Partnering (Partnering is also open on 10 and 11 December during coffee breaks, plenary sessions and lunch).
Registration and badges
Auditorium B
Panel: The Wolves of Med Street: ruling the healthtech investment jungle
Anne DeGheest (HealthTech Capital and MedStars), Rudy Dekeyser (EQT), Goedele Ertveldt (SFPIM), Vilma Radvilaite (European Innovation Council), Herman Verrelst (Heran Partners)
Welcome reception (RSVP only, limited space available)
Historical City Hall of Bruges, Burg 12, Bruges
Guided visit of Bruges: Side streets, great stories about great ladies (very limited space available, registered attendees will receive a meeting point)
Guided visit of Bruges: Tales and legends (very limited space available, registered attendees will receive a meeting point)
Group Christmas Market Visit
Welcome coffee, 4th floor
Welcome by Ann Van Gysel, MEDVIA
Keynote: “Pioneer’s perspective: pushing boundaries in spinal cord injury care”, Julie Verlinden (NeuroRestore Trial Participant), and Rob Nijs (Onward Medical)
Panel: Beyond smoke and mirrors: challenging healthtech leaders to actually deliver on patient impact
Speakers: Julie Verlinden (NeuroRestore Trial Participant), Rob Nijs (Onward Medical), Sotirios Gakopoulos (CoMoveIT), Adrian Goretzki (Healthcare Education Institute)
Moderated by Isabelle François (MEDVIA)
Coffee break
Better health practices and processes
Pitches:
Precision Surgery
Pitches:
Better processes towards better health
Pitches:
Smart surgery and therapy
Pitches:
11:55 – 12:30: Keynote Diane Nevin (Grit network)
12:30 – 13:00: Panel: Diane Nevin (Grit Network), Sandra Van Londen (Healthcare Business Women Association), Ann Van Gysel (MEDVIA)
Moderated by Amy LeBlanc (MEDVIA)
Networking lunch
Innovative Health Solutions
Pitches:
Healthy Ageing
Pitches:
Finding and monitoring patients
Pitches:
Healthy Ageing
Pitches:
Shannon Lentz (Crowell & Moring), Claire Verschelde (ICOSA), Anne DeGheest (Medstars)
Coffee break
Networking, partnering, exhibition visit
Shannon Lentz (Crowell & Moring), Claire Verschelde (ICOSA), Anne DeGheest (Medstars)
Isabelle Francois (MEDVIA), Rik Van den Hende (BAN Flanders), Sofie Bekaert (KBF)
Walking conference dinner: Provinciaal Hof, Mark 3, 9000, Bruges
Group 5K run! (Meeting point: entrance of conference venue)
HICEE breakfast for investors: investment opportunities in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (invitation only).
Welcome coffee, 4th floor
Welcome by Henk Joos (MEDVIA) and Jan Wauters (Flanders Investment & Trade)
Keynote: “The big puzzle: how does M&A shape the healthtech landscape?”, Christian K. Moldt (PwC EMEA)
Panel: Defying gravity: how to win over a skeptic investor
Speakers: Laurent Van Lerberghe (Ballas Invest and KELES), Nathalie Van Bruaene (PMV), Jamie Lu (Digital Health Advisor), Florian Denis (Elaia), Pierre Detrixhe, (INVESTSUD), Soyoung Park (1004 Venture Partners)
Moderated by Bart Vandeweyer (PwC Belgium)
Coffee break, 4th floor
Mental Health for all
Pitches:
Point of care and home monitoring
Pitches:
Enabling Health Monitoring and Data
Pitches:
Precision cancer therapy- guidance and surgery
Pitches:
David Desmet (PwC Belgium), Kyun Thibault (Covartim), Pieter De Wilde (Unitron)
Networking lunch
Monitoring Health
Pitches:
Diagnosis and monitoring patients
Pitches:
We ‘see’ health
Pitches:
Digital Health RW data platforms
Pitches:
Henk Joos (Silver Arrow), Paulo Gontan (Eurochambers), Jamie Lu (Digital Health Advisor)
Moderated by Josh Berlin (Biocentury)
Coffee break
Cardio Solutions
Pitches:
(Neuro-) musculo-skeletal health challenges and rehabilitation
Pitches:
AI and data as health enablers
Pitches:
Smart diagnosis and monitoring
Pitches:
Isabelle François (MEDVIA), Nele Jacobs (Faresa), Liesbeth Daenen (idewe), Ingrid Maes (Inovigate)
Maxime Rossi (HUmani University Hospital Charleroi-Chimay), Anne-Laure Cadji (TEF-Health)
Fireside chat: CEOs uncensored: challenges and triumphs in healthtech
Lars Grieten (Fibricheck), Ronja Bruhn (STIMIT), Fausto Sbaiz (Medics)
Closing reception, pitches award show and surprise announcement!