MedPhab Photonic Innovations in MedTech Symposium

Opening of the welcome desk

Introduction

Christina Liedert, Executive Director, MedPhab Association
Vincent Revol, Vice President Industry 4.0 & Life Sciences, CSEM

Value chains in the uptake of photonics technologies - Photonics for MedTech in Switzerland

Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Representative in Romandy, SwissPhotonics

Keynotes

• "Scaling up manufacturing in diagnostics" - Herbert Ernst, Fluidics Strategy Capability Lead, Jabil
• "Adapting research analytical techniques and instruments to meet process requirements" - Prof. Dr. Marcus Rieker, Director Innovation, HORIBA Europe

MedPhab way of working to prepare for upscaling: Philips' perspective

Willem-Jan De Wijs, Senior Architect, Philips

Lunch break

Novel fabrication technologies

• "Challenges and state-of-the-art in assembly of photonics products" - Antti Tolvanen, Sales Director, Etteplan
• "Fostering innovation in MedTech via the adoption of multifunctional and miniaturized biophotonic glass microcomponents" - Renato Mutton, Business Development Manager, Femtoprint
• "High-precition hybrid integration: From lab to fab" - Josue Parra Cetina, R&D Engineer, Ficontec

Photonics-enabled solutions

• "Balancing scalability and complexity in optofluidic devices" - Prateek Singh, CEO, FinnAdvance
• "Raman spectroscopic solutions for medical unmet needs" - Dr. Christoph Krafft, Head of Working Group, Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technologies
• "Advanced multiplex diagnostic test using photonics integrated circuits (PIC)" - Nicola Bellotto, PhD, FemtoRays
• "Solving Biopharma’s challenges through optical microchip’s sensing" - Ivan-Lazar Bundalo, PhD, CTO, Inspek Solutions
• Alexandre Chikhaoui, Senior Director Business Development, X-Celeprint Ltd

Coffee break

Regulatory aspects

"Incorporation of quality management as part of R&D process" - Mika Siitonen, Head of digital Health, Labquality

"Advice for the Medical start-ups on launching the products in the EU market" - Kamalpreet Kaur, Project Manager Medical Devices at SGS, notified body

Closing remarks

Networking apéritif

Participants' dinner (mandatory reservation)