Venue
The Westin Chicago Lombard
The Westin Chicago Lombard, 70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148, USA

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Event Date Tue Sep 26 EDT - Wed Sep 27 EDT (about 1 year ago)
Location The Westin Chicago Lombard
70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148, USA
Region Americas
Details

Setting the standard on how the industry should connect and exchange ideas, this events provides insights and strategies to enhance the professional development of executives involved in the design, product development, innovation, technology and quality/ regulatory aspects of medical devices.

Join the discussion with over 250 of your fellow medical device leaders as we explore the challenges and opportunities in medtech innovation, regulatory harmonization, compliance, digital transformation, and more. At our medical device conference, you'll hear first-hand case studies presented by our executive speaker faculty with extensive experience driving development and process strategy excellence. Walk away with strategic insights for industry, hospital networks and regulatory bodies to collaborate together to streamline processes, optimize development, design, decrease risk, improve speed to market, reduce costs and remain compliant in a rapidly evolving landscape. This September, we encourage you to join us for two days of thought-provoking content and exceptional networking at our medical device conference designed for executives.

Key Themes
• Recognize the impact of public policy on the medical device industry in terms of global market expansion and competitiveness
• Utilize your post-market surveillance system to feed your risk management and product life cycles
• Identify the opportunities and challenges in various regulatory markets, alongside an analysis on potential modifications to 510k policy
• Achieve effective collaboration through third party inventory ownership and Asset-as-a-Service solutions
• Leverage existing commercial terms with suppliers while improving balance sheet efficiency
• Reduce up-front investment and market risk through effective and frequent prototyping early in the development cycle
▪ Incorporate performance, safety, business economics, risk management, and regulatory requirements as a basis for device design Apply 'Design Thinking as a driver for medical device development
• Ensure the design of the medical device can be correctly translated into production specifications
• Understand the impact EU MDR and increased harmonization in the medical device industry
• Preparing for the next generation of medical devices and embracing value-based health care
• Develop and sustain the gains of a quality culture and adopt proven change management

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Mizanu Kebede
Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer, Smith& Nephew

Jeannette Bankes
President and General Manager, Global Surgical Franchise, Alcon

Ann Vu
SVP, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Clinical, ZimVie

Karen Phillips
Chief Medical Officer, Respiratory Interventions, Medtronic

Matthew M. Cooper, MD MBA FACS FASMA FCAMA
VP, Medical Affairs, Corporate Health, and Safety, 3M Healthcare

Jennifer Paine
VP, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Johnson & Johnson

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Partners

MEDIA AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Medtech Outlook
• Life Sciences Review