Biomedical Engineering Conference
08:00 - 08:40
Welcome coffee
08:40 - 08:50
Opening conference remarks
A/Prof Sudesh Sivarasu & Mladen Poluta
SESSION 1: ACADEMIA: ROLE OF ACADEMIA IN MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION
09:00 - 09:30
Challenges and opportunities for higher education in South Africa's medical device sector
Prof Martin Nieuwoudt
09:30 - 10:00
Medical device network analysis – key finding & learnings
Prof Tania Douglas
10:00 - 10:30
HTA early on in the life-cycle of innovative medical technologies
Dr Debjani Mueller
10:30 - 11:15
Coffee break
SESSION 2: GOVERNMENT: GOVERNMENT’S INITIATIVE FACILITATING MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION
11:15 - 11:45
DST’s vision towards medical device innovation/initiatives for MDI integration
Glaudina Loots
11:45 - 12:15
Provincial needs and how stake holders can contribute towards local health technology needs
Mladen Poluta
12:15 - 12:45
Supporting and driving medical device innovations in South Africa - role of SAMRC and partners
Tony Bunn
12:45 - 14:15
Networking lunch break
SESSION 3: INDUSTRY: IS SA EQUIPPED FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
14:15 - 14:45
Experiences from local medical device companies on the MDI environment
Dr Kit Vaughan
14:45 - 15:15
Bridging between industry and academia for medical device innovation
Francois Oosthuizen
15:15 - 15:45
An Impulse Perspective on the Medical Devices Startup Space in South Africa
Giancarlo Beukes and Gokul Nair
SESSION 4: SPECIALIST PANEL DISCUSSION ON MEDICAL DEVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA
15:45 - 16:20
Panel discussion: recommendations from stake holders to make South Africa self-sufficient in medical devices
16:20 - 16:30
Closing remarks
Dr Sudesh Sivarasu and Mladen Poluta
16:30
End of conference
16:30 - 17:30
The Biomedical Engineering Society of South Africa (BESSA) Annual General Meeting
CO-CHAIRS:
- Mladen Poluta, Director: Health Technology, Western Cape Government Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa / Board Member, Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment Divisions, International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE).
- Dr Sudesh Sivarasu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
SPEAKERS:
- Dr Debjani Mueller, Hon Secretary, Southern African Health Technology Assessment Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Giancarlo Beukes, Co-Founder, Impulse Biomedical, Cape Town, South Africa
- Glaudina Loots, Director Health Innovation, Department of Science and Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
- Gokul Nair, Co-Founder, Impulse Biomedical, Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr Kit Vaughn, CEO, Cape Ray, Emeritus Professor, UCT Biomedical Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mandi Bell, Cluster Manager, Special Projects, WESGRO, Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr Marc Nyssen, Secretary General, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, Brussels, Belgium
- Prof Martin Nieuwoudt, Director, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa
- Prof Richard Gordon, Executive Director, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
- Sarusha Pillay, Head, Technology Innovation Programmes, Technology Innovation Agency, Cape Town, South Africa
- Professor Tania Douglas, Professor, University of Cape Town, SARCHi – Biomedical Engineering and Innovation, Cape Town, South Africa
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