The MedTech Meetup 2018 was held on March 22, 2018.
We had the pleasure to welcome outstanding speakers from private and public sectors. The day started with very interesting plenary sessions that gave attendees a glimpse of the future and introducing latest advancement and initiatives in Belgium. The afternoon was dedicated to technical, business and regulatory workshops. During the breaks, the participants had the opportunity to visit exhibitors’ booths and get advised by experts during face-to-face meetings.
Program overview
Plenary sessions
/KEYNOTE/ Transhumanism: Progress of mankind or Faustian pact? Anyways an opportunity that can’t be missed
Didier de Canniere - MD, PhD, St. Peter's University Hospital
How to design and manufacture just-in-time what the surgeon precisely needs?
An-Katrien Braeken - 3D-SIDE
Regulatory challenges of 3D printing for market access
Didier de Canniere - MD, PhD, St. Peter's University Hospital
Miracor : a positive follow-on financing for an interventional cardiology start-up active in a massive market
Olivier Delporte - Miracor Medical
Active implantable devices and its main challenges. Setting up an eco-system to grasp the potential
Carl van Himbeeck - Cochlear
HealthTech.Belgium, Test.Innovate.Fast
Carole Absil - AGORIA
HealthTech.Belgium, Test.Innovate.Fast
Marnix Denys - beMedTech
Workshops
Engineering for healthcare: from the idea to the pre-series
Denis Vandormael - SIRRIS
Usability engineering for Medical Devices
Tim Ruytjens - achilles design
Getting ready for MDR compliance – Clinical evaluation
Marilyn Hendrickx - genae
Clusters and networks
Azèle Mathieu, lifetech.brussels, Thierry Ferain, BioWin, Aline Stukkens, Innovatech, Ruth Beckers - MedTech Flanders
Key success factors to raise funds in MedTech
Diane Lejeune, PMV, Anne-Catherine Chevalier, CEF, Pierre Detrixhe, InvestSud Group, Ludwig Camusot - Growth Factor
Digital Health startups in Belgium, an ecoystem analysis by ING and Startups.be
Philippe Rangoni, Startups.beRound Table, Azèle Mathieu, lifetech.brussels, Arnaud Termonia, Pôle Santé at ULB, Charles-Eric Winandy - Move Up
Health & Medical Device Software: how to develop compliance
Steve Eglem, famhp, Johan Goris - SGS CEBEC
How to survive MDR and IVDR
Michael Maier - Medidee
Registration and self-control
Alexandre Jauniaux, Mathieu Royal - afmps
Photo gallery
Ward Callens, Materialise
Azèle Mathieu, lifetech.brussels & Ruth Beckers, MedTech Flanders
Denis Vandormael, SIRRIS
Marnix Denys, beMedTech