Day 1
November 1, 2021
12:00PM-7:00PM
12:00-12:30PM
Registration and working box lunch — Grand Peninsula Foyer
12:30-12:35PM
Welcome Address
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist
12:35-1:15PM
Ajax/Cordis: What It Means for Cardiovascular Devices Going Forward
Duke Rohlen, CEO & Managing Director, Ajax Health
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
1:15-1:20PM
Sponsor Moderator - Medmarc
1:20-1:30PM
1:30-1:40PM
1:40-1:50PM
1:50-2:00PM
2:00-2:10PM
2:10-2:20PM
2:20-2:40PM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula A
2:40-3:30PM
The SPAC Phenomenon:
Steven Hochberg, Partner, Deerfield Management
Howard Levin, CEO Deerfield Catalyst, Founder Coridea
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist
3:30-3:35PM
Sponsor Moderator – NAMSA
(Presenting Companies - Breakout table during reception)
3:35-3:45PM
3:45-3:55PM
3:55-4:05PM
4:05-4:15PM
4:15-4:25PM
4:25-4:35PM
4:35-5:15PM
Mr. Toad’s Medical Device Company’s Wild Ride Through the Pandemic…So Far
Christopher Cleary, Vice President of Corporate Development, Medtronic
5:15-6:45PM
Networking Reception & Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Day 2
November 2, 2021
8:00AM-7:30PM
8:00-8:30AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast – Grand Peninsula Foyer
8:30-8:35AM
Welcome Address
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways
8:35-8:40AM
Sponsor Moderator
8:40-8:50AM
8:50-9:00AM
9:00-9:10AM
Rhythm Diagnostic Systems (RDS)
9:10-9:20AM
9:20-9:30AM
9:30-9:40AM
9:40-10:00AM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula A
10:00-10:40AM
The Future of Innovation in MedTech
Andrew Cleeland, CEO, Fogarty Innovation
Josh Makower, Director & Co-Founder, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
10:40-10:45AM
Sponsor Moderator - Knobbe Martens
10:45-10:55AM
10:55-11:05AM
11:05-11:15AM
11:15-11:25AM
11:25-11:35AM
11:35-11:55AM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula A
11:55-12:45PM
Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2021
Learn about recent intellectual property trends in the U.S. Patent Office and U.S. courts for medical device companies.
Paul Conover, Partner, Knobbe Martens
Curtis Huffmire, Partner, Knobbe Martens
Irfan Lateef, Partner, Knobbe Martens
12:45-2:00PM
Lunch
2:00-2:30PM
The Importance of Diversity
Ingrid Ellerbe, Executive Director at Diversity by Doing (Stanford Biodesign & Fogarty Innovation)
Marga Ortigas-Wedekind, Chief Commercial Strategy Officer, Fogarty Innovation
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
2:30-2:35PM
Sponsor Moderator – Greenlight Guru
2:35-2:45PM
2:45-2:55PM
2:55-3:05PM
3:05-3:15PM
3:15-3:25PM
3:25-3:35PM
3:35-4:00PM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula A
4:00-4:20PM
Current Trends in MedTech Investing: A Look at the Numbers
Jonathan Norris, Senior Managing Director, Healthcare Practice, Silicon Valley Bank
4:20-5:10PM
Raising Capital – Where the New Funds are Investing
Rob Barmann, Partner, Endeavour Vision
Tak Cheung, Partner, NEA
Kate Garrett, Managing Partner, Sonder Capital
Hanson Gifford, III, Partner, Lightstone Ventures
Dennis McWilliams, Partner, Santé
Nicole Walker, Managing Partner, Arboretum Ventures
David Cassak, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
5:10-6:10PM
MedTech Innovator 2021 Value Award Competition
The MedTech Innovator Value Competition features five premier startup and emerging-growth medical technology companies from the organization's annual Accelerator program, which is the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world. Each company will have the opportunity to present before a panel of industry judges and the audience of the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit. The winner of the Value Competition will be determined by a live audience vote.
Each company has seven minutes to present their products, business plans, value propositions, and to answer the judges’ questions. As an attendee of the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit, your vote will help determine which finalist will receive the $25,000 Grand Prize as well as the Device Access Award, the UK’s leading market access consultancy for medical devices, valued at $15,000.
Host:
Paul Grand, Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator
Finalists:
Elle Sander, Co-Founder & CEO, Lifelet Medical
Nick Skaer, CEO, Orthox
Alex Wieseler, COO, PATH EX
Marc Zemel, CEO, Retia Medical
Elizabeth McGloughlin, CEO, Tympany Medical
Judges:
Jim Warren, Business Unit Director, Jabil Healthcare
Noam Krantz, VP of Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Lynn Carney, Manager of Business Development and Marketing, Medmarc
Jake Goble, Innovation Leader - Medical Products Division, W. L. Gore & Associates
6:00-7:30PM
Reception & Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Day 3
November 3, 2021
8:00AM-1:00PM
8:00-8:30AM
Continental Breakfast — Grand Peninsula Foyer
8:30-9:10AM
Keynote: The New Health Age: Re-Imagining Medtech
Daniel Kraft, Singularity University
9:10-9:15AM
Sponsor Moderator
9:15-9:25AM
9:25-9:35AM
9:35-9:45AM
9:45-9:55AM
9:55-10:05AM
10:05-10:20AM
Networking Break — Grand Peninsula Foyer
Speaker Breakout — Grand Peninsula A
10:20-11:00AM
Running a Company Will Never Be the Same: A CEO’s View
Jodi Akin, Founder & CEO, Hawthorne Effect
Daniel Hawkins, CEO, Avail Medsystems
Tracy MacNeal, CEO, Materna Medical
Andrew Weiss, President & CEO, ReCor Medical
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, MedTech Strategist (moderator)
11:00-11:30AM
Digital Medtech and FDA: The Post-Pandemic Landscape
Ankur Kaushal, Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Big Health
Yarmela Pavlovic, Vice President of Regulatory Strategy, Medtronic
David Filmore, Executive Editor, Market Pathways
11:30-11:35AM
Sponsor Moderator
11:35-11:45AM
11:45-11:55AM
11:55-12:30PM
Bridging the Regulatory-Reimbursement Gap: Opportunities and Challenges
Christopher Brooks, Director/Healthcare Economics, Impulse Dynamics
Heather Brown, Senior Vice President, Market Access and Reimbursement, HeartFlow
Adi Renbaum, President, ANR Consulting
Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Market Pathways (moderator)
12:30-1:00PM
Speaker Breakout and box lunch — Grand Peninsula Foyer
