Exciting 11th edition of MEDmeetsTECH is taking the event to the international sphere. 2020 and its unprecedented pandemic showed that we need to speed up with introducing and implementing digital health solutions worldwide and in every country. This event will provide an excellent opportunity for MedTech startups, inventors, clinicians, investors, business leaders, representatives of public and private institutions and open-minded students to learn from each other with a smart approach to technology in healthcare.
The 11th edition will for the first-time address topics on entering the U.S. market with digital health solutions. Experienced subject matter experts and representatives of investors from the U.S. will present ideas and opinions on how to break into the U.S. market.
Among expected the XI edition will be an international edition that will be promoted in Europe and for the first time will address topics of entering the U.S. market with digital health solutions.
Among expected speakers, we will host the representatives of public institutions in Europe responsible for implementing digital health solutions on a broad national scale, representatives of the clinical world, inventors, CEOs of startups, and investors.
International speakers will provide educational and informative presentations to support the growth of the international digital healthcare market and inspire new business opportunities.
These circumstances will be a fantastic opportunity for 9 chosen startups to pitch their solutions in front of an international audience.
11:00 – 12:00 CET
SESSION: TRENDS
Digital Health in the post-COVID-19 era. New perspectives are being shaped by the reality of the pandemic and new opportunities to innovate in healthcare are waiting to be discovered, developed, and implemented. This keynote lecture will feature international trends in digital health solutions and is dedicated to everyone searching for possibilities to improve healthcare outcomes and is interested in revolutionizing healthcare delivery processes to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.
1) Henrique Martins, MD, PhD, MLaw, FIAHSI – Lisbon, Portugal
International trends in digital health solutions – new possibilities.
2) Piotr Jankowski, Professor, MD, PhD – Krakow, Poland
Digital solutions for prevention and management of chronic diseases.
12:15 – 13:30 CET
DEBATE
How to speed up the implementation of digital health solutions and popularize its use. A passionate and inspirational discussion between representatives of governmental institutions, representatives of healthcare service providers, CEO’s of startups, business leaders and investors.
13:45 – 15:15 CET
SESSION: STARTUPS PRESENTATIONS
The 11th international edition of MEDmeetsTECH will be a fantastic opportunity for 9 chosen startups to pitch their solutions in front of an international audience. Fill out the form and submit your startup. Out of all submitted startups 9 of them will be selected to be presented at the conference.
1) Biocam – Łukasz Horanin
2) City Robotics – Deepjyoti Nath
3) DocDroid – Paweł Kowalik
4) Healthy – Szymon Jasiński
5) Innomus – Joanna Żuradzka
6) Med-E-Hive – Leenta Grobler
7) Beyond Health – Piotr Krzekotowski
8) UpHill – Luís Patrão
9) ExploreIT – Piotr Mazurkiewicz
16:00 – 20:00 CET
SESSION: USA
16:00 – 16:20 CET
1) Mark Stimpfig – Phoenix, USA; London, UK
Should you consider entering the US market?
16:20 – 16:40 CET
2) Branda Schmidt – CEO Coplex
The Med-Tech & Bio-Tech Scene in Greater Phoenix
16:40 – 17:05 CET
3) Mark Stimpfig & Brenda Schmidt – interactive chat
Arizona – The Business-friendly US State
17:10 – 18:10 CET
4) Greater Boston – world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Discussion moderator:
Tomasz Kierul – Boston, United States
Discussion participants:
Christa Bleyleben – Boston, United States
Sarah Delude – Boston, United States
Stas Gayshan – Boston, United States
Celina Chang – Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
18:15 – 18:45 CET
5) Clinical Pilot Programs – how to run an effective pilot program in the US market and the benefits to foreign companies.
Kaja Kuczynska – New Jersey, United States
Jeff Stinson – Arkansas, United States
Amy Hester – United States
18:50 – 19:20 CET
6) What founders are looking for? Making the right connections.
Discussion moderator:
Tomasz Kierul – Boston, United States
Discussion participant:
Brian Smith – California, United States
19:25 – 19:40 CET
7) Piotr Baczynski
Immersion – Case Study
19:45 – 20:00 CET
8) Lukasz Koltowski – Warsaw, Poland
AioCare – Case Study
Henrique Martins, MD, PhD, MLaw, FIAHSI
He has a Medical Degree, Internal Medicine Speciality, a Master and PhD degrees in Management, and a Law Master’s degree (thesis on the Public Liability implications of AI in Health). He is a National Defence Auditor (National institute of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Portugal) He is a Medical Doctor and University Professor, teaching and researching in Digital Health, Healthcare Systems and Transformation, Leadership and Management education for Medical Students and Health Professionals. He was one of the first CMIOs in Portugal in 2009-2013 at Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, where he implemented large EHR system and founded an Innovation Center in Big Data and Robotics. He is the past president of SPMS, Portugal's Digital Health Agency, where he led National eHealth efforts for close to 7 years. He represented Portugal for 8 years and was the former Member States co-chair of the EU eHealth Network, the highest policy body on eHealth in the Union. During the years at the Ministry of Health he was responsible for creating a health data sharing platform for all national health service compatible with the advanced GDPR principles as early as 2012, and negotiate this with the Portuguese National Data Protection Authority (CNDP) obtaining its fast approval in less then 5 months. He was directly responsible for legal and data protection issues while head of SPMS, creating and maturing management of data protection issues and fostering education in this area both inside SPMS and in the Portuguese NHS. In 2019 he established one of the first Digital Health ethics committee in an EU country. Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (within IMIA) in July 2020. Since August 2020 he has integrates the HL7 Europe Foundation Board of Diretors. He now works as an Academic in two high-ranked business schools (ISCTE-IUL, and Catholica Business School), one Public Policy Institute (ISCSP-UL) and one medical school (FCS-UIB), and on individual consulting projects in Healthcare Transformation and Digital Health (www.henriquemartins.eu). He has authored a series of papers some of which looking at new trends for digital health at Global, European, National and Hospital levels. SESSION: TRENDS Topic: International trends in digital health solutions – new possibilities.
Piotr Jankowski, Professor, MD, PhD
Piotr Jankowski is a cardiologist, specialised in invasive cardiology. Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland). Secretary (2017-2019) and member of the Board (2011-2015) of the Polish Cardiac Society (PSC), Prof Jankowski was the chairman of the Health Promotion Committee of the PCS (2011-2017), chairman of the Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention of the PCS (from 2009 to 2011). Appointed National CVD Prevention Coordinator for Poland (since 2010), Prof Jankowski is a member of the EAPC Prevention Implementation Committee (since 2018). Chairman of the Board of the Public Health Foundation (since 2018), member of the Board of the Krakow Association of Physicians (from 2011), Prof Jankowski is currently professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Lodz (Poland). Author of over 400 scientific contributions and co-author of a number of scientific and clinical statements and guidelines, Prof Jankowski is the laureate of numerous scientific awards (among others: Award of the Minister of Health, Awards of the Polish Cardiac Society, Awards of the Polish Society of Hypertension, European Society of Hypertension Award, Award of the “Health Promotion” Foundation, “Honoris Gratia” Award). His main topics of scientific interest relate to the prevention of cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and mechanisms of atherosclerosis development and aging. SESSION: TRENDS Topic: Digital solutions for prevention and management of chronic diseases.
Mark Stimpfig
The London Development Director for Greater Phoenix Economic Council and co-founded Go to Market Global. Mark is the London Development Director for Greater Phoenix Economic Council promoting accessing the US West Coast markets through The Connected Place. Mark co-founded Go to Market Global in 2017, having previously run national and international marketing programmes for clients like Sony, Dixons / PC World, Safeway, and Reuters. Mark is a Cambridge University History Graduate with over 25 years’ experience in marketing and consultancy working with technology brands in B2B and B2C both in the UK and internationally. Past clients include Reuters, Safeway, Dixons, Microsoft, Royal Mail, The UK Driving Standards Agency, International Student Identity Card and Sony. Currently Mark is working with trade bodies like the Department of International Trade, Tech Nation, Manchester Growth Company, The Mayor of London’s International Business Programme, Innovate UK, Innovate Finance and techUK as well as a range of US/ UK commercial partners including Avalara, WorldFirst and ABGi. Mark has developed an expertise in assisting and enabling digital businesses to ‘go to market’ internationally in key sectors like fin-tech, ed-tech, IoT, Cyber, eCommerce and healthcare. SESSION: USA Topic: Should you consider entering the US market? Topic: Arizona – business friendly state
Kaja Kuczynska
Kaja is a successful founder of several ventures focusing on bridging the gap between US and European public and private companies. With a background in finance and manufacturing, she has built several successful consulting companies developing strategic models for B2B, B2C, and consumer-based product businesses. Kaja works closely with other start-up entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, specifically female founder teams, to create an ecosystem of conscious driven companies. She is currently focusing on driving more venture capital funds towards female-founded companies as well as improving the way the financial industry looks at female investment. SESSION: USA Topic: Clinical Pilot Programs – how to run an effective pilot program in the US market and the benefits to foreign companies.
Tomasz Kierul
Co-Founder, SkyBrook Venture Partners, LLC Leader in fundraising and organizational development, with 15+ years of experience in the field. Driven strategic thinker with a unique combination of business and organizational development acumen, with an emphasis on applying team-building techniques and strategies for stronger business growth. A supporter of diversity and inclusion. SESSION: USA Discussion moderator: What founders are looking for? Making the right connections. Discussion moderator: Greater Boston - world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Christa Bleyleben
Managing Partner, MassGlobal Partners, Boston, MA Since 2009 Managing Partner of MassGlobal Partners and frequently partnering with the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), Christa supports startups with US market access and expansion, training, and mentoring of innovative international companies. Her particular focus is on the value proposition, pitch practice, financing & finding needed resources, and facilitating partnering at senior levels. Previously Christa was Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment, President of the Massachusetts International Trade Council, and a Managing Director in Bank of America’s global investment group. Christa is an active angel investor and serves on several advisory boards. She holds an MBA from the Vienna University of Business. SESSION: USA Discussion participant: Greater Boston - world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Celina Chang
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Vice President, Science Operations & Strategic Relationships at LabCentral Celina Chang is the vice president of business operations & technology at LabCentral. She leads corporate operations pertaining to science, technology and strategic relationships (EHS, IT and business development) and is an advisor for onsite lab operations. She explores strategic expansion opportunities for LabCentral and plays a key role in the design, buildout activities and launch for expansion projects such as the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, MIT’s The Engine, LabCentral’s 700 Main Street expansion, LabCentral 610 and LabCentral 238. She began her career in process development working on pediatric viral vaccines with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals then shifted her focus to tissue engineering for both topical and implantable biological medical devices. Prior to joining LabCentral, she spent close to two years as a senior scientist at InVivo Therapeutics, a company developing groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and more than six years at Pervasis Therapeutics, a company advancing new therapies to improve dramatically the outcomes of common vascular interventions. She joined the company while it was still an early-stage biotech and was instrumental in advancing several of its products through clinical trials. Pervasis was acquired by Shire. Celina earned her bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from Cornell University. SESSION: USA Discussion participant: Greater Boston - world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Sarah Delude
Boston, Massachusetts, United States International Business Strategy Manager at the City of Boston Sarah has worked in international relations for over 10 years and joined the City of Boston in 2016. In this role Sarah focuses on scaling up international relations through public diplomacy, economic partnerships, business engagement, and marketing Boston as a global and welcoming city. Prior to joining the City of Boston, Sarah worked in public diplomacy as Head of the Politics, Press and Public Affairs Section at the British Consulate-General in Boston, where she also held the Policy and University Engagement portfolio. Sarah also held roles at the Center for European Studies, an interdisciplinary research center at Harvard University. There she was responsible for programming, communications, external relations, student advising, and Visiting Scholars Programs. Sarah earned a B.A. from Syracuse University in International Relations and a Master's degree from Harvard in Government. SESSION: USA Discussion participant: Greater Boston - world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Stas Gayshan
Managing Director at CIC and Founder of CIC Boston. Stas leads the development of new CIC projects in the Americas, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and beyond, connecting innovators across boundaries and borders. Stas works with governments, universities, large corporations, real estate developers, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, funders, and other stakeholders to solve difficult problems, build powerful, interwoven innovation ecosystems, and help cities craft lasting, impactful outcomes. A globally sought-after thought leader on innovation and entrepreneurship, Stas often speaks at conferences and judges startup competitions around the world. SESSION: USA Discussion participant: Greater Boston - world’s top biotech hub. A conversation with local experts about Greater Boston’s unique ecosystem that invests in innovation and builds the next generation of global life-science businesses.
Brian Smith
Brian A. Smith is the Co-Founder and CEO of RedCrow™ Inc. direct investment and marketing platform presenting professionally vetted investment opportunities in innovative healthcare startups to an accredited crowd of investors. Backing a vision with social impact is at the heart of RedCrow™ investing. Prior to RedCrow™ Brian was a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, advising high net worth families. During that time he and his wife experienced the tragic loss of their first child 24 weeks into the pregnancy. It was at that pivotal moment when Brian decided to channel his investment career into meaningful work helping other families who experience complicated pregnancies. Brian left Morgan Stanley and adopted an active role in MindChild Medical, a pioneer in the development of non-invasive fetal heart monitoring. This experience and the writing of the 2012 JOBS Act had Brian began to envision a day when crowdfunding would evolve into an equity-based model vs donation-based. So in 2015, alongside Jerry Harrison, Brian founded RedCrow™ with a mission to democratize the investment process for people otherwise shut out of early-stage investing opportunities. In 2020, Brian also co-founded The MainStage. The MainStage provides companies with the tools to streamline fundraising. In creating a password-protected virtual deal room, The MainStage allows companies to showcase exciting content, including videos and stylistic pitch decks, to interested investors. He resides in Mill Valley, CA with his wife and two daughters. SESSION: USA Discussion participant: What founders are looking for? Making the right connections.
Piotr Baczyński
Piotr Baczyński, born in 1986, founder and CEO of Immersion, one of the first companies in the world to specialize in solutions for business using virtual and augmented reality (VR / AR) technology. Immersion has completed many projects for Polish and foreign clients, cooperating with, among others, Bayer, Merck, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs NASA, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Museum of Natural History in New York. Immersion projects have been awarded and nominated for international awards such as Emmy, Webby and SXSW. Previously, he was the president and co-founder of Esencja Studio, an interactive agency that creates interactive and advertising solutions, including in a project develoed in cooperation with Facebook. Author of numerous marketing campaigns for clients such as Microsoft, Polkomtel, Orange, T-Mobile. Placed several times in the "50 most creative in business" ranking, nominated for the 2020 Ambassador of Polish Innovation award. He studied political science at the University of Warsaw. He lectured on the application of social media in politics at the European Academy of Diplomacy. Topic: Case study 1 - Immersion
Lukasz Koltowski, MD, PhD
Lukasz Koltowski is an employee of the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, a member of the Board of the IT and Telemedicine Committee of the Polish Cardiac Society, and an expert in the field of mobile health and telemedicine. He gained experience, among others at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK) and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden). Since 2009, he has been actively describing and commenting on the most important events and solutions in the field of mHealth, editing the Efektywny Doctor blog (www.koltowski.com). He is a member of several scientific consortia, the creator and originator of the AioCare mobile spirometer, and the author of numerous mobile applications supporting the work of doctors. Lukasz Koltowski is an employee of the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, a member of the Board of the IT and Telemedicine Committee of the Polish Cardiac Society, and an expert in the field of mobile health and telemedicine. He gained experience, among others at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK) and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden). Since 2009, he has been actively describing and commenting on the most important events and solutions in the field of mHealth, editing the Efektywny Doctor blog (www.koltowski.com). He is a member of several scientific consortia, the creator and originator of the AioCare mobile spirometer, and the author of numerous mobile applications supporting the work of doctors. Topic: Case study 1 - AioCare
Amy Hester, MD
Co-Founder, Chairwoman and CEO of HD Nursing. Her 25 years of nursing experience include over a decade of med/surge and neuro nursing followed by unit management and hospital administration. In 2015, she earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing Science and has since published and spoken extensively on the subject of falls and injury prediction and prevention and is an international thought leader in patient safety. Dr. Hester sits on the Board of the National Association of African Americans with Cystic Fibrosis. She retired from UAMS in 2018 after 26 years of service to dedicate her time fully to HD Nursing while remaining adjunct faculty in the UAMS CON. As an entrepreneur she mentors nurse innovators to help them with their own endeavors and serves as a clinician in residence for HealthTech Arkansas. SESSION: USA Topic: Clinical Pilot Programs – how to run an effective pilot program in the US market and the benefits to foreign companies.
Jeff Stinson, CPA, MBA
Mr. Stinson founded and leads HealthTech Arkansas, a healthcare accelerator and early stage investment fund that immerses world class, early stage healthcare companies from around the country into Arkansas’ leading hospital systems and physician practices. Additionally, Mr. Stinson founded and serves as executive director of the Fund for Arkansas’ Future, an “angel” investor fund that invests in early stage, Arkansas-based companies. Now investing from its second fund, the two funds combined have 100 individual investors - representing some of Arkansas’ most distinguished business and community leaders – and investments in over 30 technology based businesses. The fund seeks companies with innovative business models and the ability to grow rapidly, and has formally reviewed over 700 applications for investment since inception. Mr. Stinson began his career in 1990 as a CPA with the Nashville, Tennessee office of a Big 5 public accounting firm, representing clients in the health care, banking, manufacturing, and printing and publishing industries. Subsequently, in his role as Director of Marketing for a large, publicly traded health care organization, he was instrumental in developing strategic plans for individual business units to position those units for long-term success. After obtaining his MBA, with honors, from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University, he moved to Little Rock in 1999 and has worked extensively in the private equity markets. In 2001, he launched and developed his own successful business advisory practice which has included leading the technology transfer office at University of Arkansas Little Rock. His past board service includes President of the Board of Directors for Youth Home, Inc., Commissioner on the Little Rock Sister Cities Commission, Little Rock Sister Cities Foundation Board, Arkansas Motion Picture Institute, Advisory Board for TechPreneur, Arkansas Venture Forum Committee, and volunteer for Easter Seals Arkansas, American Cancer Society, Our House, CARE for Animals, Vision Little Rock, and the Governor’s Cup student business plan competition. He has been a mentor for the ARK Challenge business accelerator and Venture Center FinTech accelerator, and volunteer speaker for Arkansas Scholars and Volunteers in Public Schools. He is a graduate of Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XVI, and was a 2006 Arkansas Business “40 Under 40” honoree. SESSION: USA Topic: Clinical Pilot Programs – how to run an effective pilot program in the US market and the benefits to foreign companies.
Deepjyoti Nath
City Robotics With 25 years old, Deep has an amazing track record of establishing 3 companies on 3 continents, winning numerous student and science awards and being a respected software engineer. He is the founder of City Robotics and envisions it as a next big disruptor of the fast-developing robotic sector. His most significant achievements would include: - Recently granted Best international student in Poland of 2020 - Rookie of the year by Microstrategy - Founded Trackoin - software company to provide live tracking of field representatives and their tasks with 40+ clients worldwide - Published author
Piotr Krzekotowski
Beyond Health CEO & founder at Beyond Health. Participant of PFR School of Pioneers & ReaktorX. Previously working for such brands as Oponeo, Morizon.pl, Sizeer. Sold my first company at the age of 23. Former co-founder of Nordkrill - supplements with transparent supply chain (exit, sold) & Best Way Beans - AI-based coffee subscription (exit, sold). Currently into AI, ML & Big Data in the medical industry.
Joanna Żuradzka
Innomus Sales Support Specialist and Marketing Manager in Innomus Sp. z o.o. (Ltd.) In the company, she is on the first line of contact with customers. A graduate of Biomedical Engineering at University of Science in Cracow. She combines engineering knowledge with an individual approach to the client. Responsible for the presentation of the Prodrobot product, as well as sales and marketing communication.
Paweł Kowalik
DocDroid Business and startup developer, financial manager, business law specialist since 2008. Author and Manger of startup - oriented programmes, projects and pilot actions: incubators, starter platforms, seed investment funds, mostly in Lublin's Science and Technology Park. Interim and project manager in more than 10 successful startups. Specialized advisor for more than 250 businesses and companies. Since 2018 focused on med-tech solutions and startups in cooperation with Lublin's Medical University.
Łukasz Horanin
Biocam Manager with strong technical background and international experience. As a Wrocław University of Technology student, I was managing two race car projects with overall budged ~€500k - successfully meeting all KPI's and winning multiple awards. I've got my bachelor degree in Mechatronics and Master degree in Mechanical Engineering. At Ferrari F1 Team as an R&D Engineer I was managing Bench and Dyno Tests with focus on accelerating testing results delivery. It was met by shortening testing time by 30% and increasing testing capacity by 100%. After four years I came back to Poland where I took a part in MBA courses for 9 months and joined BioCam on managerial position. I work in Polish, English and Italian
Piotr Mazurkiewicz
ExploreIT Business development executive and entrepreneur - former CEO and cofounder of easyCALL.pl S.A (telecommunication carrier listed on GPW New Connect), lecturer on Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. Holds Master and PhD degrees in Economics, Finance and Banking and Management. Piotr Mazurkiewicz started his professional career at Bertelsmann AG, where he dealt with the digital strategy and e-commerce for almost 10 years, then for several years developed the digital strategy at PWN’s group, as a member of the management board of one of the Group's companies. He has profound knowledge of Sales and Marketing especially in the range of Digital Media and e-Commerce. At ExploreIT as a Business Advisor he is responsible for Cooperation and Partnerships with polish and foreign Telemedicine and Healthcare Companies (eg. MedTech startups), expanding business relations with Vendors and Manufacturers of Medical Devices and building international relations for foreign development of ExploreIT. https://www.linkedin.com/in/piotrmazurkiewicz/
Luis Patrão
upHill Luís Patrão, MD, UpHill's co-founder and Head of Partnerships, graduated from the University of Beira Interior (Portugal). Luís is a Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Intensive Care Unit of the Tondela-Viseu Hospital Centre. Additionally, Luís is a researcher in patient safety and biomedical simulation;
Szymon Jasiński
Healthly Specialist in direct and remote sales to individual and business clients. Acquiring and dealing with key clients, business partners and representing company during industry events and public presentations. He also specialize in creating and implementing customer communication strategies. Constantly expanding his experience and skills in team management. He focus on development of Healthly startup, (healthly.pl) is a simple but functional and innovative telemedicine platform, allows medical professionals and their patients to work in the comfortable form of teleconsultations.
Leenta Grobler
Med-E-Hive Leenta Grobler is a multi-lingual computer engineer with a PhD in Engineering Development and Management. She has vast research experience in the field of telecommunication. Apart from numerous scholarly articles on various variations of network optimization and planning, two software tools for the telecommunication industry was developed under her supervision to not only save significant planning time but also increase return on investment for fibre deployment projects. She has a keen interest in digital healthcare and a strong conviction to make a difference in the lives of people in developing countries, specifically in the public health sector. Since 2014 she was actively engaged in the development of devices and systems that will enable the digitisation and analytics of data that will support remote patient care and decision making in healthcare. Thereby, bringing her knowledge of telecommunication and interest in healthcare together. She manages to do this by applying IoT-related technologies to healthcare problems related to patient compliance and minimising the effects of human error in healthcare data. Her biggest strength is her ability to meaningfully engage with healthcare practitioners and understand their problems well enough to translate them into engineering challenges. Her strong aptitude in user experience design enables her to transform rough and ready engineering solutions into user-friendly products. To date, she mainly focussed on providing solutions to the allied health sciences, in addition to nursing and pharmacy – where the power of technology is not yet fully harnessed and the patient is mainly reliant on the experience of the health practitioner. She has developed 15 different digital health solutions to date and during the lockdown she developed 3 COVID-19 related solutions, including a generic ventilator remote monitoring solution to enable remote ICU management and optimal deployment of expert nursing staff, a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for automatic analysis of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based tests to shorten the turnaround time of COVID-19 testing) and a track and tracing solution for schools and businesses known as TjopTjop. In all her efforts she relies on a mutually beneficial network of experts from various disciplines and institutions to collaborate and produce solutions that are not only theoretically and scientifically sound, but that is useful and relevant in the South African context.
Aniela Hejnowska
Aniela Hejnowska is responsible for IQVIA Poland, a leading global provider of advanced analytics, innovative technology solutions and clinical research to help clients in the healthcare system effectively find innovations and commercialize better solutions for their patients faster. She manages the Polish team by defining and implementing strategic business goals in support of IQVIA's regional and global priorities. Aniela is an effective entrepreneurial leader with international experience in senior management positions in Fortune 500 companies. Successfully leading significant growth and transformation programs in these organizations. Her latest role was as M&O lead, COO and Board Member with the Polish office of Microsoft. Aniela holds a degree in International Business from Grenoble Ecole de Management in France and a certificate in Marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK.
Dorota Makarewicz, Ph.D habil.
Acting Director of Science and Commercialization Department, Medical Research Agency. Researcher and project manager in drug development and clinical trials. Active also as a external expert and evaluator of the numerous Polish grant funding institutions. She has degree in Biology (M.Sc. in 1997, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw), and Neurobiology and Neurosciences (Ph.D. in 2004 and doctor habilitatus in 2017, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences). Completed “Post-graduate studies in project management” at the Warsaw School of Economics and “Post-graduate studies in research project management and commercialization of research results” at Leon Koźmiński Academy in Warsaw. Previously she was Head of R&D Department and Directors Proxy for Development at Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences and Deputy Director for Operations at International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB). Participated in the implementation of many research grants, financed both from Polish and external sources (e.g. Georgetown University US, and Merz Pharmaceutical , Germany) Author and co-author of the number of scientific papers, including “Pathogenesis of damage and neuroprotection mechanisms of neurons in the perinatal asphyxia model”, as well co-inventor of Polish patent no. PAT.212603 “Method for prevention and therapy of mammal brain tissues for anoxia and ischemia”. She is also active in science popularization, produced for TVN MED educational program for medical doctors “Perinatal asphyxia at the clinic and the laboratory”, now available at the educational platform www.lekarskatv.pl.
Marcin Koprowski
Marcin leads the Technology Center at Roche Global IT Solution Center, Roche's global software powerhouse. He works with a portfolio focused on Research and Early Development as well as novel Diagnostics solutions, including digital products. Being an enthusiast of digital healthcare transformation and open-innovation ecosystems, he also co-leads the development of Roche's partnerships with startups and other innovative companies & institutions. Marcin is an entrepreneur by heart, with hands-on startup experience he gained prior to joining Roche.
Andrzej Browarski
Head of Analytics and Innovation Office at PZU Zdrowie SA New technology enthusiast, thrilled by digital revolution in healthcare. Constantly eager to explore patient experience in order to transform it and lift to a new level, basing on foundations from insights gained through years spent in finance, sales, customer service and data analytics.
Lukasz Koltowski, MD, PhD
Lukasz Koltowski is an employee of the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, a member of the Board of the IT and Telemedicine Committee of the Polish Cardiac Society, and an expert in the field of mobile health and telemedicine. He gained experience, among others at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK) and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden). Since 2009, he has been actively describing and commenting on the most important events and solutions in the field of mHealth, editing the Efektywny Doctor blog (www.koltowski.com). He is a member of several scientific consortia, the creator and originator of the AioCare mobile spirometer, and the author of numerous mobile applications supporting the work of doctors. Lukasz Koltowski is an employee of the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, a member of the Board of the IT and Telemedicine Committee of the Polish Cardiac Society, and an expert in the field of mobile health and telemedicine. He gained experience, among others at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK) and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden). Since 2009, he has been actively describing and commenting on the most important events and solutions in the field of mHealth, editing the Efektywny Doctor blog (www.koltowski.com). He is a member of several scientific consortia, the creator and originator of the AioCare mobile spirometer, and the author of numerous mobile applications supporting the work of doctors.
Magda Jagiełło
Management Board representative for Business Development, Startup Poland
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