Medical Manufacturing Innovations 2012

Wednesday, October 24th

International Centre, Hall 6, Room: "Mississauga A"

 

Keynote Presentation, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

"Building New Lungs: Biologics and Biomechanical Devices"

 

Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, MD MSc FRCSC FACS. 
Surgeon in Chief, University Health Network

James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery

Director, Toronto Lung Transplant Program

Director, Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories

Professor, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

Professor and Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery,

University of Toronto About this Presentation and Dr. Keshavjee 

 

 

Discovery Track, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

"Fast Track to Access Business Abroad (China, India Brazil)" 

 

 

 Moderated by:

Lisa Boreanaz

Industrial Technology Advisor,  NRC-IRAP

Lisa Boreanaz has 15 years of experience in the Canadian Medical Device Industry having held positions in R&D, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Management.  She has worked for multi-billion dollar public companies, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as privately-held, start-up enterprises.  During this time, Lisa has launched innovative products, developed and improved manufacturing processes, and created effective, compliant Quality Management Systems.  Lisa now uses her diverse experience to support the innovation and commercialization efforts of medical device SMEs through the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program.

 

Timothy Pickering

Senior Manager, Business Tax, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Tim’s experience includes knowledge of Canadian income tax as well as tax accounting rules under US GAAP and IFRS. During Tim’s 12 year career in tax, he has worked in industries such as manufacturing, real estate, technology, and to a lesser extent mining. In addition to income taxes, he has an understanding of Canadian indirect tax, payroll tax, and transfer pricing.

 

 

Bruno A. de Camargo

Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Bruno has valuable experience in international transactions and taxation across a variety of industries, including healthcare, infrastructure, retail, publishing, manufacturing, software, media, and telecom, among others. Bruno advises Canadian corporate clients in developing international restructuring and expansion strategies, including setting up operations in emerging countries (with a focus on Brazil).

Joseph Rios

Sector Advisor, Life Sciences and Medical Technologies, EDC

Joseph Rios works on the Life Sciences and Light Manufacturing Sector in the Business Development Group (BDG). Joseph is responsible for strategizing and executing business development initiatives that are critical to the fulfillment of the Life Sciences market coverage mandate for EDC. Joseph manages relationships with key partners in the Life Sciences subsector:  Industry Associations, Provincial and Federal contacts and Foreign Buyers interested in procuring Canadian Medical Technologies.


Lunch and Learn, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

"Trending Medical Device Patents"

 

Benjamin Mak

Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property Law, Ridout & Maybee LLP

At Ridout & Maybee, Mr. Mak works in assisting SMEs (small to mid-size enterprises), multinationals, hospitals, universities, individual inventors, and technology companies in garnering patent protection for their inventions.  Prior to his law career, Benjamin researched at a Toronto area hospital in medical imaging.  He remains active in the medical device community as the Toronto chapter chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. More about this presentation

 

Discovery Track, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

"Establishing R&D Partnerships in the Procurement Process with the US Military"

 

Dave D Hood

MS, MBA, PMP, President and CEO

Dave D Hood is President and CEO of DH3 & Associates. For more than five years, Mr. Hood also served as a Senior Advisor for the Principal Assistant for Acquisitions at the US Army Medical Research and Material Command. Prior to founding DH3 & Associates, Mr Hood was the Co-Founder and President of Integrated Medical Systems where he was also co-inventor of the company’s core product line. Mr. Hood has worked with the US Congress and European governments to sponsor funding for innovative medical products. He holds 3 patents and has been the stimulus for more than 2 dozen.  Arrange to Meet with David Hood 

 

DH3 and Associates is a consulting firm focusing on performing technology assessments and developing strategies for product development and business development. Specializing on medical products for the time critical functions and procedures throughout the continuum from point of injury through patient stabilization including the ER, OR, and ICU environments. DH3 & Associates focuses on performing business development. Specializing on helping companies work with the military medical community.

 

 

Discovery Track, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Our Experiences on Winning Two Major R&D Contracts with the US Military"

 

Neeraj Vats PhD, Technology and IP


MedMira is a Halifax-based developer of rapid diagnostics and technology. MedMira brings together the right balance of R&D, best business practices and quality manufacturing to deliver rapid diagnostics to answer the demands of today’s healthcare challenges.

 

Thursday, October 25th

 International Centre, Hall 6, Room: "Mississauga A"

 

Keynote Presentation, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

"Shape Memory Alloy: The Past, Present and Future"

Dr. Khan received his MASc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, during which time he held an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship. His BASc degree is in Material Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto and his doctoral thesis was on the discovery of the Multiple Memory Material Technology for which he is co-inventor. He is currently President and CTO of Smarter Alloys and a Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining (CAMJ) in the University of Waterloo. He has conducted research collaborations with nearly a dozen industries in sectors ranging from aerospace to medical devices.

 

 

Discovery Track, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

"Challenges and Solutions to Innovation"

 

Ray Cracauer

Chief Technology Advisor, Kangaroo Group

Through a strategic collaboration alliance with MTB&G, Ray acts as Chief Technology Advisor at Kangaroo, responsible for all R&D activities and technology implementations.   Ray Cracauer is the founder and general manager of MTB&G and has 30 years of engineering, development and management experience in the medical device, IVD and biotechnology industries. For seven years, he served as Director of Engineering at Axela, a start-up company in the Toronto area. He served as Manager of Engineering for Third Wave Technologies where he developed three of the most advanced oligonucleotide production facilities in the world. Mr. Cracauer holds over 20 issued US patents and has numerous patents pending. He attended the University of Minnesota, studying mechanical engineering.


 

Lisa Cousins VP, Research & Development, IONICS Mass Spectometry

Lisa Cousins is Vice President of Research and Development at IONICS Mass Spectrometry in Bolton, Ontario.  She is one of four co-founders of the company, founded in 2001, and holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry.  With over twenty patents, she has extensive knowledge in quadrupole mass spectrometry and commercialization of scientific instrumentation.

 

 

 

 

Jorge Silva Co-Founder, Komodo Open Lab

Jorge is a recovering academic who spends his time coding and laying out circuit board traces in order to avoid relapsing. He is an Inclusive Tech. Developer at the Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University and Technical Lead at OCAD U’s spin-off Komodo OpenLab. Jorge has been working with people with disabilities for over a decade assisting in the development of technologies that support their daily lives. He is most proud of his work with Tecla, a set of tools that provides access to mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, for those who are unable to manipulate them due to disease or disability. Jorge believes open source is one of the best ways to empower marginalized communities to “scratch their own itch”.

 

 

Discovery Track, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

"Technology Innovations: New ways to improve the manufacturing and performance of medical devices"

Moderator: Lauralyn McDaniel Industry Manager, Medical Society of Manufacturing Engineers

 

"Advanced Multi-material Molding Processes and Integration Technologies"

 David Wolgemuth

Senior Multi-shot Engineer, Philips-Medisize

David Wolgemuth has over 15 years of experience within the plastics industry, and in particular,  multi-shot molding. His roles within Phillips Plastics have included the following: project engineering; new business and technology development; tooling engineering and design.  For the last 5 years, he has lead the launch of one of Phillips newest business units, Multi-Shot LSR molding.  The new production facility has a specifc focus on multi-material molding with silicone and thermoplastics, building on the 30 plus years of multi-material molding experience at Phillips.

"Metal Injection Molding (MIM) and Replacement of Plastic Components"

Jason Osborne Engineering Manager, AFT for FloMet

In Jason’s 10+ years in the injection molding industry, most has been focused in the Metal Injection Molding industry. Jason is a Plastics Engineer from the Pennsylvania State University - Erie Campus, is a six-sigma black belt and has held roles in manufacturing engineering, process control, new product development and engineering manager. Today Jason manages and directs the new product development and manufacturing engineering groups at Advanced Forming Technology.

 

"Additive Manufacturing Applications"

Mark Barfoot Managing Director, Hyphen

As managing director of Hyphen, a division of Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc. which offers rapid prototyping and environmental testing services, Mark is responsible for overseeing Hyphen’s day-to-day operations. Before taking on this role, Mark oversaw and expanded Christie’s in-house product development capabilities. With a passion for continuous product design improvement, Mark spearheaded the expansion of a multimillion-dollar environmental testing lab and prototyping center, which has helped shorten lead time and project-design cycles for Christie.  



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