We are honored to present an exceptional lineup of esteemed speakers at the Med-Tech World Malta Summit. These industry pioneers and thought leaders are at the forefront of medical technology, driving innovation, and shaping the future of healthcare. Their expertise and insights will inspire, educate, and challenge the audience, fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas and propelling the industry forward. Get to know our distinguished speakers below.
La Valette Hall
HON. CHRIS FEARNE
Deputy Prime Minister of Malta & Minister for Health at Government of Malta
Hon. Dr. Jo-Etienne Abela
Minister for Active Ageing & Malta Medicines Authority
Giovanni Lauricella
Managing Partner at Lifeblood Capital & Talent
Oliver Bisazza
CEO at MedTech Europe
Darshana Zaveri
Managing Partner, Catalyst Health Ventures
Philippe Pouletty
CEO, Truffle Capital
Addie Harris
CEO, Haventure
Joseph W. Rafferty
CEO & Founder at VESTECK Inc.
Mike Karim
CEO, Oxford Endsovascular
Carolina Aguilar
CEO & Co-Founder, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics
Kwame Ulmer
Venture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
Andrew Glass
CEO, Vivasure Medical
Wesley Jones
CEO & Co-Founder at Vonova
Michael Wallace
Co-Founder & Venture Partner, Early Bird Medical & ShangBay Capital
Sanchita Pasi
Senior Investment Manager at Sagana
Lloyd Diamond
CEO, Pixium Vision
Kelly Roman
Co-Founder & CEO at Fisher Wallace Labs
David Sylvan
President at UH Ventures, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at UH Hospitals
Irit Yaniv
Co-Founder and CEO, Almeda Ventures
Joe Urban
CEO, Potrero Medical
Dan Jacob Gelvan
CEO, t-syte Ltd. and Executive Chairman, Biobeat, Ltd.
Greg Elliott
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, HealthQb Technologies Inc.
Brittany Barreto, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer, FemHealth Insights
Josep LI. Sanfeliu
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Asabys Partners
Greg Walters
CEO/President and Co-Founder, Excision Medical Inc
Dr. Julien Pham
Founder & Managing Partner at Third Culture Capital (3CC)
Malek Nasr
Co-Founder & Vice President, HighLife
Linus Rieder
Principal, 415 Capital Management GmbH
Edo Ceder
CEO & Co-Founder at Anicca Health
Joana Cartocci
Co-founder and COO, Robeauté
Kurt Farrugia
CEO, Malta Enterprise
David "DSO" Suendermann-Oeft
Founder and CEO, Modality.AI, Inc.
Aashiish Agnihotri, PhD
Founder & CEO, xDot Medical Inc
Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD
Professor of Digital Health at Deggendorf Institute of Technology – European Campus Rottal-Inn (GERMANY)
Anuj Patel
CEO & Founder at Motto
Alberto Chan
Head of Finance & Corporate Development at Lifeblood Capital
John Slump
CFO at Volta Medical Inc.
Torrey Smith
Co-founder & CEO at Endiatx
Chris Green
Chief Business Officer at Endiatx
Daniel Hawkins
Founder & CEO at Avail Medsystems
Jon David “JD” Friedland
Managing Director at Cleveland Clinic Ventures
Michael Whitman
Founder, President and CEO Micro Interventional Devices, Inc.
Mercedes Tuin
Director Life Sciences & MedTech investments at BOM (Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij)
Cathy Skinner
CEO at NXgenPort Inc
Matthew Jacobs
Principal and Chief Operating Officer at Cedar Street Group, LLC
Thomas Looby
Chief Executive Officer at Conavi Medical
Cristiano Fontana
CEO & Founder of Three Bridges M&C
Juliana Elstad
CEO at Vibrato Medical
Amrish Nair
CEO at Biorithm
Youssef Biadillah
CEO at BariaTek Medical
Laura Indolfi
CEO and Co-Founder at PanTher Therapeutics
Victor Suturin
Founder and CEO at Aliform Inc.
Jordan Pollack
CEO at VeinWay Ltd
Stephen Towe
CEO at Leo Cancer Care
Robert J. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO at The Alfred Mann Foundation
Mathieu Horras
CEO at ASPIVIX
Humberto Matsuda
CEO & Managing Partner at Matsuda Invest
Daniel Powell
CEO at Spark BioMedical Inc
Harald Ott, MD, MBA
Founder & CEO at IVIVA Medical
Catello Somma
Investor
David Moreau
Investment manager at BNP Paribas Développement
Lucien Goffart
CEO at Robocath
Alex Condon
COO at Galen Data
Martin Gomez
Partner, Co-Head MedTech Practice Group Goodwin Procter LLP
Joseph Synder
Principal at Lifeblood Capital
Heather Hanson
President at BioMedSA
Bertrand Duplat
Founder & CEO at Robeauté
Anita Watkins
Managing Director at Rex Health Ventures
Nir Goldenberg
Technology Development Manager, Mayo Clinic Ventures
Amir Soltanianzadeh
Founder & Managing Partner, Solardis Health Ventures
Michael Branagan-Harris
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Device Access UK Ltd
Jacqueline van Druten
Founder & Managing Director at Podymos Ltd
Claudia Holy
Founder & Managing Director at Podymos Ltd
Julie Adrian
Founder and CEO at Alverium Health
Bryce Klontz
Advisor, CEO at New View Surgical, Inc.
Timothy Harvey
CEO at Owl Peak Technologies
Sacra Infermeria Hall
Mr Gordon Caruana Dingli
Clinical Chair Department of Surgery at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Mr Predrag Andrejevic
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Dr. Robert G. Xuereb
Chairman Department of Cardiology at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Dr. Rahul Kashyap
CEO and Co-founder at Global Remote Research Scholars Program (GRRSP)
Dr. Neal Lemon
Executive Director at Cooper Innovation Center
Anamaria Meshkurti
Partner for Europe at Unorthodox Ventures
Elan Adler
Cofounder, Chief Executive Officer at OneImaging
Prof. Philip Duncan Taylor
Past Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Enrique Claverol-Tinturé, PhD
Head of the Medical Technologies Programme at European Commission
Dr Karan Rajan
Surgeon at NHS
Anna Galluzzo
Regulatory Consultant & PRRC at Advena Ltd.
Paul Bhogal
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist, Mechanical Thrombectomy and Research Lead for Neurointervention, The Royal London Hospital
Dr. Brendon P. Scicluna Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer & Principal Investigator, Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta
Dr John Xerri de Caro
Senior Lecturer, University of Malta
Prof. Michael Griffin
Immediate Past President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Dr Mohid Khan MBBS BSc PhD FRCP
Consultant in Gastroenterology, Clinical Lead of Wales Neuroendocrine Cancer Service, Digital Health Advisor, University Hospital of Wales
Marja Huiskamp
Chief Communication Officer at Barcelona Health Hub
Max G. Ostermeier
CEO and Founder at Implandata Ophthalmic Products
Pawel Świeboda
Founder at NeuroCentury
Dr Amy Davis
CCO Hexarad Group Ltd; consultant Radiologist and former Associate Editor, BMJ
Prof. Hedi Khairi
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Sousse, Tunisia
Dr. Justus Wolff
Manager Digital Health at Syte
Dr Abdul Rahyead
MD & Co Founder at Peerr
Caroline Petit
International Advertising and Promotions Lead, Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, TAKEDA
Dr. Franz Pfister, MD, MBA
CEO, deepc
Ariana Adjani
Co-Founder, Fine Treatment
Stephen Burke
CEO, KARDI AI Technologies s.r.o.
Simon Lucas
General Manager at NuvoAir
Susan Xu
Principal at Wydus
Dr. Huda Alfardus
CEO at Healthgena
Andrea Barbiero
CEO at Co-Salud
Luiza Dobre
CEO & Founder at Komed Health AG
Krishna Moorthy
Co-Founder at Alvie Health
Muhammad Mudassar
Regional Business Director (EU), Enterprise Informatics at Philips Healthcare
Dr Huw Lloyd Williams
Senior Lecturer and Programme Director, Cardiff School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Academic Centre, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Michael Bell
Chair of Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust and Chairman of South West London Integrated Care Board
Dr Jack Halligan
Co-Founder at Prova Health
Prof Chie Adachi
Dean for Digital Education at Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London
Dr Farzana Rahman
CEO and Consultant Radiologist, Hexarad
Vinoy Vijayan
Medical Stakeholder Ambassador, Byteflies
Dr. Elise Dallas
GP with special interest in Women’s Health and Menopause, The London General Practice
Thomas Zorbach
Founder & CEO, vm-people GmbH
Dr. Meshari F. Alwashmi
Yan Grima
General Manager at Vivian
Alex Diaconu
CEO & Co-Founder at AiGIA Health
Prof. Yaron Ilan M.D.
Professor of Medicine & Director of Department of Medicine at Hebrew University & Hadassah Medical Centre
Kenneth Nelson
Partner at MedTech Advantage Fund & Director on several boards.
Sahir Ali
General Partner at Modi Ventures
Joel Ugborogho
Founder & CEO at Cenhealth Academy
Peter Schlecht
CEO & Founder at Braingrade
Hassan Chaudhury
Commercial Director at DATA-CAN; The Health Data Research UK Hub for Cancer.
Gertrude Buttigieg
Chairperson, Malta Health Network
Dr. Matthew Brown
Group Medical Director, BUPA
Arron Thind
GP Registrar at Guy’s and St Thomas’, Code Med co-founder, SimEPR Founder
Dr Imran Qureshi
Consultant in Infection, Senior Advisory and Innovation Consultant, Croydon University Hospital, AWS Professional Services
Richard Houlihan
CEO, EirMed
George Leidig
Co-Founder / CTPO, Oto Health Ltd
Dr. Quy Vo-Reinhard
Co-Founder / Director, dHealth, Switzerland
Sarah Cowlishaw
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Satu Peltonen
Founder, inXso
Ranjan Singh
CEO & Co-Founder, HealthHero
George Yeboah Kesse
Founder, AdvancePharma Innovations
Sinead O'Connor
Trinity School of Medicine Faculty Emerging Technology in Health and Digital Health Advisor, Trinity College Dublin
Ian Slade
CEO, IT Consulting Group
Dr Ali Tinazli
CEO, Lifespin GmbH
Dr Jing Ouyang
Co-Founder and COO, Patchwork Health
Dr Anas Nader
Co-Founder and CEO, Patchwork Health
Remko Schats
Founder, Σnigma Global eHealth platform
Rajnish Mankotia
Co-founder, The Gut Clinic UK & Consultant Surgeon, NHS
Dr. Keith Grimes
Digital Health & Innovation Consultant at Curistica
Dr. Béla Venesz, PhD
Head of Business Development at Synthesis-Net
Rajesh Sivaprakasam
Consultant in Transplant, Access and General Surgery, Lead for Robotic renal failure Surgery, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Neel Patel
CEO & Co-founder, ZiO Health
Dr Heba Said Elnazer
Founder/Internal Medicine Consultant, Revive Medical Group
Dr Alisha Damani
Medical Doctor, High Performance Coach, Entrepreneur, Inspirational Speaker, Empowered Global
Saurabh Tak
Investment Manager, Technology and Innovation Expert/Coach, Sagana and Circulate Capital/European Commission/EIT Health
Jose Castela Forte
Founder & Head of Science, Ancora Health
Joia Nunez
Medical Advisor, Entelai
Konrad Dobschuetz
National Director NHS Innovation Accelerator & Chief Enterprise Officer UCLPartners
Ravi Ramaswamy
CEO, RV Consultants
Elina Valeeva
CEO at Essence Labs and Global Program Director of Women in Tech
Dr Mariana Zamir
Director of Dermatologic Surgery Services, Department of Dermatology, Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Center
Dr. Oshin Behl
Venture Manager at Creative Destruction Lab (ESMT Berlin)
Finn Tram
Director of Corporate & Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management at Terumo Europe
Mysty Blagg
LLP Healthcare Attorney, Shipman & Wright
Przemek Czerklewicz
Partner & Founder at Milepoint
Dra. Amparo Santamaria, M.D., PhD
Head of Hematology Hybrid Department at Vinalopo University Hospital, Alicante, Spain Ribera Salud
Dr Adel Baluch
Director of Medical Affairs at Ada Health
Dr Ayesha Rahim
National Clinical Lead for Digital Mental Health at NHS England
Mazin Gadir
Digital Health External Advisor at Healthcare Authorities and Regulators
Dr. Harry Lykostratis
Managing Director & Lead Engineer at Open Medical
Kaisa Kauppinen
Design Lead at Tietoevry
Sarah Bateup
Chief Clinical Officer at Oliva
Assaf Barnea
Managing Partner, Sanara Capital & Sanara Ventures and Chairman of Life Sciences at the Israel Export Institute.
Rukundo Aloys
Founder & CEO at Hellomed
Sandeep Reddy
Director at Deakin School of Medicine
Kelsey Crossman
Business Development Manager at SimQ
Susan Willig
Chief Brand Strategist at TrueNorth
Oliver Smith
Strategy Adviser and Applied Ethicist
Ralf-Gordon Jahns
Managing Director at Research2Guidance
Kenn Milton
CEO and Founder at MyBlueLabel Compliance Services A/S
Jane Johnston
Head of Population Health Management Analytics at NHS Surrey Heartlands
Harry Morley
Client Service Manager at Novalins
Alex Raychuk
Founder & CEO at Medentee Limited
Dr. Anushka Patchava
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Wellx.AI Technologies Ltd.
Pilar Fernandez Hermida
Founder at I-EXPAND
Michael Maylahn
Founder/CEO & Ventures Associate at Stasis Labs & Plug and Play Ventures
Dr Jeffrey Dalli MD MRSCEd MSc FEBS
Surgeon, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Roseanne Camilleri
CEO, Primary HealthCare
Professor Ferdinand Serracino-Inglott
Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary Hospital, UK
Dr Jonathan Johnson
President & Partner at Comprehensive Wound Care Services & Comprehensive Medical Investments
Kenneth Brincat
CEO at Malta Digital Innovation Authority
Fruzsina Mezei
Health economist, Digital Health Consultant Semmelweis University, EIT Health
Georgina Kyriakoudes
CEO and Co-Founder of ARIA Health
Professor Manish Chand
Professor of Surgery and CMO, UCL and The AIS Channel
Vijay Luthra
Founder and Director, Ceva Global
Georgi Kadrev
CEO & Co-founder of KELVIN Health
Andy Bleaden
Communities Director at ECHAlliance (European Connected Health Alliance)
Anamaria Magri Pantea
Founder & Managing Consultant at AscendConsulting.EU
Philippe Gerwill
Advisory Board at Aimedis & Med-Tech World Summit
Dr. Javier Mendoza
Gastroenterologist & Leading Metaverse Doctor
Lisa Tschalenko
Senior Ecosystem & Partnership Manager for Digital Health & Pharma.
Kenneth Shaw
Director & Executive Consultant at Specculo
Patricia Ripoll
Founder and President at VISIBLE
Ana Garcia Poyo
CEO & Cofounder at Prefree
Martyn Eeles
General Partner at VC
Valentino Megale
CEO Softcare Studios
Dr. Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades
CEO & Co-Founder at Lapsi Health
PROF. LILIAN M. AZZOPARDI
Professor of Pharmacy at Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta & Chair Eelect at International Pharmaceutical Federation, Academic Institutional Membership Advisory Committee.
TIM RINGROSE
CEO at Cognitant Group
DANIEL TORRES GONÇALVES
Partner & Health & Pharma Lawyer at Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados