7:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast, Pre-Function Area

8:15

Conference Welcome and Plenary Session
Sponsored by Boston Scientific
Keynote Speaker: Russell Taylor
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
"Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine:
Coupling Information to Action in 21st Century Operating Rooms" (abstract)

9:15

Sponsor Exhibits, Pre-Function Area

10:30

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Ophthalmic
Engineering

Medical Electronics

Medical Imaging

Orthopaedic Devices

Break for Lunch

12:15

Lunch, HHH Room
Sponsored by The University of Minnesota
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Donovan W. Frank
U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota
"Trends in Medical Device Litigation"

2:00

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Live Surgery: Cardiac Surgery

3:30

Scientific Poster Show
Exhibits and Cash Bar Reception
Sponsored by St. Jude Medical

5:00

Adjourn

7:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast, Pre-Function Area

8:15

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Cardiovasc I

MEMS/Nano Eng I

Neural Eng I

Product Design/ Biz Dev I

Medical
Device
Polymers I
(SPE)

9:45

Sponsor Exhibits, Pre-Function Area

10:30

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Cardiovasc II

MEMS/Nano Eng II

Neural Eng II

Product Design/
Biz Dev II

Medical
Device
Polymers II
(SPE)

Break for Lunch

Lunch, HHH Room
Sponsored by Medtronic
Keynote Speaker: Stephen N. Oesterle, MD
Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology, Medtronic
"Medical Device Metamorphosis: A Biosensor--Biotech--Broadband Bonanza"

2:00

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Cardiovasc III

MEMS/Nano Eng III

Neural Eng III

Product Design/
Biz Dev III

Medical
Device
Polymers III
(SPE)

3:30

Sponsor Exhibits, Pre-Function Area

4:00

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Cardiovasc IV

MEMS/Nano Eng IV

Neural Eng IV

Medical
Device
Polymers IV
(SPE)

5:30

Adjourn

7:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast, Pre-Function Area

8:00

Plenary Session

Welcome and Introductions
Frank Cerra, MD, Sr. V.P. for Health Sciences, Academic Health Center, UMN

Keynote: Dean Kamen
Inventor, Physicist, and Entrepreneur

Keynote: John S. Najarian, MD
Professor, Dept. of Surgery, UMN

10:00

Sponsor Exhibits, Pre-Function Area

11:00

Session 1
A Patentable Idea for a Medical Device: How and When to Patent It

Moderator: R. Timothy Mulcahy, PhD, V.P., Research, Office of the V.P. for Research, UMN

Scott Augustine, MD, CEO, Augustine Biomedical & Design
Michael F. Moore, Director, Patents & Technology Marketing, UMN
Arthur Erdman, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, UMN

12:30

Awards Lunch

Keynote: Dale Wahlstrom
Chair, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
V.P., Cardiac Rhythm Mgmt. Ventures, Medtronic, Inc.
"Catalyzing Inventors in the State of Minnesota: Who, How and When"

1:45

Session 2
Negotiating IP: Academia, Other Companies and Foreign Countries

Moderator: Doug Johnson, Director, Office of Business Development, UMN

Jagjit S. Gill, PhD, CEO, Sage Medical Inc.
Don Gerhardt, President and CEO, LifeScience Alley
Dan Sachs, MD and Independent Investor
Chuck Dennis, VP, CRDM Business Development, Medtronic, Inc.
Jay Shrankler, Executive Director, Office of Technology Commercialization, UMN

3:00

Session 3
IP at the University of Minnesota: Developing It, Conflics of Interest, and Ethics

Moderator: Richard Bianco, Assoc. V.P., Regulatory Affairs, UMN

Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, Director, Center of Bioethics, UMN
Claudia R. Adkison, JD, PhD, Emory School of Medicine

4:15

Keynote:
B. Kristine Johnson, General Partner, Affinity Capital Management
"The Care and Feeding of an Early Stage Medical Device Company"

5:00

Adjourn