Agenda

3D printing pioneer Michael McAlpine will present his team's strategy for three-dimensionally integrating diverse classes of functional materials using a custom-built 3D printer to fully create fully 3D printed device components built around active electronics. As a proof of concept, they have 3D printed quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs), polymer-based photodiodes on curvilinear surfaces, and hybrid devices over large scales with high yield. According to McAlpine's team, these results represent a critical step toward the 3D printing of high-performance, active electronic materials and devices.

In our keynote interview, Tom Polen, CEO of BD, will discuss three forces reinventing healthcare – new solutions for chronic disease, smart connected care and new care settings.

Topics we’re sure to discuss include:

- How BD managed the unprecedented demands for its products during COVID-19?
- What future does BD see for its growing diagnostics business?
- Why spinning off its diabetes business was important?
- Where BD sees the biggest opportunities moving forward?

Kevin Lobo will record an interview for the new StrykerTalks Podcast, the newest member of DeviceTalks’ network of medtech industry podcast series.

Topics to be discussed include:

- How Stryker is building an orthopaedics powerhouse through R&D and acquisition?
- Where will Vocera and other technologies fit into the company’s product line?
- What lessons can we learn from the integration of acquisitions like Wright Medical?