AdvaMed Kicks Off The Medtech Conference 2021 with Chuck Hagel, Top Administration Officials, Medtech Thought Leaders

AdvaMed Kicks Off The Medtech Conference 2021 with Chuck Hagel, Top Administration Officials, Medtech Thought Leaders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – From September 27-30, The Medtech Conference 2021 will host a robust line-up of thought leaders from inside and outside the health care arena to discuss the top issues facing the medical technology industry and health care more broadly. The theme of the conference, Medtech Amplified, highlights the amplified coordination and united efforts to support the global fight against the coronavirus—from testing to treatment to mitigation devices for patients. Registration is free to members of the media.

The hybrid event boasts a line-up including Former Defense Secretary and U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel; Dr. Jeff Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Bakul Patel, the first head of FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence; the Federal Reserve’s Dr. Mark Wright; Geoff Martha, CEO of the world’s largest medtech company; and others. 

“After two years since our last in-person Conference, we are excited to once again gather as an industry in D.C. and Minneapolis, a top hub of medical innovation and excellence. As always, we have a great lineup of the industry’s top leaders and minds and so many opportunities to network and help attendees take their companies to the next level on behalf of the patients they serve. The challenges created by the pandemic make it all the more important that we engage as an industry through The Medtech Conference on our collective goal improving and saving patients’ lives around the world,” said Scott Whitaker, CEO of AdvaMed.

Powered by AdvaMed, the conference brings together the world’s top medtech executives and innovators to network, conduct business, gain access to capital and share insights in an engaging environment. This year’s event will feature a mix of in-person and virtual sessions covering topics from the state of the medtech industry to medtech’s role in the pandemic. With nearly 90 sessions featuring more than 250 speakers, the conference will bring together medtech professionals from 40 countries to engage on the important issues facing the medtech industry, including addressing health disparities, responding to COVID-19, and navigating the FDA.

Highlights include:

• You Got FDA Approval: Now What? Monday, Sept. 27 – 1:40-2:25 PM ET, featuring Anand Shah, MD, former Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs at FDA; Michael Mussallem, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Edwards Lifesciences; and Martha Shadan, President & CEO of Miach Orthopaedics
   
• FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Town Hall. Monday, Sept. 27 – 4:00—5:00 PM ET, featuring Jeff Shuren, MD, JD, Director for CDRH at FDA. This exclusive peek behind the curtain of FDA’s CDRH offers the opportunity to interact directly with Dr. Jeff Shuren and other senior office leaders. After Dr. Shuren provides an update on CDRH priorities, including the ways in which CDRH plans to transition COVID-19 EUAs and the latest information on the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Program, panelists will take questions from the audience.
   
• Fireside Chat with CMS’s Lee Fleisher. Monday, Sept. 27 – 11:15–11:45AM ET, featuring Lee A. Fleisher, MD, CMS’s Chief Medical Officer and Director of Center for Clinical Standards and Quality; and Andrew Fish, Executive Director, Center for Digital Health and Head of Sector Initiatives at AdvaMed.
   
• Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care in a Post-COVID World. Monday, Sept. 27 – 9:15—10:00 AM ET, featuring Ashley McEvoy, Executive Vice President and Worldwide Chairman of Medical Devices, Johnson & Johnson; and LaShawn McIver, MD, Director of the Office of Minority Health at CMS.
   
• Fireside Chat with Dr. Mark Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Water Street Healthcare Partners’ Caroll Neubauer will join Dr. Wright on Thursday, September 30 at 2:20 pm CT for a conversation about critical economic issues.

AdvaMed is the world’s largest medical technology association representing device, diagnostics and digital technology manufacturers that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments.

To learn more about The Medtech Conference and to register for the event, visit www.themedtechconference.com. Join the conversation on Twitter using #MedtechCon. 

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AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and digital health technologies that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments. AdvaMed members range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. For more information, visit www.advamed.org.