Programme

Wednesday, 29 September 2010 (Lausanne, Switzerland)

10:00 Registration at Lausanne Palace
11:00 Welcome by Bill Muirhead & Announcement of Selected Companies by Brian Hashemi in Salle Richemont
11:10 Market Overview: Dr. Gregoire Biollaz of Credit Suisse & Patrick Dummler, Managing Director of Medtech Switzerland
11:30 Company Presentations in Salle Richemont
13:00 Networking Lunch in Salle Olympique & Delamuraz
14:00 Company Presentations in Salle Richemont
15:00 Coffee break & Showcases
15:20 Company presentations in Salle Richemont
16:20 Bus transfer to Medtronic in Morges
17:00 Welcome & Group visits of Medtronic Facilities
18:15 Speech by Steve Oesterle, Senior VP for Medecine & Technology at Medtronic
19:00 Bus transfer to Lausanne
19:30 Cocktail & Gala Dinner at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne with speeches by Bill Muirhead, Jean-Claude Mermoud, State Minister Canton de Vaud, Arnaud Delhaye of Medtronic, Barry Wilson, Philippe Merk of AP and Jean-Marc Soustre of ETT.


 

Thursday, 30 September 2010 (Lausanne, Switzerland)

06:30 Networking Breakfast at Lausanne Palace check out
07:30 Bus transfer to EPFL
08:00 Welcome by Adrienne Corboud, VP Innovation & Technology Transfer of EPFL & Company Presentations
09:50 Industry Panel on Refinancing & Exits. Speakers include: Florent Gros of Novartis, Raphael Conz of Canton de Vaud, Antoine Papiernik of Sofinnova and Jean-Marc Wismer of Sensimed. Moderated by Bill Muirhead
10:30 Coffee Break & Showcases
10:50 Company Presentations
12:30 Walk to Rolex Learning Center & Networking Lunch
13:40 Company Presentations
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Panel on Level playing field Europe. Speakers include: Barry Wilson, Global Healthcare Advisor, Jay Watkins of De Novo Ventures, Gregoire Biollaz of Credit Suisse and Claudio Nessi of Neomed. Moderated by Brian Hashemi
16:10 Closing remarks & cocktail
16:30 & 16:45 End of Summit & Bus transfers to Geneva Airport

 

Hotel Information

The Summit was held at the Lausanne Palace on 29 September 2010 & at EPFL on 30 September.

Lausanne Palace & Spa
Grand Chene 7-9
1002 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 331 31 31
www.lausanne-palace.ch

 

The Lausanne Palace & Spa, a legend in its own time. The story of the Lausanne Palace begins in the 'Belle Epoque', a euphoric time for hotels. It was inaugurated on June 19th 1915 and ever since has been closely linked to Lausanne, being an integral part of the city's life. Much more than a hotel, the Lausanne Palace is an institution, a meeting place for the citizens of Lausanne as well as for international high society. It is not by chance alone that since 1980 the Presidents of the International Olympic Committee have taken up residence there.

 

EPFL is the research home of the beginning of the modern computer mouse, of the ambitious Blue Brain Project, and of innovative ideas towards sustainable development. Offering tuition at all levels from undergraduate to PhD, it is one of the world′s fastest growing campuses. It is currently ranked alongside Cambridge as the top university in Europe in the category of engineering, technology and computer sciences according to the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Situated on a single campus overlooking the shores of Lake Geneva at Lausanne, Switzerland, with extraordinary views of the Alps, EPFL accommodates 11,000 people. These include 7,000 students as well as professors, over 4,000 researchers and other faculty members, plus administrative staff and a number of entrepreneurs running small start-up science and technology businesses located on the campus.