Medical Devices Summit 2018

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In today's complex and regulation-driven market, the medical device industry is undergoing a time of immense change. Prominent industry thought leaders will share their strategies and technological advancements to help further your professional development.

Medical Devices Summit has developed a series of discussions for Manufactures, Regulatory, Compliance, Legal Entities, Software Companies, Suppliers and Consultants.

6:30am	Exhibitor Setup
7:45am	Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30am	Welcoming Remarks Eric P. Raciti, Partner, Finnegan
8:35am	Case Study: Developing the Medical Internet of Things (IoT): Hitachi’s Approach to Transformation Through IoT Innovation Bjorn Andersson, Senior Director, Global IoT Marketing, Hitachi Vantara Richard Roth, Director of Business Development and Medical Marketing, Advanced Technologies, Hitachi Cable America
9:25am	What opportunities and complications exist with protecting IP and Patient Safety? Moderator Michael Seeberger, Principal Systems Engineer, Boston Scientific Panelist David Arney, Lead Engineer, MD PnP Program, MGH, Affiliate at Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University Panelist Elizabeth O’Brien, Vice President Intellectual Property, CVG, Medtronic Panelist Christopher Schultz, Partner, Finnegan
10:15am	Morning Refreshment Break
10:35am	Comparisons of Consumer Devices and Medical Devices – Examining Why They Share Technology but Have Different Cultures Panelist Christopher Elliott, Chief Regulatory Officer, Leman Micro Devices SA Panelist Thomas Foley, Health IT Innovator, Your Health IT Advisor Panelist Christopher Khoury, Vice President, Environmental Intelligence and Strategic Analytics, American Medical Association
11:25am	How Medical IoT and Advanced Connected Medical Devices will have the biggest technological impact on Healthcare Venk Varadan, Co-Founder and CEO, Nanowear Inc.
12:00pm	Networking Luncheon
1:00pm	Roundtable Breakout
2:00pm	How Home Healthcare is Changing the Medical Device Game Panelist Lonnie Adelman, CEO, iAssay Inc. Panelist Tom Kramer, President and CEO, Kablooe Design Panelist Axel Wirth, Distinguished System Engineer, Symantec
2:50pm	Breaking Cultural Barriers to Ensure Patient Safety: Localization 101 Kathleen O’Brien, Director of Business Development, AMPLEXOR Life Sciences
3:25pm	Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:45pm	An Inside Look: How Does a Hacker Go About Tampering with Devices in a Clinical Setting? Paul Dant, Solution Engineer, Arxan Roberto Suárez, HCISPP, Director of Product Security, BD
4:30pm	Ways to Incorporate Human Factors Engineering to Win in Device Development Tom Kramer, President and CEO, Kablooe Design Wenjing Wang, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Dentsply Sirona
5:20pm	Day One Closing Remarks Eric P. Raciti, Partner, Finnegan
5:30pm	Cocktail Reception

7:45am	Continental Breakfast
8:20am	Welcoming Remarks Eric P. Raciti, Partner, Finnegan
8:30am	To Report or Not to Report: Best Practices for Submitting Changes in Medical Devices Panelist Joel Kent, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, GE Healthcare Panelist Echo Yu, Regulatory Compliance Manager, IBM Watson Health
9:15am	Walking Through Your Firm with FDA: An Investigator’s Perspective Stephen Smith, CDR, PA-C, Medical Device Specialist Investigator, FDA
10:05am	Accelerating Speed to Increase Manufacturing Productivity of Medical Devices Asmita Khanolkar, Manager Manufacturing Engineering, CEQUR
10:40am	Morning Refreshment Break
10:55am	Exploring Challenges and Opportunities When Developing Cost Effective Pediatric and Adult Devices Panelist Donald Lombardi, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Pediatric Panelist Stephen Hull, President, Hull Associates LLC
11:30pm	Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Licensing: from Government, Hospital, and Academia Boxed Lunch will be served Moderator* Viqar Hussain, Associate Technology Licensing Officer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Panelist Ami Gadhia, Technology Transfer and Patenting Specialist, NIH Panelist Aida M. Herrera, Licensing Manager, Technology & Innovation Development Office, Boston Children’s Hospital
12:20pm	Closing Remarks Eric P. Raciti, Partner, Finnegan
12:30pm	Conclusion of Summit

Revere Hotel Boston Common, 200 Stuart Street, Boston, MA, United States

617.482.1800

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Room Rate

$235

*Room rates quoted above are subject to tax, which is currently 14.45%

Rooms are available only to those participants who are registered conference attendees.
Rooms will not be guaranteed without a credit card.
Rooms are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Room types/rates are subject to availability.
The name on the form will be the name of the guest room.

Registration Pricing

	Standard Rate
Government and Academic Faculty*	$195
Employees of Medical Device Manufacturers (Including Startups)	$195
Service Providers / Vendors	$1,895

*Subject to approval. To qualify you must be currently employed by a non-vendor company. Eligibility will be verified by conference producer. Opal Group reserves the right to allocate places and to refuse applications.

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Past Participants Included

3M
Abbott
Atlantic Council
Biogen Idec Inc.
Boston Scientific
Catchwind Innovations
CERT
Childrens Hospital
DermaClip US, LLC
GE Healthcare
Harvard Medical School
Innurvation
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Kablooe Design
Medtronic
Minnetronix
Munson Healthcare
National Institutes of Health
Nicomatic
Nonin Medical Inc
Philips-Medisize
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Smiths Medical
Starkey Hearing Technologies
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
University of Minnesota
Van Scoyoc Associates
Vascular Solutions
Vital Images/Toshiba Medical
ZOLL Medical

Are you an expert in the medical device industry? Share your thought-provoking, educational content with others in the field to assist medical device manufacturers to become more competitive in today's time-sensitive and regulation-driven market.
The Medical Devices Summit invites you to come present an informative session as a standalone presentation, case study, or as part of a panel discussion. This summit provides a peer-to-peer platform of industry thought leaders exploring proven strategies and technological advancements to maximize operational outcome and cost efficiency.
Deadline:September 30, 2017
Email your proposal to dpatel@opalgroup.net
Submission Guidelines
1. Speaker’s Full Name
2. Speaker’s Title
3. Speaker’s Company
4. Speaker’s Contact Info (email, phone, location)
5. Presentation Format
6. Session Topic and Title
*Please provide a brief description of the session (no more than 5 sentences) and a minimum of 3 learning objectives.
Topics Will Include:
Cybersecurity
Full Product Traceability
Reimbursement
Design and Product Development
Patenting and Licensing
Internet of Things
Compliance and Regulatory tools
Disruptive Innovations
3-D Printing
Human Factors
Prototyping

Who Should Attend

Products Director, Regulatory Affairs
Software Engineer
Compliance and Regulatory Officer
Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Engineering Manager
Technical Project Manager
Product Development Manager
Principal Data Scientist
Director of Clinical Information Security
Site Quality Manager
Compliance Officer and Counsel
Product Security Architect
Quality Engineer
Quality Specialist
Sr. Director New Ventures
VP Engineering and Manufacturing
Product Security Program Facilitator
Research and Development Engineers
Patenting Specialist
Chief Product and Solution Security Officer
Principal Engineer

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