MedTech:
The Business of Medical Devices
Friday, March 12, 2004
Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Ann Arbor
Fourth Annual Emerging Industry Symposium
Presented by University of Michigan's
Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute
for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Office of
Technology Transfer
Participant Bios
Poster Session
Companies / Research Projects
Program
7:30 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking
8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Timothy L. Faley, Managing Director, Samuel
Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for
Entrepreneurial Studies
Introduction to MedTech
Donald Gerhardt, President and CEO,
Medical Alley
8:25 a.m.
Keynote Address - Trends and Forces
Influencing the Marketplace
Thomas J. Gunderson, Senior Research
Analyst, Piper Jaffray
9:10 a.m.
MedTech: Business Models, Strategies and
Partnerships
Richard A. Andrews, President and CEO,
Nephros Therapeutics
Robert S. Elgin, Former Vice President of Operations, St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Joseph
V. Ferrara, Executive Vice President,
Boston Healthcare Associates, Inc.
P. Bernard Haffey, Vice President of
Business Development, IntraLase Corporation
Donald Gerhardt, President and CEO, Medical
Alley (moderator)
10:00 a.m.
Coffee and Networking Break
10:10 a.m.
Awards Presentation
Michigan Emerging Industry Pioneer:
Dick Sarns, President, NuStep, Inc.
Introduction
Ken Nisbet, Executive Director, University
of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer
MedTech Investing: Midwest to the Coast
Joshua Baltzell, Principal (Health
Care), St. Paul
Venture Capital
Geoffrey Duyk, Partner, TPG Ventures
David L. Johnson, Partner, Baker &
Daniels
Peter G. Kleinhenz, General Partner, CID
Equity
Michael Sweeney, General Partner, InterWest
Partners
Jan L. Garfinkle, Managing Partner and
Founder, Arboretum Ventures (moderator)
11:10 a.m.
Introduction
Khalil Najafi, Professor of
Electrical Engineering, University of
Michigan
Keynote Address - The Future of MedTech
Stephen N. Oesterle, M.D., Senior
Vice President for Medicine and Technology,
Medtronic
Introduction to Poster Session
Michael R. DeVries, Partner, EDF Ventures, and
Former Medtronic Executive
12:00 noon
Lunch and Networking Break
12:10 p.m.
Poster Session - Network Directly with Michigan-based
Medical Device Companies and Researchers
Companies: Accumed /
Innovante, Advanced Sensor
Technologies, Becker Orthopedic,
Bio Logic Engineering, Biophotonic
Solutions, Inc., Biopolymer Innovations, Covalent
Medical, Gluconix, Inc., HandyLab, ISSYS, L-VAD Technology, Michigan Critical Care
Consultants, Nephros Therapeutics, Neural
Intervention, NeuroProbe Technologies,
Somanetics,
Surge Medical, Threefold Sensors
Research Projects: Antenna Stent,
Kenichi Takahata; Microflow Cytometer,
Jennifer Baird; Sperm Sorter / Insemintation,
Shu Takayama
1:00 p.m.
Symposium Ends
