Expo Education | BIOMEDevice Boston

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With three areas located on the expo floor, we invite you to learn from industry thought leaders, watch demonstrations, ask questions, and get answers from leading subject matter experts. Join the MedTech community looking for new technology, inspiration, and innovation. Explore the content offerings taking place on the show floor including, Center Stage, Tech Theater and Start-up Stadium in the schedule below.

Center Stage

Grab a seat at one of our keynote sessions and expert-led panel discussions.

Tech Theater

Gain a deeper technical insight from the experts in 30 minute supplier-hosted sessions on the latest industry topics and trends.

Start-Up Stadium

Featuring live pitches from MassMEDIC’s 2022 IGNITE cohort of medtech innovators, an exclusive Q&A session with BIOMEDevice’s keynote speaker, Erika Cheung, and podcasts recorded live, hosted by Project Medtech and Medical Device Success.

Master Class Start-up Series

BIOMEDevice is teaming up with MassMEDIC to bring you the Master Class Start-up Series. This conference program will feature finance focused content tailored to what growing companies need to know in this evolving marketplace. Learn more

2022 Schedule-At-A-Glance

Wednesday, September 28

Time	Session
9:15-10:15 a.m.	Keynote Erika Cheung, Theranos whistleblower and executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, empowers future tech leaders to recognize and act when ethical problems arise within the industry. Hear from a medical researcher, turned technology and innovation ecosystem builder, on her experience at Theranos and how we, as an industry, can use it as a cautionary tale to improve ethics in entrepreneurship.
10:30-11 a.m.	Q&A with Erika Cheung in the Start-up Stadium
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Robots Extending Surgical Robotics into Microsurgery Galen Robotics is developing a single-platform solution to aid surgeons across several disciplines with minimal disturbance to existing workflows. Speakers: Dave Saunders, Chief Technology Officer & Taylor Leverage, Product Manager, Galen Robotics
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Materials MedTech Materials Selection for Better Sustainability Join Vipul Dave, leading industry expert and Fellow / Head of Materials at Johnson & Johnson, as he talks about the latest materials transforming medical devices into commercial products. He'll share the latest innovations in new materials, and how they can improve product life cycle, hospital and home waste streams, and offer better end use sustainability. In this session, we'll look at material trends in polymers, adhesives, plastics, and soft materials, so you can keep up with the latest.
12:30-1:15 p.m.	Keynote Lucas Merrow, CEO of Mobius Mobility, is a four-time company founder with expertise in robotics, machine learning, and digital health. Hear from Lucas as he recounts his experience bringing innovations, such as the iBOT® PMD, to market and the steps he and “team iBOT®” took to overcome challenges along the way. From working with Johnson & Johnson on the original iBOT®, receiving FDA approval, and building a company from the ground up, Lucas will share how the path to market is far from linear - but can result in a commercialized product and scalable business model that can revolutionize the industry.
1:30-2:15 p.m.	Digital Health Medtech Insights Podcast - Live at BIOMEDevice Boston! Enabling New Virtual Care Models by Creating the Clinical Grade Digital Health Tools they Demand Healthcare delivery has dramatically changed over the last 3 years, with telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, hospital at home, asynchronous care, and even virtual first. But the digital health tools like the Fitbit and Apple Watch, have not kept up, being initially designed for the consumer market. These new healthcare care models need more clinical grade tools to meet the digital health demands that have the same rigor of quality, reliability, and trust as typical clinical grade medtech. Be sure to join us with some leaders in new care models and digital tools to discuss this urgent market need for clinical grade digital health tools. Speaker: Jennifer Joe, MD CEO, AMPLIFY for Healthcare CMO, BrightMarbles US Digital Health Researcher, VA Bedford Hospital
4-5 p.m.	Welcome Reception with special guest, Erika Cheung

Thursday, September 29

Time	Session
9:15-10:15 a.m.	Keynote At the Cutting Edge of Digital Health (Sponsored by MedExec Women) Digital health solutions are entering clinical practice, and while they may have shorter development cycles than physical medical devices, the path to adoption can be just as arduous and long. Our panel of experts, all brought together by the MedExecWomen organization, will discuss the keys to driving adoption of SaMD and digital solutions into medical practice. Moderator Maria Shepherd – President of Medi-Vantage and Co-Founder of MedExecWomen Panelists: Teresa Prego, Chief Commercial Officer, Nile Mira Sahney, President, Pelvic Health, Medtronic Jill Schiaparelli, CEO, Avation Medical
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Materials Next-Gen Surgical Implants - Improved Design with Novel Materials & Manufacturing Methods Panel Session There are numerous novel materials, to include alloys and polymers, being considered that offer a range of properties in terms of performance attributes for surgical implants like coronary stents and joint replacement. These materials help design teams manage expectations for demographic characteristics and provide for personalized solutions for patients. This panel will discuss developments arising in both the material domains, as well as the flexibility provided by additive manufacturing for creativity in design and structure for increased functionality and superior performance.
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning in the Medtech Industry Machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence are rapidly gaining use and acceptance in the medtech industry, to the extent that there is a pathway for FDA approval specifically tailored to technology that involves artificial intelligence. The talk will be organized into three sections: the first part is an introduction that covers the basics of AI/ML and a look at the evolution of surgery to “Surgery 4.0”; the second part covers some examples of AI/ML in medtech; the third part discusses the regulatory pathway specific to AI-based solutions. The talk will also touch on some additional topics such as validation, avoiding unpredictable results, and explainable AI.
12:30-1:15 p.m.	Start-ups Panel: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Investment Funding for the Medtech Sector All startups require financing, and the sources of that financing vary depending on the need, stage and type of enterprise. This panel brings together a spectrum of investors including angels, traditional VC and Corporate VC to discuss the challenges and opportunities unique to the medical device space. Panelists: Bruce Lichorowic, President, Galen Robotics Salvatore Viscomi, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Goodcell David Vogel, Managing Partner, Kayon Partners
1:30-2:15 p.m.	Keynote Cybersecurity: Unworkable Today, Hope for Tomorrow The current process of including cybersecurity in a medical device system is broken. This is mostly due to the huge shortfall of embedded cybersecurity experts. So manufacturers are left with staff engineers making mistaken assumptions about secure designs that don’t align with regulatory expectations, standards, project goals, or attackers’ capabilities. Christopher will present one approach for abandoning this current broken model for secure design and adopt a new approach to designing security into your next medical device. This new approach aligns with the intent of regulatory standards, doesn’t require staffing up with expensive and hard-to-find embedded cybersecurity experts, and improves the overall speed of the development process. Speaker: Christopher Gates, Director of Product Security, Velentium

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BIOMEDevice Boston brings together recognized leaders, top global researchers, medical professionals, and innovators in healthcare, biotechnology, and medtech sectors to discuss new trends and technology, share insights, and provide an outlook on the evolving future of medtech manufacturing.

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2022 Schedule-At-A-Glance

Wednesday, September 28

Thursday, September 29

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