Agenda
Monday, October 5, 2008
The Lodge, Skaneateles, NY
8:00 Leadership Breakfasts - By Invitation Only
Hosted by the MedTech Board of Directors
8:30 Registration and Breakfast
> Tech Showcase
8:45 Annual Meeting of the Membership and the Board of Directors Election
9:00 Welcome and Opening Plenary: "Just What the Doctor Ordered: CEOs and
Their Prescription for Success in a Changing Economy"
> Featuring: Joseph Corasanti, President and CEO, ConMed
Thomas D'Ambra, Chairman, President and CEO, AMRI Global
Thomas Hook, CEO, Greatbatch
Daniel Kerpelman, President and CEO, Bio-Optronics
Peter Robinson, Vice President and COO, University of
Rochester Medical Center
Julie Shimer, President and CEO, Welch Allyn
David Gately, Managing Partner, Global Healthcare Investment
Banking, UBS Investment Bank (moderator)
Sponsored by Welch Allyn
10:10 Address by Congressman Dan Maffei, 25th District of NY, US House of Representatives
10:20 Session 1 (4 concurrent tracks)
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New Restrictions on Sales and Marketing to Health Care Providers:
How to Manage Manufacturer-Physician Relationships in the Current Climate
Featuring: Joseph Darling, President, Livantec
Holly Hoehner, Counsel, Hiscock & Barclay
Nancy Nussmeier, Professor and Chair of the Department of
Anesthesiology, Upstate Medical University
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Tracking the Currents: Understanding and responding to the regulatory
priorities at home and abroad
Featuring: Gregory Jones, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Quality
Assurance, Livantec
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Innovative Versus Iterative Change: How To Best Fill The Pipeline in
Challenging Times
Featuring: John Boger, Patent Attorney, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
P.C.
Al Di Rienzo, President and CEO, Blue Highway
Micheal Dwyer, Director, Research Relations Office, Rochester
Institute of Technology
Ted Farrell, Group Director, Systems R&D, Ortho Clinical
Diagnostics
Bruce Kirk, Director, Corporate Innovation Effectiveness, Corning
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Raising Capital to Fund your Company: Benefits and drawbacks to
tapping the various capital markets and taking a company public
Featuring: David Barthel, President and CEO, Smart Pill
Thomas D'Ambra, Chairman, President and CEO, AMRI Global
Eamonn Hobbs, President, Delcath Systems, Inc.
Bela Musits, Managing Director, High Peaks Venture Partners
11:20 Tech Showcase & Break
11:40 Session 2 (4 concurrent tracks)
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The Future of Manufacturing in Upstate New York: Proven strategies to
compete worldwide and the keys to future success
Featuring: Andy Clapper, Sr. VP WW Operations, Welch Allyn
David Johnson, Vice President Global Operations & Supply Chain,
ConMed
Bill Schwartz, Executive Vice President, TBM Consulting Group
Bill Willick, Director, Lean Enterprise Center of Excellence,
Greatbatch
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Conducting International Clinical Trials
Featuring: Amer El-Kerdi, Director, Clinical Affairs, Carestream Health
Lorraine Ellis, President and CEO, Research Dynamics
Consulting Group
Shirley Isbill, Consultant
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Compensation and Recruiting in an Era of Changing Economics and
Regulatory Pressures
Featuring: John Adams, Principal, Towers Perrin
Dan Fisher, Sr. VP Human Resources, Welch Allyn
Gary Pease, HR Director, International, Corning, Inc.
Olivia Wakefield Lee, Senior Consultant, Executive Compensation
& Rewards, Towers Perrin
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Survey from the Capitols - where are Albany and Washington headed
and how can you get out in front of their priorities?
Featuring: Paul Powers, Senior Business Advisor, Empire Advocates, LLC
Nancy Testani, Senior Business Advisor, Empire Advocates, LLC
Thomas Tremble, Associate VP, Government Relations &
Regional Affairs, AdvaMed
12:40 Tech Showcase & Buffet Lunch
1:00 Luncheon Keynote: "FDA at a crossroads?"
> Featuring: Mark Heller, Partner, Goodwin Proctor and former Associate Chief
Counsel, United States Food and Drug Administration
Sponsored by ConMed
2:00 Session 3 (4 concurrent tracks)
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Exploring Export Oppurtunities in the Flat World
Featuring: Brian Bechard, Director of Operations, InfiMed
Steve Lescohier, Senior Vice President, JP Morgan Securities, Inc.
Richard Paul, Partner, Hiscock & Barclay
Gerald Shaye, Director of International Trade, Empire State
Development
John Tracy, International Trade Specialist, US Department of
Commerce
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Know the Intellectual Property that you have & why you have it
Featuring: Laurel Baum, Partner, Hancock & Estabrook
Tim Evans, Partner, Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP
Donna Rankin-Parobek, Intellectual Property Director,
Carestream Health
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The Best of NY: Lessons from the Field in Translational Research
Featuring: John Demarest, NYSTAR
Todd Krauss, University of Rochester
Shaker Mousa, Albany College of Pharmacy
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Keys to Accessing Capital Markets during Difficult Times: Critical
indicators and trends in market finance
Featuring: David Gately, Managing Partner, UBS Investment Bank
Joseph Serbun, Community Bank
3:10 Closing Plenary:
"Navigating Turbulent Economic Crosscurrents"
> Featuring: Marc Goloven, Former Vice President & Senior Regional
Economist, JP Morgan Chase
4:00 5-Year Anniversary Celebration and Reception - sponsored by Welch Allyn
> Tech Showcase
*Agenda and speakers subject to change.