2023 Impressions

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Programme

Main programme

Dr Christoph Franz, former President of the Board of Directors, Roche
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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»
  • Bram Stieltjes, Head of R&D and Analytics in IT, University Hospital Basel
    «Digital Solutions: legal framework for continuously connected digital services»
  • 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»
  • Dr Elisabeth Aloy, Life Sciences Strategy Partner and leader of the small and mid-cap market segment Switzerland, Deloitte
    «Demistifying Value Based Healthcare»
  • 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
  • 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»

2022 Impressions

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Programme Flyer

Speeches

Stefan Vilsmeier, CEO Brainlab AG
Presentation not disclosed

Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin
 

Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist

Winner 2022
AlveoliX AG

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Finalists 2022

Biospectal AG

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Healios AG

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International Focus Taiwan

Digital Minister Audrey Tang

Deep Dive Session Taiwan

Speakers

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»
  • Dr Patrick Schoettker, Head of Anesthesiology Department at CHUV
    «The digital transformation within a hospital's organization»
  • Dr Anne Thielen, Program Manager for Health Technology Solutions at Sonova AG
    «Promoting the Internet of Humans with Hearing Instruments»

DD2 Framework Conditions

Speakers

  • Dr Sven Sauermann, CEO HealthCare Heads GmbH
    «Digital Health Applications, the German experience»
  • 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»
  • Marc Engelhard, Public Policy Manager, InterPharma
    «How Medtech and Pharma can help shape the framework for health data exosystems in Switzerland»

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
  • Jacques Boschung, President & GM, Inovalon Payer

DD4 Best PRactice CaseS

Speakers

  • Armen Yeritsyan, Software Engineer at konplan
    «Fast tracking of development activities by hardware abstraction»
  • 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»
  • Lukas Langenegger, CEO and Co-founder at Hemotune AG
    «A succesful collaboration for innovation»

2021 Impressions

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Programme Flyer

Keynote Presentations

Dr Joël Luc Cachelin, Futurist, Wissensfabrik
Keynote: We-Health

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Joachim Brand, Head of Instrument Operations Europe, Roche Diagnostics
Keynote from the industry

Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films

Winner 2021
Scewo AG
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Finalists 2021

  • GalvoSurge Dental AG
  • icotec ag

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Guest Country Finland

Digitalization in Finnish public health sector

Speakers

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

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Deep Dive Sessions

DD1 Technology

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DD2 Framework Conditions

Speakers

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

DD4 Best PRactice Case «Essen University Medical Center»

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2020 Impressions

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Programme Flyer

Keynote Presentations

Dr Peter Grünenfelder, Director Avenir Suisse
Keynote: COVID-19: Economic and other impacts

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Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt, Heart Surgeon, President EurAsia Heart Foundation
Keynote: East-West-Convergence: Blessing or Curse? A Heart Surgeon’s Perspective

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Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films

Winner 2020
Rheon Medical & Coat-X
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Finalists 2020
Aleva Neurotherapeutics
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Virtamed

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Breakout Sessions

  1. Digital Therapeutics – Challenges & opportunities
  2. The startup dilemma – How to find investors and how to compellingly attract strategic industrial partners
  3. Current Research Trends
  4. Artificial Intelligence & Medtech - Between leaps in innovation and approval hurdles
  5. Creating Value – Reduce to the essentials
  6. Get your innovation off the ground

2019 Impressions

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Programme Flyer

Keynote Presentations

Maria Gabrani, Cognitive Healthcare and Lifesciences, IBM Research Zurich
Keynote: AI in Healthcare and Lifesciences

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Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films

Winner 2019
CAScination AG
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Finalists 2019
GTX medical
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Sequana Medical AG

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Breakout Sessions

  1. Drive your innovation forward – get the needed support here
  2. Customer focus – «sharpen your vision!»
  3. Cooperation as a competitive advantage - Why start-ups and corporates need each other to deliver results to society
  4. The merging of Medtech and IT
  5. Current research trends in medical technology and biomaterials

2018 Impressions

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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

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Swiss Medtech Award Winner & Finalist Films

Winner 2018
AVA AG
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Finalists 2018
Bühlmann
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Xeltis

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Breakout Sessions

  1. MDR/IVDR – Collaboration and Alliance Opportunities
  2. Innovation Support for Startups and SMEs in Switzerland
  3. How Swiss Medtech Companies Can Take Advantage of Social Media
  4. Current Research Trends in Medical Technology and Biomaterials
  5. How can we utilise the benefits of digitalisation in our value chain and still comply with regulatory requirements of the industry?
  6. GOING GLOBAL – It’s a jungle out there