2019 Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference
PROGRAM
7:45 am
8:30 am
8:40 am
Afternoon Plenary Session
Morning Plenary Session
Morning Parallel Sessions
Afternoon Parallel Sessions
Registration
Conference Opening: Guna Selvaduray, Ph.D.
10:00 am
10:30 am
Session I: Biomedical Needs in Developing Countries
Session chair: Matthew Leineweber, Ph.D.,
San Jose State University
Session II: The Closing Horizon
Session chair: Alessandro Bellofiore, Ph.D.,
San Jose State University
12:05 pm
1:30 pm
2:35 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:15 pm
Student Research Poster Session
Networking Reception
Morning Break
Lunch
Afternoon Break
Closing
Plenary Speaker I: Olivia Ware, Senior VP, Proteus Digital Health
Leading Innovation: The Digital Medicines Story
Plenary Speaker II: Beverly Huss, CEO, Qool Therapeutics
New Frontiers in Healthcare and the Role of the Start-Up CEO
Click on a speaker to read his/her bio.
10:35 am
11:05 am
11:35 am
Welcome: Sheryl Erhman, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering, San Jose State University
8:35 am
Ballroom
Meeting room 3
Olubunmi Ode, M.D.,
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique
Unmet Medical Devices Needs in Nigeria - Perspectives from a Pediatrician
Session III: Textiles for Biomedical Applications
Session chair: Trish Hayes-Danitz
Proteus Digital Health
Session IV: Advances in Neuroengineering
Session Chair: Melinda Simon, Ph.D.,
San Jose State University
University of California, Davis
Using Muscle Electrical Signals to Control Computers and Prosthetics
Industry Panel: Biomedical Ethics
Moderator and Panelist: Mark Yarborough, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Panelists:
Nanette C. Joyce, D.O., University of California, Davis
Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
CEO Panel: Translation - From Idea to Product
Moderator: Michael Reo, CEO, Sinopsys Surgical
Panelists:
Martin Vazquez, COO, Outset Medical
9:20 am
1:35 pm
2:05 pm
Ifean Health
Opportunities and Challenges for Health Tech Startups in Emerging Markets – an African Example
10:25 am
University of California, Davis
Biological and Chemical Sensors Made from Microporous and Nanofibrous Membranes