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Agenda
Medical Wearables 2020
5th Annual Conference and Exhibition
December 8-10, 2020
ONLINE
Tuesday, December 8
US Eastern Time (ET)
| Networking Platform Open and Available for Meetings |
09:30 AM – 07:00 PM |
| Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Icebreaker Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
09:30 AM – 10:15 AM |
| Wearable Medical Devices: Market Overview, Recent Developments, and Emerging Trends James Hayward Principal Technology Analyst IDTechEx |
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM |
| Networking Break |
10:45 AM – 11:10 AM |
| Wearables and Machine Learning: Finally Making an Impact on Healthcare Ryan Kraudel Vice President Marketing Valencell |
11:10 AM – 11:40 AM |
| Human Centric Wearables for Personalized Care Thiru Kanagasabapathi Sr. Project Manager Holst Center -- Bronze Sponsor |
11:40 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Networking Break |
11:50 AM – 12:15 PM |
| Designing Sensors for Consumer Wearables: Reliability, Power, and Performance Considerations Pieris Berreitter Director of Hardware Engineering Fitbit |
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM |
| System Integration for Medical Wearables: From MEMS to Mobile Point-of-Care Diagnostics Michael Scholles, PhD Head of Project Hub MEOS Fraunhofer IPMS -- R&D Partner |
12:30 PM – 12:40 PM |
| Micro-Fabrication Solutions for Smart Wearable Devices Stephane Martel Director of the Project Management Office Teledyne Micralyne -- Gold Sponsor |
12:40 PM – 12:50 PM |
| Networking Lunch |
12:50 PM – 01:30 PM |
| Wearable Devices for Remote Patient Data Collection in Pharmaceutical R&D Applications Gerard Nahum, MD, Vice President of Research and Development Michael Kremliovsky, PhD, Sr. Director of Medical Devices and eHealth Bayer Pharmaceuticals |
01:30 PM – 02:15 PM |
| Smart Contact Lenses: How Augmented Reality Can Offer a Brighter Future for the Visually Impaired Mike Wiemer CTO and Vice President Engineering Mojo Vision |
02:15 PM – 02:30 PM |
| Networking Break |
02:30 PM – 02:55 PM |
| Managing Chronic Diseases and Extreme Work Environments with Wearable Devices Jonas Weiss, PhD Senior Researcher IBM Research |
02:55 PM – 03:10 PM |
| Towards Disposable Wireless Patient Monitoring Sensors Juha Virtanen, PhD Principal Engineer, Wearable Sensors GE Healthcare |
03:10 PM – 03:25 PM |
| Networking Break |
03:25 PM – 03:50 PM |
| Soft Skin-Interfaced Systems with Biochemical Sensing Capabilities Roozbeh Ghaffari, PhD Associate Professor Northwestern University |
03:50 PM – 04:20 PM |
| Wearable Technologies for Enabling Patient Engagement and Clinical Research Paul Burton, MD Chief Global Medical Affairs Officer Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
04:20 PM – 04:35 PM |
| Closing Remarks and Networking Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
04:35 PM – 05:00 PM |
Wednesday, December 9
US Eastern Time (ET)
| Networking Platform Open and Available for Meetings |
06:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
| Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Networking Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
| COVID Silver Lining: Accelerating From Virtual Doctor Visits to Wearables for Health Monitoring John Mattison, MD CMIO and Assistant Medical Director Emeritus Kaiser Permanente |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM |
| Building Products Based on Science: A Cardiologist’s Perspective Kapil Parakh, MD, PhD Medical Lead, Google Fit |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
| Networking Break |
10:30 AM – 10:55 PM |
| Wearable Technologies for the Management of Degenerative Neurological Conditions John Ralston, PhD Founder and CEO Protxx |
10:55 PM – 11:10 PM |
| Smartwatch-Brain Interface Architectures for Neurocognitive Stress Rose Faghih, PhD Assistant Professor University of Houston |
11:10 PM – 11:25 PM |
| From Idea to Market: Mobile Gas Sensing Fritz Herrmann Technical Sales Manager Fraunhofer IPMS – R&D Partner |
11:25 AM – 11:35 AM |
| Networking Break |
11:35 AM – 12:00 PM |
| How Medical Wearables Will Deliver Value in Healthcare Digital Ecosystems Alex Dukic Vice President R&D, Digital Ventures Boston Scientific |
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
| Practical MEMS Production and Micro Assembly Expertise for Wearables Paul Bekkers Business Development Manager Philips Innovation Services - Silver Sponsor |
12:30 PM – 12:40 PM |
| Networking Lunch |
12:40 PM – 01:30 PM |
| Wearables and Digital Health in Preventive Cardiology Seth Martin, MD Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University |
01:30 PM – 01:45 PM |
| Wearables for Vascular Health: Beyond Traditional Blood Pressure Ahmad Qasem, PhD Senior Director of Research CardieX |
01:45 PM – 02:00 PM |
| Networking Break |
02:00 PM – 02:25 PM |
| Micro-Precision 3D Printing for Medical Wearables Applications Jason Bassi Director of Sales BMF |
02:25 PM – 02:30 PM |
| Liquid Crystal Polymers for Miniaturization of Wearable Device Phil Wilson Program Director for Medical Devices Celanese |
02:30 PM – 02:35 PM |
| Automated Cloud-Based Design Generation of ASICs for Wearable Sensors Jeff DiCorpo SVP Business Development Efabless |
02:35 PM – 02:40 PM |
| A Wearable-Agnostic IoT Platform: From Sensors to Health Solutions Franco du Preez, PhD Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer LifeQ |
02:40 PM – 02:45 PM |
| Accurate and Reliable Skin Thermometry for Wearables Joris Roels Marketing Manager Temperature Sensors Melexis |
02:45 PM – 02:50 PM |
| Thin Glass Handling Solutions for Medical Device Fabrication Aric Shorey Vice President of New Business Development Mosaic Microsystems |
02:50 PM – 02:55 PM |
| Force-Sensing Solutions for Wearable Devices Steve Pratt Sr. Director, Business Development NextInput |
02:55 PM – 03:00 PM |
| Breaking Through the MEMS Barrier Carlos Stahr Business Development Silex Microsystems |
03:00 PM – 03:05 PM |
| Networking Break |
03:05 PM – 03:30 PM |
| Medical Wearables: Emerging Technologies, Applications, and Venture Capital Perspective Anil Achyuta Investment Director TDK Ventures |
03:30 PM – 03:45 PM |
| Bridging the Medical and Consumer Wearables Chasm: Commercial, Technology, and Investment Perspectives Sean Cheng, PhD Investment Manager Philips Ventures |
03:45 PM – 04:00 PM |
| Closing Remarks and Networking Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
04:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Thursday, December 10
US Eastern Time (ET)
| Networking Platform Open and Available for Meetings |
06:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
| Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Networking Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
| MoneyBall Medicine, Medical Wearables, and the Data-Driven Healthcare Market Harry Glorikian General Partner Scientia Funds |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
| Wearable Technologies for Patients, Care Teams, and Employers in the COVID-19 Environment Anders Strömberg Director, Head of Wearable Platform Division Sony Network Communications Europe |
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM |
| CMOS MEMS Process Technologies for Wearable Devices Arjun Kumar Kantimahanti Sr. Vice President of Technology Development SilTerra - Gold Sponsor |
10:45 AM – 10:55 AM |
| Networking Break |
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM |
| Iontronic Devices for Medical Wearables Applications Shiming Zhang, PhD Project Leader and Postdoctoral Researcher University of Hong Kong |
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM |
| Assessing the Risk of Falls in Older Adults with Inertial Sensors and Machine Learning Barry Greene CTO Kinesis Health Technologies |
11:35 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Networking Break |
11:50 AM – 12:15 PM |
| Medical Wearables and Remote Patient Monitoring Omid Toloui Vice President of Innovation Anthem |
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM |
| Self-Powered Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring Veena Misra, PhD Professor and Director of ERC ASSIST North Carolina State University |
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM |
| Wearable Technologies for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Sagar Savla Product Manager |
12:45 PM – 01:00 PM |
| Networking Lunch |
01:00 PM – 01:30 PM |
| Sensors for Volatiles for Medical Applications Radislav Potyrailo, PhD Principal Engineer, Wearable Sensors GE Healthcare |
01:30 PM – 01:45 PM |
| Wearable Sensors for COVID-19: Gaps and Opportunities Shuai "Steve" Xu, MD Assistant Professor Northwestern University |
01:45 PM – 02:00 PM |
| Networking Break |
02:00 PM – 02:25 PM |
| Clinical Trial Findings: Long Term Durability of Medical Tapes and Adhesives Ronald Horwitz, PhD Vice President Quality and R&D CCT |
02:25 PM – 02:28 PM |
| Bluetooth Protocol Analyzer: Improving Quality and Efficiency Rick Bogart Western Regional Sales Manager Ellisys |
02:28 PM – 02:31 PM |
| High-Volume Manufacturing of Printed Electronics for Medical Wearables Florian Ullrich Business Developer InnovationLab |
02:31 PM – 02:34 PM |
| Wireless Medical Wearables Powered by Compact High-Power Batteries Janet Hur CEO Millibatt |
02:34 PM – 02:37 PM |
| Sensor Technologies for Medical Wearables and Personal Medical Devices Ulrich Bretthauer, PhD Product Marketing Manager Medical X-FAB |
02:37 PM – 02:40 PM |
| Electrochemical Biosensors in Consumer and Medical Wearables James Powers Business Development Zimmer and Peacock |
02:40 PM – 02:43 PM |
| Networking Break |
02:45 PM – 03:15 PM |
| Smartwatch Solutions for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Blood Pressure Applications Swapnil Vinod Sr. Product Manager, Digital Health and Wearables Samsung Electronics |
03:15 PM – 03:35 PM |
| Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities Roozbeh Jafari, PhD Professor Texas A&M |
03:35 PM – 04:05 PM |
| Closing Remarks and Networking Session Mike Pinelis, PhD President and CEO Microtech Ventures |
04:05 PM – 05:00 PM |
Agenda and panels are subject to change.