Event Details
In its 7th year, the UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference, formerly known as the UCLA Medical Device Partnering Conference, will bring together UCLA inventors, investors, and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation. The tightly packed, daylong event will feature industry panels and showcase recent developments from some of Southern California’s leading research institutions, as well as provide ample time for networking.
| Event: | 7th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference |
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| Registration: | Please Register on Eventbrite |
| Date: | March 5, 2019 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM PST |
| Location: | CNSI at UCLA |
| Host: | UCLA Technology Development Group |
| Contact: | UCLA Technology Development Group | medtech@tdg.ucla.edu | 310.794.0558 |
Conference Program
In this section you will find details regarding the program, outlined speakers and offered sessions.
The conference will feature industry panels and showcase recent developments from some of Southern California’s leading research institutions, as well as provide ample time for networking.
We invite you to review the program and join us for a tightly packed, daylong event.
*Please note, agenda subject to change
| 8:30 am | REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING |
| MORNING SESSION | |
| 9:30 am | WELCOME |
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Emily Loughran, Senior Director of Licensing & Strategic Alliances |
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| 9:40 am | KEYNOTE – HEALTHCARE VENTURE FINANCING AND EXIT TRENDS |
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Jonathan Norris, Managing Director Healthcare Practice |
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| 10:00 am | EARLY INVESTORS PANEL |
| Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Gore Innovation Center, Health 2047, Innovate.org, Olympus Medical Systems Group, Wavemaker 360 Health | |
| 10:45 am | BREAK |
| 11:00 am | UCLA MULTI-DISPILINARY RESEARCH INNOVATIONS AND INITIATIVES |
| UCLA Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UCLA Computational Medicine, UCLA Biodesign Program | |
| 11:30 am | SMARTER DEVICES/INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES |
| Amgen, AWS, BD, Edwards Life Sciences | |
| 12:15 pm | LUNCH |
| AFTERNOON SESSION | |
| 1:00 pm | KEYNOTE—WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING INNOVATIVE MEDICAL DEVICES TO PATIENTS IN THE US: FDA PERSPECTVE |
| Murray Sheldon, Associate Director for Technology and Innovation Center for Devices and Radiologic Health FDA |
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| 1:20 pm | UCLA INNOVATION FUND |
| 2:00 pm | VALUE PURCHASING – VALUE PROPOSITION: THE NEW ELEVATOR PITCH |
| Jennel Paul-Robinson Vice President, Clinical Value and Provider Relations MedTech Innovator |
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| 2:15 pm | UCLA START-UP SUCCESS STORIES |
| Avenda | |
| Bruin Biometrics | |
| 2:45 pm | BREAK |
| 3:00 pm | START-UP PITCHES |
| 3:50 pm | CLOSING REMARKS |
| 4:00 pm | WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION |
| 5:00 pm | EVENT CLOSE |
This event is held in coordination with the MedTech Innovator LA Pitch Event on March 4, 2019. Startups apply here by Feb. 1. If you are interested in serving as a judge for the LA Pitch Event, please email Tyra Dubose at tyra@medtechinnovator.org.