Panels Lineup
Authentic panels and keynotes
with the leaders in Medtech

This is a living agenda. As we continue to add new speakers and
timely discussions, the lineup is taking shape around the topics
that matter most. From headline Keynotes to Fireside Chats and
tactical workshops, we're building a program that captures the
pulse of medtech today and tomorrow.

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keynote

Touchpoints that Matter: Building Health Systems for the Next Billion Patients

Vy Tran

Vy Tran

President, Asia Pacific and Japan

signature series

From Emerging Region to Global Leader: What’s Holding Asia Back in Medtech?

Dan Lippis

Dan Lippis

Corporate Vice President, JAPAC Region

panel

Why We Said No: Lessons From the Investments Family Offices Didn't Make

Omid Akhavan

Omid Akhavan

Managing Director & Founder

Tyler Wanke

Tyler Wanke

Investor

Steven Gottlieb

Steven Gottlieb

Chairman & CEO

signature series

Beyond the Factory Floor: Integrated R&D and Supply Chain as a Competitive Advantage in APAC

Joaquin Lasso

Joaquin Lasso

SVP & General Manager, Sports Medicine

Peter Horan

Peter Horan

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific

signature series

Spinout, Stand Up, Scale: The Embecta Transformation Story

James Chiang

James Chiang

VP/GM Asia

signature series

The Archipelago of Innovation: Navigating Japan’s Startup Landscape

Shinya Yamamoto

Shinya Yamamoto

Professor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur

panel

Perspective From Strategics Amidst a Turbulent 2025

David Allen

David Allen

Vice President

Felicia Chung

Felicia Chung

Senior Director, Global Business Development

Catherine Jennings

Catherine Jennings

President, Peripheral Vascular

Akihiro Maeda

Akihiro Maeda

Head of Scouting, Medical Device, BD & License Dpt.

panel

Aging Redefined: Redesigning Care to Meet the Needs of the World's Largest Aging Population

Assaf Barnea

Assaf Barnea

CEO

Soyoung Park

Soyoung Park

General Partner

Dr Ravi Bickram Shrestha

Dr Ravi Bickram Shrestha

General Manager & Senior Director, Global Healthcare IT

workshop

Master Your Story: How to Communicate with Early-Stage Investors

Branden Rosenhan

Branden Rosenhan

Founding Partner

panel

East Meets West: How APAC Became a Global Player, and Where We Go From Here

Yuval Binur

Yuval Binur

Managing Partner

Haisong Tang

Haisong Tang

Venture Partner China

Helen Yang

Helen Yang

Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

William Jin

William Jin

Partner

panel

United States and Singapore Medtech 2.0: What the Next 15 Years of Collaboration May Look Like

Ruey Feng Peh

Ruey Feng Peh

Head of Innovation

John Eng

John Eng

Vice President, Healthcare

panel

Bridging the Gap: Equity and Innovation in Patient Reach

Deepak Sahu

Deepak Sahu

Managing Director

Buzz Palmer

Buzz Palmer

Co-Founder, CEO, Investor

Dr. Shailendra Bajpai

Dr. Shailendra Bajpai

Medical & Public Affairs Director - Asia

panel

How are Software and AI Changing Brain Health?

Jordi Parramon

Jordi Parramon

CEO, General Partner and Co-founder

Daniel Teo

Daniel Teo

Managing Partner

Caitlin Morse

Caitlin Morse

CEO

fireside chat

Hard-Learned Secrets to Thinking Big in Asia

Warren Wang

Warren Wang

Chairman and CEO

Roger Brooks

Roger Brooks

Founder

signature series

Can APAC Produce a Medtech Unicorn?

Abel Ang

Abel Ang

Chairperson

Greg Garfield

Greg Garfield

Senior Managing Director

panel

Singapore’s Unique Approach to Fostering and Backing Healthcare Innovation

Joseph Mocanu

Joseph Mocanu

Managing Partner

Colin Tan

Colin Tan

Investment Director

Jui Lim

Jui Lim

CEO

Danny Belkin

Danny Belkin

Director, Technology Incubator

panel

Scaling Diagnostics: Innovation, Infrastructure, and Emerging Opportunities Across Markets

Peter Fischer

Peter Fischer

CEO

Alex Jiao

Alex Jiao

CEO

Christina Vallgren

Christina Vallgren

CEO

Adrian Lam

Adrian Lam

President & CEO

panel

How to Engage Clinicians as Investors in Medtech Venture

Gavin Leonard

Gavin Leonard

CEO

Jeremy Teoh

Jeremy Teoh

Urological Surgeon, Clinical Director of Urology

Jeyla Sadikova

Jeyla Sadikova

Co-Founder & CSO

Michel Bielecki

Michel Bielecki

Co-Founder & CEO

panel

Bioconvergence and the Future of Vision Technology

Assaf Barnea

Assaf Barnea

CEO

Ash Attia

Ash Attia

CEO

Qizhi Linna Fu

Qizhi Linna Fu

VP Operations And General Manager, China & Hong Kong

Daria Lemann-Blumenthal

Daria Lemann-Blumenthal

CEO

panel

Reaching Across Borders: Multinational Corporate Collaboration and Investment in the US and China

Chris Eso

Chris Eso

Vice President, Global Head of Corporate and 
Business Development, M&A and Ventures

Jinghua (Michael) Wang

Jinghua (Michael) Wang

Managing Director, Greater China Ventures

Helen Yang

Helen Yang

Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

panel

What Will Collaboration Between the US and Singapore Look Like for the Next 20 Years?

Ruey Feng Peh

Ruey Feng Peh

Head of Innovation

John Eng

John Eng

Vice President, Healthcare

workshop

U.S. Reimbursement Fundamentals

Tonya Dowd, MPH

Tonya Dowd, MPH

Executive Vice President, Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access

panel

From Pitch to Partnership: Engaging Investors for Investment and Growth

C David Adair

C David Adair

Founder and Managing Partner

Irit Yaniv

Irit Yaniv

Founding Partner

William Dai

William Dai

Founding Managing Partner

panel

From Scalpel to Software: Reimagining the Surgical Suite

Joe Mullings

Joe Mullings

Chairman & CEO

Mike Clouthier

Mike Clouthier

Vice President, Business Development and Licensing

Bora Chang

Bora Chang

Founder & CEO

Dr Lynne Lim

Dr Lynne Lim

Founder & CEO

panel

Strategy and Commercial Infrastructure Needed to Scale Medtech in the U.S.

Fredrik Nyberg

Fredrik Nyberg

Managing Director Asia Pacific

Christopher Prentice

Christopher Prentice

Chief Commercial Officer

Jeffrey Sirek

Jeffrey Sirek

Chief Executive Officer, Board Member

keynote

Touchpoints that Matter: Building Health Systems for the Next Billion Patients

Vy Tran

Vy Tran

President, Asia Pacific and Japan

fireside chat

Hard-Learned Secrets to Thinking Big in Asia

Warren Wang

Warren Wang

Chairman and CEO

Roger Brooks

Roger Brooks

Founder

signature series

From Emerging Region to Global Leader: What’s Holding Asia Back in Medtech?

Dan Lippis

Dan Lippis

Corporate Vice President, JAPAC Region

signature series

Can APAC Produce a Medtech Unicorn?

Abel Ang

Abel Ang

Chairperson

Greg Garfield

Greg Garfield

Senior Managing Director

panel

Why We Said No: Lessons From the Investments Family Offices Didn't Make

Omid Akhavan

Omid Akhavan

Managing Director & Founder

Tyler Wanke

Tyler Wanke

Investor

Steven Gottlieb

Steven Gottlieb

Chairman & CEO

panel

Singapore’s Unique Approach to Fostering and Backing Healthcare Innovation

Joseph Mocanu

Joseph Mocanu

Managing Partner

Colin Tan

Colin Tan

Investment Director

Jui Lim

Jui Lim

CEO

Danny Belkin

Danny Belkin

Director, Technology Incubator

signature series

Beyond the Factory Floor: Integrated R&D and Supply Chain as a Competitive Advantage in APAC

Joaquin Lasso

Joaquin Lasso

SVP & General Manager, Sports Medicine

Peter Horan

Peter Horan

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific

panel

Scaling Diagnostics: Innovation, Infrastructure, and Emerging Opportunities Across Markets

Peter Fischer

Peter Fischer

CEO

Alex Jiao

Alex Jiao

CEO

Christina Vallgren

Christina Vallgren

CEO

Adrian Lam

Adrian Lam

President & CEO

signature series

Spinout, Stand Up, Scale: The Embecta Transformation Story

James Chiang

James Chiang

VP/GM Asia

panel

How to Engage Clinicians as Investors in Medtech Venture

Gavin Leonard

Gavin Leonard

CEO

Jeremy Teoh

Jeremy Teoh

Urological Surgeon, Clinical Director of Urology

Jeyla Sadikova

Jeyla Sadikova

Co-Founder & CSO

Michel Bielecki

Michel Bielecki

Co-Founder & CEO

signature series

The Archipelago of Innovation: Navigating Japan’s Startup Landscape

Shinya Yamamoto

Shinya Yamamoto

Professor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur

panel

Bioconvergence and the Future of Vision Technology

Assaf Barnea

Assaf Barnea

CEO

Ash Attia

Ash Attia

CEO

Qizhi Linna Fu

Qizhi Linna Fu

VP Operations And General Manager, China & Hong Kong

Daria Lemann-Blumenthal

Daria Lemann-Blumenthal

CEO

panel

Perspective From Strategics Amidst a Turbulent 2025

David Allen

David Allen

Vice President

Felicia Chung

Felicia Chung

Senior Director, Global Business Development

Catherine Jennings

Catherine Jennings

President, Peripheral Vascular

Akihiro Maeda

Akihiro Maeda

Head of Scouting, Medical Device, BD & License Dpt.

panel

Reaching Across Borders: Multinational Corporate Collaboration and Investment in the US and China

Chris Eso

Chris Eso

Vice President, Global Head of Corporate and 
Business Development, M&A and Ventures

Jinghua (Michael) Wang

Jinghua (Michael) Wang

Managing Director, Greater China Ventures

Helen Yang

Helen Yang

Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

panel

Aging Redefined: Redesigning Care to Meet the Needs of the World's Largest Aging Population

Assaf Barnea

Assaf Barnea

CEO

Soyoung Park

Soyoung Park

General Partner

Dr Ravi Bickram Shrestha

Dr Ravi Bickram Shrestha

General Manager & Senior Director, Global Healthcare IT

panel

What Will Collaboration Between the US and Singapore Look Like for the Next 20 Years?

Ruey Feng Peh

Ruey Feng Peh

Head of Innovation

John Eng

John Eng

Vice President, Healthcare

workshop

Master Your Story: How to Communicate with Early-Stage Investors

Branden Rosenhan

Branden Rosenhan

Founding Partner

workshop

U.S. Reimbursement Fundamentals

Tonya Dowd, MPH

Tonya Dowd, MPH

Executive Vice President, Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access

panel

East Meets West: How APAC Became a Global Player, and Where We Go From Here

Yuval Binur

Yuval Binur

Managing Partner

Haisong Tang

Haisong Tang

Venture Partner China

Helen Yang

Helen Yang

Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

William Jin

William Jin

Partner

panel

From Pitch to Partnership: Engaging Investors for Investment and Growth

C David Adair

C David Adair

Founder and Managing Partner

Irit Yaniv

Irit Yaniv

Founding Partner

William Dai

William Dai

Founding Managing Partner

panel

United States and Singapore Medtech 2.0: What the Next 15 Years of Collaboration May Look Like

Ruey Feng Peh

Ruey Feng Peh

Head of Innovation

John Eng

John Eng

Vice President, Healthcare

panel

From Scalpel to Software: Reimagining the Surgical Suite

Joe Mullings

Joe Mullings

Chairman & CEO

Mike Clouthier

Mike Clouthier

Vice President, Business Development and Licensing

Bora Chang

Bora Chang

Founder & CEO

Dr Lynne Lim

Dr Lynne Lim

Founder & CEO

panel

Bridging the Gap: Equity and Innovation in Patient Reach

Deepak Sahu

Deepak Sahu

Managing Director

Buzz Palmer

Buzz Palmer

Co-Founder, CEO, Investor

Dr. Shailendra Bajpai

Dr. Shailendra Bajpai

Medical & Public Affairs Director - Asia

panel

Strategy and Commercial Infrastructure Needed to Scale Medtech in the U.S.

Fredrik Nyberg

Fredrik Nyberg

Managing Director Asia Pacific

Christopher Prentice

Christopher Prentice

Chief Commercial Officer

Jeffrey Sirek

Jeffrey Sirek

Chief Executive Officer, Board Member

panel

How are Software and AI Changing Brain Health?

Jordi Parramon

Jordi Parramon

CEO, General Partner and Co-founder

Daniel Teo

Daniel Teo

Managing Partner

Caitlin Morse

Caitlin Morse

CEO

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