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Agenda

  • 08:00 – 08:40

    Registration, Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 08:40 - 08:45

    Welcome

    Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical

  • 08:45 - 09:00

    Opening Remarks

    Amol Deshpande MD, MBA, MaRS Discovery District Senior Director Health Sciences, Ecosystem and Capital, Venture Services

  • 09:00 - 9:35

    "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

    *This session will be livestreamed free

  • 9:35 - 10:10

    "A History of the Point of Care Blood Diagnostic Industry"

    Imants Lauks - Executive Chairman of Questat Inc.

  • 10:10 - 10:30

    Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 10:30 - 10:50

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

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

  • 10:50 -11:10

    "FDA Cybersecurity Draft Guidance"

    Helen Simons, Senior QA Manager at StarFish Medical

  • 11:10 - 11:50

    "BioManufacturing: The future of MedTech"

    Expert Panel moderated by Nick Allan, Bio Services Manager at StarFish Medical

    Panelists:
    Molly S Shoichet, PhD, O.C., O. Ont., FRS' Co-Founder and CSO of AmacaThera, University Professor at University of Toronto

    A. Vikram Pandit, Co-Founder and CEO of Phycus Biotechnologies

    Jason Dowd, PhD & MBA, Vice President of Science & Technology at CCRM

    Jordan Thomson (PhD,), Associate Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Resource Development at Ontario Genomics

  • 11:50 - 12:30

    "Financing for Medtech Startups"

    Sam Ifergan, Founder & Managing Partner at iGan Partners

  • 12:30 - 13:15

    Lunch

  • 13:15 - 13:30

    Afternoon Welcome & Opening Remarks: "Supporting Canadian companies with a pathway to product adoption in the healthcare system"

    Bibaswan Ghoshal - Director, Market Acceleration at OBIO®

  • 13:30 - 14:10

    "From small medical device startup to NASDAQ listing and FDA PMA approval"

    Ali Ardakani - Managing Director Novateur Ventures Inc.

  • 14:10 -14:45

    "Building a moon rocket, the Cyberdontics Story"

    Dr. Christopher J. Ciriello - Founder & CEO, Cyberdontics

  • 14:45 - 15:00

    "Roadblocks to Medical Device Certification"

    David Bell - Partner and Account Executive at MegaLab Group Inc.

  • 15:00 - 15:20

    Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 15:20 - 15:55

    “Building medical device companies from scratch – Lessons and insights from one clinician entrepreneur’s magical journey.”

    Lishan Aklog, MD - Chairman & CEO of PAVmed

    *This session will be livestreamed free

  • 15:55 - 16:30

    "Building a Disruptive Med Tech Start-Up"

    Bryce Klontz, President and CEO of New View Surgical

  • 16:30 - 17:05

    "Milestones to Efficient Value Creation"

    Scott Phillips - CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical

  • 17:05 -17:10

    Closing Remarks

    Scott Phillips - CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical

  • 17:10 - 18:00

    Networking Reception