Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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

12:00-12:30pm: Keynote: to be announced

12:30-1:00pm: Lee Fleisher, Principal and Founder, Rubrum Advising

 1:05-1:45pm: Leveraging Clinical Expertise: Making the Most of KOLs in MedTech

• Tommy Reid, Partner, McKinsey & Company

• Adam Saltman, Chief Medical Officer, NAMSA

• David Filmore, Executive Editor, Market Pathways (moderator)

1:50-1:55pm: Moderator —

1:55-2:25pm: Presenting companies

2:30-3:10pm: Commercialization Panel Breaking In: Rolling out Medtech in Europe

• Tanja Dowe, Managing Director, Angelini Ventures

• Bryant Grigsby, CEO, PDV MedTech

• David Noonan, CTO, Moon Surgical

• Donal O’Shea, CEO, Deciphex

• Reed Miller, Senior Writer/Market Analyst, Medtech Strategist (moderator)

3:10-3:30pm: Networking Break —

3:30-4:25pm: MedTech Market Pathways: Policy, Evidence, and Innovation

• Tonya Dowd, Executive Vice President, Reimbursement, Value Generation, and Market Access (RVMA), PRIA Healthcare

• Steve Farmer, Senior Partner & Co-Owner, ABIG Health; Former Chief Strategy Officer/Coverage and Analysis Group, CMS 

• Josh Makower, MD, The Yock Family Professor, Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering; Stanford University Schools of Medicine and Engineering, The Byers Family Director and Co-Founder, Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign

• David Filmore, Executive Editor, Market Pathways (moderator)

4:30-4:40pm: Moderator —

4:40-5:30pm: Presenting companies

5:35-6:35pm: MedTech Innovator - Dublin: Host: Paul Grand, Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator

6:35-7:45pm: Networking Reception

Day 2 - Wednesday, April 29, 2026

8:00-8:30am: Registration & Welcome Coffee — Great Room Foyer

8:30-8:35am: Moderator —

8:35-9:25am: Presenting companies

9:25-10:05am: Betting on Innovation: Early Investment in Tough Times

• Barbara Castellano, Partner, Panakes Partners

• Janke Dittmer, Partner, Gilde Healthcare

• Thom Rasche, Partner, Earlybird

• Bibi Sattar Marques, Partner, Buenavista Equity Partners

• Reed Miller, Senior Writer/Market Analyst, Medtech Strategist (moderator)

10:05-10:45am: It’s Getting Mighty Crowded: Carving Out Space in Late-Stage Investing

• Antoine Papiernik, Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners

• Alexander Schmitz, Partner, Endeavour Vision

• Eric Shiozaki, Venture Partner, Revelation Partners

• Aneta Sottil, Partner, Andera Partners

• Hal Stowe, Senior Manager, Regulatory Intelligence, Eurofins

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

10:45-11:00am: Networking Break —

11:00-11:40am: Panel Session: Hosted by Caroline Gaynor, Partner, Lightstone Ventures (moderator)

11:40-12:30pm: Public, Private, and Patient Capital: Exploring Financing Alternatives

• Hugh Laverty, Head of Scientific Operations, Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

• Joey Mason, Venture Partner, Claret Capital Partners

• David O’Flynn, Director of Corporate Finance, Goodbody

• Tyler Wanke, Wanke Family Office

• David Filmore, Executive Editor, Market Pathways (moderator)

12:30-1:10pm: Does Scale Rule or Is Their Room for Mid-Sized Players?

• Chris Eso, Global Head of Corporate and Business Development, M&A and Ventures, Medtronic

• Virginia Giddings, Vice President of Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences

• Jennifer Kozak, Vice President, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson MedTech

• Mirren Mandalia, Vice President, Corporate Development & Venture, LivaNova

• Rupert Winckler, Vice President Business Development, Olympus Corporation

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

1:10-2:20pm: Lunch (Saddle Room) Lobby Level

2:30-3:10pm: Is There Still a Place for a Medtech Public Market or is M&A the Only Game in Town?

• Matt Gilbert, Managing Director, XMS Capital Partners

• Mark Secrest, Managing Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, BTIG

• Dan Wolf, Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, Piper Sandler

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

3:10-3:15pm: Moderator —

3:15-3:55pm: Presenting companies

3:55-4:10pm: Networking Break — Great Room Foyer

4:10-4:50pm: Panel Session: Hosted by Roger Brooks, President & CEO, R Brooks Group

4:50-4:55pm: Moderator —

4:55-5:25pm: Presenting companies

5:30-6:15pm: Medtech By the Numbers:

• Susana Amorim, Investment Manager - Healthtech Venture & Growth, Gilde Healthcare

• Megan MacDonagh, Vice President, Medtech, Ally Bridge

• Ruben Osnabrugge, Partner, 415 Capital

• Jennifer McMahon, Partner, Seroba  (moderator)

6:15-7:45pm: Networking Reception

Day 3 - Thursday, April 30, 2026

8:00-8:30am: Registration & Welcome Coffee —

8:30-9:10am: Smart Capital Strategies: Navigating Non‑Dilutive Funding in MedTech

• Cepta Duffy, Manager Lifesciences, Enterprise Ireland (moderator)

9:15-9:55am: Can Corporate Venture Fill the Early-Stage Funding Gap?

• Justin Castelli, Vice President, New Business Development, Boston Scientific

• Gilad Glick, Vice President, Venture Investments, JJDC

• Nathan Harrington, Managing Partner, Philips Ventures

• Murielle Thinard McLane, Managing Partner and President, Intuitive Ventures

• Dan Sheehan, Vice President, Venture Capital, Medtronic

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

10:00-10:05am: Moderator —

10:05-10:55am: Presenting companies

11:00-11:40am: Panel Session hosted by Sophie Hughes, Investment Analyst, Seroba (moderator)

11:40-11:45am: Moderator —

11:45-12:35pm: Presenting companies

12:35-1:10pm: Could This Be the Year Real MDR Change Begins?

• Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)

1:10pm: Event concludes with working box lunch

 The Innovation Summit is the premiere conference series for startups, strategics and investors where we bring together the biggest companies and most brilliant minds in the medical device industry.

Registration for the Innovation Summit Dublin 2026 is open.

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