MED-TECH
AGENDA 2022
Our agenda is designed to be relevant and tackle the current problems in healthcare. We listened to what you wanted to be discussed about the vital health issues.
DATE
Wednesday 16th November 2022 (Grandmaster Suite HILTON HOTEL)
22:00-04:00MED-TECH Pre-Party ft. Fat Joe Malta SiGMA week at Hilton Hotel
Thursday 17th November 2022 (Med-Tech World)
09:00-12:30Grandmaster Suite
09:00-09:10
Keynote by Deputy Prime Minister Hon Chris Fearne
DPM & Minister for Health HON. CHRIS FEARNE
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Health at Government of Malta
09:10-09:35
Keynote by Jon Stine
Jon Stine
Executive Director at The Open Voice Network
09:35-10:00
Is it time for an AI regulatory framework?
Dr Hugh Harvey
Managing Director Hardian Health
DANIEL TORRES GONÇALVES
Health Lawyer, Head of the Health Economic Unit and Partner of PRA-Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados
Nidhi Gani
Staff Regulatory Engineer at Embecta & Professor at Northeastern University at Boston.
Daniel Young
Managing Director at Bold Works GmbH
Vipul Shrivastava
Project Manager - Digital Health, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms
10:00-10:10
Keynote by Dr Christina Rahm
Dr. Christina Rahm
Scientific Formulator, Innovator & Author.
10:10-10:20
Next Generation Prophylactics, Screening & Monitoring
Georgi Kadrev
CEO & Co-founder of KELVIN Health
10:20-10:45
Keynote by James Poulter
James Poulter
Founder and CEO of Vixen Labs
10:45-10:55
Keynote by Mr. Kenneth Brincat, CEO at Malta Digital Innovation Authority.
Kenneth Brincat
CEO at Malta Digital Innovation Authority
10:55-11:15
Keynote Show by Microsoft
DR. Renate Strazdina
EMEA Customer Transformation Leader for Healthcare and Life Science
11:15-11:25
Keynote by Hon Keith Azzopardi Tanti
Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation
11:25-11:50
Where is AI delivering value and where it's time to call it a day in the Clinic.
PROF ALEXIEI DINGLI
Professor of AI at University of Malta
Zahid Ali
CEO at TECHMEDO
MICHEL BIELECKI MD
CEO and Co-Founder at Testasy
DR GEGE GATT, B.A., LL.D.
CEO of EBO
Fruzsina Mezei
Health Economist at Semmelweis University & Digital Health Lead at Medistance
Nishargo Nigar
Co-Founder Bolo
11:50-12:00
Is AI/Digital Health the New Doctor’s Stethoscope?
Sunny Dosanjh
Founder & Lead of Deloitte HealthTech Products Hub
12:30-16:15Spinola Suite
13:00-13:15
Recruitment in Malta in the Pharmaceutical & Med-Tech Industry
Dr. Amy Tanti
Director, Advisory & Recruitment
13:15-13:25
Patient-centricity and ways to expand digital health and Telemedicine access
INNOCENT CLEMENT, MD MPH MBA
CEO CIBA Health
13:25-14:07
Healthtech in the headlines
Tina Tan
Executive Editor at FirstWord HealthTech
Steve Roest
CEO and Co-Founder of PocDoc
Jessica Smith
Co-founder and CXO at SomX
14:07-14:49
So you want to be a (healthtech) entrepreneur?
DR EDMUND FARRAR
Co-Founder at Oto
Elena Rueda
Co-founder & CEO of Dama Health
Sunny Dosanjh
Founder & Lead of Deloitte HealthTech Products Hub
Belle Taylor
Account Director at SomX
14:49-15:31
Healthtech medics: The dawn of a new specialty
Dr Claudia Pastides MRCGP MBBS
Medical Advisor at Flo Health
Dr. Joel Brown, MD
Experienced Clinician and Practicing Portfolio Family Physician
DR SHRUTI JAYAKUMAR, MD
Senior Consultant at Deloitte’s Healthcare AI and Analytics team
Dr Hugh Harvey
Managing Director Hardian Health
Dr. James Somauroo
Co-Founder & CEO at SomX: The Healthtech Agency
15:31-16:13
Healthtech podcasts LIVE
Jason C. Foster
CEO of Ori Biotech
DR Dylan Attard
Med-Tech Conference CEO & Co-chair
Tara Humphrey
Managing Director at THC Primary Care
Dr Mustafa Sultan
Doctor and Podcaster at Big Picture Medicine Podcast
Dr. James Somauroo
Co-Founder & CEO at SomX: The Healthtech Agency
16:13-16:55
Investor Blind Date
DR EDMUND FARRAR
Co-Founder at Oto
Elena Rueda
Co-founder & CEO of Dama Health
Livia Ng
Founder & CEO of Neuroute
Warsame Sami Nur
CEO & Co-founder Opto Health Ltd
Belle Taylor
Account Director at SomX
Jason C. Foster
CEO of Ori Biotech
13:00-17:00Vilhena Suite
13:00-13:25
The augmented doctor, a paradigm shift for healthcare.
Dr Hugh Harvey
Managing Director Hardian Health
Dr. Joel Brown, MD
Experienced Clinician and Practicing Portfolio Family Physician
Dr. Franz MJ Pfister, MBA
CEO deepc GmbH
LILAC MANDELES
Founder/CEO at TechforCann & Board Director of Meuhedet HMO
Georgi Kostadinov
Co-founder & CTO at KELVIN Health
Ashwin Venkatesh
Clinical Consultant at Nodr
13:25-13:50
AI + big data = Match made in heaven for personalised care.
DR CONRAD ATTARD
Senior Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of ICT (FICT) at the University of Malta and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of ICT.
Dr Wiktoria Milczynska
Medical Doctor at NHS
Martin Kastelein
Quality and Data Manager ECG Excellence
Angelo Dalli
CEO at UMNAI
Dr. Indra Joshi
Director, Health, Research & AI, Palantir Technologies
13:50-14:00
Re-imagining Healthcare – the Future of Virtual Care
Sarah Jane O’Dwyer
CEO HaloCare
14:00-14:25
Diversity, equity and inclusion in data.
Vincenzo Varriale
Psychologist, Neuroscientist & co-owner at Aequilibria Health
Oladimeji Ewumi
Founder of The Health and AI Writer
Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD
Professor of Digital Health at Deggendorf Institute of Technology – European Campus Rottal-Inn (GERMANY)
Hosna Salmani
PhD student in Health Information Management at Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
BRYAN OGDEN
CEY & Founder at Ninjamoba LTD
Mary Akangbe
Founder & President ZENITH GLOBAL HEALTH
14:45-14:55
Accelerating clinical trials of medical devices
DR SIMON J. SONNTAG
CEO Virtonomy
14:55-15:20
How could Blockchain change Healthcare by 2025.
ADRIAN NICULESCU
CMO EMEA CloudCoin Consortium
DR IAN GAUCI
Managing Partner at GTG Advocates
Stefano Brugnerotto
Founder & CEO of SAVE
Alexandra (Lexie) Kolossov
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Crypterns, Executive Vice President for MonteCrypto, and Director of Marketing for Life’s Tough Media.
Clayton Thomas
Founder at The ROOT Brand
15:20-15:30
Telemedicine with Iridology. Using our Iris Camera System.
Daehoon Kim, Ph.D.
CEO/President, IriTech Inc
15:30-15:40
How Europe is Using Web3.0 to Transform Healthcare Data Management and Empower Citizens
Georgina Kyriakoudes
CEO and Co-Founder of ARIA Health
15:40-15:50
The Digital Front Door for Real-World Data
ARDY ARIANPOUR
CEO & Co-Founder at SEQSTER
15:50-16:15
The Healthcare Metaverse - The good, the bad and the ugly.
Lucas Perez
CEO Health My Project
Amir Bozorgzadeh
CEO & Co-founder of Virtuleap
Valentino Megale
CEO Softcare Studios
Philippe GERWILL
Member of the Advisory Board at DeHealth
Livia Ng
Founder & CEO of Neuroute
16:15-16:35
Fertility to Newborn
Ana Garcia Poyo
Vice President of Operations and Chief Industrial Officer Overture Life
Dr Deborah Maufi, MBBS,MBA
Diana van Stijn, MD PhD
Paediatric Resident & CMO at Lapsi Health
16:35-17:00
Web 3.0, a new pathway for Health?
ADV. GIL SOLOMON
Founding Partner at Gil Solomon & Co
Dr. Javier Mendoza Olivares
Gastroenterologist & Leading Metaverse Doctor
GABRIELLE SPEIJER
Radiation Oncologist and Founder CatalyzIT
Steven Vermeire
CEO of VCTS
Ali Elshanawi
Founder of MedSaaS Inbound
Niels Van Espen
Innovation & Design Director of Healthcare at Made
11:30-11:40
Keynote by Burak Özkösem
BURAK OZKOSEM
FOUNDER & CEO at PERA LABS
11:40-11:45
Keynote by Martyn Eeles of Global Health Impact Fund GHIF&N
Martyn Eeles
General Partner and Head of Europe
Thursday 17th November 2022 (Workshop Room)
11:00-17:00Verdala Suite
11:00-12:00
How Research and Technology are Moulding the Future of Clinical Practice. A workshop by The Maltese Association of Podiatry.
Professor Joseph Borg
Associate Professor, University of Malta and Chief Scientist for Spaceomix
Christine Gatt
Medical Laboratory Scientist at Bacteriology lab Mater Dei Hospital
Dr. Stephen Mizzi
Lecturer at Faculty of Health Science & Co-founder at Tarsos Labs
Dr. Owen Falzon
Lecturer at Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics & Co-founder at Tarsos Labs
DR STEFAN BUTTIGIEG
Co-Founder Digital Health Malta
12:00-13:00
Times Likes These: The Challenges Faced by Nurses Working in the Mental Health Field during Covid19. A workshop by M.A.P.N.
13:00-14:00
Innovation in Higher Education: Breaking down Barriers. A workshop by The MEDTECH Foundation.
Jakevir Shoker
National Director at MedTech Foundation
Rahul Senan
National Finance Director at MedTech Foundation
14:00-15:00
The role of Doctors in MedTech - The Surgical Perspective by Association of Surgeons in Training
Josh Burke
NIHR Academic Colorectal Registrar
Angela Lam
ASiT Innovation Lead & Core Surgical Trainee
William Bolton
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery
15:00-16:00
New Era of Assisted Reproductive Technologies by PERA Labs
BURAK OZKOSEM
FOUNDER & CEO at PERA LABS
Dr. Aytuğ Kolankaya
Obstetrician and Gynecologist Specialist
16:00-17:00
How To Build Your Brand Without Advertising
Tracy Lamourie
Founder Lamourie Media
Thursday 17th November 2022 (Quarter Deck Bar, Hilton Hotel, Malta)
18:00-20:00DAY 1 - AFTERHOURS
Friday 18th November 2022 (Med-Tech World)
09:00-13:30Grandmaster Suite day 2
09:00-09:25
PTSD, COVID, the healthcare workforce and their mental health.
TERRY WOU
Founder Bien-etre World
BRIAN WALLACE
CMO at Calmsie
Georgi Natchev
CEO of Digiburn
Miro Svetlik
CEO at TOOLY
OMAR SHAKER
Dr. Alexei Sammut
Senior Lecturer Department of Mental Health, UoM / President Maltese Association of Psychiatric Nurses
09:25-09:50
Giving patients a seat at the table.
LAMBERT MONTEVECCHI
CEO Boost Consulting
Patricia Ripoll
Chief Patient Officer at BeOriginal.es / MamaTieneMigraña
Dr. Frank Flacke
Owner Flacke-Consulting
Dr. Juhi Tandon
Medical Director, Cognitant
09:50-10:15
Merging into a hybrid consultation experience.
PROF MICHAEL MILLER
eHealth Expert, World Health Organisation
Fran Ayalasomayajula, MPH, MSMIS, PMP
President Reach Healthcare
JAHIN TANVIR
Founder of Breathe
Anuj Patel
CEO & Founder at Motto
Dr Jonathan Johnson
Founder/Surgeon-Comprehensive Wound Care Services
10:15-10:25
Keynote by Ms Roseanne Camilleri
Roseanne Camilleri
CEO at Primary HealthCare
10:25-10:50
The AI Clinician
Fran Ayalasomayajula, MPH, MSMIS, PMP
President Reach Healthcare
Oliver Rockall
Co-Founder and CEO of Tailoraid
Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD
Professor of Digital Health at Deggendorf Institute of Technology – European Campus Rottal-Inn (GERMANY)
DR. Gnaneshwer Jadav
Co-founder and CEO Akeno Health Ltd
Dr. Harsha Saxena
Paediatric Ophthalmologist | AI Health-Tech Researcher
10:50-11:15
The intelligent hospital.
Jared Sebhatu
CEO digital health transformation eG
Philippe GERWILL
Member of the Advisory Board at DeHealth
Dr Dominic Pimenta MBBS MRCP BSc (Hons)
AI/Healthtech Research Physician & Founder
NINA SESTO
CEO of MEGI
Nadeem Sarwar
Founder & CEO at PHLO
11:15-11:25
Keynote by Alex Agius Saliba MEP
ALEX AGIUS SALIBA
Member of the European Parliament
11:25-11:50
Living in 2030 - the healthcare experience.
LAMBERT MONTEVECCHI
CEO Boost Consulting
KIRILL MICALLEF STAFRACE
Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant, Mater Dei Hospital
Dr Avi Mehra
Associate Partner & CSO - Healthtech at IBM & Co-Founder Doctorpreneurs
DR ARRON THIND
GP Trainee, Code Med Co-founder & SimEPR Founder
Zhen Chen
CEO at Paperminds
Giorgia Pezzotta
Implementation Project Manager at Doctolib
11:50-12:00
Keynote by Adrian Attard Trevisan
ADRIAN A. TREVISAN
Managing Director at Umana Medical (GPI group) / Investor at 3 Capital
12:00-12:15
Optimizing Clinical Trial Budgeting with Clinicubes CTMS
Ivailo Ivanov
CTO BGO Software
12:15-13:30
Start-up Pitch
09:00-16:50Vilhena Suite day 2
09:00-09:25
Debrief. Three years on and the role of digital.
Markus Behmann
Chief Technology Officer at aLIVE-Service GmbH
PROF VICTOR GRECH
Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Paediatric Cardiology
Dr Mostafa Helmy
GP Trainee, Digital Health Enthusiast
Mattia Marco Caruson
CEO of Mama Health
DR STEFAN BUTTIGIEG
Co-Founder Digital Health Malta
JULIANO NASCIMENTO SCHAEFER
CEO at MonitoraKids
09:25-09:50
Building successful Med-Tech go-to-market Strategies. Regional Similarities and Differences.
Philip Farrugia
Associate Professor at Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Malta
Kenneth Shaw
Director & Executive Consultant at Specculo
Tom Patzelt
President and Founder of Patzelt Marketing
Satu Peltonen
CEO at inXso
Jackie Grech
FDI Specialist at Malta Enterprise
09:50-10:15
How the UK attracts excellence in health
Dr. James Somauroo
Co-Founder & CEO at SomX: The Healthtech Agency
Dr Linda Magee OBE
Health Innovation and NHS Specialist at UK Government’s Department for International Trade
Professor Chris Hopkins
Clinical Director of the Assistive Technologies and Innovation Centre, University of Wales, Trinity & St David’s. Head of Innovation & the Tritech Institute, Hywel Dda University Health board.
Ian Newington
Head of Special Projects at NIHR UK
10:20-10:45
Providing Microservices to Cancer Patients via Community Driven Artificial Intelligence in the Metaverse of Medical Data
Dexter Hadley, MD, PhD
Chief of Artificial Intelligence & Assistant Professor of Pathology at UCF College of Medicine
10:45-11:10
Bulding a digital health ecosystem in Malta, connecting to a global network
Andy Bleaden
Communities Director at ECHAlliance (European Connected Health Alliance)
Brian Muscat
Senior Enterprise Architect – MITA Health Team
Gertrude Buttigieg
Chairperson at Malta Health Network
ROBERT MUSCAT
Specialist; Cyber Defence & Advanced Operations
Dr. Malcom Paula Agius Galea
Family Doctor and Member of Parliament, Chair of the Permanent Health Parliamentary Committee.
11:10-11:30
Transform Modern Surgical Training with Virtual Reality: a UCL Case Study.
Frank Furnari
CEO & Founder at ARuVR
Professor Manish Chand
Associate Professor Of Surgery at UCL
13:30-13:55
Have your go to market strategy ready.
DR EDMUND FARRAR
Co-Founder at Oto
Jim Surek
Founding Partner at SAV²R Group
Lisa Tschalenko
Senior Ecosystem & Partnership Manager for Digital Health & Pharma.
Pete Moores
Chief Problem Solver at PBM Consulting Ltd
Mariša Cvitanič
Leadership Development Trainee at Novartis
Tobias Bobinger
Chief Medical Officer & Medical Product Manager at Innomeda GmbH
13:55-14:15
What should you consider as IP in health tech? Maximise your value.
Dr. Deo Falzon
Intellectual Property Lawyer at Fenech & Fenech
Daniel Young
Managing Director at Bold Works GmbH
Ken Cassar
Co-founder & Co-Ceo at UMNAI
Tuomo Pentikäinen
Chairman of the board at Acceler8 Limited
Dr. Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades
14:15-14:25
Keynote by Mr. William Wait, Chairman at Malta Enterprise
William Wait
Chairman at Malta Enterprise
14:25-14:50
What ROI do investors look at in the health tech space?
Cristiano Fontana
CEO & Founder of Three Bridges M&C
Edward Kliphuis
Partner at Sofinnova Partners
Giovanni Lauricella
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Lifeblood Capital
Anamaria Magri Pantea
Founder & Managing Consultant at AscendConsulting.EU
Shamik J Parekh
Early Stage Healthtech Investor at Octopus Ventures
Julia Prakapovich
General Partner at Interface Fund
14:50-15:00
How good a doctor is your phone?
Steve Roest
CEO and Co-Founder of PocDoc
15:00-15:15
AI4Pharma
Dr Charlie Abela
Head of Department of Artificial Intelligence at University of Malta
PROF. LILIAN M. AZZOPARDI
Professor of Pharmacy at Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta
15:15-15:25
Interoperability in Healthcare: Benefits, Challenges and Resolutions
Khalid Ghaloua Adine
CEO Emerging Markets at STELLA Technology
15:25-15:35
Bridging the gap between "Health" and "Tech"- A unique Fellowship Program in Israel
Dr. Hedva Voliovitch, MD, PH.D, M.B.A.
Chair and co-founder of the Israeli Society for HealthTech
15:35-15:45
Does Data really matter? by Palantir Technologies
Tom McArdle
UK Health Lead at Palantir
Joanna Peller
Co-Lead at Palantir’s Health Business.
15:45-16:05
Implementation of Technology in Medicine
Dr. Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades
Tamsin Holland Brown
Paediatrician, CEO & Founder at Paediatric Health Tech
Aditi U. Joshi MD, MSc, FACEP
Founder, Consultant
DR RYAN GRECH
Med-Tech Conference COO & Co-Chair
16:05-16:15
Driving Innovation in Genomics at a Global Level by IQVIA
Alexandra Smith
Senior Consultant of Genomic & Precision Medicine at IQVIA
16:15-16:35
Digital Therapeutics
Kjeld Hansen
Chair at European Lung Foundation and Assistant Professor
Diana van Stijn, MD PhD
Paediatric Resident & CMO at Lapsi Health
Steve Roest
CEO and Co-Founder of PocDoc
Alexandra (Lexie) Kolossov
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Crypterns, Executive Vice President for MonteCrypto, and Director of Marketing for Life’s Tough Media.
16:35-16:45
The Importance of Clinical Safety in Digital Health
Dr Avi Mehra
Associate Partner & CSO - Healthtech at IBM & Co-Founder Doctorpreneurs
16:45-17:10
Is digital succeeding in creating health equity?
DIETER BROCKMEYER
Co-Founder and Director Innovation & TIME at Diplomatic World Institute, Author of "Pandemia's Box"
Jeyla Sadikova
Co-founder and CCO at Testasy
Clara Bauby
Head of Partnerships at Five Lives
Alexander Voigt
Digital Health Expert at Digital Oxygen
Dr. Arti Thapliyal
Industry Innovation Lead, Health & Public Services Client Group at Accenture
09:00-13:00Spinola Suite day 2
09:10-09:40
Voice and Conversational AI: A Canadian Perspective (Pre-Recorded)
Dr. Teri Fisher
The Voice Doctor
09:40-09:50
How digital health can democratize access to specialty care for autoimmune conditions
Anuj Patel
CEO & Founder at Motto
10:15-10:25
Embracing Novelty – how we should all look at technology in business
ADV. GIL SOLOMON
Founding Partner at Gil Solomon & Co
10:25-10:35
Start-up Showcase : Move and Enjoy
Andrew Olszewski
Chief eXecutive Officer - High Tech Productions BV
10:35-10:45
Inspirational Video Content for brands. Touch the hearts of your audience.
Tedy Necula
Friday 18th November 2022 (Workshop Room)
10:00-16:00Verdala Suite day 2
10:00-11:00
Physicians are from Uranus and Entrepreneurs are from Jupiter. Learning to speak the same language.
Dr. Tili Fisher-Yosef
Primary care Physician and Project Manager at Maccabi Health Care
11:00-12:00
How to Build A Human Dashboard: Helping Healthcare Workers Discover Their True Selves.
Omar Shaker
Venture Partner at Elevate Healthcare
12:00-13:00
MHSA Workshop
14:00-15:00
The Fundamentals of Sustainable Growth for all Innovative Driven Businesses.
Steven Vermeire
CEO of VCTS
Friday 18th November 2022 (Hilton Hotel Suite, Malta)
19:30-23:00