The Medventions 2024 Fall Lecture Series is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) educational series designed to equip the next generation of medtech innovators with the knowledge and skills they need to transform healthcare. The Lecture Series offers an excellent opportunity to learn about health technology innovation, how to validate healthcare needs, invent new medical technology products, and plan for their implementation into patient care.
Each lecture is one hour. Select lectures will include an accompanying networking and workshopping portion. The networking portion is thirty minutes. The workshopping portion is one and a half hours. Attendees who attend in-person will be able to attend the networking and workshop portion. Lectures with a supporting workshop will include a light meal for in-person attendees. Virtual attendees will only be able to attend the lecture portion.
Earn a Certificate in Medical Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Medventions Lecture Series attendees can earn a Certificate in Medical Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship by attending ten (10) or more lectures. Attendees interested in enrolling in the certificate program must indicate upon registration through Eventbrite. Attendees interested in obtaining a certificate must attend the lectures in-person. Certificates will be awarded at the end of the Lecture Series to eligible attendees.
Lecture Series:
LECTURE ONE (Sept 10) - The Medical Technology Ecosystem in Canada
LECTURE TWO + WORKSHOP (Sept 24) - Healthcare Entrepreneurship & Start-Up Strategy
LECTURE THREE + WORKSHOP (Oct 1) - Market Research & Analysis
LECTURE FOUR + WORKSHOP (Oct 8) - Technology Transfer & IP Fundamentals
LECTURE FIVE + WORKSHOP (Oct 15) - Business Models and Fundamentals of Medical Device Finance and Fundraising
LECTURE SIX + WORKSHOP (Oct 29) - Health Design Thinking
LECTURE SEVEN + WORKSHOP (Nov 5) - Medical Device Regulation
LECTURE EIGHT + WORKSHOP (Nov 12) - Cancelled
LECTURE NINE + WORKSHOP(Nov 19) - Medtech Funding Approaches and Reimbursement
LECTURE TEN (Nov 26) - Quality and process management
LECTURE ELEVEN (Dec 3) - R&D and clinical strategy
LECTURE TWELVE (Dec 10) - Marketing and sales distribution in medtech
