2017 Waterloo Region MedTech Conference - Breaking Through Barriers - Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - St. George Hall, Waterloo Ontario

2017 Waterloo Region
MedTech Conference

Breaking Through Barriers

Wednesday, November 22, 2017
St. George Hall, Waterloo Ontario

What happens when entrepreneurs, researchers, industry experts, thought leaders, healthcare professionals and government come together to innovate solutions to pressing healthcare problems?

To find out, join us at Waterloo Region's largest cross-sector gathering involved in health care.

This year's conference will explore breaking down barriers to innovation within the healthcare ecosystem.

"Healthcare related technology has the potential to make a powerful and positive economic impact." - William Charnetski, Chief Innovation Strategist, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, keynote speaker at the 2016 Inaugural MedTech conference

Hosted by Waterloo MedTech with support from industry and the community.

Click here to download the Waterloo Region MedTech Conference Agenda, November 22, 2017 (.pdf, 117KB)


Conference Sponsors

The City of Waterloo



David Johnston Research + Technology Park



Accelerator Centre




Media Sponsor

Canadian Healthcare Technology

Conference Speakers

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Kathryn McGarry

Minister, Ontario Government and Healthcare Professional

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William Charnetski

Chief Health Innovation Strategist, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

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Dave Jaworsky

Mayor, City of Waterloo

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Mohamed Alarakhia

MD, Director, eHealth Centre of Excellence

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Armen Bakirtzian

CEO & Co-founder, Intellijoint Surgical

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Matthew Bromwich

MD, Pediatric Otolaryngology Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Associate Professor, University of Ottawa; and Founder and CMO, Clearwater Clinical Limited

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Simon Cheesman

Business Lead, Innovation and New Initiatives, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, Baycrest Health Sciences

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Sarina Cheng

Director Health Records, MyChart PHR Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences

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Fiona Fitzgerald

Zone Leader, Life Sciences Canada, GE Healthcare

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Paul Finch

PhD, DPodM

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Elliot Fung

Director, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network

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Harry Gandhi

CEO & Co-Founder, Medella Health

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Breanne Halyk

Innovation Activation Manager, JLABS Canada, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

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Mary Pat Hinton

CEO & Co-Founder, Emmetros

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Franck Hivert

CEO, Oculys

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Karim S. Karim

PhD, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo and CTO, KA Imaging

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Farnoud Kazemzadeh

CEO & Co-Founder, Elucid Labs

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Moazam M. Khan

COO & Co-Founder, Curiato

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Jennifer Krul

CXO, Emmetros

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Shak Lakhani

CTO & Co-Founder, Avro Life Science

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Malcolm Maxwell

President and CEO, Grand River Hospital

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Alexa Roeper

CEO and Co-Founder, Penta Medical

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Paul Salvini

PhD, CEO, The Accelerator Centre and Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization, University of Waterloo

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Dan Sinai

Senior Executive, Innovation, IBM Canada

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Kevin Tuer

VP, Strategic Initiatives & Managing Director, Canada's Open Data Exchange, Communitech

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Patricia Quinn

CEO, Monarch Clothes

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Spencer Waugh

CEO, AceAge

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Zach Weston

Manager, Health System Integration/Performance, Waterloo Wellington LHIN; Faculty Member, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Alexander Wong

PhD, Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems and Associate Professor, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo