Program

Day 1 - December 9

14:00 - 17:00

16:30 - 17:00

Partnering (Partnering is also open on 10 and 11 December during coffee breaks, plenary sessions and lunch).

Registration and badges

17:00 - 17:45

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)

18:00 - 19:00

Investors Welcome reception (invitation only)

Stadsschouwburg, Vlamingstraat 29, Bruges

18:00 - 19:30

Welcome reception (RSVP only, limited space available)

Historical City Hall of Bruges, Burg 12, Bruges

18:00 - 22:00

Investors dinner (invitation only) Stadsschouwburg, Vlamingstraat 29, Bruges

20:00 - 22:00

Guided visit of Bruges: Side streets, great stories about great ladies (very limited space available, registered attendees will receive a meeting point)

19:00 - 21:00

Guided visit of Bruges: Tales and legends (very limited space available, registered attendees will receive a meeting point)

19:00 - 22:00

Group Christmas Market Visit

Day 2 - December 10

9:00 - 9:45

Welcome coffee, 4th floor

Plenary program

Auditorium B

9:40 - 9:45

Welcome by Ann Van Gysel, MEDVIA

9:45 - 10:15

Keynote: “Pioneer’s perspective: pushing boundaries in spinal cord injury care”, 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), Sotirios Gakopoulos (CoMoveIT), Adrian Goretzki (Healthcare Education Institute)

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 - 13:00

Better health practices and processes

Pitches:

Epicure Vision
Neuromorphica
Trialcraft
Slowsurg
Pasithea
Artison

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

(Room 4)

11:45 - 13:00

Precision Surgery

Pitches:

Sealantium Medical
Implican
Zurimed
Developeration
Corquest

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

(Room 6)

11:45 - 13:00

Better processes towards better health

Pitches:

Kano
Finnadvance
Amynas
Vivalyx
PhosPrint

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

(Room 12)

11:45 - 13:00

Smart surgery and therapy

Pitches:

Endostart
Akknatek
Bilihome
Anaconda
STIMIT

11:45 - 13:00

Supporting the Success of Women Entrepreneurs

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)

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 - 15:45

Innovative Health Solutions

Pitches:

Mucosatec
Livelunger
Sightera Biosciences
Moccha Discoveries
Specifix

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

(Room 4)

14:30 - 15:45

Healthy Ageing

Pitches:

Cerenion
Ephion Health
Inta
Cortex Machina
EPIX AI

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

(Room 6)

14:30 - 15:45

Finding and monitoring patients

Pitches:

Imma Health
Oncosema
Dermus
Angiogenesis Analytics
Urimon
Sensebiotek

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

(Room 12)

14:30 - 15:45

Healthy Ageing

Pitches:

Arthrosave
Atro Medical
Hy2Care
Kaspard
Qynapse

14:30 - 15:45

Educational sessions

Room 10

The Wild Wild West: HealthTech in the US (Part 1)

Shannon Lentz (Crowell & Moring), Claire Verschelde (ICOSA), Anne DeGheest (Medstars)

15:45 - 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 - 18:00

Networking, partnering, exhibition visit

16:45 - 18:00

Networking session for clusters!

4th floor

16:45 - 18:00

Educational sessions

Room 10

The Wild Wild West: HealthTech in the US (Part 2)

Shannon Lentz (Crowell & Moring), Claire Verschelde (ICOSA), Anne DeGheest (Medstars)

16:45 - 18:00

Educational sessions

Room 1

Caring Technology Principles: framework for responsible health technology innovation

Isabelle Francois (MEDVIA), Rik Van den Hende (BAN Flanders), Sofie Bekaert (KBF)

19:00

Walking conference dinner: Provinciaal Hof, Mark 3, 9000, Bruges

Day 3 - December 11

7:30 - 8:15

7:30 - 9:00

Group 5K run! (Meeting point: entrance of conference venue)

HICEE breakfast for investors: investment opportunities in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (invitation only).

8:45 - 9:20

Welcome coffee, 4th floor

Plenary program

Auditorium B

9:20 - 9:30

Welcome by Henk Joos (MEDVIA) and Jan Wauters (Flanders Investment & Trade)

9:30 - 10:15

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

10:15 - 10:45

Keynote: “The big puzzle: how does M&A shape the healthtech landscape?”, Christian K. Moldt (PwC EMEA)

10:45 - 11:25

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)

11:25 - 11:45

Coffee break, 4th floor

11:45 - 13:00

Pitching sessions

3rd floor

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

(Room 1)

11:45 - 13:00

Mental Health for all

Pitches:

Momfident
Uma Health
Brinos
Gameanalyze
HEKA VR

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

(Room 4)

11:45 - 13:00

Point of care and home monitoring

Pitches:

Pulsify
Kiwecare
Rosetta Omics
MyFit Solutions
Fepod
Axomove

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

(Room 6)

11:45 - 13:00

Enabling Health Monitoring and Data

Pitches:

Ansana
Axithra
Sincilia
Linksight
Bondus

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

(Room 12)

11:45 - 13:00

Precision cancer therapy- guidance and surgery

Pitches:

Pamgene
Radiomics
Medics
Xeos

11:45 - 13:00

Educational sessions

3rd floor, Room 10

Winning in Europe: leveraging European healthtech market

David Desmet (PwC Belgium), Kyun Thibault (Covartim), Pieter De Wilde (Unitron)

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 - 15:15

Monitoring Health

Pitches:

LTSM Systems
Alignspine
Padflow
Rapidemic
Morse

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

(Room 4)

14:00 - 15:15

Diagnosis and monitoring patients

Pitches:

VUS Dxs
Elyte Dxs
Lys Medical
Fox Biosystems

Start-up pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 6)

14:00 - 15:15

We ‘see’ health

Pitches:

Mira Vision
Vedea
Revision Implant
EMVI.ai
Synthebio

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

(Room 12)

14:00 - 15:15

Digital Health RW data platforms

Pitches:

moveUP
BloomUp
Cascador Health
Dentview

14:00 - 15:15

Educational sessions

3rd floor, Room 10

Expanding East: Healthtech in Asia

Henk Joos (Silver Arrow), Paulo Gontan (Eurochambers), Jamie Lu (Digital Health Advisor)

Moderated by Josh Berlin (Biocentury)

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

Cardio Solutions

Pitches:

Aikon
Aetech
Inn’Pulse
Tresquare

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

(Room 4)

15:45 - 16:50

(Neuro-) musculo-skeletal health challenges and rehabilitation

Pitches:

Rheumafinder
MDSim
Lifebloom
Cerhum
Twinsight

Start-up pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 6)

15:45 - 16:50

AI and data as health enablers

Pitches:

Innocens
InnerBuddies
Faqir
Innatify
Bot Design

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

(Room 12)

15:45 - 16:50

Smart diagnosis and monitoring

Pitches:

Praxasense
Gabi Smartcare
Delta Life Science

15:45 - 16:50

Educational sessions

3rd floor, Room 10

Collaborate to Innovate: Strategies and Stories for Building Exceptional Consortia

Isabelle François (MEDVIA), Nele Jacobs (Faresa), Liesbeth Daenen (idewe), Ingrid Maes (Inovigate)

15:45 - 16:50

Educational sessions

3rd floor, Room 7

Why is Momentum Key in Fast-Tracking Your HealthTech Innovation? Introducing TEF-Health, the EU’s Flagship for AI and Robotics

Maxime Rossi (HUmani University Hospital Charleroi-Chimay), Anne-Laure Cadji (TEF-Health)

Program

Day 1 - December 9

14:00 - 17:00

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 17:45

18:00 - 19:00

Investors Welcome reception (invitation only) Stadsschouwburg, Vlamingstraat 29, Bruges

18:00 - 19:30

18:00 - 22:00

Investors dinner (invitation only) Stadsschouwburg, Vlamingstraat 29, Bruges

20:00 - 22:00

19:00 - 21:00

19:00 - 22:00

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

(Room 1)

11:45 - 13:00

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

(Room 4)

11:45 - 13:00

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

(Room 6)

11:45 - 13:00

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

(Room 12)

11:45 - 13:00

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

(Room 1)

14:30 - 15:45

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

(Room 4)

14:30 - 15:45

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

(Room 6)

14:30 - 15:45

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

(Room 12)

14:30 - 15:45

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

(Room 1)

15:45 - 16:50

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

(Room 4)

15:45 - 16:50

Start-up pitches: 7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

(Room 6)

15:45 - 16:50

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

(Room 12)

15:45 - 16:50

Investors Welcome reception (invitation only)

Stadsschouwburg, Vlamingstraat 29, Bruges

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

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

Start-up pitches:
7 min pitch and 5 min Q&A

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