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CONNECTING TO THE MEDICAL INTERNET OF THINGS

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Joseph FERNANDO
Principal architect , IoT Vertical Markets

David VASQUEZ
Director of International IoT Business Development, Verizon Enterprise Solutions

EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND MEDTECH INDUSTRY: THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP

Hans MARTENS
Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre; Danish think tank Europa

David BLANCHARD
Deputy Head of Unit in the Directorate in charge of Public procurement, Directorate-General for Industry, Single Market, Entrepreneurship and SME (DG GROW) of the European Commission

Andrzej RYS
Health Systems and Medical products and Innovation Director, European Commission

IMPACT OF THE NEW IVD REGULATION ON THE INDUSTRY

Michel DE RIDDER
Partner, Deloitte

Salvatore D'ACUNTO
Head of Unit Health Technology and Cosmetics, European Commission

Simon RICHARDS
Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs EME and RCIS, Abbott

John WILKINSON
Director of Devices , Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

SPOTLIGHT ON KOREA

Jesus RUEDA RODRIGUEZ
Director International Affairs , MedTech Europe

So-Hyung JEONG
Assistant Manager Medical & Bio, KOTRA HQ

Yoonjin LEE
Investment & Research Manager, KOTRA Brussels

DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION: AN UNPOLISHED JEWEL

Hans MARTENS
Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre; Danish think tank Europa

Alex LEFEVRE
Head of Market Access and Medical Affairs, Roche Diagnostics Belgium

Bernarda ZAMORA
Economist, The Office of Health Economics

GAMIFICATION IN MEDTECH - READY TO PLAY?

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Hannah Rose THOMSON
Senior Manager, Health and Wellness, Elvie

Jurriaan VAN RIJSWIJK
Chairman & Founder, Games for Health Europe Foundation

IMPACT OF THE NEW MEDICAL DEVICES REGULATION ON THE INDUSTRY

Michel DE RIDDER
Partner, Deloitte

Erik HANSSON
Deputy Head, Health Technology and Cosmetics Unit of the DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission

Rita PEETERS
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs Policy and Intelligence EMEA, Johnson & Johnson

John WILKINSON
Director of Devices , Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

SME FINANCIAL SUPPORT MODELS: WHAT ALTERNATIVE ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOSTERING INNOVATION?

Jane SUMMERFIELD
Counsel, Hogan Lovells

Patrick BOISSEAU
VP Healthcare, CEATech 

Bert-Arjan MILLENAAR
Founder & CEO, NLC - The Healthtech Venture Builders 

ADVANCED ANALYTICS IN MEDTECH: What healthcare can learn from Formula 1 - how machine learning has changed an industry and what are the implications for MedTech

Simon WILLIAMS
Director & Co-Founder, QuantumBlack

FUTURE OF BUSINESS INTERACTION - HELPING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND MEDTECH INDUSTRY TO INTERACT MORE EFFICIENTLY

Michael DOHRMANN
Partner Life Science & Healthcare, Deloitte Germany 

Guido JONAS
Director Key Account Management Europe, Stryker

Manuella WILTS
Senior Director Customer Services EMEA, Johnson & Johnson

MDR AND IVDR: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR START-UP AND SMEs

Fabien ROY
Counsel, Hogan Lovells

Karin A. HUGHES
Vice President Clinical & Regulatory Strategy, Astute Medical, Inc.

MEAT VALUE-BASED PROCUREMENT: PROTEIN FOR MEDTECH

Götz GERECKE
Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Virginie DOR
Partner, CMS DeBacker

THE FUTURE OF CYBER WARFARE IN HEALTHCARE

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Bill HAGESTAD
Senior Principal Cyber Security Engineer, Smiths Medical

CONNECTING WITH HEALTH CONSUMERS

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Dirk PEKELHARING
Director, Pekelharing & Partners Ltd. Life science/healthcare consultancy

Danny VAN DEN IJSSEL
Product manager, Zorgkaart Initiative

IVD - EVOLVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND PRACTICES

Jesus RUEDA RODRIGUEZ
Director International Affairs , MedTech Europe

Torsten HOOF
Senior Vice President International, Genomic Health

Filip MORIAU
Founder & CEO, Stragilon 

Jürgen SCHULZE
President & CEO EMEA, Sysmex Corp 

MDR AND IVDR: WHAT STRATEGIES TO QUICKLY ACCESS THE EU MARKET FOR START-UP AND SMEs

Jörg SCHICKERT
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Patricia FOREST-VILLEGAS
Scientific, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Manager, i-Sep

Hein VAN DEN BOS
Partner, Hogan Lovells

OUTCOME-BASED FINANCING MODELS: WHO IN THE MEDTECH INDUSTRY CAN RISK IT?

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Olivia CAVLAN
Partner, McKinsey

Gottfried ENDEL
Lead HTA unit, Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions 

Luke SLAWOMIRSKI
Health Economist, OECD

SOUTH AFRICA - LOCALIZATION AND REGULATION, IMPACT ON THE MARKET

Jesus RUEDA RODRIGUEZ
Director International Affairs , MedTech Europe

Avanthi BESTER
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Becton Dickinson 

Vaughn HARRISON
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Tanya May VOGT
Executive officer, SAMED

VALUE-BASED HEALTHCARE - WILL IT BECOME A REALITY AND HOW TO MAKE IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEDTECH INDUSTRY?

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Rifat ATUN
Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University

Yves VERBOVEN
Director Market Access and Economic Policies, MedTech Europe

WHY EVERY MEDTECH COMPANY NEEDS A VALUE-BASED STRATEGY

Jens DEERBERG-WITTRAM
Director, The Boston Consulting Group

MEAT: A NEW PHILOSOPHY FOR MEDTECH SALES

Richard CHARTER
Head of Market Access & Pricing, Diabetes Care Europe and EMA, BD Medical

Götz GERECKE
Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Eszter KACSKOVICS
Public Affairs Director - Health and Medical solutions, Essity Hygiene And Heath AB

Ferran RODRIGUEZ OMEDES
Head of Clinical and Biomedical Engineering, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

BECOMING HACKPROOF IN MEDTECH THROUGH BLOCKCHAIN AND ENGINEERING

Ingmar DE GOOIJER

Yves BENNAÏM
CIO, Geekko SA & Founder, 2B4CH, Geekko SA

Roman LYSECKY
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona 

THE MEDTECH EUROPE CODE AS A BUSINESS ENABLER

Roeland VAN AELST
VP MD EMEA Health Care Compliance & Privacy, Johnson & Johnson

Michele PERRINO
Regional Vice President Italy, Medtronic Italia

Philippe JACON
Senior Vice President Global Access, Cepheid

Nadim YARED
CEO & President, CVRx

HOW TO MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN FOR MEDTECH INNOVATION

Patrick BOISSEAU VP Healthcare, CEATech

Markus SIEBERT
Chair of the Evidence & Payers Working Group; Senior Director Health Economics & Reimbursement, OUS, Abbott.

Vassilis TSANIDIS
Policy Officer , Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT) of the European Commission  

DISRUPTIVE HEALTHCARE

ngmar DE GOOIJER

Peter J. FITZGERALD
Professor of Medicine and Engineering & Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Stanford University Medical Center