TouchPoints: vind jouw healthtech onderzoekspartner aan VUB & UZ Brussel

Dit event is in het Engels.

Program

14.30-15.00  Arrival with coffee and registration

15.00-15.10  Welcome

15.10-16.15 Overview of healthtech expertise and infrastructure

• Karine Breckpot, Director Research, University Medical Center / Core Facilities
• Elvira Haezendonck, Chair Board of Directors, Green Energy Park / Research Park Zellik

Two-minute pitches: Healthtech industrial research groups and medical expertise centres

• Searching for partners to develop realistic self-healing surgical trainers
  Dr. ir. Seppe Terryn, Brussels Human Robotics Research Center  (Brubotics)
• Join the future of rehabilitation: partner with us for cutting-edge health tech development and testing
  Prof. David Beckwee, Rehabilitation Research (RERE) group
• Pioneering human-centered robotic rehabilitation in Brussels
  Prof. dr. Eva Swinnen, Brussels Robotic Rehabilitation Research Centre  (BRRC)
• Pioneering smart tech towards a healthier world
  Prof. dr. ir. Johan Stiens, Electronics and Informatics (ETRO)
• Human-centric digital health: collaborating for enhanced diagnostics and patient care
  Prof. Dr. An Jacobs, Studies on Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)
• Do you want to explore new avenues in drug development?  Well, imagine you can image the unknown, the unknowable and unthinkable and boldly go where no one has gone before…
  Dr. Hilde Revets, Molecular Imaging and Cell Therapy (MITH)
• Driving sustainable innovation: redesigning materials for a greener future
  Ir. Anneke Hunninck, Sustainable Materials Engineering (SUME)
• Pioneering precision: transforming brain disease diagnostics with NEUR-o-AIMS
  Dr. ir. Jorne Laton, Center for Neurosciences (C4N) /AI-supported modelling in clinical sciences (AIMS)
• Eforto®: a new e-health system to monitor physical reserves in older aldults
  Prof. Ivan Bautmans, Frailty in Ageing (FRIA)
• Innovation for ‘clean, green and lean’ gasses in the medical sector: swing adsorption?
  Dr. ir. Marleen Claeys, Sustainable Chemical Separations (STEP-Chem)

To read the abstracts for the project pitches, click here.

16.15-16.30 Financing industry-university collaboration in Flanders and Brussels

• Kristine Debruyne, VLAIO instruments
• Aiko Gryspeirt, Innoviris instruments

16.30-17.00 Panel discussion: How to innovate in the context of healthtech regulations

• Birgit Morlion, VUB (Moderator)
• Pieter Slagmolen, Materialise
• Jens De Vos & Matthias D’Huyvetter, Precirix
• Steven Vandeput, beMedTech
• Myriam Dieleman, Lifetech.brussels
• Roel Smolders, MEDVIA

17.30-19.00  Networking, booths, reception

One-on-one meetings (10 mins each) can be scheduled throughout the event. 

Register now for free, and join us for this unique opportunity to connect with health professionals and kickstart a new project! Please note that a no-show fee of € 50 is in effect.