2024 Impressions
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Programme
Keynote «We have reached planet boundaries, business as usual is dead»
Philippe Joubert, Founder & CEO, Earth on Board
Swiss Medtech Award Winner 2024
Oertli Instrumente AG
International Focus USA «Bridging markets and policies: the Swiss-US medtech pathway»
Moderator
Dr Daniel Delfosse, Head of Regulation & Innovation, Swiss Medtech
US Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller
no presentation shown
Panelists
Jacqueline Hess, Non Executive Director, Vontobel Swiss Financial Advisers
1.44 MBStephanie Shedd, International Policy Analyst, US Food and Drug Administration
1.17 MBNiccolò Galli, Chief Commercial Officer, Medacta International
5.5 MBRonja Müller-Bruhn, CEO and Founder, Stimit AG
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Deep Dive Sessions
DD1 «Navigating through today's market access and supply chain complexities»
Moderator
- Ronja Müller-Bruhn, CEO and Founder, Stimit AG
- Wolfram Ragg, Head of Product Leaders, Roche Diagnostics International AG
Speakers
Ed Heskins, Head of Pricing EMEA, IRIS Pricing Solutions
866.61 KBMartina Hahn, Operations Quality Affiliates Network Lead, Roche Diagnostics International AG
1004.05 KBGerard Hazenberg, Senior Director Global Distribution, Sonova AG
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DD2 «Sustainability in A vuca world: Deep diving into today and tomorrow of sustainability in medtech»
Moderators
- Sandra Item, Co-CEO, ISS AG Integrated Scientific Services
- Philipp Tholen, Member of the Swiss Medtech Day Programme Committee
- Laura Santos-Carreras, Team Section Lead, Helbling Technik
Speakers
Michael Denzler, AI & Data Consultant, Zühlke Engineering AG
2.75 MBPatricia Hurschler, Global Sustainability & Risk Lead, Roche Diagnostics International
3.51 MBJonathan Demierre, Head of Development Team Sustainability Engineering, Helbling Technik
1.35 MB
DD3 «corporate culture: an asset for mastering Complexity»
Moderators
- Andy Tonazzi, Owner and Co-CEO, konplan Group AG
- Clémentine Favre, Managing Partner, Creaholic AG
Speakers
Angela Haas, Professional Inventor & Partner, Creaholic AG
17.61 MBMartin Heierle, VP Operations EMEA, Sonova AG
222.22 KBAndy Habermacher, Founder, leading brains
223.83 KB- Magic Moments Wrap-Up
DD4 «the promise of Ai and large language models (LLM) to transform healthcare»
Moderators
- Jens Krauss, Vice-President, CSEM
- Beat Lechmann, Early Innovation Partner & Director R&D Innovation EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
Speakers
Carlos Ciller, CEO, Ikerian (former RetinAI)
1.7 MBAndré Freitas, Research Group Leader, Idiap Research Institute
2.63 MBPascal Lauener, Chief Digital Officer & Stefan Müller, Managing Director for Arcondis Switzerland & Global Lead MedTech, Arcondis AG
1.43 MB
DD5 «Choosing Path: medtech development in the us and Switzerland»
Moderator
Arijana Walcott, Founder & Managing Partner, DART Ventures
Speakers
- Esmeralda Megally, CEO & Co-Founder, Xsensio AG
Presentation not public - Dr Grace Katzschmann, COO, Nanoflex Robotics
Presentation not public Dr Rigu Gupta, CEO & President, PiroGon Inc.
Presentation not public
2023 Impressions
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Programme
Main programme
Dr Christoph Franz, former President of the Board of Directors, Roche
no presentation shown
Three years’ conclusion Panel
Panelists
- Beat Lechmann, Early Innovation Partner & Director R&D Innovation EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
- Professor Erik Schkommodau, Institute Director, FHNW
- Dr med. Marc Schneider, Co-Department Head Health Insurance Benefits, Federal Office of Public Health
- Dr Reinhold Sojer, Head of Department Digitization / eHealth, Swiss Medical Association
- Philipp Tholen, Head of Market Unit Health, Zühlke Engineering
- Anna Winter, Partner Health, Indema AG and President of IG eHealth
Marcel J. Scacchi, Owner medtech navigator
International Focus Israel
Professor Ronni Gamzu
Deep Dive Session Israel
Moderator
Ze'ev Lavie, Director of Global Business Development, Innovation & Partnerships, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Panelists
- Dr Ori Cohen, Co-founder and CEO, Pheno.AI
- Professor Ronni Gamzu, CEO, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
- David Lazerson, Co-founder and CEO, Briya
- Shir Slutzky, Head of Israeli Economic and Trade Mission to Switzerland, Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry
Swiss Medtech Award Winner
Winner 2023
Abionic SA
Innovation Zone
Deep Dive Sessions
DD1 Technology
Speakers
- Dr Utku Gülan, CEO Hi-D Imaging
presentation not disclosed - Professor Dr med. Christoph Stettler, Director University Hospital and University of Bern
presentation not disclosed - Matthias Pfister, Head of Optical Data Science Helbling Technik
presentation not disclosed
DD2 Framework Conditions
Speakers
- Philippe Waespe, Head of IT, Spital Bülach AG
«Challenges facing hospitals IT regarding medical technology»886.02 KB - Bram Stieltjes, Head of R&D and Analytics in IT, University Hospital Basel
«Digital Solutions: legal framework for continuously connected digital services»940.36 KB - Michaela Schenk, Quality & Regulatory Network Lead Lab Insights, Roche Diagnostics
presentation not disclosed
DD3 Business Solutions
Speakers
- Dr Sabine Häussermann, CEO, VisionHealth GmbH
«Digitalisation to achieve outcome based medicine and value based healthcare»16.35 MB - Dr Elisabeth Aloy, Life Sciences Strategy Partner and leader of the small and mid-cap market segment Switzerland, Deloitte
«Demistifying Value Based Healthcare»995.07 KB - Valentine Lörtscher, Commercial and Strategy Director Medtech, Johnson & Johnson
presentation not disclosed
DD4 Best Practice Case by Innosuisse
Speakers
- Faizan Shaharyar Mohammad, Founder and CEO, LEG&AIRY
- Emile Dupont, Knowledge and Technology Transfer Manager, Innosuisse
- Redona Hafizi, Head of Pharma Relations, TOM Medications
- Yana Yoncheva, Manager Innovation Projects, DayOne Basel Area
2.72 MB
- Dr Peter Tinschert, CEO and Co-founder, Resmonics AG
presentation not disclosed
DD4 Best Practice Case by konplan
Speakers
- Matteo Trachsel, Head of Sustainability, Thermoplan AG
«Sustainability as a catalyst for innovation»4.18 MB
Programme
Programme Flyer
Speeches
Stefan Vilsmeier, CEO Brainlab AG
Presentation not disclosed
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin
Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist
Winner 2022
AlveoliX AG
Finalists 2022
Biospectal AG
Healios AG
International Focus Taiwan
Digital Minister Audrey Tang
Deep Dive Session Taiwan
Speakers
- Dr Wui-Chiang Lee, Deputy Superintendent of Taipei General Hospital, Taiwan
PDF, 4.78 MB
- Dr Joe Yeh, Founder and CEO at aetherAI
PDF, 3.07 MB
- Dr Grace Yeh, Chairman and CEO at Onward Therapeutics SA
PDF, 1.79 MB
- Linus Kao, Europe-Taiwan Biotech Association
PDF, 3.25 MB
Moderator
Sang-Il Kim, Lecturer in Medical Information Technology
Innovation Zone
Deep Dive Sessions
DD1 Technology
Speakers
- Tony Germini, CEO at Calyps
«Better lives through data analytics & AI»PDF, 1.46 MB - Dr Patrick Schoettker, Head of Anesthesiology Department at CHUV
«The digital transformation within a hospital's organization»PDF, 4.61 MB - Dr Anne Thielen, Program Manager for Health Technology Solutions at Sonova AG
«Promoting the Internet of Humans with Hearing Instruments»PDF, 1.76 MB
DD2 Framework Conditions
Speakers
- Dr Sven Sauermann, CEO HealthCare Heads GmbH
«Digital Health Applications, the German experience»PDF, 1.22 MB - Lorenz Stähle, Head of Digital Solutions, Hamilton Medical &
Dario Wyss, Senior Consultant, UNITY Schweiz AG &
Daniel Diezi, VP Digitalization & New Business Models, Gerresheimer AG
«How to identify and realize digital services and how to enable the organization»PDF, 419.33 KB - Marc Engelhard, Public Policy Manager, InterPharma
«How Medtech and Pharma can help shape the framework for health data exosystems in Switzerland»PDF, 2.34 MB
DD3 Business Solutions
Speakers
- Willemien van den Toorn, Managing Partner and Founder at Evismo AG
Presentation slides shared on request only
- Stefan Weber, CEO at CAScination AG
PDF, 5.03 MB
- Jacques Boschung, President & GM, Inovalon Payer
PDF, 2.58 MB
DD4 Best PRactice CaseS
Speakers
- Armen Yeritsyan, Software Engineer at konplan
«Fast tracking of development activities by hardware abstraction»PDF, 1.62 MB - Dr Lisa Falco, Lead Consultant for AI & Data at Zühlke &
Dr Gabriel Krummenacher, Head of Data Science at Zühlke
«Implementation of machine learning in medical devices»PDF, 739.7 KB - Lukas Langenegger, CEO and Co-founder at Hemotune AG
«A succesful collaboration for innovation»PDF, 6.67 MB
Programme
Programme Flyer
Keynote Presentations
Dr Joël Luc Cachelin, Futurist, Wissensfabrik
Keynote: We-Health
Joachim Brand, Head of Instrument Operations Europe, Roche Diagnostics
Keynote from the industry
Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films
Winner 2021
Scewo AG
Watch company video
Finalists 2021
- GalvoSurge Dental AG
- icotec ag
Guest Country Finland
Digitalization in Finnish public health sector
Speakers
- Päivi Sillanaukee, Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
1.48 MB
- Pekka Kahri, Technology Officer, HUS Helsinki University Hospital
2.78 MB
Applying health care data for digital health services in Finland
Panelists
- Lisse-Lotte Hermansson, Chief Scientific Officer, BCB Medical
- Antti Kaltiainen, Chief Technology Officer, Innokas Medical Ltd
- Jan Moed, Managing Director at Planmed Oy and Member of the Executive Team, Planmeca Group
- Pekka Kahri, Technology Officer, HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Moderator
Sang-Il Kim, Head of Digital Transformation Division, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
Innovation Zone
Deep Dive Sessions
DD1 Technology
Speakers
- Prof Dr Olaf Blanke, Head of Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, EPFL Campus Biotech
1.6 MB
- Florian Kuehni, Head of Concept Development, Ypsomed AG
2.55 MB
- Mattia Bertschi, COO, Aktiia
1.7 MB
DD2 Framework Conditions
Speakers
- Dr Sven Sauermann, HealthCare Heads GmbH
862.94 KB
- Paulinka Bandel, Draeger
Prof Dr Dr Michael Czaplik, Doc in Clouds GmbH, University Hospital Aachen
Moritz Pfeiffer, UNITY AG4.93 MB - Adrian Schmid, eHealth Suisse
3.96 MB
DD3 Business Solutions
Speakers
- Dr Stavroula Mougiakakou, Associate Professor, Facility of Medicine, University of Bern
- Daniel Diezi, VP Digitalization & New Business Models, Gerresheimer AG
- Marcel J. Scacchi, medtech navigator
3.77 MB
DD4 Best PRactice Case «Essen University Medical Center»
Speakers
- Prof Dr Jochen Werner, Medical Director & Chairman of the Board, Essen University Medical Center
5.94 MB
- Dr Stefan Schlichting, Manager, UNITY AG
2.02 MB
Programme
Programme Flyer
Keynote Presentations
Dr Peter Grünenfelder, Director Avenir Suisse
Keynote: COVID-19: Economic and other impacts
Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt, Heart Surgeon, President EurAsia Heart Foundation
Keynote: East-West-Convergence: Blessing or Curse? A Heart Surgeon’s Perspective
Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films
Winner 2020
Rheon Medical & Coat-X
Watch company video
Finalists 2020
Aleva Neurotherapeutics
Video: not public
Virtamed
Breakout Sessions
- Digital Therapeutics – Challenges & opportunities
- The startup dilemma – How to find investors and how to compellingly attract strategic industrial partners
- Current Research Trends
- Artificial Intelligence & Medtech - Between leaps in innovation and approval hurdles
- Creating Value – Reduce to the essentials
- Get your innovation off the ground
Programme
Programme Flyer
Keynote Presentations
Maria Gabrani, Cognitive Healthcare and Lifesciences, IBM Research Zurich
Keynote: AI in Healthcare and Lifesciences
Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films
Winner 2019
CAScination AG
Watch company video
Finalists 2019
GTX medical
Watch company video
Sequana Medical AG
Breakout Sessions
- Drive your innovation forward – get the needed support here
- Customer focus – «sharpen your vision!»
- Cooperation as a competitive advantage - Why start-ups and corporates need each other to deliver results to society
- The merging of Medtech and IT
- Current research trends in medical technology and biomaterials
Programme
Programme Flyer
Keynote Presentations
Prof Dr Andréa Belliger, Head, Institute of Communication & Leadership IKF
Keynote: Digital Tranformation is of top priority
Marco Gadola, CEO Straumann Group
Keynote: From crisis to global market leadershio
Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films
Winner 2018
AVA AG
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Finalists 2018
Bühlmann
Watch company video
Xeltis
Breakout Sessions
- MDR/IVDR – Collaboration and Alliance Opportunities
- Innovation Support for Startups and SMEs in Switzerland
- How Swiss Medtech Companies Can Take Advantage of Social Media
- Current Research Trends in Medical Technology and Biomaterials
- How can we utilise the benefits of digitalisation in our value chain and still comply with regulatory requirements of the industry?
- GOING GLOBAL – It’s a jungle out there