MEDVIA’s TouchPoints series introduces healthtech companies to the wealth of research opportunities at Flemish universities – which are right on your doorstep.
12 June 2024
Updated 26 September 2024
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 centers 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
- Searching for partners to develop realistic self-healing surgical trainers
Seppe Terryn, Brussels Human Robotics Research Center (Brubotics) - Join the future of rehabilitation: partner with us for cutting-edge health tech development and testing
David Beckwee, Rehabilitation Research (RERE) group - Pioneering human-centered robotic rehabilitation in Brussels
Eva Swinnen, Brubotics Rehabilitation Research Centre (BRRC) - Pioneering smart tech towards a healthier world
Johan Stiens, Electronics and Informatics (ETRO) - Human-centric digital health: collaborating for enhanced diagnostics and patient care
An Jacobs, Studies on Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)
- Do you want to explore new avenues in drug development? Well, imagine you can image the unknown, the unknowable and unthinkable and boldly go where no one has gone before…
Hilde Revets, Molecular Imaging and Cell Therapy (MITH) - Driving sustainable innovation: redesigning materials for a greener future
Anneke Hunninck, Sustainable Materials Engineering (SUME) - Pioneering precision: transforming brain disease diagnostics with NEUR-o-AIMS
Jorne Laton, Center for Neurosciences (C4N) /AI-supported modelling in clinical sciences (AIMS) - Eforto®: a new e-health system to monitor physical reserves in older aldults
Ivan Bautmans, Frailty in Ageing (FRIA) - Innovation for ‘clean, green and lean’ gasses in the medical sector: swing adsorption?
Marleen Claeys, Sustainable Chemical Separations (STEP-Chem)
Read the abstracts for the project pitches here.
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 and join us for this unique opportunity to connect with research departments 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
