Future Medical Forum

Keynote Speech
 
     
Mark B. Leahey, Esq.
Medical Device Manufacturers Association

Executive Director


Issues from Washington: The Future of the Medical Manufacturing industry

 

     
Science Fiction Meets Reality
 
      Theodore J. Torphy, Ph.D.
Johnson & Johnson
Corporate Vice President & Head Corporate Office of Science & Technology


Where Science and Technology Meet


     
Product Development
 
     

Norbert Riedel, PhD
Baxter International

Corporate Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer

The Opportunities & Challenges of Product Development in a Diversified Healthcare Company


     
Globalization
 
     

Brian Firth
Cordis Corporation

Vice President, Medical Affairs & Health Economics Worldwide


The Impact of Globalization on Medical Devices


     
Workshop
 
     

Todd Hein
Agile Software
Sr. Director of Life Science Solution

Product Lifecycle Management: Retaining Marketing and Profit Share Post Launch


     
New Materials
 
     

John Ranieri
DuPont Bio-Based Materials

Vice President and General Manager

Innovation within the Biomedical Device Industry


     
Future Technology
 
     

Jim Lodigiani
Smith & Nephew
President, Wound Management


Breakthrough Technologies


     
Workshop
 
     

Karim Lokas
Camstar Systems, Inc.

Director, Life Science Practice

The Paperless Factory of the Future – Balancing Performance and Compliance.


     
Regulatory Compliance
 
     

Javad Seyedzadeh
Bayer Healthcare
Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs

Quality Approach to Business


     
Eureka!
 
     

Marcus Schabacker, PhD
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Corporate Vice President Research & Development

Idea Generation & Management, Innovation as Corporate Culture



 
Tiny: The Next Big Thing
 
     

Bill van Antwerp
Medtronic / MiniMed

Chief Scientific Officer

The Power of Small: The Promises of Miniaturization in Medical Devices


     
Workshop
 
     

Stephen Flint
TriVirix International Inc

Director, Engineering Services

Maximizing Your Competitive Advantage Throughout the Product Lifecycle: The Next Wave of Medical Outsourcing


     
Embracing Boundaries
 
     

Sharbel Noujaim, PhD
LifeScan, Inc.
Worldwide Vice President of Concept Assessment in Research & Development

Bringing Your Product to Market


     
Cocktail Reception
 
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Materials Evolution Panel

Sponsored by:

     

Len Czuba
Society of Plastics Engineers

President

Plastics & Polymers - What's to come...



     

Michael J. Callahan
Invibio ® Inc

President

High Performance Polymeric Biomaterials



     

Qaizar Hassonjee
Textronics Inc.

Founder and Chief Development & Commercial officer

The Future of Smart Textiles



     

Vinny Sastri
WINOVIA ® LLC

President

Nanoadditives in composites and coatings - Technologies of the future for medical devices



Design Panel

This panel discussion will address the issue of how to achieve a balance between design and engineering, usability and technology.


     

Jane Wilson
Haemonetics Corporation

Vice President of Research & Development

 



     

Tor Alden
HS Design Inc.

Principal

 



     

W. Robert Worrell
Worrell, Inc.

President and Co-Founder

 



     

Sean Hagen
BlackHagen Design

President

 



Nanotechnology Panel

This session will be in the form of a panel discussion led by top executives involved in nanotechnology for the medical industry and will discuss the moral, ethical and economically viable issues surrounding this new technology.


     

Joel S. Douglas, MS, PE
MysticMD Inc.

Founder and Chief Technology Officer



     

Frank D'Amelio
ACMI (Gyrus Group)
Chief Technology Officer

 



     

Chris Phoenix
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

Director of Research