PRELIMINARY AGENDA
February 6th, 2024
11:10 AM
Disrupting Healthcare through Collaborative Research
11:10 AM
MEDTEQ and its members, presenting the consortium’s support tools
Iris Leroux, Manager, Coordination & Operations, MEDTEQ
Interview between:
Marina Massingham, President and CEO, Aifred Health
Jeremy Bridge-Cook, President and CEO, RNA Diagnostics
Julien Caudroit, Communications and Events Director, MEDTEQ
11:45 AM
Panel: Pre-revenue vs. post-revenue companies: Understanding what investors look for in health investments
Moderator: Robert Ritlop, Investment Director, MEDTEQ
Andrew Hallisey, Managing Director, Hallisey Capital Partners Inc.
Sean Karamchandani, Partner, Persistence Capital Partners
Lidija Marusic, Investment Manager, Life Sciences, Innovacorp
12:15 PM
Interview between:
Andrea Sambati, President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd
Meryeme Lahmami, Investment Manager, MEDTEQ
12:30 PM
Morning Closing Remarks
12:35 PM
Networking Lunch
2:00 PM
Disrupting Healthcare by Collaborating on a National Scale
2:00 PM
Discussion between Pierre Fitzgibbon, Ministre de l’Économie et de l’Innovation and Diane Côté, CEO, MEDTEQ
2:15 PM
Introduction of Paul L’Archevêque, Dirigeant de l’innovation au Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
2:20 PM
Lessons from Space: Hexoskin as Disruptor in Astronaut Healthcare
Interview between:
David Saint-Jacques, Astronaut, Canadian Space Agency
Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, CEO, Hexoskin (Carré Technologies Inc.)
Isabelle Tremblay, Director Astronauts, Life Sciences and Space Medecine, Canadian Space Agency
3:00 PM
Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP)
Moderator: Djazia Liamini, Account Manager, MEDTEQ
Alexandre Le Bouthillier, Cofounder, Imagia
Stephen Herst, Chief Operating Officer, the Terry Fox Research Institute
3:20 PM
Panel: Teaming up with Scale AI and Canada’s Digital Technologies to Nurture Innovation
Moderator: Diane Côté, CEO, MEDTEQ
Sue Paish, CEO, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Julien Billot, CEO, Scale AI Supercluster
3:40 PM
Introduction of Saimen
3:45 PM
Networking Break
4:15 PM
Interview between:
Roman Szumski, VP – Life Sciences, NRC
Camille Gagnon, Founder, Innovitech and Consultant, MEDTEQ
4:30 PM
Disrupting Healthcare by Facilitating Adoption in Real Care Settings, Locally and Internationally
4:30 PM
Panel on adoption of value-based innovation
Moderator: François Bergeron, Partnerships Director, MEDTEQ
Alan Forster, VP Innovation & Quality, Ottawa Hospital
Marc Leduc, Senior Provincial Director for Health Evidence and Innovation, Alberta Health Services
David Boudreau, General Director, Health Canada
Elizabeth Toller, Executive Director, Regulatory Innovation, Health Canada
5:05 PM
New Beachhead™ have landed
François Bergeron, Partnerships Director, MEDTEQ
5:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Diane Côté, CEO, MEDTEQ
5:30 PM
Networking Cocktail
6:00 PM
Tuba Yamac, Partner, Patent Agent, BCF LLP