Program

Day 1 - December 9

14:00 - 17:00

Partnering

17:00 - 17:45

Auditorium

Panel: The Wolves of Med Street: ruling the healthtech investment jungle

Moderated by Ann Van Gysel (MEDVIA)

18:00 - 19:00

Investors Welcome reception (invitation only)

18:00 - 19:30

Welcome reception

18:00 - 22:00

Investors dinner (invitation only)

19:00 - 22:00

Guided visit of Bruges: Side streets, great stories about great ladies (very limited space available)

19:00 - 22:00

Guided visit of Bruges: Tales and legends (very limited space available)

19:00 - 22:00

Group Christmas Market Visit

Day 2 - December 10

9:00 - 9:45

Welcome coffee

Plenary program

Auditorium 1st floor

9:40 - 9:45

Welcome by Ann Van Gysel, MEDVIA

9:45 - 10:15

Keynote: Julie Verlinden (NeuroRestore Trial Participant), and Rob Nijs (Onward Medical)

10:15 - 11:15

Panel: Beyond smoke and mirrors: challenging healthtech leaders to actually deliver on patient impact

Speakers: Julie Verlinden (NeuroRestore Trial Participant), Rob Nijs (Onward Medical), TBD

Moderated by Isabelle François (MEDVIA)

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 13:00: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 12)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

11:45 - 13:00

Educational sessions

Auditorium

Negociation strategies for women entrepreneurs in a black suit world

13:00 - 14:30

Networking lunch

14:30 - 15:45

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

14:30 - 14:40

Track Introduction

14:40 – 15:40: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

14:30 - 14:40

Track Introduction

14:40 – 15:40: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

14:30 - 14:40

Track Introduction

14:40 – 15:45: Pitches

Scale-up pitches: 12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 12)

14:30 - 14:40

Track Introduction

14:40 – 15:40: Pitches

14:30 - 15:45

Educational sessions

Auditorium

The wild wild West: Healthtech in the US Part 1

15:45 - 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 - 18:00

Networking, partnering, exhibition visit

16:45 - 18:00

Educational sessions

Auditorium

The wild wild West: Healthtech in the US Part 2

19:00

Walking and dancing conference dinner

Day 3 - December 11

7:30 - 8:15

Charity 5K run: Healthtech Summit Kicks Cancer!

9:00 - 9:45

Welcome coffee

Plenary program

Auditorium 1st floor

9:40 - 9:45

Welcome by Henk Joos, MEDVIA

Auditorium 1st floor

9:45 - 10:15

Keynote: “American Unicorns: How to build HealthTech success in the US?”, Anne DeGheest (HealthTech Capital and MedStars)

10:15 - 11:15

Keynote: PwC, TBD

10:45 - 11:25

Panel: Defying gravity: how to win over a skeptic investor

Speakers: Laurent Van Lemberghe (Ballas Invest), Nathalie Van Bruaene (PMV), TBC

11:25 - 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 13:00: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 12)

11:45 - 11:55

Track Introduction

11:55 – 12:55: Pitches

11:45 - 13:00

Educational sessions

Auditorium

Winning in Europe: leveraging European healthtech market

13:00 - 14:00

Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:15

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

14:00 - 14:10

Track Introduction

14:10 – 15:10: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

14:00 - 14:10

Track Introduction

14:10 – 15:10: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

14:00 - 14:10

Track Introduction

14:10 – 15:15: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 12)

14:00 - 14:10

Track Introduction

14:10 – 15:15: Pitches

14:00 - 15:15

Educational sessions

Auditorium

Expanding East: Healthtech in Asia

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 - 16:50

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

15:45 – 16:50: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

15:45 – 16:50: Pitches

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

15:45 – 16:50: Pitches

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 12)

15:45 – 16:50: Pitches

Plenary program

Auditorium 1st floor

16:55 -17:30

Fireside chat: CEOs uncensored: taboo tales and triumphs in healthtech

4th floor

17:30 - 19:00

Closing party, award show and surprise announcement

Program

Day 1 - December 9

14:00 - 17:00

17:00 - 17:45

18:00 - 19:00

Investors Welcome reception (invitation only)

18:00 - 19:30

18:00 - 22:00

Investors dinner (invitation only)

19:00 - 22:00

19:00 - 22:00

19:00 - 22:00

Pre-seed pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

11:45 - 11:55

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

11:45 - 11:55

Scale-up pitches: 12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

11:45 - 11:55

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 12)

11:45 - 11:55

Pre-seed pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 1)

14:30 - 14:40

Startup pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 3)

14:30 - 14:40

Scale-up pitches: 12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 6)

14:30 - 14:40

Scale-up pitches: 12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

(Room 12)

14:30 - 14:40

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A

Pre-seed pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

Scale-up pitches:
12 min pitch and 4 min Q&A