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Opening Day - Monday, September 28

Registration Opens at Con Sofia Desk - Group Entrance

2:00 - 5:00 PM

Early Partnering at Apartment & Balcony

2:00 - 5:00 PM

Welcome Reception: Black-Tie Gala at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (off-site)

6:00 - 10:00 PM

Day 1 - Tuesday, September 29

Breakfast in Saloon Room and Living Room A / B (all attendees)

6:30 - 8:00 AM

Opening Remarks

8:00 - 8:10 AM

Living Room B

Keynote with Bernard Zovighian, CEO of Edwards Lifesciences

8:10 - 8:50 AM

Living Room B

Scott Pantel (Founder & CEO)

LSI

Bernard Zovighian (CEO)

Edwards

Keynote with Kevin Lobo, Chair & CEO of Stryker, and Matthew P. Abdel, M.D., Chair, Surgical & Procedural Practice at Mayo Clinic

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room B

Kevin Lobo (Chair and CEO)

Stryker

Matthew Abdel (Chair of the Surgical and Procedural Practice)

Mayo Clinic

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library A

Panel by Veranex TBA

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Kristin Duffey (Sr. Conferences & Events Specialist)

Veranex

Precision by Design: Digital Twins Transforming Surgery, Drug Development & Beyond

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Mathieu RIMAUD (CEO)

Twinsight

Christopher Morton (Business Executive and CEO (Founder))

ELEM Biotech

David Caumartin (CEO)

Rebrain

Roger Assaker (CEO)

MDsim

Unplugged CEO Series: What I Wish I Knew Before I Became CEO

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library A

Before the First Patient: How Early KOL Engagement De-risks Your Program

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room B

Vincent Legay (General Manager, EMEA Region)

NAMSA

Adam Saltman (Chief Medical Officer)

NAMSA

Ivanny Franklin (Managing Partner)

MedSight Capital

US Reimbursement Fundamentals Workshop

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Tonya Dowd (EVP Corporate Development)

PRIA Healthcare

Unplugged CEO Series: Raising in a Difficult Market: What VCs Actually Want to Hear Right Now

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

No More Black Boxes: Demystifying Strategic M&A and Diligence in Medtech

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room B

Bill Little (VP Corporate Development & Strategy)

Orchestra BioMed

Tyler Hayes (Investment Director)

Philips

Daniel Gilbertson (Corporate Development Director)

Medtronic

Rachel Rea (Senior Director Business Development)

Stryker

Kristopher Carver (Assoc. Director of Capitol Venture)

Boston Scientific

Talent as a Moat: How the Best Medtech Companies Win the Hiring War

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room C

Joe Mullings (Chairman & CEO)

The Mullings Group Companies

Unplugged CEO Series: The First Commercial Year: Harder, Weirder, and More Expensive Than You Think

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Loft Room

Lunch located in Saloon and Living Room A/B (all attendees)

12:00 - 2:00 PM

Beyond Series A: Navigating Growth Investing in a Shifting Market

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room B

Diana Saraceni (Co-Founder and Managing Partner)

Panakes Partners SGRSPA

Evan Melrose, MD (CEO)

Elevage Medical-Patient Square Capital

Janke Dittmer (General Partner, Head of European HealthTech Investments)

Gilde Healthcare

Alexander Marcantonio (Managing Director)

Madryn Asset Management

Diego Serrano (Investor)

Sofina

Why Barcelona?

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room C

Josep Ll Sanfeliu (Managing Partner)

Asabys Partners

Scott Huennekens (Chairman)

Front Foot Ventures

Nadim Yared (Chairman, CEO)

Encora Therapeutics

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

Unplugged CEO Series: Staying in the Game: Resilience, Burnout, and the Mental Reality of Medtech Leadership

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

The BCI Moment: Progress, Promises, and What's Actually Here

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Lee Fleisher (CEO)

Rubrum Advising

Carolina Aguilar (CEO & Co-Founder)

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

Matt Angle (CEO & Founder)

Paradromics

Joana Cartocci (Cofounder & COO)

Robeaute

Successful IP Strategies for Innovators Workshop

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room C

Robert Ward (Associate)

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Chris Bolten (MedTech IP Attorney)

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Unplugged CEO Series: Debt, Royalties, and Non-Dilutive Capital: Structuring Deals That Don't Kill Your Cap Table

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library A

American Perspectives on European Strengths

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room B

Kyle Sherrill (Investment Manager)

Nina Capital

The Southern Corridor: Eurobiomed and the Rise of French Medtech

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged CEO Series: CEO Transitions

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library A

The APAC Fundraise: What Works, What Doesn't, and Who's Writing Checks

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room B

Deepak Sahu (Managing Director)

Enam Holdings

Arthur (Yen Yu) Chen (Managing Partner (執行合夥人))

BE Health Ventures

Ken Nelson (Founder & Managing Partner)

Nelson Jennings Ventures

MCRA Workshop

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room C

Alyssa Howard (Vice President, Business Development)

MCRA

Unplugged CEO Series: Best and Worst VC Interactions

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library A

Correcting GenAI Misallocation in Healthcare Budgets

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room B

Fiorela Kapllanaj (Sr. Analyst)

Nina Capital

Mike Feher (Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer)

NovoMed

Working with the Next Generation of European Investors

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room C

Joshua Eckelberry (Principal)

Solas BioVentures

Philipp Lechner (Senior Associate Venture Capital)

TVM Capital

Alexandre Cordier (Associate - Healthcare)

Supernova

Roman Rothaermel (Investment Principal)

SCI Ventures

Melissa Lezameta (Associate)

Epidarex Capital

Unplugged CEO Series: How to Build Your Brand

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Loft Room

Software as Strategy: How Medtech Leaders Are Building and Buying SaMD

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room B

Sebastian Anastassiou (Principle, Head of Investments)

Nina Capital

Steve West (Managing Director)

Healthliant Ventures @ Tanner Health

Euan Thomson (Venture Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

The Early Clinical Playbook: Leveraging OUS Data for US Approval and Exit

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room C

Anna Nikitina (Business Development and Legal Advisor)

Clinical Accelerator LTD

Unplugged CEO Series: What Does Work/Life Balance Mean?

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Loft Room

Dinner located at Pool Terrace and Zuu

6:00 - 9:00 PM

Day 2 - Wednesday, September 30

Breakfast in Saloon Room and Living Room A / B (all attendees)

6:30 - 8:00 AM

Keynote: The Science of High Performance with Joe Jacobi, Olympic Gold Medalist

8:10 - 8:50 AM

Living Room B

Bryant Grigsby (CEO)

PDV MedTech

Joe Jacobi (Co-Founder, Partner, & Chief Relationship Officer)

Elevating Leadership Institute

Cybersecurity Is a Product Problem: What Medtech Builders Need to Know Before FDA Does

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room B

Christian Espinosa (Founder)

Blue Goat Cyber

The Transatlantic Gauntlet: A Playbook for European Startups to Win in the US Market

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room C

Christopher Campbell (CEO)

NOVAJoint Orthopedic

Tonya Dowd (EVP Corporate Development)

PRIA Healthcare

Yi-Kai Lo (CEO)

Aneuvo

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library A

Unplugged Strategics: TBA

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Loft Room

Signature Series: Carey Smith and Elliott Street

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Carey Smith (Founding Contrarian)

Unorthodox Ventures

Elliot Street (CEO)

Inovus Medical

Knobbe IP Workshop

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Sabing Lee (Partner)

Knobbe Martens, Partner

Unplugged VC Series: Live Company Feedback

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library A

The ROI of Trust: Building Moats in the Age of AI

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room B

Hamed Hanafi (CEO)

NovaResp Technologies Inc

Gautam Kainth (Partner)

TCP Health Ventures

Thom Rasche (Managing Partner)

Earlybird Health Management GmbH & Co. KG

Beyond the Prescription: Building for Patients Who Live With Pain

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Yuval Mandelbaum (CEO)

Discure Technologies

Christopher Gleason (President & CEO)

Moximed

Unplugged VC Series: Do’s and Don’ts of Networking

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

Ray Cohen: Signature Series

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room B

Scott Pantel (Founder & CEO)

LSI

Raymond Cohen (Venture Partner)

Andera Partners and Sherpa HC Partners

RWE Accelerator Launch

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room C

Bruce Ramshaw (CMIO)

Caresyntax

Unplugged VC Series: TBA

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Loft Room

Lunch located in Saloon and Living Room A/B (all attendees)

12:00 - 2:00 PM

Veranex 2 Panel

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room B

Greenlight Guru Workshop

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room C

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

Unplugged VC Series: TBA

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

Before the Data: How Early Stage Medtech Investors Decide

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Barry Grossman (Partner)

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

Celia Hart (General Partner)

Supernova Invest

Hannah Tapsell Chapman (Investor)

Mercia Ventures

Bibi Sattar Marques (Partner)

Buenavista Equity Partners (fka GED VENTURES)

Medidata Workshop

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged VC Series: TBA

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library A

Back to Basics: Why Execution Beats Speculation in Today's Medtech Market

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room B

Dave Adair (Managing Partner, Co-founder)

Solas BioVentures

Murielle Thinard McLane (President & Managing Partner)

Intuitive Ventures

Hubert Birner (Managing Partner)

TVM Capital

Caroline Gaynor (Partner)

Lightstone Ventures

John Propst (Managing Partner)

Ground Effect Ventures

Beyond the Ice Box: The Next Generation of Organ Preservation

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room C

Luc Starmans (Partner)

Brightlands Venture Partners

Unplugged Session: Organ Preservation

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library A

What Does It Mean to Build? Medtech Product Development in the Age of AI, Data, and Shifting Expectations

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room B

Yahel Halamish (Principle, Head of Investor Relations)

Nina Capital

Evan Castiglia (Partner)

Thuja Capital Management

How VCs Are Using and Assessing AI in 2026

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room C

Chaim Lotan (Chief Innovation Officer)

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical center

Euan Thomson (Venture Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Johannes Fischer (Partner)

Wellington Partners

Salma Al Zu'bi (Investment Principal)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Unplugged Session: Ortho

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library A

The Exit Architect: Engineering Medtech for the M&A Appetite from the VC Perspective

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room B

Barak Singer (Vice President Business Development)

The Trendlines Group

Thom Rasche (Managing Partner)

Earlybird Health Management GmbH & Co. KG

Alessio Beverina (Founder & Managing Partner)

Panakes Partners

Andreas Wuepper (Director Investments Europe)

Fresenius Medical Care Ventures GmbH

The LP Perspective: What's Driving Capital Into and Out of Medtech Funds Right Now

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged Session: Dermatology/Wound Care

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Loft Room

Passport Required: Building and Scaling Medtech Across Borders

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room B

Marc Subirats (General Partner)

Nina Capital

Karl Stoklosa (CEO)

Precisis

Susana Amorim Lopes (Investment Manager)

Gilde Healthcare

Veronique Ameye (CEO)

ElectraDx

Demystifying Working with the FDA and CMS

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room C

Yuval Mandelbaum (CEO)

Discure Technologies

Lee Fleisher (CEO)

Rubrum Advising

Colby Holtshouse (CEO)

May Health

Unplugged Session: Cardiac

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Loft Room

Funding Fast Track Exclusive Event at Mayamanta Rooftop Restaurant

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Drinks in Saloon Room Followed by Dinner at 6:30 PM (all attendees)

6:00 - 8:30 PM

Pub Trivia Sponsored by Prolucid Technologies at Zuu (all attendees)

8:00 - 10:00 PM

Day 3 - Thursday, October 1

Breakfast in Saloon Room and Living Room A / B (all attendees)

6:30 - 8:00 AM

Keynote TBA

8:10 - 8:50 AM

Living Room B

Nick Pachuda (Operating Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Edwards Panel TBA

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room B

Fireside Chat: TBA

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room C

Roger Brooks (Founder, CEO, C-suite Executive Search)

RBrooks Group

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library A

Unplugged Session: Surgery

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Loft Room

Strategic Money: How Corporate Venture Arms Are Changing the Deal Landscape

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Chris Eso (VP, Global Head of Corporate and Business Development, M&A and Ventures)

Medtronic

David Hochman (CEO)

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

Lisa Suennen (Managing Partner, Ventures)

American Heart Association

Working with Hospitals and Accelerators to Spin-Up Innovation

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Henk Westendorp (Venture Partner, Lead Surgery, Head of Clinical Expertise)

NLC Health Ventures

Steve West (Managing Director)

Healthliant Ventures @ Tanner Health

Elisenda Bonet Carne (CEO & Co-founder)

fetaLife Technologies S.L.

Karen Noblett (CEO)

AVeta Medical

Unplugged Session: Digital Health

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library A

Marks and Markets: Valuation Benchmarks Across the Medtech Capital Stack

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room B

Tal Wenderow (Managing Partner)

Star51 Capital

Roger Zickfeld (Managing Director)

Weild & Co.

Lars Olthof (Investment Director & Head of Venture Finance)

NLC Health Ventures

Bibi Sattar Marques (Partner)

Buenavista Equity Partners (fka GED VENTURES)

Algorithm to ARR: FDA, Hospitals, and the Business of AI Diagnostics

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Euan Thomson (Venture Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Unplugged Session: Bioelectronics/Neurotech

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library B

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

Knobbe Panel TBA

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room B

Mullings Group Workshop

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room C

Unplugged Session: Oncology

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Loft Room

Lunch located in Saloon and Living Room A/B (all attendees)

12:00 - 2:00 PM

Novomed Takes Europe

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room B

Ramin Mousavi (Founder, Chairman & CEO)

NovoMed PARTNERS

Bioelectronic Medicine: The Coming Decade of Implantable Neuromodulation

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room C

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

Unplugged Session: Metabolic

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

Fireside Chat: TBA

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Bioelectronic Medicine: The Coming Decade of Implantable Neuromodulation

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged Session: Connected Care

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library A

Continuous Monitoring and the Wearable Frontier: From Consumer Novelty to Clinical Standard

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room B

The New Stack: Software Solutions Transforming Medical Device Performance

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged Session: Maternal Care

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library A

KOL Strategy in 2026: How the Relationship Between Innovators and Clinicians Has Changed

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room B

Fireside chat: TBA

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room C

Deepak Sahu (Managing Director)

Enam Holdings

Unplugged Session: Pulmonary

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library B

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library A

The Board Room Decoded: What Founders Need to Know Before They Seat Their First Institutional Director

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room B

The Skin in the Game: Device Innovation in Dermatology, Wound Healing, and Tissue Repair

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room C

Unplugged Session: Opthamology

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Loft Room

Closing LSI Europe 2026

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room B

Scott Pantel (Founder & CEO)

LSI

Workshop

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room C

CEO-Only Reception Located at Zuu

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Investor & Strategic-Only Reception Reception Located at Mayamanta Rooftop Restaurant

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Closing Cocktail Reception - Open to All Attendees

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Farewell Dinner for All Attendees at Saloon Room and Living Room A/B

7:00 - 9:00 PM

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