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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    MedTech Town Hall [Non-CME]
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 8:08 AM ET
    The Early Feasibility Study and Breakthrough Devices Programs Lessons Learned | What Industry Needs to Know
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME – Abel and Wolf Consulting
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    THE MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION LANDSCAPE: NAVIGATING NOVEL DEVICES THROUGH THE PROCESS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME – Abel and Wolf Consulting
    Moderator: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:08 AM – 8:16 AM ET
    EFS-2025: An Entrepreneurs Perspective
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Aaron V. Kaplan, MD, FSCAI, FACC, FNAI – Dartmouth Health Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:16 AM – 8:24 AM ET
    Total Product Lifecycle | What are the Opportunities with the FDA in Programs like (FDA-TAP)
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Semih Oktay, PhD – Cardiomed Device Consultants
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:24 AM – 8:32 AM ET
    What are the Opportunities in China | How does this Really Work?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Yuval Binur, PhD – Arsuf Global Partners
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:32 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    Panel Discussion: Innovative Technology Headwinds and Tailwinds
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME – Abel and Wolf Consulting
    Panel Moderator: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Yuval Binur, PhD – Arsuf Global Partners
    Panel Discussant: Chip Hance, BS, MBA – Regatta Medical
    Panel Discussant: Margaret Kayo, PhD, MBA – HighLife / Margaret Inc
    Panel Discussant: Katherine Kumar, PhD, RAC – 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Panel Discussant: Nikolai Nikitin, MD – Clinical Accelerator
    Panel Discussant: Semih Oktay, PhD – Cardiomed Device Consultants
    Panel Discussant: Stanton J. Rowe, PhD – NXT Biomedical
    Panel Discussant: Mark A. Turco, MD – JC Medical and Genesis MedTech
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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:50 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    TAVR | Impact of New Indications and Competition
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Michael J. Reardon, MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    8:50 AM – 10:50 AM ET
    WALL STREET DAY WITH THE DOCS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Lawrence Biegelsen, MBA – Wells Fargo
    Moderator: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Rick Wise, CFA – Stifel
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    9:00 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    Panel Discussion | TAVR | Impact of New Indications and Competition
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Lawrence Biegelsen, MBA – Wells Fargo
    Panel Moderator: Rick Wise, CFA – Stifel
    Panel Discussant: Rafael Cavalcante, MD, PhD – Boston Scientific
    Panel Discussant: Nina Goodheart, MBA – Structural Heart & Aortic - Medtronic
    Panel Discussant: Eberhard Grube, MD, MSCAI – University Hospital Bonn
    Panel Discussant: Duane Pinto, MD, MPH, FSCAI – JenaValve
    Panel Discussant: Jeffrey J. Popma, MD – CRF
    Panel Discussant: Michael J. Reardon, MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Panel Discussant: Lars Sondergaard, MD – Abbott Structural Heart
    Panel Discussant: Mark A. Turco, MD – JC Medical and Genesis MedTech
    Panel Discussant: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Larry L. Wood – Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    9:20 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Renal Denervation: The Next Big Thing in Interventional Cardiology?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Andrew SP Sharp, MD – University College Dublin
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    9:30 AM – 9:50 AM ET
    Panel Discussion | Renal Denervation: The Next Big Thing in Interventional Cardiology?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Lawrence Biegelsen, MBA – Wells Fargo
    Panel Moderator: Rick Wise, CFA – Stifel
    Panel Discussant: Michael J. Bloch, MD – Renown Institute for Heart and Vascular Health
    Panel Discussant: Raoul I. Bonan, MD, FSCAI – Univerty of Montreal
    Panel Discussant: Jason Fontana, PhD – Medtronic
    Panel Discussant: Vijay Iyer, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panel Discussant: Andrew SP Sharp, MD – University College Dublin
    Panel Discussant: Rod S. Taylor, MSc, PhD – University of Glasgow
    Panel Discussant: Jason Weidman
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    9:50 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Tricuspid | Do we have the Right Tools to Address the Unmet Clinical Need?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Steven F. Bolling, MD – University of Michigan Hospital
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    10:00 AM – 10:20 AM ET
    Panel Discussion | Tricuspid | Do we have the Right Tools to Address the Unmet Clinical Need?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Lawrence Biegelsen, MBA – Wells Fargo
    Panel Moderator: Rick Wise, CFA – Stifel
    Panel Discussant: Steven F. Bolling, MD – University of Michigan Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Michael E. Bowdish, MD MS FACS FACC – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Ramon Quesada, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Lars Sondergaard, MD – Abbott Structural Heart
    Panel Discussant: Pradeep Yadav, MD – Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    10:20 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    The Next Wave of Innovation in Interventional Cardiology | Coronary DCBs, Innovative Left-Atrial-Appendage-Closure, Imaging, Left Atrial Shunts, and Novel Heart Failure Management Technologies - The CMO roundtable
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Steven R. Bailey, MD, MSCAI – LSU Health Shreveport
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    10:30 AM – 10:50 AM ET
    Panel Discussion | The Next Wave of Innovation in Interventional Cardiology | Coronary DCBs, Innovative Left-Atrial-Appendage-Closure, Imaging, Left Atrial Shunts, and Novel Heart Failure Management Technologies - The CMO roundtable
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Lawrence Biegelsen, MBA – Wells Fargo
    Panel Moderator: Rick Wise, CFA – Stifel
    Panel Discussant: William T. Abraham, MD – The Ohio State University
    Panel Discussant: Dominic Allocco, MD, MS – Shockwave/Johnson & Johnson
    Panel Discussant: Steven R. Bailey, MD, MSCAI – LSU Health Shreveport
    Panel Discussant: Rafael Cavalcante, MD, PhD – Boston Scientific
    Panel Discussant: Samuel Conaway, MBA – Boston Scientific Corporation
    Panel Discussant: Haim Danenberg, MD – Wolfson Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Manish Doshi, PhD – Concept Medical
    Panel Discussant: Jeffrey J. Popma, MD – CRF
    Panel Discussant: Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD – University of Galway, Ireland
    Panel Discussant: Charles A. Simonton, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Abiomed a Johnson + Johnson MedTech Company
    Panel Discussant: Jason Weidman
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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    10:50 AM – 11:10 AM ET
    Keynote Lecture | Perspectives from a Recent FDA Commissioner | How to Handle Data Misinformation
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Robert M. Califf, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    10:50 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    HARNESSING BIG DATA AND DIGITAL HEALTH TO TRANSFORM CLINICAL TRIALS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Joaquin E. Cigarroa, MD – OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute
    Moderator: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
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  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    11:10 AM – 11:18 AM ET
    The Digital Health Revolution and Its Clinical Trial Impact
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    11:18 AM – 11:26 AM ET
    State-of-the-Science for Observational Real World Data Comparisons
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    11:26 AM – 11:34 AM ET
    FDA Perspectives on Using RWE in Regulatory Submissions
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: David F. Kong, MD, AM, DMT – Duke University
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    11:34 AM – 11:42 AM ET
    Global Collaborative Structured Evidence Collection | The European Experience
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Ernest Spitzer, MD – Cardialysis B.V.
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    11:42 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Panel Discussion | Digital Health and Clinical Trials, DOGE and its Influence of Cardiovascular Device Approvals
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Joaquin E. Cigarroa, MD – OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute
    Panel Moderator: Ron Waksman, MD, MSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME – Abel and Wolf Consulting
    Panel Discussant: Mona Advani, M.Sc., MBA – CardioMed Device Consultants
    Panel Discussant: Robert M. Califf, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
    Panel Discussant: C. Michael Gibson, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Michael C. John, MPH
    Panel Discussant: Aaron V. Kaplan, MD, FSCAI, FACC, FNAI – Dartmouth Health Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
    Panel Discussant: Margaret Kayo, PhD, MBA – HighLife / Margaret Inc
    Panel Discussant: David F. Kong, MD, AM, DMT – Duke University
    Panel Discussant: Ernest Spitzer, MD – Cardialysis B.V.
    Technology and InnovationMedTech Town Hall
  • Tuesday, Mar 11th
    12:15 PM ET
    Adjourn to MedTech Luncheon with Geoff Martha | Medtronic
    Location: International Ballroom East
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