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Agenda

  • 09:00 - 09:05

    Welcome

    Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical

  • 09:05 - 09:20

    Opening Remarks

    Michael Hill - Managing Director of Octane Capital Markets, Octane Capital & Growth at Octane OC

  • 09:20 - 09:55

    "Lessons Learned from the Birth of TAVR"

    Stanton J. Rowe - Founder & CEO, NXT Biomedical Incubator

  • 09:55 - 10:25

    "From Entertainment Law to Eye Color Change: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been”

    Gregg Homer, JSD (PhD) - Chairman and Chief Science Officer at Strōma Medical Corporation

  • 10:25 - 10:45

    Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 10:45 - 11:15

    "Finding the Sweet Spot: How to Balance the Right Idea, Execution and Culture in a Medtech Startup"

    Bill Walker Ph.D. - Director of Entrepreneurship, Duke Engineering - Inventor, serial entrepreneur, and educator

  • 11:15 - 11:45

    "Going after the Holy Grail of Ophthalmology - The LensGen story"

    Ramgopal Rao - Chief Executive Officer, LensGen, Inc.

  • 11:45 - 12:15

    "From Whiteboard to Company – Case Studies in Finding Product-Market Fit"

    Paul Lovoi, PhD. - Co-Founder and CTO, MindRhythm Inc.

  • 12:15 - 13:05

    Lunch

  • 13:05 - 13:20

    Afternoon Welcome & Opening Remarks

    Yiorgos Polizos - Vice President, Sales & Marketing, LifeScience Outsourcing

  • 13:20 - 13:50

    "Effective Communications with Regulators"

    Deepika A. Lakhani Ph.D. - Vice President of Regulatory & Quality, PAVmed Inc.

  • 13:50 - 14:10

    "Why SBOM are Critical to Managing Medical Device Software Supply Chain"

    Yoav Raiter - Chief Executive Officer and Director of Scryb and Cybeats

  • 14:10 - 14:40

    "Developing the World’s First Ingestible Digital Fluorometric Laboratory: From First Principles to First In Human"

    Nick Allan - Bio Services Manager at StarFish Medical

  • 14:40 - 15:10

    "Getting Value from Strategic Health System Partners"

    Expert Panel

    Panelists:
    Ryan Kelly, PhD, MBA - General Manager, Innovation Lab

    Pablo Avalos - Associate Director of Translational Medicine, Regenerative Medicine Institute

    Matt Mitcho - Co-Founder & CEO, Gemelli Biotech

  • 15:10 - 15:30

    Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 15:30 - 16:00

    "Power Play – Where therapeutic benefit meets market realities"

    Ryan Douglas - Co-Founder, Deepwell, NeuFluent / Founder, Nextern

  • 16:00 - 16:35

    "Case Studies in Strategic Exits"

    Earl Slee - (Retired) Vice President, Technology, Strategy and Business Development, Medtronic Brain Therapies

  • 16:35 - 17:00

    Closing Remarks

    Scott Phillips - CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical

  • 17:00 - 18:00

    Networking Reception