Press Release
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CED’s MedTech 2008 Conference Highlights State’s Medical Device and Healthcare Technology Companies and Their Impact on the Region
Event is the only one of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast region.
Research Triangle Park, N.C. February 6, 2008 – Medical device and healthcare technology companies from Maryland to Florida will gather in Durham at MedTech 2008 on March 6, 2008. The event, the only one of its kind in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, will feature panel discussions, expert commentaries and networking opportunities for medical technology companies, investors and service providers. The registration fee is $99 for CED members, $149 for non-members and $49 for students. To register, visit www.cednc.org/conferences/medtech/2008/registration/.
Featured speakers are:
- Ronald W. Dollens, retired president and CEO of Guidant Corporation, manufacturer of cardiovascular devices and one of the largest medical technology companies in the world before being acquired.
- Richard S. Stack, M.D., president of Synecor, LLC, a business generator and financial incubator of new medical device companies. It has offices in RTP, Santa Rosa and Silicon Valley, California.
Panel topics include:
- Alternatives to Growing a Medical Device Company
- Convergent Technologies Changing the Face of Medicine
- Global Clinical Trials
“The Medtech 2008 Conference will bring to the Southeast a group of nationally recognized industry leaders who will address both the strategic and practical issues facing the medical device industry,” notes Dan Pelak, conference co-chair and president and CEO of InnerPulse, Inc., an RTP-based maker of cardiac devices. “Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about the key issues facing the commercialization of a new medical technology.”
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