Conference Day 1

Conference Programme - Wednesday 24 September 2025

TIME AGENDA
08.30 - 09.30 Breakfast Briefing
10.30 - 10.35 Welcome
David Morrissey, Conference Manager, Medical Technology Ireland See Speaker Biography
10.35 - 10.50 Opening Address
Albert Dolan, TD, Houses of the Oireachtas See Speaker Biography
10.50 - 11.05 Future of Irish Medtech
Emer Sherry, Senior Executive, Irish MedTech See Speaker Biography
11.05 - 12.20 Medtech in Motion: Ireland and Europe's Role in the Next Wave of Innovation
Moderator: John Kilmartin, MD, Kilmartin Regulatory See Speaker Biography
John Nugent, Department Manager, Medical Technologies & Healthcare Services, IDA See Speaker Biography
Emma Callinan, Senior Principal Scientific Officer of Spinouts & Research Commercialisation, Enterprise Ireland See Speaker Biography
Frances Mitchell Valantič, Director of Innovation Strategy and Insight, Teleflex See Speaker Biography
Garry Duffy, Established Professor of Health Technology Innovation at the University of Galway and Professor of Anatomy & Head of Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at RCSI See Speaker Biography
12.20 - 13.00 Managing Successful Medtech Programs: Aligning Strategy, Execution & Ecosystems, Medlink Galway, PMO Forum
Moderator: Katie Cooney, Director, Leap Compliance See Speaker Biography
Céiteach Mac Stiofán, EMEA Project Manager, Boston Scientific See Speaker Biography
Edel Browne, Program Manager, Tympany Medical See Speaker Biography
Oonagh Hassett, Program Management, Independent Contractor See Speaker Biography
13.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.15 Medtech Unlocked: Innovation, Agility, and Global Opportunity
Moderator: Deirdre Mac Loughlin, Former CEO, Galway Chamber of Commerce See Speaker Biography
Paul Burke, Senior Associate, CLS See Speaker Biography
Joanna McCarthy, MedTech Consultant, Global Clinical Regulatory Affairs See Speaker Biography
Dr. Brendan Boland, Head of Consulting, MedTech, EY See Speaker Biography
14.15 - 14.40 Medical Device opportunities arising from FDA/US uncertainty
Orla Connaughton, CEO, Aztec Medical See Speaker Biography
14.40 - 15.25 Invent. Investigate. Innovate: Clinical Research as the Heart of Medtech
Moderator: Majella Maher, Regional Manager, West Region Team, Enterprise Ireland See Speaker Biography
Emma Meade, VP of Clinical Research, Neuromod Devices See Speaker Biography
Lisa Lynch, Senior R&D Manager, Boston Scientific See Speaker Biography
Tom Melvin, Associate Professor, Medical Device Regulatory Science, University of Galway See Speaker Biography
15.25 - 15.50 The Evolution of Ireland’s Medical Device Cluster and Its Future Direction
David McKernan, VP, DMK Solutions See Speaker Biography
15.50 - 16.10 tbc
René van de Kandelaar MBA, Sales & Development Manager Medical, Ducor Petrochemicals/Plastribution See Speaker Biography
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