- How do you begin begin as a medical technology innovator?
- What lessons can you learn from experienced inventors?
- How can you improve your chances of success?
Join us for the Academy of Innovation day! DON’T MISS out on this wonderful opportunity to expand upon the unique skills needed in order to develop new biomedical technologies and take the critical first steps innvention, patenting,early prototyping and development of new concepts.
The ICI Academy of Innovation Day – a full-day workshop on medical innovation, guiding participants through the entire development process.
Academy of Innovation – Developing New Cardiovascular Therapies:
Hybrid Workshop – Sunday, December 7th, 2025
Option #1 Academy of Innovation – Developing New Cardiovascular Therapies:
8:30-9:00
Welcome and Insights to Future Innovators: Prof. Chaim Lotan, Prof. Rafi Beyar, Israel
9:00-9:20
Workshop Introduction: Prof. Paul A. Iaizzo, USA
9:50–10:15
Identifying Opportunities and Biodesign Israel, Yona Vaisbuch, Rambam, Israel (confirmned)
10:15–10:40
Essentials of Creativity – Sketching, Notebooks and Documenting. Paul A. Iaizzo, U of MN, USA (confirmed)
10:40-11:00
“Networking Break”
11:00-11:30
Testing Your Medical Device Idea: Bench Tests, Pre-Clinical, Clinical Trials. Paul Iaizzo, U of MN, USA (confirmed)
11:30-11:50
How to raise funds to support your innovation start up. Danielle Nusimovici-Avadis, MD, MedTech SMEs LTD’s CEO
11:50-12:10
Innovation Exercise I. Durfee & Iaizzo.
12:10 -13:00
Working Lunch with Box Lunches: Protecting your Intellectual Property through Patents. (TBD or Will Durfee)
13:00-13:30
Innovating within the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory and the uses of AI: Carlo de Asmundis, University of Brussel, Belgium (confirmed)
13:30-14:00
Global Medical Device Markets. Edna Lazar, Edwards Lifesciences, Israel
14:00-14:30
Innovation Exercise II. Durfee & Iaizzo
14:30-14:50
Networking break
14:50-15:20
The Role of Medical Device Regulations (EU and FDA): Susan Alpert, Israel/USA
15:20-15:40
The Corporate View of Technology Assessment and Acquisitions: pitching your ideas Timothy Laske, USA (confirmed)
15:40-16:20
Innovation Exercise III: Develop a New Cardiovascular Product: Identify the Need and Build the Prototype
16:20-16:50
Artificial Intelligence and Medicine – The New Horizon for Health. Peter J. Fitzgerald, USA
16:50-17:20
Q&A (Moderator: Prof. Iaizzo). Prof. Rafael Beyar, Prof. Chaim Lotan, Prof. Eric Richardson, Dr. Tim Laske, Dr. Dori Pelig, Prof. Will Durfee, Edna Lazar
Option #2 Academy of Innovation – Developing New Cardiovascular Therapies:
8:00-8:30
Welcome and Insights to Future Innovators and Entrepreneurs: Prof. Chaim Lotan, Prof. Rafi Beyar, Israel
8:30-8:50
Workshop Introduction: Prof. Paul A. Iaizzo, USA
8:50-10:20
Live simulation of a startup company progressing through all the key stages of development. Dr. Yuval Binur
10:20–10:40
How to raise funds to support your innovation start up. Danielle Nusimovici-Avadis, MD, MedTech SMEs LTD’s CEO
10:40-11:00
“Networking Break”
11:00-11:30
Trends in Device Development. William Durfee, U of MN, USA (confirmed)
11:30-12:00
Identifying Opportunities and Biodesign Israel, Yona Vaisbuch, Rambam, Israel (confirmned)
12:00–12:20
Essentials of Creativity – Sketching, Notebooks and Documenting. Paul A. Iaizzo, U of MN, USA (confirmed)
12:20–12:50
Testing Your Medical Device Idea: Bench Tests, Pre-Clinical, Clinical Trials. Paul Iaizzo, U of MN, USA (confirmed)
12:50-13:30
Working Lunch with Box Lunches: Protecting your Intellectual Property through Patents. (TBD or Will Durfee)
13:30-14:00
Innovation Exercise I. Durfee & Iaizzo.
14:00-14:30
Innovating within the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory and the uses of AI: Carlo de Asmundis, University of Brussel, Belgium (confirmed)
14:30-14:50
Networking break
14:50-15:20
The Role of Medical Device Regulations (EU and FDA): Susan Alpert, Israel/USA
15:20-15:40
The Corporate View of Technology Assessment and Acquisitions: pitching your ideas Timothy Laske, USA (confirmed)
15:40-16:20
Innovation Exercise III: Develop a New Cardiovascular Product: Identify the Need and Build the Prototype
16:20-16:50
Artificial Intelligence and Medicine – Cardiac Device Technologies Dori Pelig, PhD, Medtronic (confirmed)
16:50-17:20
Q&A (Moderator: Prof. Iaizzo). Prof. Rafael Beyar, Prof. Chaim Lotan, Prof. Eric Richardson, Tim Laske, Dr. Peter J. Fitzgerald, Prof. Will Durfee, Edna Lazar
Who is it for?
Physicians
Cardiovascular Intervention Industry
Startups & VC's
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