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Welcome Letter
Welcome to DeviceTalks Boston!
My Medtech origin story can be told within a seven-mile radius of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. I grew up six miles north of here, went to college six miles to the west, and started my career covering the medical device industry just a mile away. So I’m qualifi ed to say our industry doesn’t get the attention it deserves in the local business pages, coffee shops, and backyard conversations. This is one of the principal reasons I joined DeviceTalks in November 2019 - to build out a platform that enabled medical device leaders to tell their Medtech stories. The pandemic kept us from gathering in-person. But two years I spent creating our DeviceTalks podcasts and our DeviceTalks Tuesday digital seminar series helped deepen my understanding and respect for the medical device industry — both globally and, yes, locally. The DeviceTalks Boston program you see here is the physical presentation of the lessons learned. I learned that PROTOTYPE & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT will never be the same following the pandemic. To explain the changes, we secured discussions with leaders from Abbott, Ambu, Boston Scientifi c, Corindus, Medtronic and others. The supply chain squeeze is disrupting MANUFACTURING, SOURCING & SUPPLY CHAIN so we’re excited to have experienced executives from Boston Scientifi c, DePuy Synthes, Vapotherm, Viant and 3DEO share their solutions.
We’ll go directly to the source — the Medical Device Manufacturers Association — to understand how ongoing political uncertainty will impact REGULATORY, REIMBURSEMENT & POLICY. Medtech leaders from major Medtronic and Boston Scientifi c will also explain how they’re making clinical trials more representative of patient populations.
Stryker, Avail Medsystems, Proximie, DePuy Synthes and others will explore the impact of new DIGITAL TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY in the OR, patient rooms and across the healthcare spectrum.
Finally, we’re going to the root of all new technologies, INNOVATION & INVESTMENT. Our partner, MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest medical device incubator, selected 30 medical device startups to tell their own stories.
Finally, both days will start with inspiring personal stories from local Medtech leaders.
On Day 1, Frank J. Doyle III, one of the pioneers of the artifi cial pancreas and now dean of the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will use his own experiences to help us envision an industry fully capitalizing on AI, robotics and other revolutionary technologies.
On Day 2, Shacey Petrovic, CEO of Insulet, will recount the remarkable success of Ominipod 5 and give us a glimpse into how the company sees the future of helping people with diabetes manage their care. Finally, your two days will be amplifi ed by the work being done by my colleagues at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum and Robotics Summit & Expo.
You’re invited to sit in on their discussion and, of course, visit our expansive Exhibition Floor to meet the companies making all this creation possible.
Thanks for attending and be sure you share your story.
If you don’t do it, who will?
Go Medtech,
Tom Salemi
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