WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7  •  MINNEAPOLIS, MN

LifeScience Alley® Conference & Expo
This is the 10th ANNIVERSARY
of the Conference & Expo
 
PREMIER SPONSORS:
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B&D Consulting
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2011 Speaker Presentations
 
   General Session Videos
  Morning General Session   Luncheon General Session   Afternoon General Session
 
video Keynote Panel introductions by
Dr. Alison Page
video Keynote Panel - Part 1
video Keynote Panel - Part 2
video Messages from Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Erik Paulsen
video Message from Senator Al Franken
video Alley Institute Student Research Poster Session
video New Technology Showcase
video Dr. Leslie Saxon Keynote
Part 1
video Dr. Leslie Saxon Keynote
Part 2
video Message from Governor Mark Dayton
video MOU Signing
video Dr. Jeff Shuren Keynote
video Dr. Jeff Shuren Keynote
Questions & Answers
  "Body Computing and Patient - Networked Technologies" "Regulatory Science - Reducing the Cost and Time to Market Through Scientific Innovations"
 
Richard Kuntz, MD, MSc
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific, Clinical & Regulatory Officer,
Medtronic, Inc.
David Moen, MD
President, Fairview Physician Associates, Fairview Health Services
Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA
President & CEO, Dean Health System
Alison H. Page, MHA, MSN, RN
CEO, Baldwin Area Medical Center, Inc.
 
Leslie A. Saxon
Chief, USC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Executive Director, USC Center for Body Computing, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Jeff Shuren, MD, JD
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
 
   Speaker Presentations
All presentations are Adobe® Acrobat® PDF or PowerPoint Show files.
Some files are very large and may take longer to download.
Speaker biographies for each presenter are available for review.  
Speaker Biographies
 
Seminar Session 1  10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Finance & Leadership - New World Sources of Medtech Capital

Henry Chang, MBA, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, 3M Health Care Presentation
Chris Hoffman, Senior Director & Chief Marketing Officer, TripleTree
Todd Leonard, Executive Director, Minnesota Angel Network
Barbara Rummel, JD, Partner, Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP
Mike Swenson, CIMA, Private Wealth Advisor, Private Banking Investment Group at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch

Research & Innovation - Ethnographic Research with Clinicians and Patients

Rose Anderson, Designer & Researcher, Center for Innovation, Mayo Clinic Presentation
Joseph Cafazzo, PhD, PEng, Director of Healthcare Human Factors & Personal Health Information Technology Lead, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network (UHN)
Greg Ruth, MD, Senior Innovation Fellow, University of Minnesota
Tad Simons, PHD, Co-Founder & Director, Pyxera

Product Development & Engineering - Frugal Engineering for Medical Devices


Chris Anderson, BSEE, Chief Solutions Technologist, Spectrum Design Solutions Presentation
Gregory Peterson, Consultant/Mentor, Medical Devices Center, University of Minnesota
Dirk Smith, MS, Vice President of Engineering, Minnetronix, Inc.
Martyn Smith, PhD, Consultant, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Clinical & Regulatory - The Shifting Global Regulatory Environment

Mark Gardener, MBA, JD, Associate Attorney, DuVal & Associates, P.A. Presentation
Connie O'Connor, Senior Project Manager, DEKRA Certification Inc.
Heather Rosecrans, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)
Vince Ventimiglia, JD, Senior Vice President, B&D Consulting
Lisa Wipperman Heine, MSc, Global Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Vascular Therapies, Covidien/ev3

Reimbursement - Sharpening Your Clinical and Cost Effectiveness Strategy

Jonathan Brenner, Director, Health Policy and Reimbursement, MEDRAD Presentation
Kelli Hallas, Executive Vice President, Emerson Consultants, Inc.
Thomas Marr, MD, Medical Director for Clinical Relations, HealthPartners Heath Plan
Barb Peterson, MBA, President & CEO, Emerson Consultants, Inc.

Health IT - Innovative Technologies in Remote Monitoring

Ken Hoyme, MS, CSEP, Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering, Boston Scientific Corporation Presentation
Andy Tsai, CEO & Co-Founder, ReFleX Wireless Inc.
Gil Anthony Ungab, MD, Private Practice Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Ungab Medical Corp
Kai Worrell, President, Worrell Design Inc.
Jeff Wenes, Corporate Development and Innovation, Children's Hospital

Sales & Marketing - New Influencers in the Purchase of Your Products

Aileen Haan, Solutions Marketing Manager, GE Healthcare Performance Solutions Presentation
Kimberly Hanson, Regional Director of Reimbursement & Marketing Research, Otto Bock HealthCare
Brian Price, MBA, Senior Director of National Accounts, Reimbursement & Heath Economics, Tornier
 
Luncheon General Session  12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
New Technology Showcase New Technology Showcase Presentations
Inspire Medical Systems , Inc., Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS)
Mindful Scientific, Inc., Halifax Consciousness Scanner
NovaScan, LLC, FastPath Hand Held Surgical Probe Presentation
   

Presentation (PPT Show) - Please allow extra time for the file to download

     
Student Research Poster Session Winners Presentation
     
"Body Computing and Patient-Networked Technologies"

Leslie A. Saxon, MD
Chief, USC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Executive Director, USC Center of Body Computing, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California

Presentation
 
Presentation (PPT Show)
Please allow extra time
for the file to download
 
Seminar Session 2  2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Finance & Leadership - Strategies for a Highly Successful Business Model

Michael Dale, BS Presentation
Mark Deem, Managing Partner, The Foundry, LLC
Andy LaFrence, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, CNS Therapeutics, Inc.
Paul Wagner, Chairman & CEO, Minnesota Wire

Research & Innovation - Open Innovation in Medtech

Jeffrey Davis, MD, MS, Director, Space Life Sciences, NASA Presentation
Jon Fredrickson, Vice President, Government, InnoCentive, Inc.
Elizabeth Robboy Kittrie, MMHS, Senior Policy Analyst, United States Department of Health Human Services
Stephen Ruble, Research Fellow, Boston Scientific Corporation

Product Development & Engineering - Miniaturization of Medical Devices

Chris Conger, MSc, Vice President of Research & Development IntriCon Corporation Presentation
John Dzarnoski, PhD, Director of Microelectronic Packaging, Starkey
Steve Weeres, Director of Engineering, Spectrum Design Solutions

Clinical & Regulatory - Predictive Preclinical Data

Donald Palme II, PhD, Head of Division, Sinclair Research Presentation
Thomas Varricchione, RRT, MBA, Principal Advisor, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs Ximedica, LLC
Robert Washabau, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, Professor of Medicine & Department Chair, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota

Reimbursement - The Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

Babette Apland, MS, MBA, Senior Vice President, Heath & Care Management, HeathPartners Presentation
Randall Moore, MD, MBA, CEO, American TeleCare
Stephen Parente, PhD, MPH, MS, Professor, Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance, & Director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI), Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Joshua Schneck, Founder & President, Snow Communications

Health IT - Innovative Mobile Health Apps

Nathan Clevenger, Chief Mobility Architect, ITR Group Presentation
Scott Nelson, PhD, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Logic PD, Inc.
Mathieu Petitjean, PhD, President, MedNest

Sales & Marketing - Protecting Your Products in International Markets

Blair Allen, Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, ACIST Medical Systems Presentation
Trevor Gunn, PhD, Senior Director, International Relations, Medtronic, Inc.
John Nealon, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Women's Health, American Medical Systems
 
Afternoon General Session  3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
"Regulatory Science - Reducing the Cost and Time to Market Through Scientific Innovations"

Jeff Shuren, MD, JD
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Presentation
 
 Worrell Design Spotlight Theater


"Insights from the ER - How Mobile Health Will Impact Your Family's Future"
Worrell Design

Video
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Stealth 360 For Peripheral Arterial Disease Presentation
Circle Biologics, Inc., Patient Derived Cell/Fluid Concentrator System Presentation
Medicom Health Interactive, EVALIA™ Personal Health Profilers Presentation
NetClinic, NetClinic Presentation
QuickCheck Health, Inc., QuickCheck Health Home Test Kits and Online Clinic Presentation
RxFunction Inc., Walkasins™ Presentation
SurModics IVD, ESPM - TMB Enhanced One Component HRP Membrane Substrate Presentation
UBM TECHINSIGHTS IP Corner
IP Management and the IP Lifecycle

Gary Johnson, VP of Business Development, Medical Devices, UBM Techinsights

Presentation
A Clash of IP Cultures - Consumer Electronics and Medical Device Convergence Bill Betten, Senior Technical Advisor, Medical Devices, UBM Techinsights Presentation
Eleven Essential Patent Takeaway Tips from 2011 David Black & Greg Smock, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner Presentation
White Hat Reverse Engineering - Effective IP Defense and Offense
Bill Betten, Senior Technical Advisor, Medical Devices, UBM Techinsights Presentation
Case Study - Implementing an IP Management Process Bill Betten, Senior Technical Advisor, Medical Devices, UBM Techinsights Presentation
From Rembrandts to Innovation Ecosystems Licensing and IP Strategy
Kate Bretscher, PhD, Technical Manager 3M Presentation
Buying, Selling, and Monetizing IP to Strengthen Your IP Position Van Thompson, IP Principal, UBM Techinsights Presentation
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