Programme

 

Wednesday, 19 November 2008 (Montreux Palace, Switzerland)

10:00 Registration at Montreux Palace & CEO/VC Panel: "What is keeping you up at night?" Moderated by Claudio Nessi, Neomed
10:50 Effective Use of PR in Marketing MedTech Products by Laura Schoen, President of Weber Shandwick Global Healthcare
11:30 Funding of MedTech Companies by the means of an IPO by Yvonne Gunsch-Wegmann of SIS Swiss Exchange
12:00 Networking Lunch in La Coupole
13:00 Opening Ceremony & Announcement of Selected Companies
13:50 Company Presentations
15:30 Coffee break & MedTech Showcases
16:00 Speech by SwissMedTech & Company presentations
17:50 Panel on Refinancing, Liquidity, and Exits in Turbulent Times
19:30 Cocktail & Opening Dinner Sponsored by Rothschild with a Keynote Speech by Scott Parazynski, Medical Doctor, MedTech Inventor and NASA Astronaut at the Chateau de Chillon


 

Thursday, 20 November 2008 (Montreux & Lausanne, Switzerland)

07:00 Networking Breakfast at Montreux Palace, La Coupole
07:30 Bus Transfer to EPFL
08:30 Welcome by Prof. Aebischer of EPFL & Company Presentations
10:30 Coffee Break & Showcases in Polydom Auditorium, EPFL
11:00 Company Presentations
12:40 Lunch, Networking at EPFL & MedTech Expo
13:40 Company Presentations continued
15:20 Coffee break & MedTech Expo
15:50 Panel Presentations featuring Barry Wilson, Former President of Medtronic & other industry experts& Closing Cocktail sponsored by EPFL
18:00 End of Summit & Bus transfer to Geneva Airport or AP Award Dinner at Dinemec, Gland