The Widening AI Gap: Why AI-First MedTech Companies Are Pulling Ahead
July 28, 2026
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join Boston Consulting Group as they explore how medtech organizations are using AI to transform product development and accelerate innovation.
Presented by BCG
The Widening AI Gap: Why AI-First MedTech Companies Are Pulling Ahead
July 28, 2026
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
The Widening AI Gap: Why AI-First MedTech Companies Are Pulling Ahead
July 28, 2026
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join Boston Consulting Group for an insightful discussion on how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the medtech industry. Learn how leading medical technology companies are redesigning workflows to become AI-first organizations, driving measurable business results and competitive advantage.
Companies that successfully integrate AI into their operations are seeing productivity improvements of more than 50% in targeted workflows and revenue growth of 5–10%. Meanwhile, industry leaders are investing nearly 70% of their AI efforts in workforce enablement, operational change, and process redesign to make AI central to decision-making and innovation. Discover why successful AI adoption depends on transforming people, processes, and organizational culture, not just technology
What You’ll Cover
- Where AI is delivering value today across the product lifecycle
- High-impact use cases in practice (i.e., connecting data, teams, and workflows)
- Operating model implications (i.e., What needs to change to embed AI into product development)
- Getting started: a practical path forward
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Online
Meet the Speakers
Ashkan Afkhami, Managing Director, Senior Partner & Global Healthcare Practice Area Leader, BCG
Ashkan Afkhami is a Managing Director & Senior Partner and BCG’s Global Healthcare Practice Area Leader focused on Digital and AI (BCG X). He has 20+ years experience in healthcare, tech, and operating roles with a focus on Digital & Analytics across different solutions/services. Ashkan has received the Mass Innovation & Technology Award, successfully worked with F500 CxOs, Boards, Private Equity and Venture Capital intuitions to drive meaningful growth within the Healthcare Ecosystem.
Ashkan has been a speaker at different events, including JPM Healthcare Conference, Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Davos WEF, Mobile World Congress, World Congress (mHealth + TeleHealth), EyeForPharma, Research2Guidance (US & EU), BIO, Health 2.0, Partners Connected Health, Qualcomm Connect.
Vikram Aggarwal, Managing Director & Partner, BCG
Vikram Aggarwal is a Managing Director & Partner and a core member of BCG’s Healthcare and Marketing & Sales practice areas with deep expertise in go-to-market strategy and digitally-enabled selling models leveraging advanced analytics for medtech & biopharma clients. He is the Topic Lead for Next Gen Sales in Medtech and Co-Leader of BCG’s Milkman Academy for Medtech Commercial Excellence.
Vikram earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, and his BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Kyle Durfee, Partner, BCG
Kyle Durfee is a Partner and core member of BCG’s Tech & Digital for MedTech global team. He has 10 years of experience driving tech and digital solutions in highly regulated industries in both public and private sector. He has deep experience designing and launching AI solutions in healthcare and government contexts alongside large-scale transformations that make capturing value from AI possible.
Stefan Leve, Managing Director & Partner, BCG
Stefan Leve is a Managing Director & Partner and leads Tech & Digital for MedTech globally at BCG. He has more than 10 years of experience in driving Tech and Digital strategy and transformation for some of the world’s largest companies, incl. Biopharma, MedTech and Healthcare Providers. He has specific expertise in successfully developing and deploying AI solutions in highly-regulated industries, business-owned tech transformations as well as change management and business value delivery for large-scale technology rollouts.
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