Are you looking for a research partner for your healthtech project but don’t know where to start? Could the next innovation that skyrockets your company to success already be in development?

MEDVIA’s free TouchPoints series brings together university Tech Transfer offices with companies so the former can showcase what they have available, and the latter can be inspired to create new value in their product or service portfolio. This session features Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and UZ Brussel, and  is co-organized with lifetech.brussels.

TouchPoints: Finding your healthtech research partner
at VUB and UZ Brussel
17 October 2024, 15.00-19.00
VUB Health Campus, Building A
Jette (Brussels)

Universities are typically hotspots for innovation. While some of these projects never go beyond the pilot phase, they could be a goldmine for companies looking for new products or services. Collaboration between knowledge centres and industry on the basis of tech transfer is mutually beneficial.

Program 

14.30-15.00  Arrival with coffee and registration

15.00-15.10  Welcome
– Peter Schelkens- vice-rector Innovation & Valorisation Relations, VUB
– Olivier Naeyaert – Directeur Algemeen Beheer UZ Brussel

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

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.

Links for more information:

• Health campus Jette core facilities
• VUB core facilities and infrastructure platforms
• Groups of excellence in applied research
• UZ Brussel research expertise