Medtech Strategic Trends & Start-up Strategy

This workshop comprises two 60-minute interactive sessions with leading medical device and healthcare innovation experts who will share their views of the current issues and future challenges in the medical device technology industry.

In the first session, William Mitchell and Gail Garland will discuss and debate the hottest issues and trends that are shaping the medical device industry in Canada. Attendees will be able to get unparalleled insight into the current state of the medical device industry.

In the second session, Brian Courtney will discuss key points in starting up a medical device company, drawing reference to his experience in co-founding 3 such companies over the past 20 years. Topics will include team-formation, idea generation, patenting, fundraising, challenges and rewards.