2010 MedTech Conference

The annual conference MedTech 2010: A history of innovation - looking forward, looking back will be held on Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 September 2010 at Star City in Sydney.

A draft program is now available!

Note that the program is draft only and subject to change.

Dr Simon Towler, Chief Medical Officer, WA Health, joins the panel discussion.
Dr Kelvin Kong has been announced as dinner speaker.

Please note the following change to the workshop presenter program:

Workshop 1: The future of medical device registries, additional presenters:
Professor Guy Maddern, RP Jepson Professor of Surgery, University of Adelaide
Stuart Bruce, International Health Economics and Government Affairs Manager Asia Pacific Region, Boston Scientific
Workshop 2 has been switched with workshop 10.
Workshop: Challenges in successful commercialisation projects
Annette Bernstein, Partner, Philips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
David Bull, CEO, BCS Innovations
Chair: Julianne Prowse, Managing Director, Coloplast
Workshop 4: Finders Keepers: Retaining your high performers
Amanda Towe, Director of Human Resources, Johnson & Johnson Medical, replaces Mick Trevaskis as chair.
Workshop 6: The value of coaching and mentoring future leaders, additional presenters:
Anne Zele, Talent Solutions and Human Relations Manager, 3M Australia
Jacinta Jamieson, Human Resources Director, Medtronic
Dr Anthony Bishop, General Manager, Ethicon Endo Surgery is chairing workshop 8: Telehealth review and opportunities for MedTech.
Workshop 9: Achieving a level playing field for the industry Codes of Practice
Anne Trimmer replaces Anthea Afaras as the MTAA representative.
Tricia Greenway is the consumer representative for the workshop.
Workshop 10: State Procurement Updates
Robert Lagaida, Director Operations & Business Support, NSW Health Support Services, replaces Rod Wilson.

Click here to register for MedTech 2010!

You'll be pleased to know that the registration fees have remained at last year's level. So don't delay but register now.

Program and speakers

Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is a heart surgeon and Chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore, India’s leading cardiac care hospital. 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.

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.

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.

We are very happy to announce international keynote speaker Professor Tom Fogarty. He is Professor of Surgery at Stanford University, 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.

Other speakers and sessions include:

Rohan Hammett, National Manager TGA
Anne Trimmer, CEO MTAA
Panel discussion on the development of medical technology.

On day two of the conference, the workshop program includes sessions on:

The implementation of the Health Technology Assessment report recommendations
Device registries and post market surveillance
State procurement updates from NSW and SA
Challenges of commercialising medical technologies
Clinical investigations for the medical technology sector
Using new media to communicate health messages
The value of coaching and mentoring future leaders
Telehealth and telemedicine
Code of Practice
Retaining high performers by keeping them engaged

Conference dinner

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 also celebrate the history of medical technology in Australia.

A unique sponsorship opportunity for the conference 30 year anniversary dinner and Kerrin Rennie Award's night is still available.

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Several exhibitors have already indicated that they wish to support the conference. There are still sponsorship opportuntities and exhibition space available. Please follow this link to access the sponsorship document, floorplan and registration form.

Thank you to the following organisations for their support of the conference!