LSI Europe ‘26 Emerging Medtech Summit

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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

Transportation from Grand Hyatt to MNAC - Meet at Group Entrance

6:00 PM

Welcome Reception at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Black-Tie Optional Dress Code)

6:30 - 10:00 PM

Opening Session at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

7:00 - 7:30 PM

Josep Ll Sanfeliu (Managing Partner)

Asabys Partners

Antoine Papiernik (Managing Partner & Chairman)

Sofinnova Partners

Anne Osdoit (Partner, Sofinnova Partners - MD Start; CEO, Moon Surgical)

Sofinnova Partners

Day 1 - Tuesday, September 29

Breakfast located in -2 Foyer

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

The Global Medtech CEO and Investor Roundtable

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Antoine Papiernik (Managing Partner & Chairman)

Sofinnova Partners

Kevin Lobo (Chair and CEO)

Stryker

Bernard Zovighian (CEO)

Edwards

Pat Beyer (CEO)

Conmed

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

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Addie Harris (Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

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

Adam Saltman (Chief Medical Officer)

NAMSA

Peter Stalmans (Head of Clinic - Kliniekhoofd)

UZ Leuven

Dr. Erland Hermansen (Orthopedic Surgeon)

NAMSA

Luc Starmans (Partner)

Brightlands Venture Partners

Next-Generation and Best-in-Class Heart Valves: What to Expect in the Near- and Mid-term Future?

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Olivier Litzka (Partner)

Andera Partners

Eric Schantz (Principal Business Development Associate)

Medtronic

Ahmed Elmouelhi (President and CEO)

TRiCares

Stefan Pilz (CEO)

HighLife SAS

Pawel Buszman (CEO)

I4HV

Next-Generation and Best-in-Class Heart Valves: What to Expect in the Near- and Mid-term Future?

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Olivier Litzka (Partner)

Andera Partners

Eric Schantz (Principal Business Development Associate)

Medtronic

Ahmed Elmouelhi (President and CEO)

TRiCares

Stefan Pilz (CEO)

HighLife SAS

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library B

MCRA

10:50 - 10:55 AM

Alyssa Howard (Vice President, Business Development)

MCRA

RIVANNA

10:55 - 11:04 AM

Will Mauldin (CEO)

RIVANNA

Pixee Medical

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Kristoff Goson (CEO)

Pixee Medical

Liquet Medical Inc.

11:15 - 11:24 AM

John Schindler (Co-Founder & CEO)

Liquet Medical Inc.

Dialybrid

11:25 - 11:34 AM

Stefania Riboldi (Chief Technology Officer)

Dialybrid

Solenic Medical

11:35 - 11:44 AM

Bart Bandy (Chief Executive Officer)

Solenic Medical

GuideAI Health

11:45 - 11:54 AM

Raj Shah (CEO)

GuideAI Health

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

10:50 - 10:55 AM

Barry Grossman (Partner)

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

Tensive

10:55 - 11:04 AM

Sanjay Kakkar (CEO)

Tensive

Dova Health Intelligence

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Solveig Johannessen (CEO)

Dova Health Intelligence

MedicubeX

11:15 - 11:24 AM

Vili Kostamo (Medical doctor, CEO, Co-Founder)

MedicubeX

NovaResp Technologies Inc

11:35 - 11:44 AM

Hamed Hanafi (CEO)

NovaResp Technologies Inc

Revitalise

11:45 - 11:54 AM

Christos Bergeles (Founder and CEO)

Revitalise

Demystifying Strategic M&A and Diligence in Medtech

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room B

Sanjay Shrivastava (CEO)

Innova Vascular, Inc.

Tyler Hayes (Investment Director)

Philips

Daniel Gilbertson (Sr. Corporate Development Director)

Medtronic

Rachel Rea (Senior Director Business Development)

Stryker

Kristopher Carver (Associate Director, Venture Capital)

Boston Scientific

Build-to-Buy: Revival’s Playbook for Rethinking the Medtech Funding Model from Innovation to Exit

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room C

Joe Mullings (Chairman & CEO)

The Mullings Group Companies

Todd Pope (Senior Partner)

Revival Healthcare Capital

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

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Loft Room

Melissa Muller (Founder & Principal Consultant)

Muller Advisory Company

Hunt Henrie (CBO)

Tissium

Sarah Van Hellenberg Hubar-Fisher (CEO)

Bioretec Ltd

Nahum Ferera (CEO & Co-Founder)

EyeYon Medical Ltd.

Lunch located in -2 Foyer & IMPAR (all attendees)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

The Road Beyond Series A: 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

Diego Serrano (Investor)

Sofina Group

Alexander Marcantonio (Managing Director)

Madryn Asset Management

Value Creation and “Scale-Up” in Europe

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room C

Josep Ll Sanfeliu (Managing Partner)

Asabys Partners

Scott Huennekens (Chairman)

Front Foot Ventures

Nadim Yared (Founder)

Antibes Ventures

Anne Osdoit (Partner, Sofinnova Partners - MD Start; CEO, Moon Surgical)

Sofinnova Partners

Nacho Abia (CEO)

Grifols

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library B

Greenlight Guru

1:30 - 1:35 PM

Etienne Nichols (Head of Partnerships)

Greenlight Guru

Vivifi Medical Inc

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Tushar Sharma, PhD (CEO & Founder)

Vivifi Medical Inc

Inkspace Imaging

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Peter Fischer (CEO)

Inkspace Imaging

Azalea Vision

1:55 - 2:04 PM

Andrés Vásquez Quintero (CEO/CTO & Co-Founder)

Azalea Vision

Neocor Medical Devices

2:05 - 2:14 PM

George Kramer (CEO)

Neocor Medical Devices

Clinicians Touch ALLYVE

2:15 - 2:24 PM

Regina Atim (Founder)

Clinicians Touch ALLYVE

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

Knobbe Martens

1:30 - 1:35 PM

Jessica Achtsam (Partner)

Knobbe Martens

ReNavie Sensing

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Marcin Golebicki (CEO and Founder)

ReNavie Sensing

Vergent Bioscience

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Adam Gridley (CEO)

Vergent Bioscience

Implican

1:55 - 2:04 PM

Rik Kielman (CEO)

Implican

BetaGlue Therapeutics SpA

2:05 - 2:14 PM

Alexis Peyroles (CEO)

BetaGlue Therapeutics SpA

Precisis

2:15 - 2:24 PM

Karl Stoklosa (CEO)

Precisis

Staying in the Game: Resilience, Burnout, and the Reality of Medtech Leadership

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

Tim Lawrie (CEO & Founder)

Projectus Consulting

Jordi Martorell (CEO & Co-Founder)

Aortyx

Sanjay Kakkar (CEO)

Tensive

Eliane Schutte (CEO)

Xeltis

Marcin Golebicki (CEO and Founder)

ReNavie Sensing

The BCI Moment: Progress, Promises, and the Global Landscape

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Lee Fleisher (CEO)

Rubrum Advising

Carolina Aguilar (CEO & Co-Founder)

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

Joana Cartocci (Cofounder & COO)

Robeaute

Bill Marks (Chief Clinical Officer)

Paradromics

Successful IP Strategies for Innovators

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room C

Robert Ward (MedTech IP Attorney)

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Chris Bolten (MedTech IP Attorney)

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Mano Iyer (Venture Partner)

Sofinnova Partners

Hanson Gifford (Managing Partner)

The Foundry, Inc.

Where Medtronic's 2026 M&A Train is Heading: Q&A with Chris Eso

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Loft Room

Jonas Funk (Manager Director)

LEK Consulting

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

Medtronic

Jonas Funk (Manager Director)

LEK Consulting

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library B

FloodGate Medical

2:25 - 2:30 PM

Morgan Mills (Senior Director)

FloodGate Medical

Heart Biotech Holdings

2:30 - 2:39 PM

Francis White (CEO)

Heart Biotech Holdings

Circular Genomics

2:40 - 2:49 PM

Paul Sargeant (President & Chief Executive Officer)

Circular Genomics

Inossia

2:50 - 2:59 PM

Malin Nilsson (CEO)

Inossia

ElectraDx

3:00 - 3:09 PM

Veronique Ameye (CEO)

ElectraDx

Polarean

3:10 - 3:19 PM

Christopher von Jako (CEO)

Polarean

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library A

CLARO Surgical

2:30 - 2:39 PM

Moises Barbera Ramos (Founder and CEO)

CLARO Surgical

VERSONO Medical

2:40 - 2:49 PM

Finbar Dolan (CEO)

VERSONO Medical

Vascudyne Inc

2:50 - 2:59 PM

Zeeshan Syedain (CEO)

Vascudyne Inc

Allegro

3:00 - 3:09 PM

Lucas Decuypere (CEO)

Allegro

Cairdac

3:10 - 3:19 PM

Edouard Fonck (CEO)

Cairdac

American Venture and Strategic Perspectives on European Strengths and Opportunities

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room B

Kyle Sherrill (Investment Manager)

Nina Capital

Julien Brohan (Director, Medtech Ventures)

Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures

Nir Goldenberg (Sr. Director, Business Development)

Mayo Clinic

Anita Watkins (Managing Director)

UNC Health Ventures

Andrew Pieprzyk (Vice President, Strategic Development)

Hologic

Building a U.S. Market Entry Strategy Before You Need One

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room C

Pablo Morales (Chief Medical Officer)

Veranex

Ana Maiques (CEO & CoFounder)

Neuroelectrics

Toon Overbeeke (Co-Founder & CEO)

Vitestro

Jordi Martorell (CEO & Co-Founder)

Aortyx

Meni Iamberger (COO)

SmartValves

The Business of Venture: The Financial Side of Raising and Running a Medtech Fund

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Loft Room

David Belitz (Partner)

Solas BioVentures

Stefan Fischer (Managing Partner)

TVM Capital

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library B

Barrington James

3:20 - 3:25 PM

Suzie Bangle (Head of Medical Device)

Barrington James

DESKi

3:25 - 3:34 PM

Bertrand Moal (CEO)

DESKi

Panda Surgical

3:35 - 3:44 PM

Manios Dimitrakakis (CEO)

Panda Surgical

LuSeed Vascular

3:45 - 3:54 PM

Nitzan Hirsh (Co-Founder and CEO)

LuSeed Vascular

Nyxoah

3:55 - 4:04 PM

Olivier Taelman (CEO)

Nyxoah

Flux Robotics B.V.

4:05 - 4:14 PM

Dr. ir. Christoff Heunis (CEO)

Flux Robotics B.V.

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library A

Greenberg Traurig

3:20 - 3:25 PM

Christian Rybak (Partner/Shareholder)

Greenberg Traurig

PharmaSens AG

3:25 - 3:34 PM

Marcel Both (CEO)

PharmaSens AG

Echopoint Medical

3:35 - 3:44 PM

Pri Hancock (CFO)

Echopoint Medical

Noah Labs

3:45 - 3:54 PM

Leonhard Riehle, MD (Co-Founder & CMedO)

Noah Labs

HapticHeart Solutions, Inc.

3:55 - 4:04 PM

Christopher Lee (Co-Founder & CEO)

HapticHeart Solutions, Inc.

CleanMargin

4:05 - 4:14 PM

Yana Reshetnyak (CEO)

CleanMargin

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

One Study, Multiple Milestones: The New Global Evidence Strategy for Medtech

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room C

Glenn Stiegman (Senior Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs)

MCRA

Michael Anselmo (VP of Reimbursement, Health Economics and Market Access)

MCRA

Abigail Allen (Vice President, Clinical Affairs)

MCRA an IQVIA business

Sean Morris (President & CEO)

Amplifi Vascular

Simon Mifsud (CEO & Co-Founder)

Garland Surgical Ltd

Unplugged CEO Series: Best and Worst VC Interactions

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library B

SALIMANDER

4:15 - 4:20 PM

Cas Dercksen (Managing Partner)

SALIMANDER

Bloomlife

4:20 - 4:29 PM

Julien Penders (Co-Founder & COO)

Bloomlife

Avertto Medical LTD

4:40 - 4:49 PM

Hilla Benpazi (Founder & CEO)

Avertto Medical LTD

Utilizer

4:50 - 4:59 PM

Sofia Bertling (CEO)

Utilizer

Heartfelt Technologies

5:00 - 5:09 PM

Shamus Husheer (CEO)

Heartfelt Technologies

Presenting Companies

4:15 - 5:09 PM

Library A

Alpha Sophia

4:15 - 4:20 PM

Robin Rump (Founder and CTO)

Alpha Sophia

Append Medical

4:20 - 4:29 PM

Nadav Agian (CEO)

Append Medical

MDA - Medical Decision Alliance GmbH

4:30 - 4:39 PM

Gunter Trojandt (Managing Director)

MDA - Medical Decision Alliance GmbH

Nitinotes

4:40 - 4:49 PM

Lloyd Diamond (CEO)

Nitinotes

Healionics Corp.

4:50 - 4:59 PM

Mike Connolly (CEO)

Healionics Corp.

PreciPoint

5:00 - 5:09 PM

Wolfgang Kintzel (Co-CEO & CSO)

PreciPoint

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

Perspectives From the Next Generation of Medtech Venture Investors

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room C

Maya Misra (Senior Analyst)

Angelini Ventures

Philipp Lechner (Principal Venture Capital)

TVM Capital

Melissa Lezameta (Associate)

Epidarex Capital

Emma Heckenberg (Analysts)

Solas BioVentures

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 (Partner & Head of Investments)

Nina Capital

Kei Müller (CEO)

Ebenbuild

Weronika Michaluk (MedTech Practice Lead)

HTD Health

Steve West (Managing Director)

Healthliant Ventures @ Tanner Health

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

Bill Little (VP Corporate Development & Strategy)

Orchestra BioMed

Zoar Engelman (CEO)

Axon Therapies

Virginia Giddings (Vice President, Exploration)

Edwards Lifesciences

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

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Loft Room

Dinner located at Pool Terrace and Zuu (all attendees)

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Day 2 - Wednesday, September 30

Breakfast located in -2 Foyer

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

Vessix, SoniVie and Axonics: Anatomy of Successful Collaborations and Exits

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room B

Raymond Cohen (Venture Partner)

Andera Partners and Sherpa HC Partners

Raphaël Wisniewski (Partner)

Andera Partners

The Transatlantic Gauntlet: How European Startups Can Win in the US Market

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room C

Christopher Campbell (Managing Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Imran Hamid (Insurance Broker)

LivaNova

Eric Tansky (Managing Director)

Oppenheimer

Addie Harris (Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Tonya Dowd (EVP Corporate Development)

PRIA Healthcare

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library B

RBrooks Group Inc.

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Connor Keegan (Vice President)

RBrooks Group Inc.

InterShunt

9:05 - 9:14 AM

Harlee Sorkin (CEO)

InterShunt

DeepPulseNeuro

9:15 - 9:24 AM

Stéphane Corp (Co-Founder & CEO)

DeepPulseNeuro

Earendel Medical

9:25 - 9:34 AM

Chen Levin (Co-Founder and CEO)

Earendel Medical

Collin Robotics

9:45 - 9:54 AM

Frank K. de Gioia (CEO)

Collin Robotics

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library A

CS Lifesciences

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Edwin Lindsay (Managing Director)

CS Lifesciences

Axithra

9:05 - 9:14 AM

Lars Kongsbak (CEO)

Axithra

Impact Korea Co., Ltd.

9:15 - 9:24 AM

Jeongwon Lee (CTO)

Impact Korea Co., Ltd.

ABANZA

9:25 - 9:34 AM

Juan Abascal (CEO & Founder)

ABANZA

Hemanext, Inc.

9:35 - 9:44 AM

M. Shane Ray (CEO and CCO)

Hemanext, Inc.

Moximed

9:45 - 9:54 AM

Christopher Gleason (President & CEO)

Moximed

Unplugged Strategics: TBA

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Loft Room

Signature Series: Daniel Allen and Elliott Street

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Elliot Street (CEO)

Inovus Medical

Daniel Allen (Principal)

Unorthodox Ventures

All of Your IP Questions Answered

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Sabing Lee (Partner)

Knobbe Martens, Partner

Jessica Achtsam (Partner)

Knobbe Martens

Unplugged VC Series: Live Company Feedback

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library B

PRIA Healthcare

9:55 - 10:00 AM

Lauren Sirek (Manager, Business Development & Marketing)

PRIA Healthcare

BIOCAPTIVA LTD

10:00 - 10:09 AM

Jeremy Wheeler (CEO)

BIOCAPTIVA LTD

YOPI Technologies R&D LTD

10:10 - 10:19 AM

Menachem Genut (Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)

YOPI Technologies R&D LTD

Kudu Med

10:20 - 10:29 AM

Yuval Shklarsh (Founder & CEO)

Kudu Med

Luminopia

10:30 - 10:39 AM

Scott Xiao (Co-Founder and CEO)

Luminopia

WISE SpA

10:40 - 10:49 AM

Luca Ravagnan (CEO)

WISE SpA

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library A

The Mullings Group Companies

9:55 - 10:00 AM

Tom Farr (Executive Search Consultant)

The Mullings Group Companies

Retia Medical

10:00 - 10:09 AM

Marc Zemel (CEO)

Retia Medical

Paradromics

10:10 - 10:19 AM

Bill Marks (Chief Clinical Officer)

Paradromics

Amplifi Vascular

10:30 - 10:39 AM

Sean Morris (President & CEO)

Amplifi Vascular

OLI Technologies

10:40 - 10:49 AM

Thomas Weindl (CEO & Co-Founder)

OLI Technologies

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

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room B

Marta G. Zanchi (Founder & Managing Partner)

Nina Capital

Hamed Hanafi (CEO)

NovaResp Technologies Inc

Gautam Kainth (Partner)

TCP Health Ventures

Thom Rasche (Managing Partner)

Earlybird Health Management GmbH & Co. KG

Harnik Shukla (Partner)

Knobbe Martens

The New Rules of Raising Capital: What Works, What Doesn’t

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

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

RBrooks Group

Stacey Pugh (CEO)

Endogenex

Daniel Rose (CEO)

Endovascular Engineering

Aneta Sottil (Partner)

Andera Partners

Fernando Pacheco (Investment Director)

Endeavour Vision

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

CSSI - Cost Segregation Services

10:50 - 10:55 AM

Brian Liles (Executive Vice President)

CSSI - Cost Segregation Services

Polimerbio

10:55 - 11:04 AM

Pablo Fernández (CEO)

Polimerbio

Gilbert Group B.V.

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Maurits Huigen (CEO)

Gilbert Group B.V.

Abionic

11:15 - 11:24 AM

Patrick Pestalozzi (CEO)

Abionic

Microsure

11:25 - 11:34 AM

Alex Joseph (Chief Executive Officer)

Microsure

NUA Surgical Ltd

11:35 - 11:44 AM

Barry McCann (CEO & Founder)

NUA Surgical Ltd

Respiree

11:45 - 11:54 AM

Gurpreet Singh (CEO)

Respiree

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

NAMSA

10:50 - 10:55 AM

Adam Saltman (Chief Medical Officer)

NAMSA

Accure Acne

10:55 - 11:04 AM

Christopher Carlton (Chairman and CEO)

Accure Acne

Positrigo

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Jannis Fischer (CEO)

Positrigo

Samay

11:15 - 11:24 AM

Maria Artunduaga (Founder & CEO)

Samay

Arctx Medical, Inc.

11:35 - 11:44 AM

Robert Kieval (President and Chief Executive Officer)

Arctx Medical, Inc.

ANEUVO

11:45 - 11:54 AM

Yi-Kai Lo (CEO)

ANEUVO

The Unfiltered Trials and Tribulations of Building Successful Medtech Companies

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room B

Scott Pantel (Founder & CEO)

LSI

Raymond Cohen (Venture Partner)

Andera Partners and Sherpa HC Partners

Daniel Rose (CEO)

Endovascular Engineering

Is Your Company IP-Ready? Preparing for Investment, Partnerships, and Acquisition

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Living Room C

Kregg Koch (US Patent Attorney)

Knobbe Martens

Sabing Lee (Partner)

Knobbe Martens, Partner

Ramin Mousavi (Founder, Chairman & CEO)

NovoMed PARTNERS

Tal Wenderow (Founding Managing Partner)

Star51 Capital

Unplugged VC Series: TBA

11:15 - 11:55 AM

Loft Room

Lunch located in -2 Foyer & IMPAR (all attendees)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch with Investors at Maymanta Rooftop (Funding Fast Track Exclusive Event)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

The Clinical Decisions That Make or Break Enterprise Value: How to Mitigate Risk

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room B

Sofia Spjuth (VP Clinical Affairs, Europe)

Veranex

Louise Warme (Corporate Venture Capital Director)

We Venture Capital

Carolina Aguilar (CEO & Co-Founder)

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics

Boris Pasche (Co-founder and Member)

TheraBionic

Christian Rybak (Partner/Shareholder)

Greenberg Traurig

Greenlight Guru Workshop

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Living Room C

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library B

Alluvia Studio

1:30 - 1:35 PM

Rachel Knutton (CEO)

Alluvia Studio

Xeltis

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Eliane Schutte (CEO)

Xeltis

CorWave

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Louis De Lillers (CEO)

CorWave

Haermonics BV

1:55 - 2:04 PM

Arash Dodge (CEO)

Haermonics BV

Batea Oncology

2:05 - 2:14 PM

Sonia Martinez Arca (Co-founder and CEO)

Batea Oncology

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

BEAMRION

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Aswin Hoffmann (EiR / Co-Founder)

BEAMRION

Theraclion

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Martin Deterre (CEO)

Theraclion

Pulnovo

1:55 - 2:04 PM

Mathias Bouzereau (Senior Business Development Director, International)

Pulnovo

Approxima

2:05 - 2:14 PM

Michal Jaworek (CEO & Co-Founder)

Approxima

Nano4Imaging

2:15 - 2:24 PM

Rudolf Schulze Vohren (Co-Founder and CEO)

Nano4Imaging

AI: Pulling Classic Medical Device into the Future

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

Joe Mullings (Chairman & CEO)

The Mullings Group Companies

Amr Salahieh (CEO)

Shifamed

Mariam Maghribi (Chief Business Officer)

Atia Vision

Kavi Vyas (Chief Commercial and Clinical Officer)

Akura Medical

Before the Data: How Early Stage Medtech Investors Decide

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Marta G. Zanchi (Founder & Managing Partner)

Nina Capital

Celia Hart (General Partner)

Supernova Invest

Hannah Tapsell Chapman (Investor)

Mercia Ventures

Bibi Sattar Marques (Partner)

BUENAVISTA EQUITY PARTNERS

Jan Engels (Senior Investment Manager)

HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH

Compressing Medtech Timelines and Capital Requirements: Accelerating Class I–III Market Launch with Cloud Simulation and In Silico Trials

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room C

Carol Stafford (Client Executive - Medical Device & Diagnostics EMEA)

Medidata

Debt and Private Credit: What, Why, and When

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Loft Room

Ryan Kaeding (Managing Director)

Trinity Capital

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library B

Neuroelectrics

2:30 - 2:39 PM

Ana Maiques (CEO & CoFounder)

Neuroelectrics

INNITIUS

2:40 - 2:49 PM

Rubén Molina (CEO & Co-Founder)

INNITIUS

FORESEE MedTech

2:50 - 2:59 PM

Laura Becerra-Fajardo (CEO)

FORESEE MedTech

Flomics Biotech

3:00 - 3:09 PM

João Curado (CEO)

Flomics Biotech

Debios Diagnostics

3:10 - 3:19 PM

Joan Grasas (CEO)

Debios Diagnostics

Presenting Companies

2:25 - 3:19 PM

Library A

PDV MedTech

2:25 - 2:30 PM

David Chersky (VP of Strategic Sales)

PDV MedTech

Juvant Medical

2:30 - 2:39 PM

Theo Ruers (Co-founder and CEO)

Juvant Medical

Garland Surgical

2:40 - 2:49 PM

Simon Mifsud (Chief Executive Officer)

Garland Surgical

LifeShield Medical

3:10 - 3:19 PM

Dr. Tim Kaufmann (Founder and Chairman)

LifeShield Medical

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

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room B

Murielle Thinard McLane (President & Managing Partner)

Intuitive Ventures

Caroline Gaynor (Partner)

Lightstone Ventures

John Propst (Managing Partner)

Ground Effect Ventures

Luc Marengere (Managing Partner)

TVM Capital

No More AI Theater: What's Real, What's Next

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Living Room C

Daniel Allen (Principal)

Unorthodox Ventures

Ohad Arazi (President and CEO)

Subtle Medical

Unplugged Session: Organ Preservation

3:00 - 3:40 PM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library B

Cufftech

3:25 - 3:34 PM

Claudia Rodiera, MD, PhD, EMBA (Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer)

Cufftech

Presenting Companies

3:20 - 4:14 PM

Library A

New to Medical Device Sales

3:20 - 3:25 PM

Jacob McLaughlin (CEO)

New to Medical Device Sales

Spotlab.ai

3:25 - 3:34 PM

Miguel Luengo-Oroz (CEO & Founder)

Spotlab.ai

Carelight

3:35 - 3:44 PM

Martin French (CEO)

Carelight

Eclipse Medical

3:45 - 3:54 PM

Aidan Mulloy (Founder and CEO)

Eclipse Medical

Nuubo

3:55 - 4:04 PM

Juan Alcantara Morales (CEO)

Nuubo

Tulyp Medical

4:05 - 4:14 PM

Steve Motes (CEO)

Tulyp Medical

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 (Partner)

Nina Capital

Anna Hildebrand (Inaugural Principal)

Star51 Capital

Joshua Eckelberry (Principal)

Solas BioVentures

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

NLC Health Ventures

How VCs Are Using and Assessing AI in 2026

3:45 - 4:25 PM

Living Room C

Johannes Fischer (Partner)

Wellington Partners

Salma Al Zu'bi (Investment Principal)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Hamzeh Abdul Hadi (Senior Principal)

Angelini Ventures

Sascha Berger (Senior Advisor)

Aescuvest Capital Partners

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

Innovative Catheter Solutions

4:15 - 4:20 PM

Brendan Marrinan (Head of Business Development)

Innovative Catheter Solutions

Agents of Discovery Inc.

4:20 - 4:29 PM

Joel Krupa (CAO)

Agents of Discovery Inc.

Osteoboost Health

4:40 - 4:49 PM

Laura Yecies (CEO)

Osteoboost Health

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center & SmartValves

4:50 - 4:59 PM

Chaim Lotan (Chief Innovation Officer)

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center & SmartValves

Level Zero Health

5:00 - 5:09 PM

Ula Rustamova (CEO & Co-Founder)

Level Zero Health

The VC Perspective: Engineering Medtech to Meet the M&A Appetite

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room B

Barak Singer (Executive VP, Head of Healthcare)

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 State of European Venture Capital in Medtech

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Living Room C

Sylvain Sachot (Partner)

Asabys Partners

Elena Lovo (Head of EMEA Life Sciences, Innovation Economy)

JP Morgan

Hubert Birner (Managing Partner)

TVM Capital

Mathieu PIERONNE (Director)

Andera Partners

Unplugged Session: Dermatology/Wound Care

4:30 - 5:10 PM

Loft Room

Demystifying Working with the FDA and CMS

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Living Room C

Ian Purdy (Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance)

Purdy Healthtech Intnl

Yuval Mandelbaum (CEO)

Discure Technologies

Lee Fleisher (CEO)

Rubrum Advising

Colby Holtshouse (CEO)

May Health

Lucas Decuypere (CEO)

Allegro

Unplugged Session: Cardiac

5:15 - 5:55 PM

Loft Room

Rooftop Drinks and Fireside Chat at Maymanta (all attendees)

6:00 - 7:15 PM

Passport Required: Building and Scaling Medtech Across Borders

6:30 - 7:10 PM

Living Room B

Marc Subirats (General Partner)

Nina Capital

Susana Amorim Lopes (Investment Manager)

Gilde Healthcare

Veronique Ameye (CEO)

ElectraDx

Raj Airey (Founding partner)

Convergence Partners

Karl Stoklosa (CEO)

Precisis

Dinner Located at -2 Foyer (all attendees)

6:30 - 8:00 PM

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

7:30 - 10:00 PM

Investor Reception Hosted by Asabys Partners and JP Morgan at Maymanta Rooftop (Invite-Only)

8:00 - 10:00 PM

Day 3 - Thursday, October 1

Breakfast located in -2 Foyer

6:30 - 8:00 AM

From Pilot to Revenue: The Challenges of Scaling AI in Healthcare

8:10 - 8:50 AM

Living Room B

Addie Harris (Partner)

Precision Life Science Partners

Euan Thomson (Venture Partner)

1955 Capital

Fireside Chat: Inside UNC Health Ventures Next Phase and Model for Building Companies

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Living Room B

Anita Watkins (Managing Director)

UNC Health Ventures

Adam Gridley (CEO)

Vergent Bioscience

Omid Akhavan (Managing Director)

Anthro Ventures

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

ADCORPUS MEDTECH S.L.

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Nicolás Barabino (CEO)

ADCORPUS MEDTECH S.L.

Invenio Imaging

9:05 - 9:14 AM

Adrian Whitford (President)

Invenio Imaging

HealtheTile Technologies, Inc.

9:15 - 9:24 AM

Houman Homayoun (Co-Founder & CEO)

HealtheTile Technologies, Inc.

Segmed

9:25 - 9:34 AM

David Gascoigne (CEO)

Segmed

Surgical Reality

9:35 - 9:44 AM

Chris Hordijk (Founder/CEO)

Surgical Reality

Presenting Companies

9:00 - 9:54 AM

Library A

EOS Intelligence

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Indraneel Bardhan (Founder and Partner)

EOS Intelligence

QV Bioelectronics

9:05 - 9:14 AM

Carl Daintree (CEO)

QV Bioelectronics

Enacuity

9:15 - 9:24 AM

Maria Leiloglou (CEO)

Enacuity

Cardyograft srl.

9:25 - 9:34 AM

Simone Pollano (General Manager Operations Europe)

Cardyograft srl.

EyeYon Medical Ltd.

9:35 - 9:44 AM

Nahum Ferera (CEO & Co-Founder)

EyeYon Medical Ltd.

Prolifagen

9:45 - 9:54 AM

Michael Behr (CEO)

Prolifagen

Unplugged Session: Surgery

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Loft Room

Capital is Changing: The New Corporate and Financial Investment Landscape

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room B

Aneta Sottil (Partner)

Andera Partners

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

Medtronic

Darren Sherman (Founder & COO)

Orchestra BioMed

Ainhoa Manterola Solans (Managing Director)

Sofina

Philip Kowalczyk (Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer)

LivaNova

Working with Hospitals and Accelerators to Spin-Up Innovation

9:45 - 10:25 AM

Living Room C

Ileana Lindeman (Venture Partner, Orthopedics, Spine & Surgery)

NLC Health Ventures

Steve West (Managing Director)

Healthliant Ventures @ Tanner Health

Elisenda Bonet Carné (CEO & Co-founder)

fetaLife Technologies

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

Cozen O'Connor

9:55 - 10:00 AM

Chris Raphaely (Co-Chair, Health Care & Life Sciences Practice)

Cozen O'Connor

Prometheus Therapeutics

10:10 - 10:19 AM

Chris Lear (Chief Strategy Officer)

Prometheus Therapeutics

Rapid Nexus NWS

10:20 - 10:29 AM

Dr. Margaret Kalmeta (CEO)

Rapid Nexus NWS

RSP Systems A/S

10:30 - 10:39 AM

Michael Gürtler (Chief Commercial Officer)

RSP Systems A/S

Presenting Companies

9:55 - 10:49 AM

Library A

Scientia Talent

9:55 - 10:00 AM

Redd Warburton (Co Founder)

Scientia Talent

Aurie

10:00 - 10:09 AM

Souvik Paul (CEO & Founder)

Aurie

Axial3D

10:10 - 10:19 AM

Roger Johnston (CEO)

Axial3D

PACATIS

10:20 - 10:29 AM

Alexa Buck (Co-Founder)

PACATIS

Sonata Medtech

10:30 - 10:39 AM

David Jacques (CEO)

Sonata Medtech

Sealantium Medical

10:40 - 10:49 AM

Jay Kapoor (Business Development Lead)

Sealantium Medical

Marks and Markets: Valuation Benchmarks Across the Medtech Capital Stack

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room B

Tal Wenderow (Founding Managing Partner)

Star51 Capital

Roger Zickfeld (Managing Director)

Weild & Co.

Lars Olthof (Investment Director & Head of Venture Finance)

NLC Health Ventures

The Ins and Outs of Working with Brokers and Advisors to Raise Capital

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Living Room C

Omar Khateeb (CEO)

MarketCraft

Ryan Wade (Principal)

Wayfinder Advisors

Konrad Dobschuetz (Chief Strategy Officer)

McGinley Orthopedics

Raymond Cohen (Venture Partner)

Andera Partners and Sherpa HC Partners

Unplugged Session: Bioelectronics/Neurotech

10:30 - 11:10 AM

Loft Room

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library B

OxDevice Medical

10:50 - 10:55 AM

Duncan Keeble (Founder & Managing Director)

OxDevice Medical

ClariDX

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Magnus Jensen (CEO & Co-Founder)

ClariDX

OSSTEC

11:25 - 11:34 AM

Maxwell Munford (CEO & Founder)

OSSTEC

Clouds of Care

11:45 - 11:54 AM

Gregor Strobbe (Founder CEO)

Clouds of Care

Presenting Companies

10:50 - 11:54 AM

Library A

Medividia

11:05 - 11:14 AM

Deniz Ozturk (VP, In Silico Technologies)

Medividia

NGScopes

11:25 - 11:34 AM

Jonas Steinhäuser-Meerz (CEO & Co-Founder)

NGScopes

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 -2 Foyer & IMPAR (all attendees)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Barcelona Health Innovation Networking Lunch with Stanford Biodesign Alumni at Maymanta Rooftop (Private Invite-Only)

12:00 - 1:30 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

Weild & Co.

1:30 - 1:35 PM

Roger Zickfeld (Managing Director)

Weild & Co.

Dermagnostix

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Ludwig Gutzweiler (CTO & Managing Director)

Dermagnostix

OxSonics

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Jerome Marzinski (CEO)

OxSonics

Blackrock Neurotech

2:05 - 2:14 PM

Marcus Gerhardt (CEO & Co-Founder)

Blackrock Neurotech

Presenting Companies

1:30 - 2:24 PM

Library A

Muller Advisory Company

1:30 - 1:35 PM

Melissa Muller (Founder & Principal Consultant)

Muller Advisory Company

ABILITY Neurotech

1:35 - 1:44 PM

Rotem Kopel, PhD (CEO & Co-Founder)

ABILITY Neurotech

brain4care

1:45 - 1:54 PM

Carlos Bremer (Chief Strategy Officer)

brain4care

Minze Health

2:05 - 2:14 PM

Tom Moore (President & CEO)

Minze Health

Joshi Innovations

2:15 - 2:24 PM

Shirish Joshi (CEO & Founder)

Joshi Innovations

Unplugged Session: Metabolic

1:30 - 2:10 PM

Loft Room

Beyond Milestones: The Translation Assembly Problem in Medtech

2:15 - 2:55 PM

Living Room B

Tony Kypreos (Entrepreneur in Residence)

London Institute for Healthcare Engineering

Michael Ebner (CEO & Co-Founder)

Hypervision Surgical

Magnus Jensen (CEO & Co-Founder)

ClariDX

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

Cascador/moveUP

2:30 - 2:39 PM

Philip Taillieu (Co-founder - CEO)

Cascador/moveUP

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

Closing Cocktail Reception at Maymanta Rooftop (all attendees)

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Farewell Dinner Dinner Reception at Zuu (all attendees)

6:30 - 9:30 PM

Day 4 - Friday, October 2

Kayaking with PDV MedTech

10:00 AM

Spend the morning kayaking with the PDV MedTech team in Barcelona. Limited availability. Please contact Ann Gargiulo at [email protected] for details.

Location: TBD more details coming soon

Details: TBD more details coming soon

Sign-up: Contact Ann Gargiulo at [email protected]

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