Register now for MedTech 2010!
Only a few days to go until the start of MedTech 2010: A history of innovation - looking forward, looking back, MTAA’s annual conference.
The conference will be held on Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 September 2010 at Star City Hotel in Sydney.
Don't delay any longer. Click here to register online.
The final program is now available. You can read it online by clicking here.
While we have invited the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon; and the federal opposition health spokesperson, Peter Dutton, to open the conference on 15 September, their presentations will depend on the confirmation of the ministry by the Gillard Government and the allocation of the shadow portfolios by the federal opposition. Confirmation of their attendance may be at short notice.
Due to popular demand, Bernard Salt is back as keynote speaker for the conference. Bernard doesn't need an introduction and has been very well received at previous conferences. He will comment on the effects of an aging population on the Australian healthcare setting.
International keynote speaker, Professor Tom Fogarty is Professor of Surgery at Stanford University and is the founder of the Fogarty Institute for Innovation. He is well known as an inventor of medical devices, most famously of the Fogarty Embolectomy Balloon Catheter. Over the past 40 years he has acquired more than 100 surgical patents. In 2001, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of the Edisons and the Wright brothers of the world.
The afternoon sessions include heart surgeon and Chairman of India’s leading cardiac care hospital, Dr Devi Prasad Shetty. Once cardiac surgeon to Mother Teresa, he and his team have performed 17,000 heart operations, treating patients from 73 countries. Clinically trained in the UK, Dr Shetty is working to address India’s huge heart surgery needs, estimated to be 2.5m cases annually, through applying the principles of economies of scale. He uses innovation such as telemedicine to help some of the poorest patients who otherwise would not have access to affordable healthcare.
Conference dinner
Don't forget to also register for the conference dinner! Dr Kelvin Kong is confirmed as the dinner speaker. Dr Kong qualified as the first Australian Aboriginal Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), specialising in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
The conference will coincide with the celebrations to mark MTAA’s 30 year anniversary. So this year, the conference dinner will not only be hosting the Kerrin Rennie Award finalists and winner, but will also celebrate the history of medical technology in Australia.
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The workshop program on day two of the conference includes 10 topics of interest to the medical technology industry. Make sure you are there when industry issues are discussed.
We look forward to welcoming you to the MTAA annual conference at Star City next week!
