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TouchPoints: Finding your healthtech research partner at VUB & UZ Brussel

17/10/24

The VUB, UZ-Brussels, MEDVIA and lifetech.brussels are joining forces to organize an event to bring together HealthTech cluster companies and research facilities and expertise.

About

Are you looking for a research partner for your healthtech project but don’t know where to start? Or do you want to know if the next innovation that will propel your company to success is already under development?

Collaboration between knowledge centers and industry on the basis of technology transfer is mutually beneficial. For companies, access to first-class research infrastructure, hospital-based clinical research or technical and scientific knowledge is crucial in HealthTech.

The plenary session will provide a high-level overview of the strengths and expertise of the VUB and UZ Brussels in the field of HealthTech.
One-to-one sessions and booths with demonstrations will enable more in-depth discussions with the respective experts.

The event will be held in English.

 

17 October 2024, 15.00-19.00
VUB Health Campus, Building A (behind the hospital)
Jette (Brussels)

 

Register now for free, and join us for this unique opportunity to connect with health professionals and kickstart a new project! Please note that a no-show fee of €50 is in effect.

More information about UZ and VUB

Program

14.30-15.00  Arrival with coffee and registration

15.00-15.10  Welcome

  • Peter Schelkens, Vice-rector Innovation & Valorisation Relations, VUB
  • Olivier Naeyaert, Director Algemeen Beheer, UZ Brussel

 

15.10-16.15  Overview of healthtech expertise and infrastructure

 

16.15-16.30 Financing industry-university collaboration in Flanders and Brussels

  • Kristine Debruyne, VLAIO instruments
  • Aiko Gryspeirt/Nicolas Vautrin, Innoviris instruments


16.30-17.00
  Panel discussion: How to innovate in the context of healthtech regulations

  • Birgit Morlion, VUB (Moderator)
  • Fanny Goditiabois, Medtronic
  • Pieter Slagmolen, Materialise
  • Jens De Vos, Precirix
  • Steven Vandeput, beMedTech
  • Myriam Dieleman, LifeTech Brussels
  • Roel Smolders, MEDVIA

17.00-19.00  Networking, booths, reception

One-on-one meetings (10 minutes each) can be scheduled throughout the event.

Practical info

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Register now for free, and join us for this unique opportunity to connect with health professionals and kickstart a new project! Please note that a no-show fee of €50 is in effect.