Monday June 11th, 2007
18:30
Welcome Reception
Novotel Zurich City-West**** (next to the Technopark)
Schiffbaustrasse 13
Am Turbinenplatz, 8005 Zurich
 
Tuesday June 12th, 2007
7:30
Registration opens
Continental Breakfast
   
9:00 - 10:30
Welcome
- Carola Schropp, Managing Partner, EBD Group
- Dr. Maurice Wagner, General Director, Eucomed
- Dr. Patrick Dümmler, Consultant, Helbling Management Consulting AG (on behalf of SwissMedtech)
 
Opportunities and Challenges for New Medical Technologies
- David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information Inc. (Moderator)
- Crispin Simon, CEO, Biocompatibles International Plc
- Tom Bailey, CFO, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Tim Haines, Partner, Abingworth Management Ltd.
- Dr. Erik Baas, Director, Medicine and Technology, International, Medtronic
     
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break  
     
11:00 - 13:00
Company Presentations  
Partnering
One-on-One Meetings
     
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch  
     
14:30 - 16:45
Company Presentations  
     
16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break  
     
17:00- 18:00
The Changing World of Orthopedics: Looking into the Future
- Dr. Olivier Litzka, Partner Life Sciences, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (Moderator)
- Dr. Peter Heeckt, Chief Medical Officer, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics - Gil Beyen, Chief Executive Officer, TiGenix NV
- Anthony Viscogliosi, Chairman & CEO, Small Bone Innovations, Inc. 
- Bruce de la Grange, Director of Corporate Business Development, Plus Orthopedics AG
 
       
18:15–18:45
Buses leave to evening venue
>> approx. 20 min by taxi
   
       
19:00
Networking Dinner Event
Lake Side Casino – Bellerivestrasse 170 – 8008 Zurich
 
Sponsored & hosted by:
 
   
 
Wednesday June 13th, 2007
7:30
Registration opens
Continental Breakfast
   
     
8:30 - 9:30
Biomaterials and Polymers: Transforming the Industry
- Dr. Don Long, Executive Editor, Medical Device Daily, AHCMedia (Moderator)
- Dr. Alessandra Pavesio, Director, R&D Dept., Fidia Advanced Biopolymers Srl
- Darren Obrigkeit, Licensing & Venturing Manager, DSM Biomedical
- Dr. John Devine, Senior Product Development Manager, Invibio Ltd.
- Dr. Murray Height, Chief Technology Officer, HeiQ Materials AG
 
Partnering
One-on-One Meetings
     
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee Break  
     
10:00 - 11:00
Company Presentations  
     
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break  
     
11:30 - 12:30
Creative Regulatory Pathways to Commercialization
- Diane Romza-Kutz, Member of the Firm, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein Becker & Green P.C. (Moderator)
- Patrick Bilbo, VP, Regulatory & Clinical Affairs, Organogenesis Inc.
- Eliane Schutte, Senior Partner, Signifix BV
- Michel Lussier, Chairman, Cardio³
- Dr. Maurice Wagner, General Director, Eucomed
 
     
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch  
     
14:00 - 15:00
Company Presentations  
     
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break  
     
15:30 - 16:30
The Medtech Wave: When did It Start, Why and How Best Take Advantage of it?
- David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information Inc. (Moderator)
- Dr. Yvonne Gunsch-Wegmann, VP, Head of Issuer & Investor Relations, SWX Swiss Exchange
- Dr. Christian Lach, Member of the Healthcare Team, BB Medtech
- Dr. Ruediger Herrmann, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
- Giles Keating, Head of Global Research, Credit Suisse Private Banking
 
       
16:30
Closing Reception    

 

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