JOIN THE BEST MINDS IN MEDTECH AT THE NEW DEVICETALKS MINNESOTA
DeviceTalks provides world-class education with exclusive insights from industry leaders changing the course of medicine. Coupled with a technology showcase featuring the hottest med tech companies in the marketplace, DeviceTalks is the premier opportunity for industry leaders to come together to share perspectives and network with the best of the best in the industry.
NEW TRACKS FOR 2018
This year’s DeviceTalks Minnesota will feature four tracks packed with expertly curated content created by the industry for the industry. Our ECO-SYSTEM track will focus on the issues impacting medtech companies across Minnesota and beyond; Our TECHNOLOGY track will drill down on the hottest new tech that is changing medtech: Our REGULATORY 101/201 and CLINICAL 101 tracks, hosted by Medical Alley, will focus on the most important trends in regulatory and clinical development.
2018 Keynote Speakers
Tim Philips
Compliance Officer, FDA’s Office of Medical Device and Radiological Health Operations
Hon. Melvin Carter
Mayor, Saint Paul
Jeffrey Brewer
President & Chief Executive Officer, Bigfoot Biomedical
Heidi Dohse
Sr. Program Manager, Healthcare, Google, Founder, Tour de Heart Foundation
Michael J. Pederson
Senior Vice President, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure Division, Abbott
Dr. Myriam J. Curet, MD, FACS
Chief Medical Officer, Intuitive Surgical
2018 Featured Speakers
Martha Shadan
Global Vice President, Marketing, Smith & Nephew, President & CEO, Rotation Medical
Bob White
CEO, Entellus Medical
Sheri Dodd
Vice-President & General Manager, Medtronic Care Management Services – formerly Cardiocom
Randall Schiestl
Vice President of Research & Development, Global Technology, Boston Scientific Corporation
Shaye Mandle
President & CEO, Medical Alley
Mac McKeen
Fellow, Boston Scientific
Megan Brandt
Vice President, Regulatory, CHF Solutions
Justin Barad, MD
Co-Founder and CEO, Osso VR
Bill Betten
President, Betten Systems Solutions LLC
Michael C. McAlpine
Benjamin Mayhugh Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Joe Carlson
Reporter, Medical technology, Star Tribune
Timothy Jackson
Director Program Management, Boston Scientific
Sophia Khan
Senior Director Global Inclusion and Diversity, Medtronic
Dr. Gwenyth Fischer
Director of the Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium and assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Daniel McLaughlin
Director of the Center for Health and Medical Affairs, Opus College of Business
Keith Boettiger
Vice President, Abbott Neuromodulation
Will Sutton
Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Minnetronix
Ann Anaya
Chief Diversity Officer, 3M
Elad Ferber
CTO & Founder, Spry Health
James A. Rogers III
Chair, Department of Business Development, Mayo Clinic
Clark C. Otley, M.D.
Medical Director, Department of Business Development, Mayo Clinic
Bob Paulson
President & Chief Executive Officer, NxThera
Dr. Sean Otto
VP IoT & Analytics , Cyient Insights
Kevin Hykes
President & CEO, Relievant Medsystems
Steve Goedeke
Cardionomic President and CEO, Cardionomic
Avi Fischer, M.D.
Divisional Vice President, Medical Affairs and Medical Director, Abbott
Sheva Sanders
Partner, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Edward Black
President, Reimbursement Strategies, LLC
Joe Gordon
VP of Innovation, Ximedica
David Copeland
Director of Industrial Design, Ximedica
Karen Nordahl
Director of Health Economics and Market Access, Boston Scientific
Stephanie Christopher
Program Director, CfQ & SPI, MDIC
Ruth Poliakine-Baruchi
CEO, MyndYou
Angela Mallery
Senior Product Development Strategist, NAMSA
Barbara Atzenhoefer
Senior Product Development Strategist, NAMSA
Chris Mullin
Director of Product Development Strategy, NAMSA
Michael Hill
Vice President, Science, Technology, and Clinical Affairs, Medtronic
Mark Strong
Vice President, Product Development, Abbott
Jon Gimbel Ph.D.
Director and CER Business Unit Lead, Regulatory and Quality Solutions (R&Q)
Lisa Casavant
Cofounder and Executive Vice President, Regulatory and Quality Solutions (R&Q)
Christy Foreman, MBE
Senior Consultant, Biologics Consulting
Janie Finn
Founder and President, Finnesse Partners
Katharine Grayson
Senior Reporter, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Michelle Fay Cortez
Health Science Reporter, Bloomberg News
Shayan Bhattacharyya
Director, Strategic Partnerships, Blue Health Intelligence
Steve St. George
Health Economics and Reimbursement, Abbott
Karen Rittle
Regulatory Manager, 3M
Caroline Leab
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Abbott
Rina Sant M.D., MS-ACR
Clinical Investigation and Evaluation Board Member, EU MDR Global Task Force Clinical Subcommittee
Lars Oddsson
Co-Founder & CTO, RxFunction
Jack Lewin, MD
Principal and Founder, Lewin and Associates LLC - Health Innovation
Paul Rothweiler
Prototyping & Materials Coordinator, University of Minnesota
Del Lawson
Commercialization Leader, 3M
Philippe Kassab
President, genae Americas
Thank you to our program committee
- Justin Pacquette, Director, Public Affairs, Abbott
- Alex Romero, Product Manager, Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
- Brad Perriello, Executive Editor, MassDevice/Medical Design & Outsourcing
- Carolyn Baldus, Senior Communications Manager, Minnetronix
- Manny Villafana, CEO/Founder, Medical 21, Kip’s Bay Medical, St. Jude Medical, Guidant, ATS Medical
- Frank Jaskulke, Vice President, Intelligence, Medical Alley
- Aimee Garza Director, Strategic Marketing, Integer
- Juli Denny, VP of Sales and Marketing, R&Q
- Julia Feygin, Director, Clinical Research, DaVita
- Kevin Berger, Marketing Manager, Cyient
- Lisa Shafer, Sr Director New Device and Bioelectronic Technologies, Teva
- Mac McKeen, Fellow, Boston Scientific
- Megan Brandt, Vice President, Regulatory, CHF Solutions
- Mary Kay Sobcinski, Senior Principal Advisor, Clinical Sciences, RCRI
- Phil Allen, Sales/Marketing Director, Lowell
- Randy Nelson, CEO, Evergreen Medtech
- Sue Danielson, Vice President, Regulatory, 3M
- Bill Betten, CEO, Betten Solutions
- Brian Johnson, Publisher/Co-Founder, DeviceTalks, MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing, Drug Delivery Business News
LOCATION
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 370-1234
