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eastcoast: [SHARE] Seminar with Swiss and US experts in Medical Technologies - Sept. 15 @ 6pm

From: Pascal Marmier <click for textversion of email address >
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:06:51 -0400

Dear SHARE friends,

This is the start of a new season of events at SHARE, so please join us for an
exciting seminar with Swiss and American Medtech company representatives,
researchers and venture capitalists who will discuss

     "New Business Activities, Research, Venture Capital, Investment in Medical Technologies"

during a panel Discussion at SHARE, Consulate of Switzerland
(www.SHAREBoston.org) on September 15 from 6 to 8:30pm.

In collaboration with Ernst+Young, Location:Switzerland, CIMIT and MDG Boston Forum.

Topics to be discussed:

- Impact of the regulatory system on innovation
- Where does innovation come from (large companies vs. startups; based on
  research at hospitals or academic institutions, etc) ?
- What are the current fields receiving interest from large companies as well
  as VC ?
- What are the devices that will prove revolutionary ?
- Which are the areas where collaborations make most sense ?
- Trends in VC investments: still money to invest in early-stage companies?
  What are the exit strategies?
- Where are the fastest growing markets? Most fertile grounds for innovation?

Panelists include:

· Jürg Eckhardt, Global Life Science Ventures, a leading Swiss Venture Capital
  Firm: www.glsv-vc.com

· Prof Lukas Kappenberger, head of Cardiology, CHUV - University Hospital
  Lausanne. Prof Kappenberger is an expert in advanced computer-based virtual
  research techniques and currently works in partnership with EPFL and Medtronic
  on the development of an artificial heart. Web site: www.lausanneheart.ch.

· Andreas Bänziger. CEO HMT High Medical Technologies AG; www.hmt-ag.ch

· Jeff Barnes, partner, Oxford Bioscience www.oxbio.com. Jeff joined the firm
  in 1999 after a successful career as an investment banker and entrepreneur.
  He received an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and
  an M.S. degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

· Dr Jonathan Rosen, director of the Office of Technology Implementation at
  CIMIT (www.cimit.org). The Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative
  Technology (CIMIT) is a non-profit consortium of world-leading academic and
  research institutions. Dr. Rosen comes to CIMIT with over 25 years of medical
  device development experience in both large corporations and new ventures.

The event will be moderated by Karin Gregory and Jean Nichols who are the
founder and a partner in Dover Medical Ventures, an early-stage venture capital
fund focusing on medical technology. Web site: www.dovermedicalventures.com.

In addition, Ernst and Young will present its "Swiss Medical Devices Report"
and economic development officials from several Swiss Cantons will be present
(Zurich and Western Switzerland) to add their insights on developments and
opportunities in Switzerland.

A cocktail reception will follow the panel discussion and Q&A session.

Agenda:

6:00pm: Registration and welcome
6:30pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A
7:45pm: Cocktail Reception

For program detail visit: http://www.shareboston.org/medtech/index.html

If you are interested in meeting with any of those persons on a one-on-one basis, they will be again at SHARE in the morning of Tuesday Sept. 16. Please contact us if you are interested in setting up a meeting time with anyone from the group.

RSVP:

There is no fee to attend this event, but you need to register by contacting Pascal Marmier at pascal_at_creativeswitzerland.com or by phone at (617) 876-3076 ext. 13.

Location/Directions:

SHARE is located at 420 Broadway in Cambridge (intersection with Ellery St.). For directions, please click on the link below. Parking is very limited in the area (residential permit needed), so we suggest you take public transportation. The closest T Station is Harvard Square on the Red Line. http://www.shareboston.org/info/info.shtml#location

_________________________________________
Pascal Marmier
Advisor, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
SHARE, Consulate of Switzerland
420 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: (617) 876-3076 ext.13
Mobile: (617) 331-3989

Email: pascal_at_shareboston.org

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