numbers
- Mike Carusi, Managing Partner, Lightstone Ventures 
- Barbara Castellano, Partner, Panakes Partners 
- Megan MacDonagh, Vice President, Ally Bridge 
- Anne Portwich, Partner, EQT Group 
- Thom Rasche, Managing Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital 
- Jennifer McMahon, Partner, Seroba (moderator) 
4:25-4:25pm: Moderator – Peter Markham, President & CEO, CBSET
4:35-4:45pm: RebrAIn
4:45-4:55pm: LEM Surgical
4:55-5:05pm: SensArs
5:05-5:15pm: TEDIRO
5:15-5:25pm: Resolve Stroke
5:25-5:35pm: NIMBLE Diagnostics
5:35-6:35pm: MedTech Innovator-Dublin: Host: Paul Grand, Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator
- Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences 
- Stefan Schraag, Director of Medical Affairs, BD 
- Anne Sissel, Vice President of Business Development - Orthopedics, Johnson & Johnson MedTech 
- Rupert Winckler, Vice President Business Development, Olympus Corporation 
6:35-7:45pm: Networking Reception
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 30, 2025
8:00-8:30am: Registration & Welcome Coffee Great Room Foyer
8:30-8:35am: Moderator – Edwin Lindsay, Principal Consultant, CS Solutions
8:35-8:45am: Plio Surgical
8:45-8:55am: Harmony Medical
8:55-9:05am: AiM Medical Robotics
9:05-9:15am: Realheart
9:15-9:25am: IQ Endoscopes
9:25-10:05am: Scaling for Success: Strategies in Later-Stage and Growth Investing
- Janke Dittmer, Partner, Gilde Healthcare 
- Antoine Papiernik, Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners 
- Alexander Schmitz, Partner, Endeavour Vision 
- Aneta Sottil, Partner, Andera Partners 
- David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator) 
10:05-10:45am: US Market Access: Getting Covered in Both Medicare and Commercial Plans
- Lee A. Fleisher, Principal and Founder, Rubrum Advising; Former CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator) 
10:40-11:00am: Networking Break -- Great Room Foyer
11:00-11:40am: Harnessing Data/AI to Advance Gender Specific Medicine
- Antonella Santuccione-Chadha, CEO, Women’s Brain Foundation 
- Aidan Crawley, CEO, Amber Therapeutics 
- Mary Coghlan, Partner, Healthcare AI & Data Lead, EY Ireland 
- Elena Lovo, Executive Director, Head of EMEA Life Sciences, JP Morgan 
- Caroline Gaynor, Partner, Lightstone Ventures (moderator) 
11:40-12:30pm: Beyond Venture Capital: Innovative Approaches to Non-traditional Funding
- Bill Little, EVP, Corporate Development and Strategy, Orchestra BioMed 
- Chris Neil, Partner, MedTech Advantage Fund 
- Joey Mason, Venture Partner, Claret Capital Partners 
- Julien Michaux, Director, Hayfin Capital Management 
- David O’Flynn, Director of Corporate Finance, Goodbody 
- John Olden, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard (moderator) 
12:30-1:00pm: Building Momentum: Looking Towards the Next Wave of M&A
- Chris Eso, Vice President, Global Head Corporate and Business Development & Ventures, Medtronic 
- Virginia Giddings, Vice President Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences 
- Anne Sissel, Vice President of Business Development - Orthopedics, Johnson & Johnson MedTech 
- Rupert Winckler, Vice President Business Development, Olympus Corporation 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator) 
1:00-2:20pm: Lunch (Saddle Room) Lobby Level
2:30-3:10pm: Beyond Grant Funding: Medtechs Scaling up in Europe
- Alfons Carnicero Carmona, CEO & Cofounder, ABLE Human Motion 
- Todor Jeliaskov, CEO, InHeart 
- Elizabeth McGloughlin, CEO, Tympany Medical 
- Marco Pisano, CEO, Lymphatica 
- Sophie Ehrlich, Head of Start Up Growth, EIT Health (moderator) 
3:10-3:15pm: Moderator – IQVIA MedTech
3:15-3:25pm: CD Leycom
3:25-3:35pm: Perfuze
3:35-3:45pm: Versono Medical
3:45-3:55pm: Microsure
3:55-4:10pm: Networking Break -- Great Room Foyer
4:10-4:50pm: Bridging the Gap: Accelerating the Commercialization of Medical Devices - HTI
- Didier Deltort, Chairman of the Board, AcuSurgical 
- Lloyd Diamond, CEO, Nitinotes Surgical 
- Jeff Sirek, CEO, PRIA Healthcare 
- Claire van Dongen, Partner & Senior Consultant, HTI (Moderator) 
4:50-4:55pm: Moderator - Carol Stafford, Client Executive, Medical Device & Diagnostics, Medidata, Dassault Systems
4:55-5:05pm: INBRAIN Neuroelectronics
5:05-5:15pm: Laminate Medical Technologies
5:15pm-5:25pm: Panda Surgical
5:30-6:00pm: Corporate Venture Capital: Balancing Financial Returns and Strategic Objectives
- Gilad Glick, Vice President, Venture Investments, JJDC 
- Nathan Harrington, Managing Partner, Philips Ventures 
- Murielle Thinard McLane, Managing Partner and President, Intuitive Ventures 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator) 
6:15-7:45pm: Networking Reception
Day 3 - Thursday, May 1, 2025
8:00-8:30am: Registration & Welcome Coffee -- Great Room Foyer
8:30-9:10am: Haven’t We Heard This Song Before? Major EU Regulatory Changes on the Horizon
- Pedro Eerdmans, MD, PhD, Director, Global Strategy Services at NAMSA 
- Tom Melvin, Associate Professor in Medical Device Regulatory Science, Institute for Clinical Trials, University of Galway; Chair, Biomedical Alliance in Europe 
- Christina Ziegenberg, Deputy Managing Director, Head of Regulatory Affairs, BVMed 
- Petra Zoellner, Regulatory Affairs (IVDR &MDR) Director, MedTech Europe 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator) 
9:15-9:55am: What’s In a Name: Incubators, Accelerators…Launching Companies in Today’s Climate
- Mark Bruzzi, BioInnovate & Ian Quinn Centre for Health Technology Innovation at The University of Galway 
- Andrew Cleeland, CEO, Fogarty Innovation 
- Hanson Gifford, Managing Partner, The Foundry 
- David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (Moderator) 
10:00-10:05am: Moderator – MedTech Strategist
10:05-10:15am: Atmo Biosciences
10:15-10:25am: TripleMed
10:25-10:35am: AMT Medical
10:35-10:45am: ArthroSave
10:45-10:55am: Scinvivo BV
11:00-11:40am: AI in Medical Devices: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Innovation
- Filip Peters, CEO, Acorai 
- Carolina Aguilar, CEO, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics 
- David Caumartin, CEO, RebrAIn 
- Donal O’Shea, CEO, Deciphex 
- Enes Hosgor, CEO, Gesund.ai 
- Reed Miller, Senior Writer/Market Analyst, Medtech Strategist (moderator) 
11:40-11:50am: CERHUM
11:50-12:00pm: ABILITY Neurotech
12:00-12:10pm: Bluedrop Medical
12:10-12:20pm: Lenoss Medical
12:20-12:30pm: OrthoSon
12:30-1:10pm: M&A Making a Comeback
- Sandrine Cailleteau, Managing Director Healthcare, RBC Capital Markets 
- Jon Salveson, Vice Chairman, Piper Sandler 
- Mark Secrest, Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, BTIG 
- Jennie Xue, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners 
- Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator) 
1:10-2:00pm: From Idea to Impact: Successfully Navigating Early-Stage Funding
- Dominik Leisi, Investment Manager, Atlantic Bridge Ventures 
- Bibi Sattar Marques, Partner, Buenavista Equity Partners 
- Remi Spagnol, Investment Director, Supernova Invest 
- Niall McEvoy, Partner, Head of Venture, Elkstone Private 
- Reed Miller, Senior Writer/Market Analyst, Medtech Strategist (moderator) 
2:00pm: Event concludes

