EITH-Canada & Europe workshops

EIT HEALTH GO GLOBAL TRACK:
CANADA and EUROPE market access conferences – meet the local players!

June 25^th, 2019 | June 26th, 2019 – Room Artois 2

4.30 – 6.00 pm | 9.30 – 10.30 am – Room Artois 2

About Go Global

EIT Health is the largest healthcare innovation community in the world, federating a consortium of more than 50 core partners and 90 associate partners from leading businesses, research centres and universities from across 14 EU countries.

As part of its Accelerator activities, EIT HEALTH provides internationalisation support programmes for SMEs working in the medtech, biotech and digital health sectors called GoGlobal.

Since 2018, a GoGlobal activity is being run with CANADA and provides a unique gateway to the main innovation hubs of the Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver regions.

3 Reasons to attend

The two conferences will:

– Deliver high level contents on access to market strategy and recommendations for start-ups and SMEs willing to investigate in Canada or Europe
– Give valuable insights into the innovative trends, initiatives and ecosystems across Canada and Europe.
– Be a great opportunity to network, share experience and meet key stakeholders that can help SMEs in their long-term development plan towards these two markets.

Programme

CANADA | June 25^th from 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm | Room Artois 2

– Accessing the Canadian market for European medtech SMEs: opportunities and recommendations, update on MDSAP program and way forward | Eric FILION – LOK NORTH AMERICA
– Overview of the trends and opportunities in British Columbia | Laetitia McDOUGALL – Government of British Columbia
– Overview of the trends and opportunities in Quebec | Sabrina FETTAL – MEDTEQ
– Overview of the trends and opportunities in Ontario | Ying TAM – MaRS Ventures
– Zoom on TECHNA model of innovation |Luke BRZOZOWSKI – TECHNA and Diagnostics Innovation
– Showcasing Canadian innovation / pitch session of 5 start-ups & SMEs:

1) Intellijoint Surgical Inc Toronto //ON
2) Maple Corporation Toronto //ON
3) Mespere LifeSciences Waterloo // ON
4) MetaOptima Technology INC Vancouver // BC
5) Puzzle Medical Devices Inc Montreal /QB

EUROPE | June 26th from 9:00am –10:30am | Room Artois 2

– Accessing European markets through EIT HEALTH | Olivier Fontaine, Medicen Paris Region
– Becoming relevant in Europe | Thomas MEIER, You-Can Biz
– Update on European regulation for medical devices & Neighborhood initiative | Christophe AMIEL & Sébastien GIRAUDIER, Voisin Consulting Life Sciences
– Understanding the French healthcare system and market access | Sylvia GERMAIN, SGE Consulting
– Understanding the German healthcare system and market access | Dr Madeleine KUENZ, Kalms Consulting
– Understanding the Spanish healthcare system and market access | Meike BOMHOF, Hull Associates