MedTech IDEAS Summit
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: CONMED Corporation, 525 French Road, Utica, NY 13502
Diverse Leaders in Life Sciences - Effective Practices for Organizations
MedTechIDEAS is a series of conferences aimed at presenting a “Big Idea” from top innovators in the bio/med industry.
Who Should Attend?
- Those interested in encouraging an open and positive conversation focusing on industry-wide developments
- Those seeking to learn how to advocate diversity and use it to create better business processes and employee engagement
- Those interested in effective practices for using diversity to bring about innovation, improve processes, and better quality
- Those looking for practical strategies for creating a workplace that embraces and benefits from diverse knowledge, skills, and life experiences
Program Overview
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM |
Registration - Back Entrance |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM |
Welcome & Agenda Setting Win Thurlow, Executive Director, MedTech Association Sarah Oliker, Assistant General Counsel, CONMED Corporation |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Resources for Empowering Diversity Elese Hanson, Women In Bio, Vice Chair, Boardroom Ready; Associate, McDermott Will & Emery
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| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
Buffet Lunch/Networking |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Live Interview Martha Goldberg Aronson, CONMED Corporation Board Director
Sarah Faulkner, Writer, DeviceTalks
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| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
Networking Break |
| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
Road Map for Developing and Engaging Diverse Talent Bill VanDeWeghe, President & CEO, BioSurplus Anja White, President, Meier Tool & Engineering Bill Peters, Vice President & GM, Advanced Surgical, CONMED Corporation Amy Castronova, President & CEO, Novatek Communications |
| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM |
Networking Break |
| 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
A Collision of Value Mary Ann Picard, Associate Director, Mass. Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) Barbara Russell, Co-Founder, Juice Advisors Innovator Showcase Yasmine Jaber, Director of Healthcare Solutions, PurpleSun Bringing Products to Life Kathleen McHugh, Systems Lead Engineer, MPR Associates Michelle Bonn, President & CEO, Guideline Medical Lynessa Erler, Director Product Testing, MPR Associates Casey Cramer, Quality & Regulatory Manager, Sparton Medical Systems |
| 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM | Reception |
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