6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Pre-Conference Registration (receive conference materials, presenting company notebook, etc.)

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 

Pre-Conference Reception

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm 

Pre-Conference Panel Discussion (ran concurrently with above Reception)

I.     Corporate Preparation
Ellen Bancroft, Corporate Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

- Selecting the Perfect Partner (VC, angel or
  debt financing)
- Navigating Through the Process
- Preparing Business Plans
- Negotiating a Term Sheet
- Addressing Valuation Issues

II.    IP Due Diligence - Two Key Concepts:  Patentability and FTO
Robin M. Silva, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

a) Setting an IP strategy
    i)   identification of goals for different
         technologies
    ii)  defensive versus offensive strategies
    iii)  foreign filing strategies
    iv) implementation
b) Performing an audit on the existing patent
    portfolio
c) Performing the FTO audit

III.   VC – An Investor’s Perspective
William Greene, Principal, MPM Capital
Thoughts and advice for entrepreneurs.

7:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am

Welcome/Opening – Sharon O’Reilly 
President & CEO
Medtech Insight

8:10 am

Keynote Speaker

"Experiences in Building Companies from an Entrepreneurial and Investor Perspective"

Mir A. Imran

- President & Founder, InCube

- Pioneer

- Founder of Advanced Cytometrix, Cardiac

Pathways, CardioVasc, Entrack, Intella

Interventional, IntraPace, Novasonics,

PercuSurge, Physiometrix, Python Medical,

and Reflow, among many others.

9:05 am – 12:10 pm

Company Presentations

9:05 am

Moderator - Ronald Podraza
CEO
Reimbursement Principles

9:10

Xoft microTube

9:20

CeraPedics

9:30

Affinergy

9:40

Matryx Group

9:50

Gamida-Cell

10:00

Chemel

10:10 am

Moderator - Bruce R. Gecks
Production Manager
Teledyne Microelectronic Technologies

10:15

OsteoResorb

10:25

Acta Vascular Systems

10:35

Pindi Products

10:45

CHF Technologies

10:55

Spinemed

11:05

Quantum Orthopedics

11:15 am

Moderator - Ed Bachand
Partner
Dorsey & Whitney

11:20

ALung Technologies

11:30

Pathway Medical Technologies

11:40

Praxim

11:50

Quantum Dot

12:00

Novare Surgical Systems

12:10 pm – 1:10 pm

Networking Buffet Lunch

1:10 pm - 1:50 pm

Featured Speaker
"When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies:  Preserving Your Financial Health in Product Liability Crises"
Kevin M. Quinley
Senior Vice President of Risk Services
Medmarc Insurance Group

1:50 pm – 5:30 pm

Company Presentations

1:50 pm

Moderator - Todd Tomba
VP - Medical Devices
Battelle - Health and Life Sciences

1:55

Rhythm Technologies

2:05

ImageGuide

2:15

Celleration

2:25

pSivida

2:35

Unilead International

2:45 pm

Moderator - Catherine Barale
General Manager,
High Tech Strategic Business Units
Underwriters Laboratories

2:50

Xillix Technologies

3:00

Cannuflow

3:10

Iomed

3:20

NeoMedix

3:30

Doxa

3:40 pm

Moderator - Steve Levin
COO & General Counsel
Windhover Information

3:45

BrainZ Instruments

3:55

Starion Instruments

4:05

4:15

FlowCardia

4:25 pm

Moderator - Cynthia Melocik
National Business Development Specialist
Medmarc & The Hartford

4:30

Duke Empirical

4:40

Dyansys

4:50

DEGIMA Medical

5:00

Aqueduct Medical

5:10

IsoMedical Technologies

5:20

Acoustic MedSystems

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Sponsor-Supported Networking Session

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Tabletop Exhibits Open
Buffet Dinner in Exhibit Area

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am

Welcome/Opening – Sharon O’Reilly 
President & CEO
Medtech Insight

8:10 am

Featured Speaker

"Medtech Investing, 2004"

Kevin J. Wasserstein
Principal

Versant Ventures

8:45 am – 11:50 pm

Company Presentations

8:45 am

Moderator - Linn Laak
Executive Director
PPD Medical Device

8:50

Alsius

9:00

Oncodigm BioPharma

9:10

BioniCare Medical Technologies

9:20

CVAC Systems

9:30

GARRETTtechnologies

9:40

NovoStent

9:50 am

Moderator - John Pfaff
Vice President & General Manager
The MedTech Group

9:55

Bioheart

10:05

Everest Biomedical Instruments

10:15

Gene Express

10:25

SmokeSignals

10:35

BioCare Systems

10:45 am

Moderator - Andrew Calhoun
Director of Membership
AdvaMed

10:50

Kahn Medical Devices

11:00

Glucon

11:10

Bioenergy

11:20

11:30

RX-SPINE

11:40

Diagnostic Technologies

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Luncheon

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Industry Panel Discussion

An interactive session with insights, perspectives, and take-aways from a panel of industry leaders and serial entrepreneurs.

"Medtech Start-Ups from Creation to Exit:  What Does It Take?"

Moderator:  Steve Levin, COO & General Counsel

                  Windhover Information

Panelists:

• Olav B. Bergheim, General Partner
  Domain Associates

• Hank A. Plain, Vice Chairman
  The Foundry

• Mir A. Imran, President & Founder
  InCube

2:00 pm