13:15 – 14:00

MedTech Twente – Fire side chat

Location| INSPIRATION Stage | 250 seats

The integral healthcare agreement: the desired policy to improve challenges in healthcare, or…

13:15 – 15:00

Technical physician in clinical practice

Location | ACCELERATION Stage | 100 seats

What exactly does a technical physician (TP) do in a hospital? In this session, you will find out through 4 presentations by TP’ers working in the clinic.

14:00 – 15:10

Intelligent imaging for precision medicine

Location | INNOVATION Room | 100 seats

Get inspired by the latest developments in Intelligent imaging. Experts from different fields share their visions and thoughts.

14:00 – 15:00

TOPFIT – ICMS: Movement disorders

Location | FULL FOCUS | 40 seats

Including presentations about movement analysis, osteoarthritis, and the role of patient and citizen participation.

14:15 – 16:00

Challenges in business

Location | INSPIRATION Stage | 250 seats

Growing your business from 100 to 1000+ employees? How do you grow from a single to an international market? And: what are the considerations for attracting investors? Find it out in this session!

15:00 – 17:00

Vitaal Twente: Medical technology in healthcare institutions

Location | ACCELERATION Stage | 70 seats

Medical technology – you and your healthcare facility want to use it, but keep getting stuck. But how do you implement technology, scale it up and work differently?

15:15 – 16:15

Personalized eHealth Technology: Launching eCMC to enhance our collaboration

Location | INNOVATION Room | 100 seats

A session full of interesting eHealth technology projects and the new Expert Center for Monitoring and Coaching will be launched. Curious? Follow this session.

15:15 – 16:15

Challenges in medicine: frontrunners about their dilemmas and innovations

Location | FULL FOCUS | 40 seats

Clinicians present their innovations and talk about their dilemmas, issues and limits. A perfect session for discussions and finding partnerships.

16:15 – 16:20

16:20 – 17:00

Plenary Keynote

Niers Fund eHealth Voucher

Location | INSPIRATION Stage | 2250 seats

This voucher is awarded annually to a bachelor or master student, PhD or young alumnus who has an innovative idea for an eHealth solution. The voucher is made possible by the Twente University Fund.

Keynote lecture – Prof.dr. Alex Friedrich

Location | INSPIRATION Stage | 250 seats

The keynote gives his vision of the possibilities and challenges of cross-border collaboration in industry, hospitals, governments and science between Germany and the Netherlands.

17:00 – 18:30

17:00 – 18:30

Closing, networking drinks and more

Experience Centre

Location | Labs & The meeting lounge

Explore MedTech research and companies that will be present by visiting various demos, information boards, stands and facilities in the TechMed Centre.

Connecting frontrunners

Location| The meeting lounge

Looking for partnership opportunities, or want to network with other stakeholders in the MedTech field? Make use of our connecting options: meeting point; doctors and advertiorialboard.

Exchange Dinner: Scaling MedTech Business

In the evening, the exclusive Exchange Dinner will take place for the second time. Where startups with a MedTech innovation get to know and learn from  MedTech corporates. C-level representatives of these companies will host a table. Startups with healthcare innovations join to share and discuss their company’s pitfalls, dilemmas, and opportunities.

MedTech Twente update

The latest news from the MedTech Twente ecosystem. This session is especially aimed at partners of the cluster and other interested parties.

Matchmaking

New connections are the cornerstone of Med Tech Twente Week. During the MedTech Business Event, we will organise curated matches with relevant venture capital firms or funds, researchers, industry partners, clinicians, SMEs, angel investors or other experts. At the heart of these matches is the event matchmaking tool, where attendees can scout for their matches.
Schedule your 20 minute matchmaking sessions in the B2Match app.

Wrap-up day 1 and kick off day 2

While enjoying a cup of coffee or tea we look back on the first day of MedTech Twente Week: The TechMed Event and Exchange Dinner. Thereafter we will kick off the MedTech Business Event.

Lunchtime

Enjoy lunch at the TechMed Centre.

Matchmaking

New connections are the cornerstone of Med Tech Twente Week. During the MedTech Business Event, we will organise curated matches with relevant venture capital firms or funds, researchers, industry partners, clinicians, SMEs, angel investors or other experts. At the heart of these matches is the event matchmaking tool, where attendees can scout for their matches.
Schedule your 20 minute matchmaking sessions in the B2Match app.

Opening bar and announcements

Networking drink

Financing Landscape

What are the most used financing options for MedTech companies in Twente? Gain insight into which early phase opportunities are available and find your best fit financial solution. Bram ten Bok, Investment Manager at Oost NL, and Albert-Jan de Croes, Investment Specialist at Novel-T, will help you in this quest.

Angel Meetup

This session is cancelled.

How to get funded?

Q&A-session about how to fund your early stage MedTech startup. Bram ten Bok, investment manager at Oost NL, Albert-Jan de Croes, investment specialist at Novel-T and an investor are here to answer your questions!

13:30 – 14:30

Deal Terms UT: how we spin-off

The University of Twente has more than 40 spin-offs with IP transferred. During the Spin-off deal terms session, KTO lead Roy Kolkman will explain why the university spins out companies, how, and under what conditions. From a shareholder perspective, Remon van der Woude (Portfolio Manager, UT Holding) will shine more light on how the university supports these spin-offs after incorporation. Albert-Jan de Croes will guide the session, ending with answers to your most asked questions. Always wondered how the UT creates spin-offs? Join this session!

Board Dynamics and Effectiveness in Ventures

What is the added value of a (non) Executive or Supervisory Board for a start- or scale up? In this session, our panellists share their experiences with their supervisory board; what is the purpose of their board? What is the role of the board in professionalizing the organization? What is needed from the CEO to stimulate a successful collaboration? And what is the perspective of the shareholder on board dynamics and creating value?

Chimwemwe de Gaay Fortman, Director Capital and Member of the Board Oost NL and (non-executive) Member of the Board Eco.business Fund, will host this session.

Panelists:

CEO LivAssured – Jeroen van den Hout 

RvC LivAssured – Dick Sietses

CEO Plasmacure – Wildred den Hartog

RvC Plasmacure – Jeroen Cammeraat

At The Money Podcast

Thomas Mensink, driving force behind At The Money Podcast, discusses how a VC successfully invests in early stage MedTech startups.

International Business: an introduction

Starting a company is not easy. Going abroad is neither. Doing international business needs preparation and costs time, money and effort. In this session startups will learn what is needed to become successful abroad.

Sascha Leuftink, Manager Saxion Export Center (SEC), and Jan Temmink, World Trade Center Twente, will introduce you to international business. 

FDA or MDR, what is the preferred regulatory route?

Things you always wanted to know about FDA & CE/MDR but didn’t know to ask! Gary Antonius, Business Development at Baat Medical, and Leonie Schuurmans, Task Force Health Care, are here to brush up on your knowledge.

As a medical device manufacturer, you are confronted with an important decision – whether to seek the approval of the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) or comply with the EU MDR (Medical Device Regulation). Learn more about the differences regarding classification and clinical evaluation. What is the best route to take for your medical device?

Your host during this session is Lisanne Nannings, project manager medical devices at Holland Innovative.

How to enter the German hospital market successfully?

Selling Medical Devices to German hospitals as a Dutch company is by no means easy. But what are the main barriers to enter the German health market, and how can you overcome these barriers? What are the different ways to contact German hospitals? How do you get your medical devices reimbursed? What is the German purchasing companies’ role in the German health care market? In this session, Mr Schulten, Head of Business Unit Services of Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS), and Mr Vollmer, Health Geographer / Health Economist at MArS, will answer these questions!

Clustergrowth in France: information session

Sébastien Weisbuch, Executive Director of MEDICALPS, and Joris Houtman, director NBSO (Netherlands Business Support Office) Lyon, take us into the method of this French MedTech cluster.

France is the second largest market in Europe for medicinal products and medical devices at manufacturer prices. An important role in this development are the innovation clusters specializing in medical technologies. What can we learn from the French clusters and what are the possibilities to cooperate with the members of those clusters?

TOPFIT Citizenlab Event

More information will follow.

MedTech Escape Battle

Are you studying in Twente and are you up for a challenge? Join the MedTech Talent Event as part of MedTech Twente Week. You don’t need a background in medical technology. Just be curious!

• Form a team with your fellow students (max. 3).
• Meet MedTech companies like Demcon, Baat Medical, Medtronic, Micronit & Benchmark
• Solve their 5-minute MedTech battles.
• Hand in your solution to escape!
• Escaped? Join the award ceremony during the networking drink & WIN a cinema night with your team!

Are you in? Save the date!

Meet MedTech Companies | Networking Drink

Meet some of the greatest MedTech companies and score your (side) job. Get the chance to speak 1-on-1 with MedTech companies while enjoying your well-deserved drink and snack. 

The basis for successful (medical) device is that it is used by the customer. Your medical device should full-fil or even better exceed the true needs of your user. In order to understand what your user needs, you have to go and talk to them. But who should you approach, what questions should you ask and how do you get to the essence of their desires?

In this practical workshop you will not only learn about the theory behind the ‘Voice of the Customer methodology’ which is an essential part of ‘Design for Six Sigma’ & writing requirements. We will share our hands-on best practices in how to get into contact with your users, how to set up a good interview and how to translate these interview results into useful input for your product design.

During the workshop there will be enough time to apply this on your own product. In addition, we will share templates will be shared with you so you can get started right away with taking one the most important steps in the beginning of your product development process: speak to your users!