LSI USA '23

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March 20, 2023

Pre-Event Day

12:00 pm-4:00 pm

Registration

5:30-8:30 pm

Join us for a pre-event reception hosted by LSI

Pre-Event Reception
Cocktails
Dinner Welcome & Opening Remarks

Thierry Weissenburger, Sr. Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada

Opening Remarks & Event Kick-Off

Aileen Alexander, CEO, Diversified Search Group

March 21, 2023

Day 1

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the Spa Yoga Studio

7:00-8:00 am

Registration

6:30-7:50 am

MedtechWomen Sponsored Networking Breakfast

Amanda DePalma, Vice President, Marketing, Fujifilm Sonosite

Lisa Carmel, EVP Strategic Partnerships, Veranex

Jessica Richter, EVP Regulatory, Clinical & Quality Systems, Veranex

Kristi Nakayama, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Veranex

Kristin Havranek, Partner, Goodwin Procter

7:50-8:00 am

Event Logistics

8:00-8:10 am

Opening Remarks

8:10-8:50 am

Track 2

Keynote: Precisely Practicing Medicine with a Trillion Points of Data

Atul Butte, MD, PhD, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor & Inaugural Director of the Bakar computational Health Sciences Institute, UCSF, Chief Data Scientist, University of California Health System

8:50-8:55 am

Track 1

Blake Matrone, Marketing Manager, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 2

Kelly Williams, Vice President of Business Development, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 3

Michael Pulice, Director of Business Development, LSI (Session Leader)

8:55-9:04 am

Jean-Luc Boulnois, CEO, FineHeart

Bryn Davies, Chief of Strategy & Business Development, Proximie

Trent Reutiman, CEO, Mercator MedSystems

9:05-9:14 am

Vikash Goel, CTO & Founder, Centerline Biomedical

James Biggins, CEO, Access Vascular

Cody Simmons, CEO, DermaSensor

9:15-9:24 am

Iwan van Vijfeijken, CEO, Pulsify Medical

Peter Kassel, CEO, HealthySole

Bryan Lord, CEO, Pristine Surgical

9:25-9:34 am

William Altman, CEO, CorInnova

Stuart Mitchell, Founder/CEO, Novuson

Karen Holzberger, President & CEO, SpinTech MRI

9:35-9:44 am

Ken Coffey, CEO, Atrian Medical

Claude Nogard, CEO, ErgoSuture

Randy AuCoin, President & CEO, Exact Imaging

9:45-9:54 am

James Blackledge, President, Capella Imaging

Bill Perry, CEO, Deep Blue Medical Advances

Patrick Treacy, CEO, Onkos Surgical

9:55-10:04 am

Dan Rose, CEO, LimFlow

Chris Richardson, CEO, SafeHeal

John von Benecke, CEO, Locate Bio

10:05-10:14 am

Joseph Rafferty, CEO, Vesteck

Rose Monaghan, CEO & Co-founder, Frond Medical

Thorsten Waloschek, CEO, NeoPredix

10:15-10:20 am

Track 1

Amanda Briscoe, SVP, Business Development, Veranex (Session Leader)

Track 2

Alexis Bilodeau, CEO, Novo (Session Leader)

Track 3

Ellen Gruttadauria, Director of Business Development, Triple Ring (Session Leader)

10:20-10:29 am

Stephen Cox, CEO, InVera Medical

Brian Murray, CEO, Medality

Joseph McGinley, Founder & CEO, McGinley Orthopedics

10:30-10:39 am

Mehran Khorsandi, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Bifurcation Systems

Jonathan Berent, CEO, Founder, NextSense

Zygmunt Porada, CEO, DirectSync Surgical

10:40-10:49 am

John McDermott, CEO, Vascular Therapies

Claude Cohen-Bacrie, Founder & CEO, e-Scopics

Dimitrios Angelis, Co-Founder & COO, Sparta Biomedical

10:50-10:59 am

Nelson Patterson, CEO, Anavasi Diagnostics

John Wong, CEO, Fluid Biomed

Jerome Canady, M.D., FACS, CEO, US Medical Innovations

11:00-11:09 am

Tim Fitzpatrick, CEO, Ikona

Joe Bird, EVP - Business Development/GC, Neuronoff

Ju Zhang, CEO, Formus Labs

11:10-11:15 am

Track 1

Erin Hagan, Manager, Business Development, MCRA (Session Leader)

Track 2

Ben Trombold, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Velentium (Session Leader)

Track 3

Jeff Perkins, Chief Marketing Officer, Greenlight Guru (Session Leader)

11:15-11:24 am

David Narrow, CEO, Sonavex

Ray Liu, Co-Founder, CEO, Vena Vitals

Farrukh Usman, Founder & CEO, Byonyks

11:25-11:34 am

Nikhil Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, Nephrodite

Charles Allan, CEO, MY01

Ashissh Raichura, Founder/CEO, Scanbo

11:35-11:44 am

Osman Khawar, CEO, Diality

Peter Bloch, CEO, BresoTEC

Sergio Aguirre, Founder & CEO, echopixel

11:45-11:54 am

Victor Gura, CEO, Wearable Artificial Organs

Joe Urban, CEO, Potrero Medical

Shahram Sharif, CEO, Liva Healthcare

12:00-2:00 pm

Stradling Sponsored Networking Lunch

12:45-1:25 pm

Track 1

Panel: Spilling the Tea: What Really Happens in Device Deals

Brent Reinke, Share Holder, Stradling (Moderator)

Chris Cleary, Vice President Corporate Development, Medtronic (Panelist)

Erich Wolff, SVP, Corporate Development & Strategy, BD (Panelist)

Rakesh J. Mehta, Partner, Centerview Partners (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: What IP Issues Really Matter? Perspectives from All Sides of Diligence

Rabi Narula, Partner/Intellectual Property Attorney, Knobbe Martens (Moderator)

Anthony Williams, Partner, HealthQuest Capital (Panelist)

David Beylik, Vice President, Ajax Health (Panelist)

Matthew Miessau, Senior Associate, Epidarex (Panelist)

Bryan Wahl, General Counsel and Head of Business Development, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (Panelist)

Leah Brownlee, President, Lazurite (Panelist)

1:30-2:10 pm

Track 1

Panel: Medtech, the Next Generation: Founders and CEOs (1 of 2)

David Uffer, VP, Medtech, General Inception (Moderator)

Kevin Rocco, VP Bioinductive Technologies, Conmed (Panelist)

Rui Jing Jiang, CEO, Avisi Technologies (Panelist)

David Narrow, CEO Sonavex (Panelist)

Yuval Mandelbaum, CEO, Discure Technologies (Panelist)

Jayon Wang, Director, MedTech, General Inception, CEO, X-Cor Therapeutics (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Brainstorm with the Titans: Looking Through the Lens of Global Strategics

David Mildrew, Managing Director, BioQuest (Moderator)

Antonio Sanchez-Cordero, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Panelist)

Amanda DePalma, Vice President, Marketing, Fujifilm Sonosite (Panelist)

Finn Haley, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Edwards Lifesciences (Panelist)

Christos Monovoukas, VP Business Development & Strategy, Zimmer Biomet (Panelist)

Ye Bu, Business Development & Strategy Executive, GE Healthcare (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: Scaling Up: A Growth Stage Investing Roundtable

Jon Salveson, Vice Chairman, Piper/Sandler (Moderator)

John Ryan, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (Panelist)

Dan Nicholson, Senior Vice President, Medical Technology Investment Banking, Jefferies (Panelist)

Colin Morrison, Director, Business Development, Venture Capital Investments, Boston Scientific (Panelist)

2:15-2:55 pm

Track 1

Panel: The Great Medtech, Healthtech, Biotech Debate

Henry Peck, VP, Strategy & Growth, LSI (Moderator)

Auriel August, Senior Associate, SANTE, (Panelist)

Jayon Wang, Director, MedTech, General Inception, CEO, X-COR Therapeutics (Panelist)

Owen Willis, Investor, Multiple Companies (Panelist)

Megan MacDonagh, Vice President, SV Health Investors (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Medtech M&A in 2023 - Where Do We Go From Here?

John Babitt, Partner, Ernst & Young (Moderator)

Greg Banker, Vice President, Vensana Capital (Panelist)

Matt Tomkin, Vice President, Corporate Development, Teleflex (Panelist)

John Kilcoyne, CEO, JenaValve Technology (Panelist)

Bennet Blau, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: The Doctor is in: Clinician-led Innovation and Investing in Medtech

Maggie Judge, Chief of Staff, Inner Cosmos (Moderator)

Ruben Osnabrugge, Director/Investment Manager, EQT Life Sciences (Panelist)

Monica Jain, Venture Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health (Panelist)

Qasim Butt, Medical Consultant & Advisor, Your Kidneys Your Health (Panelist)

Rishad Usmani, Founder, HealthTech Investors (Panelist)

Matthew Savary, Principal, New Ventures, UCLA Technology Development Group (Panelist)

2:55-3:00 pm

Track 1

Roger Anderson, Managing Director, BioQuest/Diversified Search (Session Leader)

Track 2

Paul Conover, Partner, Knobbe Martens (Session Leader)

Track 3

Darwin Shurig, CEO, Shurig Solutions (Session Leader)

3:00-3:09 pm

Jeff Vaitekunas, CEO, WaveClear

David Giarracco, CEO, Noninvasix

Cristian Atria, Founder & CEO, nView Medical

3:10-3:19 pm

Bruce Lichorowic, President & CEO, Galen Robotics

Ted Bird, Chief Strategy Officer, Dymicron

Susan Wood, CEO, VIDA

3:20-3:29 pm

Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, CEO, Levita Magnetics

Marc Zemel, CEO, Retia Medical

Danny Goel, CEO, PrecisionOS

3:30-3:39 pm

Christopher Prentice, CEO, Harmonic Bionics

Andrew Maxwell, Chairman, Cyban

Tobias Lindig, Managing Director, AIRAmed

3:40-3:49 pm

Adam Sachs, CEO, Vicarious Surgical

Dr. James Carpenter, CEO, SurePulse

Yongsun Lee, CSO, S-Alpha Therapeutics

3:50-3:59 pm

John Ma, CEO, Ronovo Surgical

Jeff Pompeo, President & CEO, Caretaker Medical

Matthieu De Beule, CEO, Feops

4:00-4:05 pm

Track 1

Omar Khateeb, Founder, Khateeb & CO. (Session Leader)

Track 2

Jay Zhu, Partner, Ernst & Young (Session Leader)

Track 3

Gaurav Manchanda, Director, Global Strategy & Market Development, Medical, Formlabs (Session Leader)

4:05-4:14 pm

Torrey Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx

Lloyd Diamond, CEO, Pixium Vision

Thomas Nichols, President, Pretika MedTech

4:15-4:24 pm

Clay Nolan, CEO, CoLabs

Adam Szaronos, CEO, Trukera Medical

Dr. Margaret Kalmeta, Founder & CEO, Rapid Nexus

4:25-4:34 pm

Hamed Hanafi, President & CEO, NovaResp Technologies

Almog Aley-Raz, CEO & VP R&D, Corneat Vision

Andrew Cameron, CEO, FeelTect

4:35-4:44 pm

Maria Artunduaga, Founder & CEO, Samay

Laurence Marsteller, CEO, Radiance Therapeutics

John Chi, CEO, Synova Life Sciences

4:45-4:54 pm

David Webster, CEO, Body Vision

Rui Jing Jiang, CEO, Avisi Technologies

Ahmed Zobi, CEO, Syntr Health Technologies

4:55-5:04 pm

Mike Tozzi, President & CEO, TAS Medical

Savas Komban, CEO, Smartlens

Leo Mavely, President & CEO, Advamedica

5:05-5:45 pm

Track 1

Panel: The Investor Perspective on Medtech's Digital Revolution

Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors (Moderator)

Fouad Azzam, Ph.D., Partner, EQT Life Sciences (Panelist)

Andy McGibbon, Managing Partner, Sonder Capital (Panelist)

Lana Caron, Sr. Director, Philips (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Reality Check: AR and VR in Healthcare and Medicine

Scott Huennekens, Principal, Front Foot Ventures (Moderator)

Richard Vincent, Founder & CEO, FundamentalVR (Panelist)

Murielle Thinard McLane, Director, Inuitive Ventures (Panelist)

Berk Tas, CEO, SentiAR (Panelist)

Tim Fitzpatrick, CEO, Ikona (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Welcome Reception & Dinner
Dinner sponsored by BioQuest/Diversified Search Group (6:00-8:00 pm)
Fireside: Time is Brain: The Need for Real-Time Assessment and Monitoring for Stroke and TBI (7:30-8:30 pm)

Henry Peck, VP Strategy & Growth, LSI (Moderator)

Mike Singletary, Football Coach & Former Player (Panelist)

Hunt Batjer, Professor Emeritus, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Panelist)

Munro Cullum, Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Panelist)

Geoff Klass, CEO, Sense Diagnostics (Panelist)

March 22, 2023

Day 2

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the Spa Yoga Studio

7:00-8:00 am

Registration

6:30-8:00 am

MedTech Color Sponsored Networking Breakfast
Panel: The Next Generation of Founders (7:00-8:00 am)

Kwame Ulmer, Venture Partner, Wave Three-Sixty Health (Moderator)

Dr. Derek Banyard, CEO, Sayenza Biosciences (Panelist)

Hafeezah Muhammad, Founder & CEO, Youme Healthcare (Panelist)

8:00-8:05 am

Welcome & Opening Comments

8:05-8:45 am

Track 2

Keynote: The Evolution of the Digital Operating Room

Henry Peck, VP, Strategy & Growth, LSI (Moderator)

Daniel Hawkins, CEO, Avail Medsystems (Panelist)

Fred Moll, Chief Development Officer, Johnson & Johnson Robotics (Panelist)

8:45-8:50 am

Track 1

Mohammad Kondri, Commissioner of Life Sciences Industry, Consulate General of Canada, LA (Session Leader)

Track 2

Bennie Lewis, President, Assurance Dimensions (Session Leader)

Track 3

Lynn Carney, Director, Agency & Company Alliances, Medmarc (Session Leader)

8:50-8:59 am

Evan Luxon, Co-Founder & CEO, Centese

Sam Owen, CEO, Otolith

Kate Dilligan, CEO, Cooler Heads

9:00-9:09 am

John Ashley, CEO, DurVena

Aswin Gunasekar, CEO, Zeto

Brian Greene, CTO & Co-Founder, NeruonSphere

9:10-9:19 am

Filip Peters, CEO, Acorai

Caitlin Morse, CEO, BrainSpace

Alexander Zinke, CEO, Lumeda

9:20-9:29 am

Finbar Dolan, CEO, Versono Medical

Bob Radie, Chairman & CEO, Neuraptive

Shane Brown, Chief Commercial Officer, GT Medical Technologies

9:30-9:39 am

Manny Villafana, CEO, Medical 21

Thilo Hoelscher, CEO, BURL Concepts

Len Pagliaro, CEO, Siva Therapeutics

9:40-9:49 am

David Neale, CEO & co-founder, Arga Medtech

Carolina Aguilar, CEO, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

Ilan Uchitel, CEO, CAPS Medical

9:50-9:59 am

Professor T. Alexander, Co-Founder, PICS Therapeutics

Yvonne Bokelman, CEO, Alyve Medical

Jeff Amacker, CEO, TibaRay

10:00-10:09 am

Bradley Beach, Founder & CEO, Covellus

Will Martin, President & CEO, IRRAS

Declan Soden, CEO, Mirai Medical

10:10-10:15 am

Track 1

Zach Labrecque, Director of Business Development, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 2

Tyler Burch, Marketing Manager, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 3

Blake Matrone, Marketing Manager, LSI (Session Leader)

10:15-10:24 am

Paul G. Mead, CEO, CorFlow

Ryan Myers, President & CEO, CranioSense

Kevin Hershberger, President & CEO, Lumicell

10:25-10:34 am

Tyler Melton, CEO, Corveus Medical

Richard Hughen, CEO, Linshom Medical

David Danielsen, CEO, CairnSurgical

10:35-10:44 am

Kurt Azarbarzin, CEO, EndoQuest Robotics

Aimee Garza, CEO, CoraVie Medical

Dr. Ziad George, Executive Director, MedOnect

10:45-10:54 am

Jong Lee, CEO & Cofounder, Day Zero Diagnostics

Peter Vranes, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Nutromics

Alan Lucas, CEO, Navigation Sciences

10:55-11:04 am

Tim Spong, CEO, Vistapath Biosystems

David Kuraguntla, CEO, Alio

John Timberlake, President & CEO, Berkshire Biomedical

11:05-11:10 am

Track 1

Roger Brooks, President & CEO, RBrooks (Session Leader)

Track 2

Session Leader

Track 3

Amr Salahieh, Founder, President & CEO, Shifamed (Session Leader)

11:10-11:19 am

Benjamin Holmes, CEO, Nanochon

Juan C. Jimenez, Co-Founder & CEO, AccurKardia

Maureen Brown, CEO & CO-Founder, Mosie Baby

11:20-11:29 am

Sujit Dike, CEO, Gyder Surgical

Joe Eibl, CEO, Flosonics Medical

Patrick Anquetil, CEO, Portal Instruments

11:30-11:39 am

Jon Greenwald, CEO, Caira Surgical

Colin Mansfield, President & CEO, Allheartz

Marc Giroux, CEO, Kurve Therapeutics

11:40-11:49 am

Kambiz Behzadi, President, BMD

Berk Tas, CEO, SentiAR

Jochen Hampe, CEO, ConnCons

12:00-2:00 pm

Veranex Sponsored Networking Lunch

12:45-1:25 pm

Track 1

Panel: The Rise of Health System Investors and Corporate VCs

Ashley Seehusen, Venture Partner, Sante (Moderator)

Colin Morrison, Director, Business Development, Venture Capital Investments, Boston Scientific (Panelist)

David Kereiakes, Partner, Providence Ventures (Panelist)

Oliver Keown, Managing Director, Intuitive Ventures (Panelist)

Sean Cheng, Managing Director, Ascension Ventures (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Beyond General Surgery: The Next Frontiers in Medical Robotics

Omar Khateeb, Founder, Khateeb & Co. (Moderator)

Chris Prentice, CEO, Harmonic Bionics (Panelist)

Bruce Lichorowic, President, & CEO, Galen Robotics (Panelist)

Gregory Fischer, Co-Founder & Chief Science Advisor, AiM Medical Robotics (Panelist)

Addie Harris, CEO, Haventure (Panelist)

Stuart Simpson, CEO, THINK Surgical (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: The Anatomy of a Medtech Deal

Scott Pantel, CEO, LSI (Moderator)

Ramin Mousavi, President & CEO, CathWorks (Panelist)

Andrew ElBardissi, Partner, Deerfield Mangement (Panelist)

Chris Eso, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Medtronic (Panelist)

Sabing Lee, Partner, Knobbe Martens(Panelist)

1:30-2:10 pm

Track 1

Panel: Creating Stakeholder Value from Investment to Exit

Roger Brooks, President & CEO, RBrooks (Moderator)

Luke Duster, Chief Investment Officer, CRG LP (Panelist)

Gwen Watanabe, Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital (Panelist)

Raymond W. Cohen, CEO, Axonics (Panelist)

Andrew ElBardissi, MD, Partner, Deerfield Management (Panelist)

Dr. John Simpson, Chairman & CEO, Simpson Interventions (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Taking on the 800lb Gorilla in Robot-Assisted Surgery

Joe Mullings, CEO, The Mullings Group (Moderator)

Kurt Azarbarzin, CEO, EndoQuest Robotics (Panelist)

Rachel Van-Stratton Kirk, Robotics & Digital Solutoins, J&J (Panelist)

John Ma, CEO, Ronovo Surgical (Panelist)

Adam Sachs, CEO, Vicarious Surgical (Panelist) (Invited)

Track 3

Panel: Medtech M&A: Navigating Challenges Before and After the Closing Dinner

Robert Kieval, Executive Vice President, Veranex (Moderator)

Teshtar Elavia, VP R&D Medical Segment, BD (Panelist)

Anna Szafranksi, VP Marketing, Peripheral Vascular Health, Medtronic (Panelist)

Ye Bu, Business Development & Strategy Executive, GE Healthcare (Panelist)

Tal Wenderow, Healthcare Executive, Genesis Medtech (Panelist)

2:10-2:50 pm

Track 1

Panel: What are Medtech's Leading Investors Looking for Right Now?

Jonathan Norris, Managing Director, Business Development, Silicon Valley Bank (Moderator)

Greg Madden, Managing Partner, SV Health Investors (Panelist)

Kyle Dempsey, Partner, MVM Partners (Panelist)

Lu Zhang, Founder & Managing Partner, Fusion Fund (Panelist)

Juan-Pablo Mas, Partner, Action Potential VC (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Medtech, The Next Generation: Founders and CEOs (2 of 2)

Kennedy Gennari, Senior Manager, Field & Partner Marketing, Greenlight Guru (Moderator)

Adam Sachs, CEO, Vicarious Surgical (Panelist)

Caitlin Morse, CEO, BrainSpace (Panelist)

Tim Fitzpatrick, CEO, Ikona (Panelist)

Cody Simmons, CEO, DermaSensor (Panelist)

Nick Delmonico, President & CEO, Strados Labs (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: Data Intensive Medtech Businesses: Software & Data Drive Innovation

Oleg Grodnensky, Managing Partner, Priveterra Capital (Moderator)

Cameron Piron, President, Synaptive Medical (Panelist)

David Wang, Co-Founder & CTO, BioIntelliSense (Panelist)

Brian Greene, Co-Founder & CTO, NeuronSphere (Panelist)

Jim Erickson, CFO & Head of Marketing, Monteris Medical (Panelist)

2:50-2:55 pm

Track 1

Stephanie Dumont, SVP Operations PRIA Healthcare (Session Leader)

Track 2

Kwame Ulmer, Founder & Executive Director, Medtech Color (Session Leader)

Track 3

Amanda DePalma, Vice President of Marketing, Fujifilm Sonosite, MedtechWomen (Session Leader)

2:55-3:04 pm

David Cash, CEO, ZKR Ortho

Daniel Adler, CEO, BioT Medical

Marc Curial, CEO, MACH32

3:05-3:14 pm

Mark Novotny, President, Spinal Stabilization Technologies

Richard Vincent, Founder & CEO, FundamentalVR

Mara McFadden, CEO, Endolumik

3:15-3:24 pm

Ofer Levy, CEO, ZygoFix

Elliot Street, CEO, Inovus Medical

Lloyd Mencinger, President & CEO, Aqua Medical

3:25-3:34 pm

Christine Horton, CEO, Visura

Andrew McDaid, Founder & CEO, OPUM Technologies

Reinhard Krickl, CEO, Phagenesis

3:35-3:44 pm

Neal Patel, Founder, Endoluxe

Gustavo De Greiff, CEO, Kneevoice

James Lancaster, CEO, Solenic Medical

3:45-3:54 pm

James Hugg, CEO, SmartBreast

Tamir Wolf, CEO, Theator

Craig Misrach, President & CEO, UpLyft

3:55-4:00 pm

Track 1

Bret Gregory, CEO, DrTalks (Session Leader)

Track 2

Joe Mullings, CEO, The Mullings Group (Session Leader)

Track 3

Azad Virk, Shareholder, Stradling (Session Leader)

4:00-4:09 pm

Mark Evans, CEO, Adaptix

Dr. Kelley Mondesire, COO & SVP - Healthcare, Telemeet

Howard Leonhardt, Executive Chairman & CEO, Leonhardt Ventures

4:10-4:19 pm

Thomas Ramsay, CEO, Imago Systems

Randy Moore, Chief Medical Officer, ViTAA Medical Solutions

Tim Miller, CEO, Stimdia Medical

4:20-4:29 pm

Karen Cross, CEO, MIMOSA Diagnostics

Dipu Ghosh, CEO, Hepatiq

Martin Witte, Senior Director of Strategic Business Development, TUV SUD

4:30-4:39 pm

Meron Gribetz, Founder & CEO, Inner Cosmos

Simon Sonntag, CEO, Virtonomy

Dawn Bitz, President, Lazzaro Medical

4:40-4:49 pm

Randall Whiting, Chief Operating Officer / Member BOD, Cephasonics Ultrasound Solutions

Sandeep Chauhan, CEO & Co-Founder, Definition Health

Nick Delmonico, President & CEO, Strados Labs

4:50-4:59 pm

Idgar van Kippersluis, CFO, AMT Medical

Israel Gasperin, Founder & CEO, Zentrela

Mark Mathis, CEO, Free Flow Medical

5:00-5:40 pm

Track 1

Panel: The Data Dilemma: How Do We Monetize Medtech's Digital Revolution?

Tal Wenderow, Healthcare Executive, Genesis Medtech (Moderator)

Manisha Shah-Bugaj, CEO, Activ Surgical (Panelist)

Tamir Wolf, CEO, Theator (Panelist)

Ali Golshan MD MBA, Owner, Braid Medical Group (Panelist)

Gwen Watanabe, Managing Director, H.I.G Capital (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Where's the Money? Raising From a New Regime in 2023

Allan May, Chairman of the Board, FundamentalVR (Moderator)

Martin Gershon, Managing Partner & CIO, Endeavor Life Sciences (Panelist)

Jenny Barba, Investor, Features Capital (Panelist)

Kevin Schimelfenig, Managing Partner, McGeever Family Office (Panelist)

Owen Willis, Investor, Multiple Companies (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Dinner Reception
Dinner sponsored by Knobbe Martens (6:00-8:00 pm)
Fireside: Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible, Globally (7:30-8:30 pm)

Scott Pantel, CEO, LSI (Moderator)

Elisabeth Staudinger, Managing Board Member, Siemens Healthineers (Keynote)

March 23, 2023

Day 3

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Private Partnering Meetings

6:00-6:45 am

Yoga - in the Spa Yoga Studio

6:30-8:00 am

RBrooks Sponsored Networking Breakfast

8:00-8:40 am

Track 2

Keynote: Advancing the Promise of a Disease-Modifying Therapeutic Device for Alzheimer's Disease

Nicole J. Walker, Healthcare Innovator, Board Director, Venture Investor & Advisor, Multiple Companies (Moderator)

Brent Vaughan, CEO, Cognito Therapeutics (Keynote)

8:40-9:20 am

Track 2

Panel: Powering Up Innovation in a Digital, Connected World

Lisa Carmel, EVP Strategic Partnerships, Veranex (Moderator)

Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Vice President, Scientific Medical Officer, Digital, Intuitive (Panelist)

Josh Makower, Director, Stanford Biodesign and Special Partner, NEA (Panelist)

Todd Brinton, Chief Scientific Officer & Corporate Vice President, Edwards Lifesciences (Panelist)

Joe Smith, Chief Scientific Officer, BD (Panelist)

Atul Butte, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor & Inaugural Director of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, UCSF, Chief Data Scientist, University of California Health System, (Panelist)

9:20-10:00 am

Track 1

Panel: Near Death Experiences and Silver Linings

Maria Sainz, President & CEO, Hyperfine (Moderator)

Jay Watkins, Managing Partner, Sonder Capital (Panelist)

Antoine Papiernik, Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners (Panelist)

Todd Powell, President & CEO, RefleXion Medical (Invited)

Andrew Weiss, President & CEO, ReCor Medical (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: The Fight Against Alzheimer's: Innovation in Treatment

Paula Rutledge, Founder, Member Board Of Directors, Central and North Florida Chapter, Alzheimer's Association®, Legacy MedSearch (Moderator)

Marc Giroux, CEO, Kurve Therapeutics (Panelist)

Peter Schlecht, CEO, Braingrade (Panelist)

Brent Vaughan, CEO, Cognito Therapeutics (Panelist)

Rich Macary, President, Sinaptica Therapeutics (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: Augmenting Surgeon Capabilities Before, During, and After the Operation

Ryan McGuiness, Global Head, In Vitro Technologies/Commercial GM, Triple Ring Technologies (Moderator)

Phil Rackliffe, President & CEO, Imagie Guided Therapies (Panelist)

Justin Barad, Founder & CEO, Osso VR (Panelist)

Jawad Ali, Founding Partner, Vality Partners (Panelist)

Leah Braddell, CEO, DataBiologics (Panelist)

10:00-10:05 am

Track 1

Oscar Jofre, Co-Founder, President/CEO, KoreConX (Session Leader)

Track 2

Holly Scott, VP & Senior Partner, The Mullings Group (Session Leader)

Track 3

Joe Homs, Head of Business Development, Digistain (Session Leader)

10:05-10:14 am

Richard Boyd, CEO, Invizius

Boaz Assaf, CEO, Colospan

Christian Haller, CEO & Co-Founder, CORIT Medical

10:15-10:24 am

Stuart Simpson, CEO, THINK Surgical

Henry (Chip) Appelbaum, President & CEO, Novian Health

Deanne McCarthy, CEO/Founder, Swiftsure

10:25-10:34 am

Edvardas Satkauskas, CEO, Sentante / Inovatyvi Medicina

Brian Hess, CEO & Founder, RevBio

Phil Smith, CEO, 4D Biomaterials

10:35-10:44 am

Anthony Ruben, CEO, Blue Halo BioMedical

Robin Shandas, CEO, EnteroTrack

Liz Williams, CEO & Co-Founder, Hemideina

10:45-10:54 am

Neal Lonky, CEO, Histologics

Thierry Thaure, CEO & Co-Founder, GT Metabolic Solutions

Lawrence Obstfeld, CEO, Anavasi Diagnostics

10:55-11:04 am

Jennifer Hintzsche, CEO, PherDal Fertility Science

Mark Rentschler, Co-Founder & CEO, Aspero Medical

Nima Ziraknejad, Founder & CEO, NZ Technologies

11:05-11:10 am

Track 1

Michael Pulice, Director of Business Development, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 2

Kelly Williams, Vice President of Business Development, LSI (Session Leader)

Track 3

Joe Mullings, CEO, The Mullings Group (Session Leader)

11:10-11:19 am

Melanie Santos, CMO, Cern

Leah Brownlee, President, Lazurite

Dr. Riam Shammaa, CEO, Pallianera Pharma

11:20-11:29 am

Mark Forchette, President & CEO, Delphinus Medical Technologies

Will Mauldin, Chairman& CEO, Rivanna Medical

Gordon Nye, CEO, ClearIT

11:30-11:39 am

Joanne Rupprecht, CEO, Flourish Medical

Thomas Looby, CEO, Conavi Medical

Lode Debrabandere, CEO, Amynas

11:40-11:49 am

Ananth Ravi, President, CEO & Co-Founder, MOLLI Surgical

John Simpson, Chairman & CEO, Simpson Interventions

Julius Heil, CEO, Sterile Processing Express

11:50-11:59 am

Michael Phillips, Co-Founder & CEO, Vena Medical

Lishan Aklog, MD, Executive Chairman, Veris Health, Chairman & CEO, PAVmed, Veris Health, a PAVmed Subsidiary

Bryan Nolan, Founder & CEO, myBiometry

12:00-2:00 pm

DrTalks Sponsored Networking Lunch

12:45-1:25 pm

Track 1

Panel: Clinical Data 101: Breaking Down the Foundation of a Successful Clinical Study

Abigail Allen, Vice President Clinical Affairs, MCRA (Moderator)

Glenn Stiegman, Sr VP, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, MCRA (Panelist)

Michael Anselmo, Vice President of Reimbursement, MCRA (Panelist)

Max Bikoff, Principal, Longitude Capital (Panelist)

David Hovda, CEO, InnoVein (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: Mind-Blowing Progress: The State of Neurotech

Chris Benko, CEO, Koneksa Health (Moderator)

Carolina Aguilar, CEO, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics (Panelist)

Meron Gribetz, Founder and CEO, Inner Cosmos (Panelist)

Nishant Doctor, Director of Business Development, Synchron (Panelist)

Ken Mariash, CEO, Sinaptica Therapeutics (Panelist)

Cameron Piron, President, Synaptive Medical (Panelist)

Track 3

Panel: Digital Transformation: Increasing Value Across Products, Services, and Operations

Vaughn Schouten, Global Lead, MedTech Advisory and Innovation (Moderator)

Lishan Aklog, Executive Chairman, Veris Health, Chairman & CEO PAVmed (Panelist)

Mrigasha Patel, VP, HSBC (Panelist)

Peter Stebbins, Executive Chair of the board, Nurami Medical (Panelist)

1:25-2:05 pm

Track 1

Panel: Opportunities in Pediatrics: Innovation and Investment

Kolaleh Eskandanian, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Children's National Health System (Moderator)

Andrew Meadow, Partner, Health Innovation Capital (Panelist)

Sharief Taraman, CEO, Cognoa (Panelist)

James Wall, Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University (Panelist)

Track 2

Panel: The Path to China: Market Access & Big Opportunities

William Jin, Partner, Mednovation (Moderator)

Jason Yao, COO, Grand Pharma (Panelist)

Jimmy Jin, VP of Business Development & Strategic Innovation, Becton Dickinson (Panelist)

Christopher Shen, Managing Director, CBC Group (Panelist)

Track 3

Talk: Talent Management Strategies: Attraction, Efficiency, & Retention

Darwin Shurig, CEO, Shurig Solutions (Moderator)

2:05-2:10 pm

Track 1

Session Leader

Track 2

Natasha Bond, President, ERI Group (Session Leader)

Track 3

Session Leader

2:10-2:19 pm

Michael Whitman, CEO, Micro Interventional Devices

Tim Keane, Co-Founder & CEO, TYBR Health

Marco Pisano, Co-Founder & CEO, Lymphatica Medtech

2:20-2:29 pm

Amir Danino, Founder & CEO, INNOVENTRIC

Dan Deardorf, CEO, Glycologix

Dr. Lynne Lim, Founder & CEO, NousQ

2:30-2:39 pm

Gregory King, President & CEO, Fibralign

Eli Thomssen, President & CEO, Adlore

Kenneth Paulus, Founder & CEO, REACT Holdings

2:40-2:49 pm

William Altman, CEO, CorInnova

Bill Colone, CEO, SinglePass

Jagi Gill, Founder & CEO, Pontix Medical

2:50-2:59 pm

Kirt Gill, Co-Founder & CEO, NeuraStasis

Steven Lin, Senior Advisor, Biogend

Colin Kealey, President & CEO, NeuroSigma

3:00-3:09 pm

Stephane Piat, CEO, Carmat

Gregory Grover, CEO, Co-Inventor, & Co-Founder, Karios Technologies

Ken Mariash, CEO, Sinaptica Therapeutics

3:10-3:19 pm

Robert Isaacs, CEO & Founder, TrackX Technology

Christian Freudiger, CTO, Invenio Imaging

Richard Foust, CEO, MicroTransponder

3:20-3:29 pm

Florian Coppers, Co-Founder & CEO, Medical Magnesium

Mohan Frick, CEO, ChemoTech

Sharief Taraman, CEO, Cognoa

3:30-3:35 pm

Track 1

Session Leader

Track 2

Session Leader

Track 3

Session Leader

3:35-3:44 pm

Michael Gardner, Co-Founder & CEO, NSite Medical

Mike Kujak, CEO & President, Francis Medical

Leah Braddell, CEO, DataBiologics

3:45-3:54 pm

Andrew Morris, Vice President, Total Joint Orthopedics

Lauren Craig, Consultant, BeCareLink

Douglas Fairbanks, CEO, Advanced Scanners

3:55-4:04 pm

Jeff O'Donnell, Jr, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Toetal Solutions

Justin Davies, CEO, Wondr Medical

4:05-4:14 pm

Ash Attia, CEO, Bionic Vision Technologies

Joseph Mossel, Co-Founder & CEO, Ibex Medical Analytics

Dirk Soenksen, Co-Founder & CEO, Ceresti Health

4:15-4:24 pm

Yuval Mandelbaum, CEO, Discure Technolgies

Dr. Adarsh M Patil, Founder & Inventor, OUI Medical

Christian Allouche, Co-Founder & CEO, Gleamer

4:25-4:34 pm

Ben Hertzog, CEO, Intelligent Implants

Joe Homs, Head of Business Development, Digistain

Brian Weeks, CEO & Co-Founder, PacificMD Biotech

4:35-4:44 pm

Joseph Perekupka, CEO, Freespira

Ran Sela, Co-Founder & CEO, Healium Medical

Patrick Calhoun, VP & CSO, Nanocrine

4:45-4:54 pm

Scott Ferguson, CEO, Aptitude Medical Systems

Sonna Patel-Raman, CEO, NuPulseCV

Zach Berwick, CSO, TrueCath

5:00-5:40 pm

Fireside: From Operator to Investor (and back); Perspectives From Wearing Both Hats

Henry Peck, VP, Strategy & Growth, LSI (Moderator)

Josh DeFonzo, Co-Founder & CEO, Mendaera (Panelist)

Dennis McWilliams, Partner, SANTE (Panelist)

6:00-9:00 pm

Networking, Dinner Reception
Dinner sponsored by Greenlight Guru (6:00-8:00 pm)

March 24, 2023

Day 4

8:00 am-3:00 pm

Please RSVP in advance to secure a spot.

Trams to the Golf Course in the morning between 7:15-8:15 am for the Golf Tournament. (catch a tram at valet)

The return time 3:00-4:00 pm.

LSI Golf Outing

8:00 am-2:00 pm

Please RSVP in advance to secure a spot.

Wellness Day, options below.

Spa - 60 minute Serenity Massage
Yoga Studio Session (8:00 am-9:00 am)
Beach Meditation Hike (11:00 am-12:00 pm)

LSI USA '23

Event Agenda

Visit Featured Companies in New Innovator Pavilion

Soumya Dash

Steven Mickelson

Ted Bird

Teri Sirset

Thomas Nichols

Thomas Ramsay

Tom Alapaattikoski

Tom Boyd

Adam Pener

Allen Ruszkowski

Bryan McLaughlin

Christian Haller

Claude Cohen-Bacrie

Daniel Adler

Daniel Sands

Dawn Bitz

Dipu Ghosh

Dr. Lynne Lim

Dr. Margaret Kalmeta

Emily Collins

Evan Luxon

George Aliphtiras

Glen McLaughlin

Gregory Dean

Harlan Adler

Idan Geva

Jack Jachmann

Jay Banerjee

Jay Offen

Jerome Canady

John Ashley

Joseph McGinley

Karen Cross

Kenneth Paulus

Kris Buchanan

Lucian Mihailescu

Ludovic Le Meunier

Marc Giroux

Maria Buhot Launay

Maryam Ziaei

Meron Gribetz

Nicolas Gausserand

Nima Ziraknejad

Osman Khawar

Paul Hunter

Pranav Saxena

Richard Lotti

Robert Israel

Ron Tribble

Ryan Shelton, PhD

Soumya Dash

Steven Mickelson

Ted Bird

Teri Sirset

Thomas Nichols

Thomas Ramsay

Tom Alapaattikoski

Tom Boyd

Adam Pener

Allen Ruszkowski

Bryan McLaughlin

Christian Haller

Claude Cohen-Bacrie

Daniel Adler

Daniel Sands

Dawn Bitz

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