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Thursday, September 23
11:30 am Welcome and Keynote
Doug Edgeton
President and CEO, NCBiotech
Keynote: Billy Cohn, MD
Vice President, Medical Devices and Executive Director, Center for Device Innovation at Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC) Johnson & Johnson
“Fostering a Culture of DIY Medical Device Innovation”
12:10 pm Vignette: MicroSprint as a path to problem discovery
12:15 pm Session 1: Problem Discovery Microsprint
1:20 pm Vignette: Insights from Clinician Innovators - Product Development Challenges and Lessons Learned
1:25 pm Session 2: Product Development: How to make it happen!
2:25 pm Vignette: Concepts Essential to Pre-Commercialization Success
2:30 pm Session 3: Market Translation & Commercialization
3:25 pm Closing Remarks
Friday, September 24
11:30 am Welcome and Keynote
Carol Lewis
Vice President, UNC Health Enterprises, UNC Health
Keynote: Hassan A. Tetteh, MD
Health Mission Chief
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
Department of Defense
“Accelerate 1924: How to Survive and Thrive in the Era of Health Delivery Innovation”
12:10 pm Vignette: Approaches to Participating in Innovation Beyond Technology Development
12:15 pm Session 4: Should I start a company?
1:20 pm Vignette: Insights from Investors Across the State
1:25 pm Session 5: How to fund your endeavor
2:15 pm Special Announcement
Tracey du Laney, PhD
Sr. Director, Science and Technology Development, NCBiotech
2:30 pm Vignette: Celebrating Clinician Innovation - Stories of Inspiration
2:35 pm Session 6: Profiles in Healthcare Innovation
3:25 pm Closing Remarks
Mary Beth Thomas, PhD
Sr. VP, Science and Business Development at NCBiotech