Conference Day 1

Conference Programme - Wednesday 24 September 2025

TIME AGENDA
08.30 - 09.30 Breakfast Briefing, hosted by Trinzo
10.00 - 10.05 Welcome
David Morrissey, Conference Manager, Medical Technology Ireland
10.05 - 10.20 Opening Address
Albert Dolan, TD, Houses of the Oireachtas
10.20 - 10.35 Future of Irish Medtech
Emer Sherry, Senior Executive, Irish MedTech
10.35- 11.50 Innovation in Medtech - Panel Discussion
Moderator: John Kilmartin, MD, Kilmartin Regulatory
Emma Callinan, Senior Principal Scientific Officer of Spinouts & Research Commercialisation, Enterprise Ireland
Frances Mitchell Valantič, Director of Innovation Strategy and Insight, Teleflex
Garry Duffy, Established Professor of Health Technology Innovation at the University of Galway and Professor of Anatomy & Head of Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at RCSI,
11.50 - 12.15 Scaling medical devices - IP Challenges
Mary Toomey White, Director, Business Development, Stobbs
12.15 - 12.55 Strategic role of PMO in Medtech Panel
Moderator: Katie Cooney, Director, Leap Compliance
Ceiteach Mac Stiofan, EMEA Project Manager, Boston Scientific
Edel Browne, Program Manager, Tympany Medical
12.55 - 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.15 Managing global uncertainty - Panel Discussion
Moderator: Deirdre Mac Loughlin, Interim CEO, Galway Chamber of Commerce
Paul Burke, Senior Associate, CLS
Joanna McCarthy, MedTech Consultant, Global Clinical Regulatory Affairs
Dr. Brendan Boland, Head of Consulting, MedTech, EY
Orla Connaughton, CEO, Aztec Medical
14.15 - 14.40 Medical Device opportunities arising from FDA/US uncertainty
14.40 - 15.25 Driving clinical research - Panel Discussion
Moderator: Majella Maher, Regional Manager, West Region Team, Enterprise Ireland
Emma Meade, VP of Clinical Research, Neuromod Devices
Lisa Lynch, Senior R&D Manager, Boston Scientific
Tom Melvin, Associate Professor, Medical Device Regulatory Science, University of Galway
15.25 - 15.50 The Evolution of Ireland’s Medical Device Cluster and Its Future Direction
David McKernan, VP, DMK Solutions
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