The 5th MedTech Meetup was held on March 17, 2022.

Have a look at the program of this successful edition :

Program overview

Plenary sessions

AI4Belgium

AI adoption in Belgian Healthcare : the AI4health coalition and barometer

Giovanni Briganti, MD, MSc, PhD - CHU Brugmann, AI4Belgium

Siemens Healthineers

Linking healthcare institutions for collaboration and information exchange: Master Patient Index

Filip Rommelaere & Benoit Cuyvers - Siemens Healthineers

Agoria

Telemedicine in Belgium, an overview

Alexander Olbrechts - Agoria

ZORGI

Can Technologies humanize Healthcare?

Melchior Wathelet - ZORGI

Byteflies

Integrating Telemonitoring into our healthcare

Tim Bogaert - Byteflies

SGS

MDR implementation at NB1639 and beyond

Dr. Geofrey De Visscher, PhD, MBA - SGS

Orsi Academy

Challenging the status quo in surgical training

Dr. Pieter De Backer, Orsi Academy; Maxim Rousseau, Junior Orsi Academy

Workshops - TRACK A

Harnessing academic innovation and entrepreneurship: creating a win-win with the industry

Zuzana Kasanova, KU Leuven Research & Development; Frederik Vervenne, CoMoveIT

10 years of investing and coaching 250+ startups: Lessons learned from the field

Ilse Vanhulle, imec.istart ; Jeroen Dille, DEO;

How to successfully launch or grow your MedTech company in Liege

Jean Beka, Cytomine; Jean-Luc Morelle, Trasis; Pierre Douette, Cardiatis

Workshops - TRACK B

EU regulation on AI in MedTech: why and how

Thibault Helleputte - DNAlytics

In 2022, we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Moliere. As Mr Jourdain was speaking prose without knowing it, you already have conformity data to IVDR…the question is: how to use them?

Agnès Martinec - nexialist

Benefit-risk analysis for medical devices under the IVDR and MDR: the next step to demonstrate compliance of your risk management system

Alex Laan, BSc, Dipl.-Ing, NAMSA

Workshops - TRACK C

Health Economics, Market Access, and Reimbursement for medical technology

Amber Werbrouck, Hict; Sebastian Vermeersch, Hict; Stefanie Devos, beMedTech; Niels van Druten, Cochlear Benelux

Update of the Biological Safety Evaluation in the context of the MDR

Marcel Dörkes, Eurofins BioPharma Services Consulting Munich

Steam sterilization : design – optimization of sterilization cycles / development of steam sterilizer cycle

Philippe Bourbon, Groupe ICARE