Special Lectures & Forums
The Special Lecture (SL) is organised by SB on an ad-hoc basis and is used as a platform to invite subject matter experts to educate Singapore's medtech ecosystem on the latest industry insights and market trends.
PAST SPECIAL LECTURES
Year | Subject | Speaker | Download PDF |
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2019 | Healthtech investing: Battle of the heavyweights | Dr. Josh Makower, General Partner, NEA Mr. Yoh-Chie Lu, General Partner, Majuven Pte Ltd Moderator: Dr. Joseph Mocanu, Managing Partner, Verge HealthTech Fund | Download |
2015 | Leading with Creative Confidence | Mr. Tom Kelley, Partner, IDEO | Download |
2015 | Innovations in Cardiac Surgery | Mr. Manny Villafana, Founder, St. Jude Medical Inc. | Download |
2013 | International Trends in Medical Technology Innovation & Regulation | Mr. Michael Gropp, Former VP, Global Regulatory Strategy, Medtronic | Download |
2013 | Changing the Paradigm from Treating Disease to Disease Management | Mr. William Hawkins, Ex-CEO, Medtronic | Download |
2012 | Personalised Medicine | Dr. Chris Shen, MD, Executive Director (US), Singapore-Stanford Biodesign, Principal, Essex Woodlands | N.A. |
2011 | Healthcare innovators Forum Keynote | Mr. Ruey Feng Peh, Programme Director, Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Mr. Abinash Nayak, VP, R&D, Hill-Rom Mr. Lekshmy Parameswaran, Director Research Fuel for | N.A. |
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