Agenda

• 08:00 – 08:30

  Registration, Coffee/Tea & Networking

• 08:45 - 09:00

  Welcome & Opening Remarks

  SCOTT PHILLIPS, CEO StarFish Medical

• 09:00 - 10:15

  Entrepreneur Perspectives

  DARREN KRAEMER: Case Study: Bringing to market ophthalmology and biodiagnostic applications of a new laser technology

  BILL WALKER: Ultrasound Entrepreneurship: Perspectives as a Player and a Coach

• 10:15 - 10: 45

  Coffee/Tea & Networking

• 10:45- 12:00

  Product Definition and Regulatory

  GEOF AUCHINLECK: Lessons from the Market

  VESNA JANIC and DR. SABINA BRUEHLMANN: Successfully Navigating the De Novo pathway for FDA Clearance

• 12:00 - 13:00

  Lunch

• 13:00 - 13:15

  Afternoon Welcome & Opening Remarks

  WENDY HURLBURT, President & CEO, LifeSciences BC

• 13:15 - 14:45

  Entrepreneur Perspective and Financing Panel

  WILLIAM L. HUNTER: "Smart Medical Devices" – My Career in Convergence

  Panel: Current & Future trends on medical device financing & partnerships – moderated by ALI ARDAKANI with CYRIL V. PHILIP, DOUG JANZEN and NISHANT RASTOGI

• 14:45 - 15:15

  Coffee/Tea & Networking

• 15:15 - 16:55

  Maximizing Value

  J. MIKAEL TOTTERMAN: Building a Medical Device Company Through Strategic Partnerships

  BRIAN SHOEMAKER: Risk Management and the Agile Approach

  SCOTT PHILLIPS: Analysis: Maximizing value for medtech founders, companies and devices

• 16:55 - 17:00

  Closing Remarks

  SCOTT PHILLIPS

• 17:00 - 18:00

  Networking Reception