Speakers info

MedTech Forum 2024 Speakers

Samih Al Mawass

Divisional Vice President, Vascular, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
Abbott

Venky Anant

Partner
McKinsey

Benish Aslam

Lead, Government Affairs and Policy
Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed)

Jasjit Baveja

Associate Director, Policy, Ph.D.
MTAA

Birgit Beger

CEO
European Heart Network

Souad Belarbi

Governmental Affairs & Market Access Director
Hologic

Alexander Biach

Business Location Advocate
Vienna Chamber of Commerce

Veronika Binder

CEO
Technoclone Herstellung von Diagnostika und Arzneimitteln GmbH

Oliver Bisazza

CEO
MedTech Europe

Peter Bischoff-Everding

Legal officer
European Commission

Niklas Blomberg

Executive Director
Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

Patrick Boisseau

Director General, Strategic Initiatives
MedTech Europe

Maisie Borrows

Strategic Growth Lead
LCP Health Analytics

Christopher Breyel

Executive Director Member Relations & Services
MedTech Europe

Bronwyn Brophy

CEO
Vitrolife

Tanja Brycker

Vice President, Strategic Development, Breast & Skeletal Health and Gynae Surgical Solutions
Hologic

Anne Busch

Head of Master Health Care Informatics
Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt GmbH

Hannah Casey

Senior Manager, Network Development
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Ivana Cattaneo

Chair of the EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) Oncology Platform
Executive Director Therapeutic Area Advocacy and Precision Medicine - Novartis

Rana Chalhoub

Regulatory Affairs Director
Mecomed

Richard Charter

Alira Health
VP & Partner – MedTech Market Access & Commercial Strategy

Christian Clarus

Director Global Government Affairs
B. Braun Group

Eva Czernohorszky

Head of Technology Services
Vienna Business Agency

Karsten Dalgaard

Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company

Federico Danei

Head of Global Regulatory Affairs
OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

Silvy Da Rochas Dias

Head of Office, expert panels and group office
EMA

Martha De Cunha Maluf-Burgman

Director Regulatory Affairs Digital Health
Edwards Lifesciences

Daniela Delledonne

Vice President & General Manager, EMEA
BD LifeSciences Biosciences

Daphne Dernison

Head Government and Public Affairs Europe
Philips

Philip Desjardins

Partner
Arnold & Porter

Ben Desmet

Partner - Deloitte Life Sciences Practice
Deloitte

Mary Devlin Capizzi

Moderator
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath - IPMPC Secretariat

Nataliya Deych

Vice President Regulatory Affairs
Edwards Lifesciences

Corinne Dive-Reclus

Global Head of Digital Diagnostics Business
Roche Diagnostics International Ltd.

Bill Doherty

Executive Vice President
COOK MEDICAL

Cristian Dumitrescu

Cybersecurity Partner
Ernst & Young

Rachel Dunscombe

CEO
openEHR

Katalin Ersek

Access & Policy Lead EMEA-LATAM
Roche Diagnostics International

Myrthe Eussen

Dutch Green OR Network

Daniele Fazio

VP Business Development
Flex

Heike Fischer

Strategic, Clinical & Regulatory Planning with Clinical Research
Deloitte

Jacqui Fletcher

Consultant nurse
Jacqui Fletcher Limited

Cyrille Fleury

Chairman and CEO
MENIX Group

Francesco Florindi

EMEA Strategic Partnerships Manager Predictive Genomics
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Michael Forisch

Global Head of Digital Quality and Regulatory
Roche

Adrienne Franco Busby

Strategic Litigator and Advisor to Product Manufacturers
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Alan Fraser

BioMedAlliance

Stephanie Fridd

Director Value Based Care
Philips

Martin Fuhrer

Senior MedTech Executive
Siemens Healthineers

Wolfgang Füreder

Purchaser
Hospitals of Barmherzige Brüder

Attila Gagyor

Management Consultant Health Solutions
Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation GmbH

Hubert Gambs

Deputy Director-General DG GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
European Commission

Yashaswi Gautam

Senior Partner
McKinsey

Tamara Faiza Madeleine Gerbert

Co-Founder and Head of strategy
Brightmind.AI GmbH

Ilaria Giannico

Secretary General
European Union of Private Hospitals

Flora Giorgio

Head of Unit
European Commission

Carlos Gouvea

Executive President
CBDL

Robert Grummt

Business Development Manager Life Science
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY

Gerald Gschlössl

President
AUSTROMED

Trevor Gunn

VP International Relations
Medtronic

Julija Gusca

Professor
Institute of Energy Systems and Environment at Riga Technical University

Philipp Hainzl

Managing Director
LISAvienna

Anna Hallersten

Head Regulatory Policy Europe
Roche Diagnostics

Lisa Hartmann

Principal
BCG

Christian Harwanegg

CEO
MacroArray Diagnostics GmbH

Danny Havenith

Directeur General MercurHosp ASBL
Chairman European Healthcare Public Procurement Alliance

Michael Heyl

Partner Global Regulatory
Hogan Lovells

Diana Hohage

Senior QA/ RA Manager
qtec services GmbH

Richard Holborow

Global Head of Clinical Compliance
BSI

Barbara Huemer

Municipal Council and Provincial Parliament of Vienna
Grüner Klub im Rathaus

Stephen Hull

Senior Vice President
Avania Market Access

Jan-Frederik Jerratsch

Managing Director & Partner
BCG

Daniel (Neil) Johnson

Executive Director
Global Heart Hub

Dipak Kalra

President
The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data

Clemens Kaltenberger

Vice President
Austrian Paramedic Association

Antonios Kolimenakis

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Anni Koubek

CEO
QMD Services

Agatha Kratz

Director
Rhodium Group

Aditya Kudumula

Partner of Life Sciences Practice
Deloitte

Elisa Kunze

Key Account Manager
CARL ZEISS DIGITAL INNOVATION

Andras Körizs

Manager Market Data
MedTech Europe

Carlos Larrañeta Gómez-Caminero

Procure4health Community coordinator
Andalusian Public Health System

Aline Lautenberg

General Counsel
MedTech Europe

Hugh Laverty

Head of Scientific Operations
Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

Jean-Luc Lemercier

Corporate Vice President EMEACLA & JAPAC
Edwards Lifesciences

Stephen Levin

Editor-in-Chief
Market Pathways/Medtech Strategist

Leo Lindhorst

Head of Innovation Health Solutions
Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation GmbH

Philipp Lindinger

Managing Director
AUSTROMED

Sigrid Linher

Director Sustainability & Environment
MedTech Europe

Ian Lyons

Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company

Niall MacAleenan

Director of Medical Devices
HPRA

Patrick Malanaphy

Head of Life Science EMEA
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Michel Marboeuf

Senior Director Global Regulatory policy & intelligence
Stryker

Marco Marchetti

Vice Chair HTA Coordination Group / Direttore UOC HTA
Agenas

Katarzyna Markiewicz-Barreaux

AI Strategic Intelligence Lead
Philips

Maryline Marquet

Ernst & Young

Glenda Marsh

Sr. Director EMEA Regulatory Affairs
Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Shuna Mason

Partner
CMS London

Christoph Massner

Earlybird Venture Capital

Maya Matthews

Head of Unit, State of Health, European Semester, Health Technology Assessment
European Commission

Katarzyna Mazur-Hofsaess

CEO Care Enablement & Member of the Management Board
Fresenius Medical Care

Aloha McBride

Ernst & Young

Ali Medhi

Care Group Medical Director
NHS

Tom Melvin

Associate Professor of Medical Device Regulatory Affairs
Trinity College Dublin

Annabell Merklin

Patient Advocacy and Communications Sr. Manager
Edwards Lifesciences

Sherieta Misrielal-Boedhoe

Director, Marketing Medical Acute Care & sage
Stryker

Erika Mosor

Researcher
Medical University of Vienna: Section for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Data Science

Christian Muehlendyck

Scientific Partnerships Lead Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) J&J MedTech
Johnson & Johnson

Shekhar Nambi

Director, Digital Identification & Traceability
Johnson & Johnson

Prateek Natani

Director
Deloitte Life Sciences Practice

Simon Neill

Senior Legal Director
Johnson & Johnson Law Department EMEA

Jörg Neumayer

Member of the Vienna City Council

Donal O'Connor

Clinical Manager Medical Devices
HPRA

Cynthia O'Donoghue

Partner
Reed Smith LLP

Uta-Maria Ohndorf

General Manager
Roche Diagnostics Austria

Alexander Olbrecht

Director Digital Health
MedTech Europe

Casper Paardekooper

Partner
Vintura & European Alliance for Value in Health

Miroslav Palat

CEO
CzechMed

Leandro Pecchia

Past-President EAMBES, Professor in Biomedical Engineering
University Campus Biomedico and University of Warwick

Tamás Petrovics

CEO and Co-Founder
XUND

Thomas Pieber

Head of Clinical Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology
Medical University Graz

Thomas Edward Polen JR

Chairman of the Board, CEO and President
BD

Alexandra Poulsson

Sr. Advisor Norwegian medical products agency
Norwegian Medical Product Agency

Richard Price

Head of Policy
European Cancer Organisation

Annemien Pullen

VP MedTech Cloud
Veeva Systems

Amra Racic

Senior Director Government Strategy
MedTech at Veeva Systems

Andrea Rappagliosi

Sr Vice President Public Affairs EMECLA
Edwards Lifesciences

Bernhard Redl

CEO
edupression.com powerd by SOFY GmbH

Vincenzo Renda

Director Single Market & Digital Competitiveness
DIGITALEUROPE

Alexandra Resch

MD, Prof. of Radiology,
Departement of Radiology, St. Francis Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Urmi Prasad Richardson

President EMEA
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Andrea Rockall

President
European Society of Radiology

Daniel Rose

Former CEO
LimFlow

Fabien Roy

Partner Global Regulatory
Hogan Lovells

Jesus Rueda Rodriguez

Director General - Strategies, Special Projects & International Affairs
MedTech Europe

Carmen Ruiz-Villar

Deputy Director Medical Devices Department
Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS)

Bettina Ryll

Founder
The Melanoma Patients Network Europe and Member of the Cancer Mission Board.

Stephanie Said

Sr. Advisor G-BA
Chair of the HTA Coordination Group Subgroup on Joint Scientific Consultations (JSC)

Céline Saint Olive Baque

CEO
NORAKER - Innovative Biomaterials

Christelle Saint Sardos

Senior Director, Public Affairs EMEA, Canada, Latin Amercia
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES

Johannes Sarx

Managing Director
LISAvienna

Peter Sauwens

Life Sciences strategy Director
Deloitte

Sue Saville

Health Event Facilitator

Josef Schabauer

Member of the Board of Directors Austromed
Austromed

Anna Schade

QA/ RA Manager
Qtec Services GmbH

Matthias Scherer

Head of medical devices market surveillance
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety

Christian Schiel

Partner
Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

André Schlotz

Vice President Global Solutions
RWS Group

Nayeli Schmutz

Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder
PIPRA AG

Florian Schwiecker

Chief Partnerships Officer
Corti.ai

Koen Segers

Senior Director
Deloitte

Alexey Shiryaev

Global Head of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
DNV and Team-NB

Stuart Silk

President Europe, Latin America, Canada & EEMEA
Stryker

Thierry Sirdey

Chair of the CAMD (Competent authorities for Medical Devices)
ANSM French national medicinal products safety agency

Sofia Sjöö

Chief Privacy Officer
Mölnlycke Health Care

Rebecca Sloan

Senior Market Access Specialist
LCP

Tanja Spennlingwimmer

Head of the business unit IP Management I Deep Technologies I Entrepreneurship
Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH

Rebecca Steele

Manager Life Sciences
European alliance for Value in Health

Rabea Stockert

Senior Consultant
Flying Health

Marc Stoesz

General Manager Enterprise Solutions
GE HealthCare International Region

Louisa Stüwe

Project Director
Digital Health Delegation, French Ministry of Health

Jan Sömen

Digital Portfolio Executive
Siemens Healthineers

Kevin Taylor

Director, Medical Device Interface, Global Regulatory Affairs
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Harald Tepper

Sr. Director Sustainability
Philips

Verena Thaler

Manager Data Governance
MedTech Europe

Jochen Tham

Head of Digital Customer Experience
CARL ZEISS

Anca Toma

Executive Director
European Patients’ Forum

Véronique Tordoff

Image-Guided Therapy Leader Europe
Philips

Janet Trunzo

Senior Executive Vice President, Technology & Regulatory Affairs
Advamed

Graeme Tunbridge

Senior Vice President Global Regulatory and Quality, Medical Devices
BSI

Lionel Tussau

Lead Healthcare
Bayard

Alina Urs

Senior Cyber Security Coordinator
National Cyber Security Directorate, Romania

Fanny van der Loo

Director Public Affairs
Edwards Lifesciences

Olga Van Grol-Lawlor

Senior Global Regulatory Intelligence & Advocacy Manager
Boston Scientific

Renate van Kempen

De-identification Expert | Data Scientist | Microsoft Certified Trainer
B.A.I.M.E

Victor van Vuuren

Director
Holavic Consulting

Yves Verboven

Senior Adviser - External Consultant
MedTech Europe

Pascal Verdonck

Prof MedTech & Chair Maria Middelares Hospital
Ghent University

Nathalie Virag

Senior Director Medtronic Global Technology and Innovation
Medtronic

Tanya Vogt

CEO
SAMED

Pascal Waucquez

Sr Vice President, Clinical Operations - Europe, Middle-East, Turkey, Russia (EME)
bioMérieux UK Ltd

Franz Weidinger

European Society of Cardiology

Daniel White

VP Sales CDS, France, Iberia, UK and FAS EMEA
Cepheid

Bernhard Wittman

CEO
Sigmapharm Arzneimittel GmbH

Gavin Wood

Company Group Chairman, J&J MedTech EMEA
Johnson & Johnson MedTech EMEA

Emma Wright

Chief Medical Officer
Mölnlycke Healthcare

Plarent Ymeri

CEO
Smarteeva Software