MedtechVISION 2024 Conference to Highlight the Power of Partnerships in Medtech Innovation
26 Junio 2024 - 9:44AM
Business Wire
- MedtechWOMEN’s annual event unites industry
leaders, innovators, and policymakers to address critical
challenges and drive collaborative solutions
- Nominations now open for the Ferolyn Powell
Leadership Award
MedtechWOMEN today announced the theme of the upcoming
MedtechVISION 2024 Annual Conference, the premier event developed
by and for women at the forefront of the medtech industry. This
year’s conference will take place on Tuesday, September 10, 2024,
at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, Calif., with an option for
virtual attendance via streaming.
The 2024 conference theme, “The Power of We: Together Moving
Medtech Forward,” highlights the importance of collaboration in
overcoming industry-wide obstacles.
“We're excited to bring together industry leaders at
MedtechVISION 2024 to foster collaboration and innovation. By
working together, we can drive innovation, expand access to
products, and fulfill the promise of health for all patients,” said
Lynette Kozuma, Executive Director of MedtechWOMEN. “The medtech
industry must adapt to the complexities of modern healthcare to
meet the needs of today and tomorrow.”
Keynote speaker Brooke Story, former Worldwide President,
Surgery, at BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), will share the
life-changing impact the medical device industry has had on her
personally and her vision for ensuring life-saving medical device
innovations reach as many people as possible. Additionally,
Vernessa Pollard, Partner at DLA Piper, will moderate an executive
interview with Michelle Tarver, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Center
Director, Chief Transformation Officer, CDRH, for the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA).
MedtechVISION 2024 is co-chaired by two industry leaders: Kate
Stephenson, Ph.D., Founder and Principal at Dyad Engineering, and
Sheila Shah, Managing Director and Partner at L.E.K.
Consulting.
In conjunction with the conference, nominations are currently
open for the Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award, with submissions due
by June 30. The Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award recognizes leaders
who embody persistence, passion, dedication to innovation and
patients, and commitment to mentoring others and advancing
diversity.
MedtechVISION is supported by Platinum sponsors Medtronic and
Abbott; Silver sponsors Kilpatrick Townsend, Goodwin, Philips,
Imperative Care, Boston Scientific, Zio by iRhythm Technologies,
MicroTransponder, Edwards Lifesciences, Varian, Shockwave Medical,
and Siemens Healthineers; Bronze sponsors FINN Partners, Venable
LLP, AdvaMed Women’s Executive Network, Veranex, RBrooks Group,
Fogarty Innovation, Baxter, DLA Piper, and Silicon Valley Bank; and
In-Kind sponsors Sprig, Wilson Sonsini, Agency McClure, and
Health+Commerce. Partner organizations include Life Science
Intelligence, MedTech Color, MedTech Innovator, Diversity by Doing,
and DeviceTalks.
For more information and to register for MedtechVISION, visit
medtechwomen.org.
About MedtechWOMEN
MedtechWOMEN is a 501c3 organization founded in 2010 by medtech
executives to connect, educate and inspire fellow medtech women by
creating an ongoing content-driven, solutions-oriented dialogue on
the future of our industry. Dedicated to highlighting and promoting
underrepresented medtech leaders inclusive of all races,
ethnicities and gender identities, we envision a time when the
medtech industry represents the diversity of our served
populations, leading to improvements in diagnosis, treatment and
outcomes. For more information visit medtechwomen.org.
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