Pamela Potts joins DisruptHR Victoria with “It’s Time to Shift the Ground Beneath Your Feet” talk on October 18

Pamela Potts, StarFish Senior VP of People and Culture, joins DisruptHR Victoria hosted by Engaged HR with her talk “It’s Time to Shift the Ground Beneath Your Feet” on Wednesday, October 18, at 4:30pm PDT. Location: Victoria Conference Centre. Register now!

IP Strategy for Medtech Startups – Live Medical Device Playbook Webinar. Craige Thompson and Greg Carlin share their perspectives on protecting your ideas and investors.

Join Scott Phillips as he speaks with IP and Patent attorneys Gregory Carlin, Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC; and Craige Thompson, Thompson Patent Law who will share their perspectives on medtech IP, importance of patent protection and the power of your IP portfolio for securing future funding and a profitable exit. October 5, 2023, 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT.

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Exploring career paths of biomedical engineering graduates within medtech, Nick Allan joins SBME Propels – Career Paths in Medtech at UBC on October 3.

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager speaks at SBME PROPELS— Career Paths in Medtech on October 3, 2023. The session explores the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates within the Medtech industry. SBME PROPELS is an opportunity curated exclusively for the UBC SBME community. Read more about this session and register here.

Sharing her experiences as a StarFish Project Engineer, Danika Wotten presents at the QBiT and QGEM Conference “Exploring the Intersection between Biology, Engineering, and Sustainability” on September 23, 2023.

Danika Wotten, StarFish Project Engineer, shares her experiences from working at StarFish with Queen’s University students at the QBiT (Queen’s Biomedical Innovation Team) and QGEM (Queen’s Genetically Engineering Machine Team) Conference on September 23, 2023. The theme of the conference is “Exploring the Intersection between Biology, Engineering, and Sustainability”.

Sharing her expertise and insights into biomedical engineering careers, Leila Kheradpir speaks at the TMU Biomedical Engineering Conference on September 23.

StarFish Program Manager, Leila Kheradpir, will be sharing her expertise and insights into careers in biomedical engineering at the Biomedical Engineering Conference (BMEC) on Saturday, September 23, at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). BMEC aims to inform students of the numerous possibilities and paths in biomedical engineering in the hopes of showing them that it is an accelerating field full of potential.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 620 at BIOMEDevice Boston 2023, September 20-21, 2023 at the Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA.

Are you hoping to connect about building and commercializing medial devices or other matters related to medical medical device design or manufacturing? Meet with VP Business Development, James Fox, and VP Business Development, Dave Dobson. Visit the StarFish Medical BIOMEDevice Boston 2023 exhibitor website for a virtual tour.

James will share how consulting firms are using tools like ChatGPT and cloud-native tools to gather feedback from users, solve technical challenges, and reduce development costs at 11am ET on September 21 in Conference Room 52B.

Venture Capital in Medtech – Live Medical Device Playbook Webinar. Sam Ifergan, Randy Scott, and Dan Kidle share insights and perspectives on the state of the market and what’s to come.

Join Scott Phillips as he speaks with Healthcare and Medtech VCs Sam Ifergan, Founder and Managing Partner of iGan Partner; Randy Scott, Partner and Co Founder, HealthQuest Capital; and Dan Kidle, Managing Partner at Arboretum Ventures, sharing insights and perspectives on the state of the market and what’s to come. September 7, 2023, 1:30pm EST / 10:30am PST.

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Discussing how the medical device commercialization process unfolds, Scott Phillips will join the “From Ideas to Creation” panel at the ISCFS 2023 Pre-Symposium on September 5. 

Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical, joins the “From Ideas to Creation” panel with Ryan Douglas (DeepWell DTX), Armen Vidian (Venture Capitalist), and Mark Gardner (Gardner Law) to discuss the medical device commercialization process and to share some general advice at the ISCFS 2023 Pre-Congress Symposium on September 5, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle, WA. More information.

Judging capstone projects for Mechanical Technology students, Nathan Muller and Harrison Fletcher attend the Mechanical Engineering Technology Capstone Technical Review Panel at Camosun College on August 4, 2023.

Nathan Muller, StarFish Mechanical Engineer – Analysis and Design, and Harrison Fletcher, StarFish Electronics Engineer, join the Mechanical Engineering Technology Capstone Technical Review Panel to judge students’ capstone project at Camosun College in Victoria, BC on August 4, 2023.

Learn more about co-op & career opportunities at StarFish Medical.

Come visit the StarFish Medical booth at the Mechanical & Industrial Research Symposium at the University of Toronto on June 27, 2023. Mechanical Engineering Team Manager, Scott Parsons, will be available for conversations with interested students at our booth. Location: St. George Campus, University of Toronto. Learn more.

Sharing her expertise and empowering women in the tech industry, Leila Kheradpir speaks at the TMU Women in Engineering Conference on May 27.

StarFish Program Manager, Leila Kheradpir, will be sharing her expertise and empowering women in the tech industry at the Women in Engineering Conference on Saturday, May 27, at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). The full-day conference provides a unique platform for current and future women in engineering to enhance their skills, build relationships, and forge a supportive community.

Discussing Regulatory Pathways and Development Costs, Mark Drlik and Helen Simons give talks at the CMBES Conference 2023 in Vancouver on May 16.

Helen Simons, StarFish Senior QA Manager, and Mark Drlik, StarFish Director of Program Design, share industry insights at the CMBES Conference 2023 in Vancouver on May 16. Helen will shed light on “Regulatory Pathways in Medical Device Development: How to Cross the Unknown Valley,” while Mark dives into the question, “How much does it cost to develop a medical device?” The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) is Canada’s principal society for engineering in medicine and biology.

Scott Phillips speaks about the innovation happening on Vancouver Island at the Life Sciences BC Showcase Series.

Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical, speaks about StarFish and the innovation happening on Vancouver Island at the Life Sciences BC Showcase Series: Vancouver Island on Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 5:30-7:30pm PT. Location: Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort. Register here.

U.S. Debut for Canada’s Flagship Medtech Entrepreneur Event

Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach takes place at Balboa Bay Resort on April 19, 2023. Medtech industry experts and successful serial entrepreneurs from across North America will share 2023 trends, opportunities, and strategies with 250 medtech professionals. Information and registration

Case Studies in Strategic Exits – Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach Livestream. Earl shares case studies and insights on how strategic acquirers determine value and advice for Entrepreneurs looking for a strategic exit.

Medtech innovator and business leader Earl Slee brings 35 years’ experience developing medical devices and building billion-dollar businesses to bear on the topic of Strategic Exits. Earl shares case studies and insights on how strategic acquirers determine value and advice for Entrepreneurs looking for a strategic exit. Register now for the free livestream from the Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach on April 19.

Finding the Sweet Spot: Bill Walker shares how to Balance the Right Idea, Execution and Culture in a Medtech Startup at MD Playbook Newport Beach Livestream

Inventor, serial entrepreneur, and coach Bill Walker shares his perspective as a successful medtech founder and entrepreneur coach at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and offers insights into bringing great ideas to market. Register now for the free livestream from the Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach on April 19.

Lessons Learned from the Birth of TAVR – Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach Livestream. Stanton Rowe tells the story of turning a crazy, impossible idea into a reality and starting billion-dollar market.

Described as a disruptive breakthrough the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized treatment of aortic valve stenosis world-wide. Don’t miss Stanton Rowe as he shares the lessons learned from the Birth of TAVR and tells the story of turning a crazy, impossible idea into a reality and starting billion-dollar market. Register now for the free livestream from the Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach on April 19.

The Clinician Medtech Executive – Live Medical Device Playbook Webinar. Lishan Aklog and Lindsay Machan share insights, stories and lessons learned as startup founders and renowned clinicians.

Join Scott Phillips as he speaks with two renowned startup founders, PAVmed Inc. Co-founder & CEO Lishan Aklog and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals & Ikomed Technologies Co-founder Lindsay Machan – one responsible for the first drug eluting stent, the other for building a public company around early cancer detection. Watch the recording of the MD Playbook webinar from April 5, 2023.

Speaking on AI in medical devices, Kashif Siddiqui gives talk to the Graduate Students Association at the McMaster University.

Discussing the benefits and limitations of AI in medical devices, Kashif Siddiqui speaks virtually to the Graduate Student Club at the McMaster University in Hamilton on April 4, 2023. McMaster University is one of the top 100 universities in the world. Building on its rich history, they’re an innovative education and research community committed to discovery and improving the world around us.

Judging Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering/Design Projects by students, Ariana Wilson and Courtney Rich act as judges in a poster competition at the University of Victoria.

Ariana Wilson, StarFish Intermediate Systems Engineer, and Courtney Rich, StarFish Project Manager, judge projects by BME/Mech481 “Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering” students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria on April 3, 2023.

Lorenzo Gutierrez talks on global microfluidic market competitiveness at the National Research Council Canada

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Microfluidics Manager, represents StarFish at the talk “Gearing toward Competitiveness in a Global Microfluidics Market” at the National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada in Boucherville, QC, on March 24, 2023. Lorenzo engaged with top researchers and scientists to explore upcoming government programs in the field, gaining valuable insights to drive our cutting-edge work in microfluidics.

Scott Parsons acts as award judge at Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Symposium at the University of Waterloo

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineering Team Manager, Scott Parsons, acts as a judge for StarFish Best Medical Design Award at the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Symposium hosted by the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo on March 18, 2023.

Speaking about his academic and professional journey in medical device development, Martin Kellinghusen joins career panel at JABC TechWorks.

StarFish Electrical Engineering Team Manager, Martin Kellinghusen, will join the career panel at the virtual JABC TechWorks event and speak about his academic and professional journey in medical device development on March 7, 2023. JABC TechWorks is a forum for youth to explore technology and technology-related careers. More information.

Underground Hacker to Biotech Unicorn – Live Medtech Adventures Webinar. Hear from Chiu Chau how he turned an open-source dream into a billion dollar business.

After 25 years as a staff engineer in tech companies, Chiu Chau became a late-career entrepreneur with an audacious open-sourced laboratory robotics dream. Somehow, against all odds, he succeeded and today Opentrons is worth over $1.8B. Come hear the crazy story by the iconoclastic Chiu himself. Register now.

Lorenzo Gutierrez and Khaled Youssef act as judges at events at the CRAFT Research Symposium 2023

The 2023 Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) Research Symposium at the University of Toronto, February 22-23, 2023  showcases leading-edge research in microfluidic-powered solutions for health care, such as organ-chips, diagnostic devices and biofabrication approaches. Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, will act as a chair in a CRAFT event and is going to judge in the research project poster sessions with Khaled Youssef, StarFish Medical Microfluidics Engineer.

Difficult Conversations and How to Have Them in the Workplace – Jess Hickman joins Locelle roundtable as a guest speaker

StarFish Medical Sr. Manager People & Culture, Jess Hickman joins Difficult Conversations and How to Have Them in the Workplace roundtable hosted by Locelle as a guest speaker on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Locelle is a learning and development platform for women with mentor-matching marketplace, roundtables and community.

Julian Grove presents on the Canadian Emergency Ventilator rapid development program to the Interdisciplinary Design course at the University of Waterloo.

StarFish Medical Senior Systems Engineer, Julian Grove, shares insights from leading the design documentation and testing team for the Canadian Emergency Ventilator rapid development program with students in the UW Interdisciplinary Design graduate course on February 9, 2023. For twenty-seven years running, the University of Waterloo has ranked first in Canada as most innovative university.

Learn more about our medical device commercialization capabilities at MD&M West 2023 and hear insights on using your devices on humans as well as outsourcing product development.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 1566 at MD&M West 2023, February 7-9, 2023 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Are you hoping to connect about building and commercializing medial devices or other matters related to medical medical device design or manufacturing? Meet with VP Business Development, Medical Devices, Dave Dobson, VP Business Development, James Fox, and Director of Program Design, Mark Drlik. Visit the StarFish Medical MD&M West 2023 exhibitor website for a virtual tour and to pre-book a meeting at the show.

James Fox presents ‘Can I Use My Device on Humans?’ on February 8, and joins panel on ‘Five Reasons Not to Outsource Your Product Development’ with Greg Lange, President & CEO at Simbex, and Eric Sugalski, President & CEO at Archimedic, on February 7, 2023.

Learn more about co-op & career opportunities at StarFish Medical.

Come visit the StarFish Medical exhibit at the Hi-Tech Co-op & Career Fair at the University of Victoria on February 7, 2023. Mechanical Engineers, Nathan Muller and Alec Lillis, and Electrical Engineers, Martin Kellinghusen and Diego Sorrentino, will be available for conversations with interested students at our booth. Location: Engineering Lab Wing lobby, UVic Campus. Learn more.

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineering Team Manager, Scott Parsons, shares insights on careers in Mechanical Engineering with students and recent alumni at the in-person Ignite Innovation: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Panel & Networking event by the Toronto Metropolitan University on January 31, 2023, 6:00-7:30pm EST.

Speaking at ESEC 2023 at the University of Toronto, Leila Kheradpir shares her academic and professional journey.

Leila Kheradpir, StarFish Medical Program Manager, speaks about her academic and professional journey from undergraduate to her Project Management role at StarFish at the Engineering Science Education Conference (ESEC) 2023 on January 27. ESEC is an annual conference exclusively for Engineering Science students at the University of Toronto and aims to show students different career paths and gain experience-based insights to guide their own career exploration.

Interacting with FDA and Regulatory Bodies – Live Medical Device Playbook Webinar. Hear from seasoned experts as they provide insights on navigating the regulatory approval process for medical device submissions.

Join Scott Phillips on January 19^th moderating a live discussion with former FDA Team Leader and current PAVmed Inc. Vice President, Regulatory and Quality, Deepika Lakhani, and StarFish Medical Vice President, QA/RA, Nicole Ouellet as they offer perspectives from both sides of the approval process and share strategies and lessons learned from years of evaluating and delivering medical device submissions to FDA and other regulatory bodies. Watch now.

Pamela Potts speaks with UBC students and faculty on creating and sharing corporate culture

StarFish Medical Director of People & Culture, Pamela Potts, presents on corporate culture, Jan 18, 2023 for the SBME PROPELS professional development series at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The session explores with faculty and students how to craft and share a vision of a company culture. SBME PROPELS is an opportunity curated exclusively for the UBC SBME community. Read more about the program and this session.

University of Victoria collaborating with StarFish Medical to offer Biomedical Engineering students course on Human Factors and Usability Engineering for Medical Devices.

In collaboration with StarFish Medical, the University of Victoria’s BME program is offering third and fourth year students a course on Human Factors and Usability Engineering in the Spring 2023. The course, BME 401C – Human Factors and Usability Engineering for Medical Devices will cover the regulatory framework and regulatory standards for developing medical devices as well as the human factors associated with biomedical device design, including ergonomics and usability. This marks the fifth year of collaboration.

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineers, Aaron Philippsen and Nathan Muller, will join the Medtech and Biotech career panels at the virtual JABC TechWorks event and speak about their academic and professional journey in medical device development on December 7, 2022. JABC TechWorks is a forum for youth to explore technology and technology-related careers. More information.

StarFish Medical Intermediate Systems Engineer, Michaela Di Cristofaro, shares her experiences transitioning from academia to industry and biomedical engineering career opportunities in an Exploring the Biomedical Engineering Sector panel organized by the University of Guelph Chapter of S2BN on November 29, 4:00-5:00pm EST. Join the virtual event.

James Fox, StarFish Medical VP of Business Development, presents Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – Strategies for Accelerating Med Device Development at the Center Stage at BIOMEDevice Silicon Valley on Tuesday, November 29, 1:15-2pm PST. More information. BIOMEDevice Silicon Valley brings the industry together to demonstrate and discuss emerging trends, innovation, and disruptive tech changing the future of the medical device industry.

StarFish Medical Sr. Manager People & Culture, Jess Hickman joins How to Build Thriving Diverse Teams panel hosted by Locelle with moderator, Humaira Ahmed (CEO, Locelle) and co-host, Kate Wilson (Managing Editor, Vic Tech Journal). Wednesday, November 23, 2022 from 5:00-7:30pm PST. Location:Fort Tectoria – VIATEC, 777 Fort St, Victoria, BC. Register here.

StarFish Medical will present and exhibit at the BioTEC 2022 Conference, November 19, 2022. Leila Kheradpir, Program Manager, joins the From Bench to Bedside: Achieving Clinical Translation panel. BioTEC 2022 strives to cultivate the biomedical leaders of tomorrow by creating platforms for engagement, developing original content, and supporting innovation. Attendees can meet with Leila and Lorenzo Gutierrez PhD, Microfluidics Manager, at our booth.

StarFish Medical will be exhibiting at the 6th Annual Biomedical Engineering and Health Science Showcase at the University of Victoria on November 18, 2022. Intermediate Systems Engineer, Ariana Wilson, and Project Engineer, Courtney Rich, will be available for conversations with interested students at our booth. Location: Michèle Pujol Room, Ring Road, Saanich, BC. More information and register here.

Scott Phillips, Founder and CEO of StarFish Medical is a Career Development panelist with Shruti Pai and moderator, Leslie Cornick at the annual Washington State Medical Device Summit, November 10, 2022, from 1:40-2:30pm PDT at the University of Washington Bothell Campus. StarFish Medical is a sponsor of the event and Mechanical Engineer, Alec Lillis, will be available at our ehibit table to answer questions. Learn more and register here.

Morna Gamblin, StarFish Medical Industrial Designer, will emcee the ID Technique Deep Dive 2022 from November 2-3, 2022, 11am – 4pm EDT, hosted by the Industrial Designers Society of America. The virtual event is built for industrial designers to upskill and explore the fascinating stages of the ID process where ideas come to life through drawings, renderings, and modeling. Learn more and register here.

Scott Phillips presents The Power of Transparency – A Growth Story at the Acetech Mix & Mingle on October 12, 2022, 5:00-7:30pm PT. Socialize, network and catch up with other members and local tech friends in the VIATEC space, 777 Fort Street, Victoria BC. Snacks and light refreshments provided. More information and registration. Acetech is a not-for-profit organization for leaders of companies innovating with technology.

Helen Simons, StarFish Senior QA/RA Specialist, holds lectures on Regulatory Frameworks, Medical Device Regulations and GxP Guidelines the Project Management for Biomedical Device Development microcredential program offered by the University of Victoria. October 7, 14 and 28, 2022. The program helps students gain industry-relevant training in project planning and economic management, intellectual property and regulatory frameworks.

Lishan Aklog, MD – Chairman & CEO of PAVmed, Entrepreneur and businessperson who founded PAVmed, Inc., Pavilion Medical Innovations LLC and Pavilion Holdings Group LLC and headed 8 different companies, covers: Rapid commercialization, Taking PAVMed public, and more. Scott Phillips, Medical Device Playbook and StarFish Medical Founder hosts and moderates live audience Q&A with presenters. October 6, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT / 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM PDT. Register for webinar.

Average audience rating for #MDPLAYBOOK events: 9/10! “Honestly, I am very impressed with the caliber of guests and topics covered today. Keep up the good work.”

MDPLAYBOOK Toronto Livestream: Gregg Homer, Strōma Medical Chairman and Chief Science Officer, describes his remarkable journey in this free livestream from Medical Device Playbook Toronto. Scott Phillips, Medical Device Playbook and StarFish Medical Founder hosts and moderates live audience Q&A with presenters. October 6, 8:55 AM – 9:40 AM EDT / 5:55 AM PDT – 6:40 AM PDT. Register for webinar.

Average audience rating for #MDPLAYBOOK events: 9/10! “Honestly, I am very impressed with the caliber of guests and topics covered today. Keep up the good work.”

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 943 at BIOMEDevice Boston 2022, September 28-29, 2022 at the Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA.

Are you hoping to connect about building and commercializing medial devices or other matters related to medical medical device design or manufacturing? Meet with VP Business Development, James Fox, and Business Development Program Design Engineer, Arash Samimi. Visit the StarFish Medical BIOMEDevice Boston 2022 exhibitor website for a virtual tour. Attendees can pre-book a meeting at the show online.

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager speaks at SBME PROPELS— Career Paths in Biomedical Engineering: Medtech on September 27, 2022. The session explores the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates within the Medtech industry. SBME PROPELS is an opportunity curated exclusively for the UBC SBME community. Read more about this session and register here.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Microfluidics Manager, delivers a webinar on 7 Polarities in Medical Device Product Commercialization to the NSERC CREATE Training in Global Biomedical Technology Research and Innovation program at the University of Waterloo Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) on September 22, 2022.

Trainees in the NSERC CREATE program gain skills through lectures and workshops centered on design, biomedical commercialization and professional soft skills.

Nick Allan, StarFish Bio Services Manager, and Sebastian Hernandez cover topics including Nick’s career path, Bio Services at StarFish Medical and the power that biology and microbiology bring to medical devices in a MedTech RoadTrip podcast and video. MedTech RoadTrip travels the USA and Canada to interview medical technology innovators.

Scott Phillips spoke to the Nicaragua chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) on the topic “The Power of Transparency” exploring how early struggles to figure out the philosophy of a company can lead to dramatic growth and a strong scalable culture.

EO is the world’s only peer-to-peer network exclusively for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, and more than 16,500 diverse leaders in 60+ countries.

Ariana Wilson, StarFish Medical Junior Systems Engineer, will judge demonstrations of design projects by fourth-year Biomedical and Electrial Engineering students in BME 499 course at the University of Victoria on Friday, July 29, 2022.

AI will change healthcare. Moshe Safran and Dr. Phillip Alvelda share their insights in AI and Medical Devices – Finding the Sweet Spot. Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical Founder. Audience feedback: “Excellent topic and presentation of the narratives and impact on human lives.”  8.9/10 rating #MDPLAYBOOK June 28, 2022. View Webinar recording.

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager, will present a guest lecture on “Project Management: Lessons and Examples from Industry” to 4th year capstone design courses ECE and BME499 at the University of Victoria on June 22, 2022.

The University of Victoria is ranked #1 among comprehensive universities in medical/science grants per faculty (Maclean’s 2022).

James Fox, StarFish Medical VP Business Development, joins industry expert panel on “Speed to Market: Tactics for Accelerating Product Development Through to Commercialization” at MD&M South 2022 in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 from 10:00 am-10:45am EDT. The panel will discuss tradeoffs during medical device development from cost to program risk, how to ensure that product development decisions facilitate commercialization, and include case studies of rapidly accelerated programs. More information  Registration.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, will attend the Open Day Meeting of the Microfluidics Consortium Boston virtually from June 2-4, 2022. Join the hybrid event at the Boston Museum of Science. The Microfluidics Consortium is a group of 30 organisations from around the world with the shared mission to ‘grow the market for microfluidics enabled products and services’.

Ryan Field, StarFish Medical Optical Engineer, is a panelist at the Optics & Photonics Alumni Event 2022 hosted by the SPIE & OSA UofT chapters on May 31, 2022, from 6:00-8:00pm PDT. The in-person event features graduates from optics and photonics related programs currently working in industry and academia.

Frank Baylis and Kris Shah share their remarkable journey transforming and bootstrapping Baylis Medical Company to a $2 Billion exit and acquisition by Boston Scientific in October 2021. Audience feedback: “Frank and Kris, the conversation that Scott lead with you both is enormous value for the young entrepreneurs.”#MDPLAYBOOK May 25, 2022. View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical is providing judges and prize sponsorship at the Humber Industrial Design Thesis Show 2022 on April 30, 2022. StarFish Industrial Designers and Humber College alumni, Mike Loveless and Morna Gamblin, will judge the Digging Deeper Award – Awarded to the student(s) who thoroughly examined the problem through research and strategically selected the right problem to solve.

Humber’s annual Thesis Show features innovative design work by fourth-year Bachelor of Industrial Design students. Attended by industry and design professionals, the event continues to make an indelible mark on the North American design community.

On April 25, 2022,  Hannah Rusak-Gillrie, StarFish Medical Human Factors Engineer, discusses her role as a Human Factors Engineer in a speaker series on career trajectories organized by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter at University of Waterloo. The student chapter serves to promote and advance the understanding of the human factors involved in the design, manufacture, and use of machines, systems, environments and devices of all kinds.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 1482 at MD&M West on April 12-14, 2022, in Anaheim, California. Connect with James Fox, StarFish Medical Vice President, Business Development, and David Dobson, Vice President, Business Development, Medical Device.

MD&M West is the largest North American medtech expo for suppliers and buyers to discover innovation, engineer new technology, and build life-changing medical devices More information and Registration

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager, guest lectures ton “Analytical Chemistry and Medical Device Design” in BMEG 321 Biomedical Instrumentation at University of British Columbia on April 7, 2022. The University of British Columbia is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.

David Dobson talks about IP and commercialization from a medical technology company perspective at a webinar hosted by the Life Sciences Unit at the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) on April 6, 2022. The webinar targets Ontario life sciences companies with early stage success, and those who are ready to scale, with a focus on two subjects; 1) access to capital, and 2) IP/commercialization.

Pamela Potts facilitates a SuperPower session  in a virtual CPHR BC Roundtable. The event is exclusive to CPHR BC & Yukon Member and provides a platform to share knowledge and build community. April 6, 2022, 07:30-09:00 AM PT. Learn more and register here.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Microfluidic Manager, talks about “AI and Nanotechnology Applications in the Food and Healthcare Industry” in an online lecture hosted by the University of the Philippines (Manila, Phillipines) on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. A panel of international speakers from academia and related industry sectors discusses recent developments in AI and Nanotechnology for biomedical applications. The University of the Philippines (UP) is the country’s national university and a leading academic institution in the health sciences.

StarFish Medical is an award sponsor of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Symposium at the University of Waterloo. The online Symposium celebrates Interdisciplinary Engineering student design projects on Friday, March 25th between 10:30am-12:15 noon. Student teams discuss their projects and prepare a short summary video. Supported by numerous awards, Capstone Design provides Waterloo Engineering students with the unique opportunity to conceptualize and design a project related to their chosen discipline.

Amol Karnick, Laurent Pelissier and Russell Haley discuss connectivity strategies for medical devices sharing entrepreneurial journeys, insights and lessons learned. Audience feedback: “Awesome work with these webinars- world class content and presenters- keep it up.” #MDPLAYBOOK March 24, 2022. View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical participates in a virtual workshop on industry trends and professional skills required in the field at the Biomedical Engineering Conference. Hosted by the Canadian Biomaterials Society – Ottawa Student Chapter (CBS-OSC) at the University of Ottawa, March 21-22, 2022, the conference enables students to network with industry leaders, professors and other professionals. Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of biomaterials science, technology, and education in Canadian universities, industry, and government.

Alec Lillis, StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer, and Ariana Wilson, Jr. Systems Engineer, speak about their academic and professional journey in medical device development as panelists in the JABC World of Choices program on March 9, 2022. The virtual program exposes students to emerging careers in B.C. to help  match their interests and skills with various career pathways. More information and registration.

Learn the Secrets of Attracting Angel Investment. Paul Russo, CEO of Kyto Technology and Life Science Inc., Mary Jo Potter, CEO & Managing Director of Healthcare Angels, and Rob Hess, Angel Investor and Patent Attorney, share personal experiences and perspectives from both sides of Angel Investments. Audience rating: 9/10. “Excellent event, very good speakers, with clear and relevant messaging.” February 23, 2022, 1:00-2:30pm EDT / 10:00-11:30 PDT. View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical QA/RA Manager, Deborah Pinchev provides career insights and shares her journey to becoming a QA/RA professional as a guest speaker on February 17, 2022 for the Regulatory Affairs program at the Northeastern University. The Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs program  is Canada’s only master’s degree in regulatory affairs, focused on the development and commercialization of drugs, biologics, and medical device products.

Scott Phillips joins product development company CEOs to discuss strategies clients use to achieve their next round of funding in MDG Boston CEO Series – Product Development Strategies for Startup Funding Success webinar on Feb 16, 2022: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm EDT. The panel will cover planning, goal setting, value generation and how they relate to funding. More Information Register here.

StarFish Medical is a Bronze sponsor of CIRQUE 2022 hosted by the Queen’s University on February 11-13, 2022. CIRQUE aims to expose students to the business world while demonstrating the versatility of their engineering degree.

Julian Grove, StarFish Medical Senior Systems Engineer, talks about the Winnipeg Ventilator program with students in the Interdisciplinary Design graduate course at the University of Waterloo on February 3, 2022. For twenty-seven years running, the University of Waterloo has ranked first in Canada as most innovative university.

Targeting an exit? Rakesh (Rick) Sethi talks with Scott Phillips and shares insights to help avoid surprises during due diligence, prioritize activities and investment, and exit with higher value and better terms.  Rakesh (Rick) Sethi, Hons BSc, BEng, Director of Open Innovation | R&D at Medtronic. January 26, 2022, 1:00-2:30pm EDT / 10:00-11:30 PDT. View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical will collaborate with the University of Victoria’s BME program to present BME 401C – Human Factors and Usability Engineering for Medical Devices in Spring 2022. This course will cover the regulatory framework and regulatory standards for developing medical devices. It will cover the human factors associated with biomedical device design, including ergonomics and usability.  This marks the fourth year of collaboration.

StarFish is a proud sponsor of the 2021 iWIST Annual General Meeting. iWIST is the Island Women in Science and Tech group. The event is an opportunity to celebrate 2021 as a community. Everybody is included to welcome new board members and set iWIST’s course for 2022. Parliamentary Secretary for Technology and Innovation and MLA for Vancouver – False Creek, The Honourable Brenda Bailey will join for a keynote discussion and Q&A. Date: December 14, 2021, 7:30-9:30pm. Location: Online (Zoom) and in-person at FreshWorks Studios (1815 Blanshard St, Victoria, V8T 5A4). More information.

Join us at the 5th Annual Biomedical Engineering and Health Science Showcase on November 29, 2021. John Walmsley speaks on the Lunch & Learn Panel on Technology Transfer to the Clinic and Marketplace at 12:00pm PT. Hannah Rusak-Gillrie will participate in the Careers panel at 3:00pm PT to discuss the industry and opportunities. Register here.

Pamela Potts, StarFish Medical Director of People and Culture, speaks at SBME PROPELS— Situational Leadership on November 26, 2021, 12pm PT. The session explores how you can personalize your leadership style for each member of your team. SBME PROPELS is an opportunity curated exclusively for the SBME community. Read more about this session and register here.

StarFish Medical Director of Program Design, Mark Drlik, will be a panelist on the virtual consulting panel at the Canadian Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Conference (CUBEC) 2021 on November 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM PT. CUBEC is the first large-scale event dedicated to connecting undergraduate biomedical engineering students across Canada. It provides an opportunity to connect with professionals from across the country. Registration.

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager, will act as a judge on student innovation pitches in a virtual Entrepreneurship workshop hosted by the NSERC SMART CREATE training program at the University of Alberta on November 20, 2021.

NSERC SMART in Sensory Motor Rehabilitative Technology (SMART) is an interdisciplinary training program funded by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) which equips trainees with the practical knowledge essential to succeed in a rapidly adapting, team-based technological environment and inclusive society.

Lorenzo Gutierrez PhD, StarFish Microfluidics Manager, gives an invited talk on the R&D at StarFish Medical, highlighting our biosensing microfluidics and biodetection capabilities and products, and challenges in technology translation (lab-to-market) at the virtual Point-of-Care Sensing Symposium hosted by the University of Toronto on November 18, 2021.

The Symposium will include presentations of the latest research results from each of the PI Research Groups spanning microfluidics, blood-processing and nano-photonic sensing for disease detection. In addition, the Symposium will include talks by leading clinicians, researchers and industry experts from Canada and USA.

StarFish Medical will present and exhibit at the BioTEC 2021 Conference, November 13-14, 2021. The global, virtual conference strives to promote some of the newest and most interesting developments at the intersection between biology and engineering. Meet with Lorenzo Gutierrez PhD, our Microfluidics Manager. Register here.

Joris van der Heijden, PhD, Bio Services Program Manager, StarFish Medical, presents How to Develop a Point Of Care Test at the MedTech Innovation Forum Breakfast with Experts on October 29, 2021 in Irvine, California.  Breakfast with Experts is where MedTech Innovation Forum attendees can engage with business leaders and experts in a small-group online setting. Register for MedTech Innovation Forum

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Service Manager speaks at SBME PROPELS— Career Paths in Biomedical Engineering on October 19, 2021. The session explores the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates, including clinical, academia, industry, and not-for-profit. SBME PROPELS is an opportunity curated exclusively for the SBME community. Read more about this session and register here.

Nick Allan, StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager, will present Analytical Chemistry and Medical Device Design on October 15, 2021 to the University of Victoria CHEM 212 class as course curriculum.

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical VP Strategic Relationships presents a keynote at the 23rd International DSM 2021 Conference on October 12, 2021, at 11:45am EDT. He will tell the story of the urgent pandemic development of an ICU-level ventilator and the critical role the right architecture played in the success.

The three day event (October 12-14) provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and developers of DSM‐related tools to exchange experiences, discuss trends, and showcase results and tools. Register here.

StarFish Medical Bio Services Manager, Nick Allan, will share industry insights, trends, and entrepreneur activities in the Microfluidics, Technology, Commercialization webinar presented by 3DHEALS on October 7, 2021. Topics include: Organ on a chip, 3D printer innovation, and more from Nick and other world class experts.

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical VP of Strategic Relationships, presents Developing a New Clinically Relevant ICU Ventilator Fast at the Get to Market True Quality Summit Series on September 21, 2021, 11:00 am PDT.

The free, four day event (September 21 – 24) features industry experts who will guide you through processes, considerations, and regulations you may encounter as you work to get your device in the hands of customers (and stay there). #GettoMarketSummit Register For Free

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, presents Function Critical Sensor Technologies for Point-of-Care Medical Device as the Keynote (Virtual) at Sensors Converge Expo 2021, September 21-23, in San Jose California.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in Booth 855 at BIOMEDevice Boston 2021 on September 21-22, 2021 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Meet with James Fox, StarFish Medical Vice President, Business Development, and Mark Drlik, Director of Program Design.

BIOMEDevice Boston 2021 is the East coast’s must-attend regional event that showcases emerging technologies and trends from cutting-edge engineers, innovative thinkers, and business leaders.

StarFish Medical will present and exhibit at the 2021 Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) Virtual Symposium, August 25-27, 2021. The symposium showcases leading-edge research in microfluidic-powered solutions for health care, such as organ-chips, diagnostic devices and biofabrication approaches. Lorenzo Gutierrez PhD, will share his R&D Product Development experience in the Trainee Networking Session on August 26th.

StarFish Medical will present and exhibit in booth 1893 at MD&M West on August 10-12, 2021, in Anaheim, California. James Fox, StarFish Medical Vice President, Business Development presents: Better Practices in Determining Costs and Timelines for Developing a Medical Device on Wednesday, August 11, from: 8:30am-9:30am.

MD&M West is the largest North American medtech expo for suppliers and buyers to discover innovation, engineer new technology, and build life-changing medical devices More information and Registration

Mickey Urdea and Rich Thayer share results of study classifying 28 companies as “Successes,” “Failures” and “Zombies”. Joris van der Heijden discusses case studies from building out client devices in microfluidics, microbiology and regenerative medicine. Presenters: Mickey Urdea, Founder and Partner at Halteres Associates, Rich Thayer, Managing Partner at Halteres Associates, and Joris van der Heijden, Bio Services Program Manager, StarFish Medical. June 22, 2021, 10:00-11:30am PDT. View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical EVP of Strategic Relationships, John Walmsley, presents Developing a new Clinically Relevant ICU Ventilator Fast at the CMBES 2021  (CMBEC 44) conference on May 11^th 2021 at 10:30 AM. StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, Nigel Syrotuck, will also present Avoiding the Traps in Medical Device Development on May 12^th 2021 at 1:45 pm.  The 44th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (CMBEC44) is now be Virtual – from May 11-13, 2021. Registration

StarFish Medical employees, Lorenzo Gutierrez and Trevor Grier, will conduct workshops on medical device careers at JABC TechWorks 2021. The event is a multi-school program experience that introduces B.C. students to a variety of tech and tech-related careers. This year the traditional one-day JABC TechWorks program will be an interactive online program reaching approximately 2,000 students province-wide on March 2, and May 12. Information and Registration.

Deborah Pinchev, Senior QA/RA Specialist, is a panelist in the Northeastern University Toronto Career Discussion Panel for Regulatory Affairs students on April 28 @ 9 am EST. On the panel are representatives from StarFish Medical, Springings Intellectual Property Law, and #NEUTOR 

StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, Lorenzo Gutierrez, is a panelist in THE TELEHEALTH REVOLUTION TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE session during FIERCE MEDTECH INNOVATION WEEK. April 26-28, 2021. This free virtual event exploring the latest innovations in medtech is produced by the content teams from Fierce Electronics and Fierce Medtech. REGISTER NOW 

Toronto QA/RA Manager, Deborah Pinchev, will host s StarFish Medical breakout room at the March 25, 2021, CONNECT: PSG’s Virtual Networking Event & Evening Seminar. “Quality Requirements in Manufacturing Medical Devices” will be presented by Shyra Khosla, P. Eng. at the event.

Engineers and Geoscientists BC is holding an EGBC StarFish Medical virtual open house and luncheon on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Andy Garland and Scott Phillips will discuss the COVID-19 emergency ventilator (aka. The Winnipeg Ventilator). Andy will give a virtual tour of the Victoria facility. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Lorenzo Gutierrez. StarFish Microfluidics Manager and Toronto Site Director, will be a panelist at the  University of Toronto BESt Industry talk on March 10. BESt is hosting a talk with esteemed panelists from within the bio engineering industry. The BioEngineering Student Association (BESt) is a group of students passionate in bioengieering.

StarFish Medical sponsors, exhibits, and Arash Samimi facilitates a workshop at the 38th annual Conference on Industry and Resources: Queen’s University Engineering (CIRQUE) on February 5-6, 2021. CIRQUE is a student-run conference which provides a unique and educational experience for engineering students to gain insight into the wide range of career options available after graduation.  Information

Turning life experience into successful medical device start-ups features lessons learned from Paul Lovoi and Derek Herrera. These remarkable and very different serial entrepreneurs have created multiple medical device start-ups using and leveraging life experiences. Combined, they have started or funded 10+ companies, raising over $900 Million in capital! Free 90-minute webinar on  Jan 28, 2021 at 10:00 AM |  Pacific Time (US & Canada). #MDPLAYBOOK View Webinar recording.

StarFish Medical Director of People and Culture, Pamela Potts, Amanda Fox, Shelley McCloskey, Nicole Quinn, Linda Rhijnsburger and Helen Sheridan (she/her) share insights, perspectives and advice in Perspectives from HR Leaders – Panel Discussion moderated by Wendy Hurlburt at LifeSciences BC Career Connect Day. This event  connects life sciences companies and organizations from across the sector with university/college students and job seekers. Attendees connect virtually for meetings through the event platform. INFORMATION 

Nigel Syrotuck will be a panelist in a UBC SBME workshop on January 21, 2021, discussing what biomedical engineering trainees can do to effectively market themselves when applying for jobs, with a lack of hands-on experience as a result of the pandemic. Nigel will staffing the virtual StarFish booth at UBC SBME’s Biomedical Engineering Industry Night starting immediately after the workshop. Students will hear and meet with industry leaders, including Nigel, at both events. To register for workshop.

Gain insights and data on how to manage Time, Quality, and Cost tradeoffs when expediting time to market. Medical device technology development, commercialization and manufacturing executives, John Walmsley, Keven Walsh, and Lynne Lowry, share experiences from successes and ongoing projects. View Webinar recording.

Translational Biomedical Engineering Seminare-seminar produced by University of Victoria and Universite de Montreal features Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder of StarFish Medical on Nov 25, 2020.  The series is organized by Houman Savoji – University of Montreal, and  Mohsen Akbari, Ph.D. – University of Victoria, to discuss advances and challenges in the development, clinical and commercial translation of biomedical technologies. YouTube channel

Business in the Post COVID-19 Era – In this webinar, Scott Phillips, Founder and CEO of Victoria based StarFish Medical talks with Professor David Thomas about how his award winning firm has adapted to today’s new business environment and his view for the future. November 24, 2020 Watch webinar

StarFish Medical is a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at the BioTEC Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference, Canada’s premier student-run conference focused on the intersection of healthcare and technology. BioTEC 2020 will take place online on Saturday, November 21st.  Lorenzo Gutierrez, Microfluidics manager and Interim Toronto Site Director, will be participating and staffing the StarFish virtual booth.  More information.

Scott Phillips will present: So you want to develop a new IGT product? at the November 19th Image Guided Therapeutics (IGT) webinar from Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Universities of Toronto and British Columbia. Focused on the industry perspective, we’ve invited industry experts in the IGT space to discuss their journey to commercial success. November 19th | 9:30am – 1pm (PST) Registration 

StarFish Medical will host a virtual booth at the CRAFT Virtual Symposium, a 1.5-day event on Nov. 9-10, 2020, that showcases cutting-edge microfluidics research related to organ-on-chips, biofabrication and diagnostic devices. The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) is a unique partnership between the University of Toronto (UofT) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) that creates microfluidics-enabled devices for industrial and clinical applications.  Registration

John Walmsley, EVP Strategic Relationships, presents Starfish Medical Canadian Emergency Ventilators Project at the 4th Annual Biomedical Engineering and Health Science Showcase on Friday, November 6, 2020. Produced by Vic’s Research Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization Unit (RPKM), the event showcases Biomedical Engineering and Health Science research partnerships in the landscape of COVID-19. Register today for this engaging virtual event!

Scott Phillips discusses Game Changing Product Definition Tactics at the OCTANe MedTech Innovation Forum 2020 Breakfast with Experts on Friday, October 30, at 8 AM. Breakfast with Experts is where MedTech Innovation Forum attendees can engage with business leaders and experts in a small-group online setting.  MedTech Innovation Forum

Scott Phillips is a panelist in Doing Business with CROs and CDMOs in the Covid-19 era on October 22 at the 22nd Annual SoCalBio conference. The panel is part of Track 4: Business Development and starts at 11:15. The SoCalBio conference showcases Southern California bioscience innovations and explores efficient pathways to bring them to market. Registration Information.

Scott Phillips presents Medical Device Development | Translating Unmet Cardiology Needs Into Market Leading Medical Devices at the October 20 session of The 31st Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, 18-26 October 2020. Information and Registration

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineering Manager, Jordan Haas, will present a 15-minute  overview on regulation and manufacturing in medical technology innovation on Thursday Oct 15 from 8-10am as part of the Engineers In Scrubs Seminar Series.  Engineers in Scrubs Program at UBC Biomedical Engineering is designed to train graduate students to be leaders in medical innovation by teaching biomedical engineers to navigate the interfaces between engineering research, medical research, clinical practice and product development.

John Walmsley is a panelist on “Working with industry partners to advance your technology”, with Arpita Maiti and Grace Murray of Pfizer and Illumina. Hosted by The Hospital for Sick Children’s Gaurie A., Bradford Brinton, Ph.D., and Ihor Boszko, the fourth session of a virtual series provides key insights into the nature of working with industry to advance academic technologies. October 7, 2020. More Information.

StarFish Medical is a basic sponsor of BCREGMED’s 4th annual Symposium on Sept 30, 2020, in the Nest’s Great Hall at the University of British Columbia. BCREGMED provides opportunities for members of the regenerative medicine and cell therapy community to come together, identify existing gaps in the field, pursue new collaborations, and continue working toward effective and permanent solutions to some of today’s most challenging and prevalent health care issues. More Information.

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineering Manager, Jordan Haas, hosts a 40 minute interview session at the uOttawa Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers (CSME) virtual networking event on September 18. The annual event connects students with industry professionals, research scientists and entrepreneurs. This year’s event is being posted live on Instagram.

Amr Salahieh shares the Shifamed Story in a 45-minute live interview with Scott Phillips, Founder of Medical Device Playbook. Creating the Most Active Medical Device Innovation Hub in the World: Amr Salahieh and Shifamed live webinar took place on Friday, September 18th, 2020. Watch the recording here.

Free Microfluidics Webinar: Gain insights and data on New Opportunities and Challenges for Microfluidics in medical device systems. Experts in microfluidics and medical device research, technology, development, and commercialization share experiences and learnings from successes and ongoing projects.

Speakers for the event include: Kevin Hrusovsky President, Chairman & CEO – Quanterix; Stevan Jovanovich, Ph.D. Founder, President & CEO – S2 Genomics, Inc.; Dr. Ali Tinazli Chief Commercial Officer – Fluxergy; Shana Kelley Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto; and Lorenzo Gutierrez, Ph.D., PMP Microfluidic Application and Integration Lead – StarFish Medical.

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Scott Phillips talks about Empowering Medtech Innovation, how COVID-19 has impacted the MedTech industry, and his work as President at StarFish Medical, CEO of ViVitro Labs and Chair of the Board of Directors at LifeSciences BC. with Natalie Yeadon of Impetus Digital on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Watch webinar recording.

StarFish Medical Embedded Software Engineer, Ash Luft, is a panelist on security in healthcare at DEF CON, the largest security and hacker conference in the world.  DEF CON D0 N0 H4RM: A Healthcare Security Conversation followup discussion and Q&A will be live on Friday, August 7th at 20:00 PST. #cybersecurity #healthcare #medicaldevices  More information.

Gain insights and data on how COVID-19 is changing medical device commercialization. Experts in medical device development, regulatory affairs and venture capital investment share experiences and learnings from ongoing commercialization projects.

This free, 90-minute live webinar will inform and energize medical device entrepreneurs, CEOs, COOs, Engineers, and regulatory professions.

Creative Collisions on July 8:  John Walmsley, SVP of Strategic Relationships at StarFish Medical, is a Session Partner for the LifeSciences & Healthcare Session. Learn about opportunities and challenges that economic recovery presents through panels, cross-sectorial tech sessions, a tech expo, and B2B networking. Core themes include Life Sciences, Health Care, Manufacturing, and Industry 4.0,. Co-organized by Cooperathon and the Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation of Quebec.  Registration 

VIATEC’s Peer Panel: Returning to the Office event on June 18, 2020 features a cross section of local Victoria tech leaders (Scott Phillips, Sarah Gulbrandsen, Jim Balcom and Corina Ludwig) sharing REAL world examples of how they are returning to their office (or, how they’re continuing to work from home) on June 18.  BC is moving to a new phase and, for many of us, that means figuring out how to safely and smoothly reopen our offices and operations. Registration information. 

Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical CEO, presents Game Changing Product Definition Tactics at the Greenlight Guru True Quality Virtual Summit.  Scott will share transformational discoveries and decisions that affected the outcomes of medical device ventures. The virtual summit for medical device quality, regulatory, and product development professionals takes place on June 2-4, 2020. Registration is free.  #GGVirtualSummit

StarFish Medical Industrial Design and Human Factors Manager, Paul Charlebois, will be a panelist at the 5th MTEC Annual Meeting  in Houston, TX on March 5, 2020. The panel will be focused on contract engineering for productization, lessons learned, and when/what/who/how to consider a contract engineer. The MTEC 5th Annual Membership meeting is FREE to MTEC members, government and military attendees. At this time, due to space limitations non-members will not be able to attend. MORE INFORMATION.

Hannah Rusak-Gillrie, StarFish Medical Human Factors Engineer, will be a panelist at a Women in STEM Panel featuring Recent UVic Grads on March 3, 2020. Hosted by UVic Leadership Through Diversity in Engineering (LTD), attendees will tear the unique perspectives from women who have recently graduated from UVic, and learn how they are pursuing careers in STEM. 5:00-7:00pm in ECS 104. Light refreshments will be served. Panel starts at 5:15pm. More information.

StarFish Medical exhibits at Discover Tectoria 2020, an exposition of more than 75 Greater Victoria tech firms and research agencies at Crystal Garden on Thursday, February 27, 2020, 11am-6pm.  Joshua Coutts  and Nathan Muller will be on hand to discuss careers, projects, and biomedical opportunities at StarFish..

Discover Tectoria is an exposition of more than 75 Greater Victoria tech companies, research projects, interactive displays and community partners… under ONE roof. It’s one of the only events where locals and visitors come together to discover the innovation that’s stemming from right here in “Tectoria”. Attendees get to interact with the people and their creations to better understand who and what is driving Victoria’s largest industry… leading to potential careers, connections or just an appreciated knowledge. It’s an event for everyone and it’s FREE to attend! No need to register.

Health Canada’s Medical Devices Directorate, in cooperation with StarFish Medical, LifeSciences BC, Medtech Canada and the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) is holding a Medical Devices Stakeholder Outreach Session at StarFish Medical in Victoria BC on February 27, 2020. Representatives from Health Canada will give a presentation, followed by a Roundtable Discussion / Question & Answer session. Information and Tickets.

Meet with StarFish Medical EVP Strategic Relations, John Walmsley, and VP Business Development, David Dobson, at the Emerging Medtech Summit February 18-20th, 2020 at The Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, CA. The event includes major medtech investors and strategics looking to partner with new medical device, diagnostic, digital health and other healthtech innovators. More Information.

John Walmsley, Executive Vice President, Strategic Relations for Starfish Medical presents Building Value for Medical Device Companies by Retiring Risk, as part of a recurring webcast series on Design Practice of alternating researcher and practitioner presentations. The journey to market for a novel medical device is lined with risks. John will talk about StarFish Medical’s well-honed process for ensuring that the risks are tackled in the right way in order to build value and get to a successful launch.

The University of Waterloo Special Interest Group (SIG) in Design Practice is pleased to present this presentation on design practice. Webinar is February 14, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time.  The SIG is part of the Design Society. Registration and information.

Join StarFish Medical at MD&M West — the world’s largest medical design and manufacturing event,  February 11-13, 2020, in Anaheim, CA. Meet with David Dobson, StarFish VP of Business Development, in booth 804. More Information.

StarFish Medical, Embedded Software Engineer, Ash Luft, was a panelist on Internet of Things – Chips with Everything at the Province of British Columbia 21st Annual Privacy and Security Conference on the issues of privacy and security globally. The three-day conference will be held February 5 – 7, 2020 in Victoria BC. More Information.

StarFish Medical is a Bronze sponsor and exhibitor at the University of Toronto Design League Designathon, the first designathon at the University of Toronto on Feb 1, 2020 at 8 AM – Feb 2, 2020 at 6:30 PM EST. The University of Toronto Design League Designathon is a weekend long, annual competition where university students develop solutions to real-life design problems provided by various industries. StarFish Medical Optics Engineering Lead, Ryan Field, Ph.D., will speak during the closing session. University of Toronto Design League Designathon Tickets and information.

StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, Lorenzo Gutierrez, speaks at the Queen’s Healthcare and Business Conference (QHBC) two-day conference on January 31 – February 1, 2020 in Kingston ON. This year’s theme is”Efficiency in the World of Healthcare: Improving Accessibility and Leveraging Innovations in Today’s Healthcare Environment.” More Information on QHBC 2020 Conference.

StarFish Medical sponsors and presents a workshop at CIRQUE 2020 Conference on Industry and Resources Queen’s University Engineering on January 24-25, 2020 in Kingston, Canada. Rade Gadzic, Mechanical Engineer, will conduct the workshop. CIRQUE strives to connect motivated, intelligent engineering students with compelling speakers from a broad cross-section of modern industry.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Microfluidics Manager, will be attending the 2020 MEDTEQ Innovation Summit (formerly the MEDTEQ Annual Forum) on January 14, 2020 in Montreal QC. The event is a day of exchange, reflection and discussion to help the medical technology industry evolve.  Through dynamic conferences and networking, participants will emerge inspired by this day and meet relevant people with whom to engage in future collaborations. More then 570 participated in the 2019 edition. More information.

StarFish Medical will be a featured company in JABC TechWorks: Victoria 2019 on December 5, 2019.  StarFish Human Factors Engineer, Hannah Rusak-Gillrie, and Mechanical Engineer, Joshua Coutts, will showcase our work and inspire youth to consider a career in technology. JABC TechWorks events are timed to help students in Grades 9 and 10 make their course selections for their senior high school years, a critical time for students who are thinking about their education and career plans after high school.

StarFish Medical is a gold sponsor of Biotec 2019. The Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference is a student-run, non-profit conference focusing on innovation in the fields of health, biology and tech. This year the conference will be hosted at the University of Waterloo on Saturday, November 16th, 2019.  More information.

StarFish Medical Toronto QA/RA Manager, Deborah Pinchev, will be a panelist at the University of Waterloo’s CBB Health Canada Regulation and Consultation 1 day workshop on November 15, 2019. Health Canada regulators, Colin Foster, Manager, Device Licensing Services Division and Patrick Assouad, Senior Scientific Evaluator, Digital Health, Device Evaluation Division will detail the process to obtain Health Canada approval for medical devices with: Wireless functionality from low Hz to sub-THz, including mm-Wave; Robotic Humanoid and robotics applications; and AI functionality and features. StarFish Medical is an event sponsor.

Scott Phillips, Awni Ayoubi, Laetitia MacDougall, and Manik Saini

Scott Phillips, Founder & CEO, StarFish Medical and Chairman of LSBC, will present Medical Device Product Development at BC Regulatory Environment and Best Practices Workshop + Knowledge Exchange  – EIT Go Global Delegation Workshop on November 7, 2019, in Vancouver BC.

GO GLOBAL CANADA is a one-year program (second edition in 2019) operated by Medicen Paris Region, Medical Valley et Medicalps clusters. Together with local partners (TO Health!, MaRS, Innovation Factory, MEDTEQ and Montreal International, BC Tech and local provincial governments of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia), the project partners have selected thirteen innovative European SMEs to take part in this Accelerator Program to Canada as their next international strategic market.

StarFish Medical Biotech Manager, Nick Allan, is co-author of three Poster Session to be presented by Mitchell Lawrence Jones MD PhD, Vice President, Translation and Clinical Development Progenity, Inc., at the American College of Gastroenterology 2019 ACG Annual Scientific Meeting (ACG 2019). Session topics and dates are: Small Intestine, October 27, 2019: P0797 – Characterization of the Bacterial Makeup and Quantitative Distribution in Patients With Suspected Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO): A Meta-Analysis; Small Intestine, October 27, 2019: P0796 – Accuracy of Glucose Breath Testing for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Using Endoscopy Aspirate Cultures as a Reference Standard: A Meta-Analysis; IBD, October 29, 2019: P2336 – Targeted Intracecal anti-α4β7 Integrin Antibody Results in Reduce Accumulation of α4β7 Memory T-cells in Gut Tissue in DSS-induced Colitis Mice. Details and Registration.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Interim Site Director – Toronto, will speak at the Second Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine Networking Symposium on October 2, 2019, in Ottawa ON. The event is organized by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the Centre for Advanced Materials Research, and the Canadian Biomaterials Society – Ottawa Student Chapter. The goal of this symposium is to bring scientists, engineers, and physicians together, identify high-impact research opportunities, and develop interdisciplinary collaborations. With this event, we want to foster collaboration between researcher-company-physician. Registration.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 262 at The MedTech Conference on September 23–25, 2019, in Boston, MA. Join Scott Phillips, StarFish CEO and Founder, and David Dobson, VP Business Development, along with more than 3,000 of the world’s top medtech executives at The MedTech Conference. INFORMATION.

Connect with StarFish Medical VP Business Development, David Dobson, at the SoCalBio Conference. An annual event organized by the Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio), this year’s event takes place on Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM (PDT) in Long Beach, CA. More information.

Vesna Janic, StarFish Medical Director QA/RA, is a panelist on the Decoding MDR session at the Washington State Medical Device Summit, produced by the Biomedical Device Innovation Partnership Zone. Meet with Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical CEO and Founder, and Mark Drlik, StarFish Director of Program Design, at our exhibit. The summit will beheld September 19, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Lynwood WA.  StarFish Medical is a supporting sponsor of summit. Details and Registration

StarFish is a proud sponsor of the iWIST 2019 Patio Party. iWIST is the Island Women in Science and Tech group. The patio party is a hot summer evening of drinks and laughs with the women in Victoria’s science and tech community! The summer patio party has become an iWIST tradition. The 2019 edition is extra special as members give props to Robyn Quinn, iWIST’s co-founder and longtime chair, for everything that she’s done to help build this vibrant community. Come by to give Robyn a hug and meet the new IWIST board. Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019, Location: Glo Restaurant & Lounge (2940 Jutland) Victoria BC, Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm REGISTRATION

StarFish Medical Biotech Manager, Nick Allan,  presented  to thirty-two livestock industry professionals and stakeholders taking part in a daylong conversation around strategies to mitigate pain for livestock. Nick spoke about the recent development of a novel elastrator band that releases topical analgesia for improved pain mitigation during castration.  Nick worked on the project in his role as President of Chinook Contract Research Inc. StarFish provided assistance with prototypes.  The event and research were sponsored by Alberta Farm Animal Care. The workshop was held in High River, AB on June 24, 2019.

StarFish Medical is a gold sponsor of the 2019 Camosun College Capstone Symposium. The annual showcase of outstanding technical and professional expertise of Camosun College Information and Computer Systems (ICS) graduates takes place on June 17^th at the Hotel Grand Pacific. ICS students develop their Capstone projects in partnership with local industry leaders and produce innovative technology. StarFish  is a proud employer and partner of Camosun alumni. Employees who are graduates or students of Camosun College are pictured above.

Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Sr. Systems Engineer and Interim Toronto Site Director, will be a panelist in the Innovation and entrepreneurship as key components in Translational Technologies workshop at the Bio and Nanomaterials workshops event presented by the University of Ottawa CAMaR center. The event is part of a week dedicated to the Health Sciences. The workshops will be held  June 17th to the 20th, 2019. More Information.

A poster presentation Evaluation of Lidocaine Content and Delivery from Latex Elastrator Bands Using LC-MS, GC-MS and HPLC Techniques, co-authored by StarFish Medical Biotech Manager, Nick Allan, was presented at the 67th American Society of Mass Spectrometry on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Atlanta.

A poster titled Evaluation of Lidocaine Content and Delivery from Latex Elastrator Bands Using LC-MS, GC-MS and HPLC Techniques co-authored by StarFish Medical Biotech Manager, Nick Allan, will be presented at the 102^nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec, QC 2019.

Castration is an important tool in modern agriculture helping producers to manage their livestock performance, along with animal health and safety.  Lidocaine is a local anesthetic that is often injected during castration procedures to  help manage pain. The Wulff lab has worked with Nick Allan in a NSERC Engage project to evaluate the amount of lidocaine loaded into different sized castration bands using GC-MS, LC-MS and HPLC techniques, and these results will be summarized and presented.

StarFish Medical is proud to be a sponsor of NSERC-CREATE’s Training in Global Biomedical Technology Research and Innovation “Needs-First” biomedical hackathon. On June 4, 5, and 6, 2019, the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) and collaborators will host the inaugural 3-day event at the University of Waterloo. Students will work in interdisciplinary teams, interact with healthcare professionals to identify unmet needs and ideate a solution to tackle a specific problem through design thinking. Teams will present their solutions and prizes will be awarded for the top 3 teams.

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Medical Device Playbook 2019 Vancouver brings the most successful entrepreneurs and experts from across Canada and the US to Vancouver Terminal City Club on May 23, 2019. Six new speakers join returning favorites to share years of experience and multiple successes. More information and registration. REGISTER BY April 15 to receive a free gift. 

#MDPLAYBOOK Vancouver is co-hosted by LifeSciences British Columbia and StarFish Medical.

StarFish Medical Biotech Manager, Nick Allan, will present a poster and StarFish will exhibit  in booth 4631 at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW 2019) on May 18-21, 2019. DDW 2019 is the world’s largest gathering of physicians, researchers and industry in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.

Lorenzo Gutierrez Ph.D., StarFish Medical Senior  Systems Engineer/Interim Toronto Site Director will deliver a poster presentation during the 2019 Joint Ontario-on-a-chip and TOeP Symposium on May 16-17, 2019, at the University of Toronto. Lorenzo will present Advanced Manufacturing and Assembly for Scale-up Microfluidic Cartridge Production. The poster features a concept of an integrated system by combining additive manufacturing, injection molded components and advanced assembly processes. More information.

StarFish Medical sponsors and Brian Hanrahan, StarFish Medical Biotech Program Director, speaks at the BC Regen Med Symposium on May 15 in Vancouver. Brian will speak on Commercialization challenges in regenerative medicine.   More information and registration.

Nick Allan and Brent Godau will present “Experimental Learning Partnerships: Building a course sylabus from Industry Collaboration“. Their talk is about the ‘amazing’ experimental learning partnership between StarFish Medical and University of Victoria to develop and produce the BME401C – Human Factors and Usability Engineering for Medical Devices course. Nick and Brent will speak at the Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Conference (ACE-WIL 2019) Monday, May 13, 2019 in Victoria BC. Registration and more information.

Maximize Your Founder, Company and Device Value

Medical Device Playbook 2019 Toronto brings the most successful entrepreneurs and experts from across Canada and the US to MaRS Discovery District on May 9, 2019. Ten new speakers share years of experience and multiple successes. Visit the website to learn more and register.  REGISTER BY April 9 to receive a free gift. 

#MDPLAYBOOK Toronto is co-hosted by StarFish Medical, OBIO, and MaRS

StarFish Medical exhibits April 1–5, 2019 at Health Innovation Week, Canada’s largest gathering of health startups, investors and the health ecosystem. Hosted by MaRS and held across the Toronto region, Health Innovation Week allows participants to network, secure funding and learn from industry experts.

StarFish Medical’s Toronto team, including Interim Site Director Lorenzo Gutierrez, will be staffing the exhibit during the daily mid-day breaks and evening receptions.

Register today!

Vancouver Island Women in Science and Technology connected with our QA/RA Director, Vesna Janic, at the Island Women in Science and Technology (iWIST) Panel and Breakfast on March 15 in Victoria BC.

The purpose of the meeting was to meet the new iWIST board – from medical devices to groundbreaking technology – a fascinating group of women leaders. They enjoyed a panel-style breakfast with moderator Robyn Quinn… ahem… past Chair of iWIST. $20 ticket includes continental breakfast buffet and a door prize or two. More information and tickets.

Nigel Syrotuck will discuss detailed design and verification/validation in medtech design at University of British Columbia  on March 15, 2019. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Antony Hodgson, PhD, PEng, has integrated case studies and company visits into BMEG 257’s curriculum to help make the connection to industry stronger. Students BME are required to document their project design work in the form of a Design History File. Nigel’s talk will use real examples from StarFish Medical’s product development portfolio.

StarFish Manager of Change Initiatives, Meredith Campbell-Jess, moderates an International Women’s Day panel of women who have trailblazed in their industry and continue to navigate male-dominated industries while advocating for themselves and people around them. March 8, 2019 at CLUB KWENCH, Victoria BC.

Speakers include:

• Sarah Gulbrandsen, President and COO, RingPartner
• Wency Lum, CIO, UViC
• Tessa Mcloughlin, Founder and CEO, Club Kwench
• Christine Fast, Executive Director, Technology and Innovation, Govt of BC

Tickets and information.

Martin Leandro Par and Lorenzo Gutierrez will be guest judges for BMEC 2019, University of Toronto’s CUBE annual Biomedical Engineering Competition. The event takes place from Friday to Sunday, March 1-3, 2019 with judging on Sunday, March 3.  More information and tickets.  #biomedicalengineering #Toronto.

StarFish Medical will be a featured company at the February 27, 2019, BC Tech Association TechConnect in Vancouver BC. The TechConnect series brings together BC’s up-and-coming anchor tech companies of the future, including previous TIAs finalists and winners, for an evening of pitches, demos, and networking. Click here for a recap of the last TechConnect event. John Walmsley, StarFish Medical Chief Operating Officer, will represent the company. More information.

StarFish Medical Biotech Program Director, Brian Hanrahan, presents Medical device development for cellular therapies and regenerative medicine at the OBIO 2019 Niagara Investment Summit on February 20 to 22, 2019. The Summit will bring 30 of Canada’s most promising health science companies to Niagara-on-the-Lake to present to and meet with global investors. This year’s Summit will highlight three fast-growing sectors:

1) New Frontiers in Medicine, including regenerative medicine, rare diseases, therapeutics, and medical devices
2) Artificial Intelligence in Health
3) Digital Health and Diagnostics

More information and registration.

StarFish Medical is a sponsor and exhibits at CIRQUE 2019 – The Queen’s Engineering Conference on Industry and Resources. This year’s theme is: Define your Success: Where can engineering take you? The event takes place February 8-9, 2019 in Kingston, ON. Lorenzo Gutierrez and Jurgen Frasheri participated in the event.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 2891 at Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) February 5-7, 2019 in Anaheim, CA.

StarFish Medical Director of QA/RA, Vesna Janic, and Principal Industrial Designer, James Jackson, will be panelists on Getting a Device to Market When Class Designation is Evolving. Led by Virginia Lang, Chief Scientist, Hirlan, Inc. & Hirlan Institute of Human Factors, the session takes place February 6, 2019. More Information.

StarFish CEO and Founder, Scott Phillips, will discuss Technology Innovation in Victoria at the Pollinate Victoria Launch Event on January 31, 2019. The discussion will explore how local firms are utilizing technology to stay ahead.

Pollinate is a young professional and social network for future leaders. Pollinate enables cross-industry sharing of perspectives, initiatives and ideas through events, thought leadership, debates, skills training and volunteering. More information.

Meet with StarFish Biotech Program Director, Brian Hanrahan, on January 22-25, 2019, at the Phacilitate Leaders World conference in Miami. Gathering the advanced therapies community every January, Phacilitate Leaders World and the World Stem Cell Summit bring academics and the industry together to solve the bottleneck of translation into the clinic and ethical and regulatory issues.  More Information.

StarFish Medical is a bronze sponsor of McMaster Designathon, a competition where students tackle a selection of design problems using computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D printing tools. Visit our booth and meet with Toronto Site Director, Lorenzo Gutierrez, on January 19-20, 2019 in Hamilton, ON. More Information.

StarFish Medical Embedded Software Engineer, Ash Luft, was a panel mentor at the 2018 Women in Technology Breakout Session @JABC TechWorks Victoria.

“The young women participating in this session will be on the verge of selecting their higher level courses which have the potential to shape their career paths. By introducing students to the various possibilities and giving them the confidence at an early age to pursue such careers, there’s a greater chance of increasing their representation in the tech sector. ”  MORE INFORMATION

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer, Martin Par,  participated in the Club for Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering (CUBE) at the University of Toronto annual Industry Mixer event on November 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm. CUBE is a student-run club on campus whose mandate is to promote biomedical engineering at the undergraduate level.

The Industry Mixer event serves to form connections between the leaders in the biomedical industry and the top undergraduate engineering students. Participating companies included Conavi Medical,
InteraXon (creators of Muse), SciCan, StarFish Medical, Synaptive Medical, and Interface Biologics.

StarFish Medical COO, John Walmsley, presents 7 Keys to Successful Medical Device Development as part of the Medventions Lecture Series. The lecture discusses Medical Device Design & Prototyping and is scheduled for Thursday November 1^st from 5:00-6:00pm at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

StarFish Medical is proud to sponsor UBC BIOMOD, a design team of sixteen undergraduate engineering and science students at UBC in the international BIOMOD competition held in San Francisco on October 27th and 28th, 2018. The BIOMOD competition is an international multidisciplinary biomolecular design competition for students.  The 2018 project is a targetted drug delivery system for Acute Myloid Leukemia using DNA origami. For more information visit ubcbiomod.com.

Congrats to the Cheeky Nanos of UBC BIOMOD for placing 3rd overall at last weekend’s BIOMOD competition with their Targeted Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a DNA Tetrahedron project. http://biomod.net/winners/2018.html …

StarFish BioTech Manager, Nick Allan, will present The importance of in vitro diagnostics at University of Victoria on October 26th, 2018. Nick is presenting to Chem 212 students at the invitation of Dr. Harmen S. Zijlstra, Seasonal Lecturer, Department of Chemistry. The lecture is part of an ongoing series of guest speakers showing the industrial relevance and importance of analytical chemistry.

Virginia Anastassova, Regulatory Affairs Manager, StarFish Medical, presented Best approaches to vendor partnerships to effectively manage medical device trials at Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Pacific Northwest on 16 October 2018 in Vancouver BC. The Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Pacific Northwest programme focuses on the challenges faced by the early stage companies based in the region. The event provides a unique platform for an informative two days of constructive networking and in-depth presentations on the latest challenges and developments facing the clinical operations and outsourcing community in the region.

StarFish Medical CEO, Scott Phillips, presents How Engineers Sell Themselves Short (…and what to do about it) at 10x Medical Device Conference for Engineers on Oct. 10-12, 2018, at the San Diego Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina. 10x for Engineers is the fun and educational thought leaders forum for all levels of medical device professionals who design, develop, manufacture, or commercialize devices. More information & registration.

StarFish Medical exhibited in booth 533 as 3,000 of the world’s leading medtech executives gathered on September 24-26, 2018, at The MedTech Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Featuring world-class plenary speakers, a wide array of educational programming, valuable networking and business development opportunities, The MedTech Conference was a must-attend event for the industry’s prominent and most promising companies.

Charles, Scott meet with John Crombie with UpStart PD

Conference attendees met with StarFish Medical CEO and Founder, Scott Phillips, and VP of Business Development East, Charles Garcia, at the conference to discuss medical device commercialization strategies and solutions.

Empowering Medtech Innovation ™

StarFish Medical is a full service Medical Device Design company with design, development, and manufacturing services. Our proven Pathfinder™ process increases commercialization success for over 150 medical devices. ​Prototype and low-volume complex production in an ISO 13485 certified Quality Management System and FDA registered facilities. Innovative Design & Development expertise in electronics, software, mechanical, UX, Industrial Design, Human Factors, and technology commercialization.

StarFish Medical Software Manager, John Turner was a Software/Cyber Security panelist at the 2018 Washington State Medical Device Summit on September 11, 2018 in Bothell, WA. Dr. David Auth, a medical device inventor and angel investor, was the event keynote speaker.

The panel was moderated by Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, PhD / Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity / UW Bothell. Other panelists were:

• Cris Ewell, PhD / Chief Information Security Officer / UW Medicine
• Harald Fiedler / Manager of Systems Engineering / FUJIFILM SonoSite (ultrasound OEM)
• Jeffrey Stewart / Contract Software, Electronic Development / Cove Technologies

The Summit is produced by The Biomedical Device Innovation Zone. The Summit brings together executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, government officials, thought leaders, and stakeholders from the medical device community to explore the state of the industry and the trends and innovations coming our way. StarFish Medical is proud to be a supporting sponsor of the event. #2018WAMedDevSummit

Martin Par, StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer will participate in a University of Toronto Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering ILead’s engineering in health care alumni panel as part of the FIELD Summer Program. #ILeadFIELD

The panel takes place from 3-4 p.m. on Friday June 22. The panel topics include:

• How you decided / got to where you are now
• Meaningful undergraduate experiences
• Importance of leadership behaviours and mindsets in the engineering field

Scott Phillips joins an all-star panel of VCs and industry leaders that will speak to: Recent financing activities and trends, An overview of the current financing landscape, Characteristics of an ideal portfolio company, and Stories from the trenches. June 15 from 9:30am – 12:45pm PDT at Fort Tectoria, Victoria BC. The panel is produced by Deloitte Canada in conjunction with VIATEC as part of  an interactive session focused on the funding options available in British Columbia and what the most active Venture Capitalists (VCs) look for when considering an investment.

Be inspired by local research that’s addressing the leading cause of premature death in Canada! Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder, StarFish Medical will present “Innovations in Medical Devices for Cardiac Care” at Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Advances in Cardiac Care Tuesday May 29 from 1 – 3:30 pm in the Woodward Room, Begbie Hall, Royal Jubilee Hospital.

Speakers include: From Near Death to Stem Cell Research–  Gordon McDougall, Premature Coronary Artery Disease: Perspectives and Advances – Dr. Chris Franco, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), General Cardiology and Prevention; Staff Cardiologist, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Preventing Cardiac Arrest during a Heart Attack: the Magic Bullet – Dr. Markus Sikkel (BSc MBBS MRCS PhD), Cardiologist, Island Health, and Fixing Broken Hearts: Research Highlights from British Columbia -Dr. Bilal Iqbal (BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) PhD), Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Island Health; Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, UVic. Register online: fivedays.eventbrite.com

Medical Device Playbook, Canada’s premiere event for medical device professionals, is returning to the Vancouver Terminal City Club on May 23, 2018. Industry speakers and panels from British Columbia and across North America will discuss what it takes to achieve this year’s theme: Dream a Bigger Dream. Network and learn 2018 trends, opportunities, and strategies. Entrepreneur Case Studies, Human Factors and Design, and Clinical/Regulatory advice from industry veterans.

Event includes Lunch, breaks, and Networking Reception. All net proceeds will go to LifeSciences BC for future medtech initiatives.

Speaker Details and Registration 

#MDPlaybook

Medical Device Playbook 2018, Canada’s premiere innovation and commercialization event for medical device professionals, is coming to the MaRS Discovery District on May 8, 2018. Industry speakers and panels from across North America discuss what it takes to Dream a Bigger Dream.

Network with industry veterans and learn 2018 Entrepreneurial Strategy for Innovation, Getting the Product Right, Deal-making, and Navigating the Clinical/Regulatory Environment.

Speakers details and registration

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 754 at BIOMEDevice Boston 2018 on April 18–19, 2018 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. Charles Garcia, Eastern Region VP Business Development, and Lorenzo Gutierrez, Sr Systems Engineer, will be showing a range of medical devices. Use our promo code SPECIAL for a free Expo Pass or 20% off the Conference Pass.

BIOMEDevice Boston connects more than 4,500 engineers and executives — and more than 450 leading suppliers — across New England’s thriving medtech industry. In partnership with the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC), BIOMEDevice Boston is a powerful end-to-end industry showcase covering today’s emerging biomedical trends and innovations.

Scott Phillips presents Building a Powerful Culture of Mutual Accountability at the ACETECH 2018 Whistler Summit, April 11-13, 2017. The ACETECH Whistler Summit is a three-day conference held each year at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Over the course of the Summit an exceptional lineup of world-class leaders discuss cutting-edge strategic thinking and network with over 140 tech CEOs. REGISTER NOW

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer, Nathan Müller, will participate in a career exploration panel on working in the bio-medical and health sector on February 28 from 5 – 7 pm at the University of Victoria. Learn how you can make the leap from university to a rewarding career. Attendees will:

• Hear from industry experts about career options in specific industries—and how they broke into their sectors
• Learn about the current job market
• Get meaningful advice on your career plans
• Figure out your next steps after graduation
• Connect with panelists one-on-one!

BEAMS – Bioengineering at McMaster – Industry Night (Mon Feb 26 7:30pm-9pm) is an annual event that brings together some of the brightest minds to discuss work in the bio-engineering landscape! Representatives from amazing bio(medical)/healthcare companies will give presentations on their state of affairs and offer an unparalleled insight on what it’s like to work in the industry. A chance to network will occur after all of the presentations.  Wes Chamberlin, StarFish Medical Principal Mechanical Engineer/Site Manager – Toronto, will represent StarFish at the event. More information.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 15 at Discover Tectoria 2018, an exposition of more than 75 Greater Victoria tech firms and research agencies on 23 Feb 2018, 11:00am – 6:00pm. Jess Hickman, Peter Kazakoff and Azra Rajwani will be on hand to discuss careers, projects, and biomedical opportunities.

Discover Tectoria is an exposition of more than 75 Greater Victoria tech firms and research agencies… under ONE roof. It’s one of the only events where locals and visitors come together to discover the innovation that’s stemming from right here in Victoria. Attendees get to interact with the people and their creations to better understand who and what is driving Victoria’s largest industry… leading to potential careers, connections or just an appreciated knowledge. VIATEC created this event to open the eyes of potential employees, investors and policy makers to the vibrancy and potential of the local tech scene… not to mention inspiring tomorrow’s inventors. It’s an event for everyone and it’s FREE to attend! No need to register. Check out last year’s event in this recap video!

Vancouver Island Life Sciences (VILS) will visit StarFish Medical on 21 Feb 2018, 6:00pm – 8:00pm as part of their ongoing island tour. VILS showcases the local life science scene providing an easy access social network for life science companies, institutions, professionals and students. Membership is open and involves no dues; merely an interest in and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and innovation in life sciences. Members include biotech, diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, and software companies, students, academic institutions, local government and more.   More Information

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 1799 at MD&M West Expo on February 6-8, 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.

Charles Garcia, Eastern Region VP Business Development, and David Dobson, Western Region VP Business Development, will be showing a range of medical devices.

MD&M West Expo is the largest collection of advanced design and manufacturing technology suppliers in the world. Over three days, more than 20,000 professionals source products and services for the development of life-saving medical innovations in a time-saving format with more than 2,200 solution providers—all in one location.

StarFish Medical Founder and CEO, Scott Phillips chairs the R&D: Disruptive Design Track at the BIOMEDevice Conference in San Jose December 6-7, 2017  at the San Jose Convention Center.

StarFish Medical Electronics Engineering Functional Manager, Sal Sanci, presents The Internet of Things Is Here—Are You Ready? on December 7 at the conference.

StarFish Medical exhibits in booth 326 and features some of our latest medical device projects. Meet with Scott, Sal, and VP of Business Development Western Region, David Dobson at the show.

BIOMEDevice San Jose is in its 10th year, connecting more than 2,000 engineers and executives — as well as more than 300 leading suppliers — across Silicon Valley’s thriving medical device design and manufacturing industry.  The conference features two tracks focused on the latest in medtech product development and R&D. Expert speakers provide deep dives into disruptive design and new technologies, as well as advice on how to win the race to market and nurture innovation.

Dr. Julie Audet and Jurgen Frasheri

The first-ever University of Waterloo Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference (BioTEC 2017) took place on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Attendees heard from Keynote Speaker, Frank Baylis, who served as President of Baylis Medical Company from 1989 to 2015 after graduating from the University of Waterloo, researchers and industry professionals from leading companies and top schools like MIT.  StarFish Medical is proud to be a Platinum sponsor of the event. Meet with Jurgen Frasheri, Jr. Mechanical Engineer, and Michael Klein, Engineering Scientist, at the event.

Visit the event Facebook page  or event website for more information.

StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer, Martin Par  participates in the Club for Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering (CUBE) at the University of Toronto annual Industry Mixer event on November 16 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. CUBE is a student-run club on campus whose mandate is to promote biomedical engineering at the undergraduate level. The Industry Mixer event serves to form connections between the leaders in the biomedical industry and the top undergraduate engineering students.  “I didn’t even have a chance to chat with them at all during the networking session because there were just so many attendees interested in learning more about our multidisciplinary collaborative environment and what it’s like to be so involved in the nitty gritty details of medical device design.” More information.

StarFish Medical CEO, Scott Phillips will be a keynote presenter, and StarFish Medical Mechanical Engineer, Nigel Syrotuck, will be a career panelist, at the first ever University of Victoria Biomedical Technology-Industry Partnership day on November 3, 2017.  The event is open for the community, including students, faculty, local industry, and other interested parties. Activities include industry talks, a panel discussion, a showcase of BME projects, and a speed-networking session that will create new connections and spark collaborative project ideas with funding options available between researchers and industry. More information.

StarFish Medical CEO Scott Phillips, and Business Development Application Manager Mike Sanders, present their Annual state of the union report: digital health and medical devices on October 16, at the 2017 INTERFACE Health Summit sixth annual global conference in Vancouver BC. The two-day event engages, informs, inspires and connects digital health innovators and other health stakeholders from Canada and around the world.

StarFish Medical’s Victoria facilities are a stop on the October 12  iWIST 2017 Creative Tech Crawl. Step outside ordinary networking events and explore the creative side of YYJ technology. Peek behind the scenes at StarFish Medical, Function Fox, Codename Entertainment & Suburbia to name a few. Transport, lunch & fun stuff included.  StarFish Medical Supply Manager, Laura Meyer, and Director of QA/RA, Vesna Janic, will talk about tech careers during the StarFish stop.   Registration details.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 206 at the The MedTech Conference on September 25-27, 2017, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Meet CEO and Founder, Scott Phillips, and VP Business Development Eastern Region, Charles Garcia, and view some of the latest medical device projects from or design, development and manufacturing teams.

The MedTech Conference seeks to advance industry discussion from key perspectives through detailed panel sessions, executive forums and more. More than 1,000 companies in a uniquely multifaceted environment for business development, capital formation, innovative technology showcasing, worldclass educational opportunities and networking.

StarFish Medical sponsors and exhibits at DeviceTalks Minnesota on June 26-27, 2017 in the Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront, Saint Paul MN. DeviceTalks provides world-class education with exclusive insights from industry leaders changing the course of medicine. Coupled with a technology showcase featuring the hottest med tech companies in the marketplace, DeviceTalks is the premier opportunity for industry leaders to come together to share perspectives and network with the best of the best in the industry. This year’s program will include a new Engineering Track focused exclusively on how to help engineers do their jobs better.  Charles Garcia, StarFish Medical VP Business Development – Eastern North America, will represent the company at the event. Attending? Save 20% discount using this link.

StarFish Medical Sr. Human Factors and Industrial Designer, Carmen Chacon, presents an MDEA award and serves as a session panelist on What Does Usability Mean Today? at MD&M East 2017 on June 13 in New York City.   Chacon is also a juror for the 2017 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), the premier awards program for the medtech industry.

Since its inception in 1998, the mission of the MDEAs has been to recognize significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility.

MD&M East is the largest medtech event on the east coast, connecting thousands of engineers and executives, as well as hundreds of leading suppliers. The event runs from June 13–15, 2017, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, NY.

StarFish Medical CEO, Scott Phillips, speaks June 9, 2017, on What we can learn from FDA Warning Letters at the 3rd Annual ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit 2017, Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, MA. The conference features speakers from FDA, EX-FDA Officials, Industry Veterans, Regulators and Industry Experts.

StarFish Medical VP Business Development – Western North America, David Dobson, will delver a podium presentation on Tuesday, May 23 11:35AM-11:55AM, at the 17th Annual Life Science Innovation Northwest, presented by Life Science Washington. The two-day event (May 23 & 24, 2017) in Seattle serves as Pacific Northwest’s largest life science conference. Hosted at the Washington State Convention Center, attendees have the chance to experience the best of Seattle hospitality, commerce and life science industry.  

StarFish Medical will participate in Tech Connect 2017 at the University of Victoria on May 16 from 4PM – 6PM.  StarFish Mechanical Engineer, Nathan Müller, will represent the company and meet with interested students at the career fair.

The annual event provides an opportunity for 8 local companies to meet in a relaxed atmosphere with students from the University of Victoria Engineering programs (Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical and Software), our Computer Science/Math program and Telecommunications & Information Security program. Registration opens 16 May 2017.

StarFish Medical VP Innovation, Lahav Gil, chairs the Emerging Sensor Technology Track on May 3, 2017 at BIOMEDevice Boston 2017 in Boston, MA.

About BIOMEDevice Boston

BIOMEDevice Boston connects  over 4,000 engineers and executives — as well as more than 400 leading suppliers — across New England’s thriving design and manufacturing industry. In partnership with the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC), BIOMEDevice Boston is an end-to-end industry showcase from contract manufacturing to components.

StarFish Medical Director of QA/RA, Vesna Janic will present From Concept to Saving Lives: Designing Medical Technology at the HEADS AND HEARTS TO ACTION GIRLS’ STEM LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE April 20 & 21, 2017 at St. Margaret’s School in Victoria BC.

Janic joins other female leaders from various disciplines sharing their stories at the conference. The keynotes speakers include Natalie Panek, Rocket Scientist and one of Canadian Geographic’s top Female Explorers of the year, Donna Garbutt, CEO of Maxxam analytical services, and Rosemary Chapdelaine Vice President of Lockheed Martin.

The conference goals include: 1. To inspire young women to seek and to courageously accept responsibilities as part of their contribution to society. 2. To increase awareness of current and emerging leadership opportunities, with a special interest in STEM opportunities. 3. To develop a network of students to support future collaboration among these emerging leaders.

StarFish Medical presents Medical Device Commercialization Playbook 2017  (#MDPLAYBOOK) is coming to Vancouver Convention Centre on April 4. It’s another full day of industry speakers and panels from British Columbia and across North America sharing what it takes to Get The Product Right.

This year’s event focuses on: Getting the Product Right, Deal-making, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Navigating the Clinical/Regulatory Environment, and Innovation in 2017 & Beyond.

Our 2017 event brings a great group of experienced medical device entrepreneurs and regulatory expert speakers including:

• SAM BROWD, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Inventor, Entrepreneur. Co-Founder & CMO: Aqueduct, Navisonics, Vicis, & eLoupes.
• BILL SALTZSTEIN President, Code Blue Consulting
• NACH DAVÉ, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at PRA
• JOEL WEINSTEIN, President, Principal at MAVEN Medical Device Strategies
• AMR SALAHIEH, President & CEO at Shifamed LLC
• NADIA MARCHANT, Executive Director, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs | McKesson Imaging & Workflow Solutions
• KEN PILGRIM, Director RA & QA, Emergo Group

Last year’s attendees gave the event a thumbs up in the post event survey:

• 91% found Playbook 2016 Extremely Useful
• 92% would recommend the event to friends

“It is the only ‘conference’ of its type in Canada. I really enjoyed that it was all about the business and commercialization aspects of the health-tech industry and not heavily based on technology.” 

REGISTER TODAY!  ADMITTANCE IS FREE

Medical Device Commercialization Playbook 2017 (#MDPLAYBOOK), Canada’s premiere innovation and commercialization event for medical device professionals, is coming to the MaRS Discovery District on March 30, 2017. A full day of industry speakers and panels from across North America discuss what it takes to Get The Product Right.

Network with industry veterans and learn 2017 Entrepreneurial Strategy for Innovation, Getting the Product Right, Deal-making, and Navigating the Clinical/Regulatory Environment.

Our 2017 event brings a great line-up of experienced medical device entrepreneurs and regulatory expert speakers including:

• BILL WALKER, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Architect HemoSonics, and Director of Engineering Entrepreneurial Ventures at Duke University
• RAM RAO, CEO 2C Tech Corporation, CEO LensGen
• GEOF AUCHINLECK, Chairman and CEO Claris Healthcare Inc.
• AWNI AYOUBI, President / CEO, Rostrum Medical Innovations Inc.
• RUDY MAZZOCCHI, CEO of Elenza, Executive Chairman of Establishment Labs Holdings; Executive Chairman of OptiStent, Inc. and; Executive Chairman of LAFORGE Optical, Inc.
• DAVID KALINS, Former Senior Policy Advisor at FDA/CDRH/Office of Compliance FDA/Center for Devices/Office of Compliance
• KATHLEEN MANDZIUK, Executive Scientific Affairs Director, Late Phase Services, PRA Health Sciences
• PAUL WEBER, President and Chief Executive Officer Perimeter Medical Imaging
• MICHAEL HOEY, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, NxThera

Last year’s post-event survey:

• 91% of Medical Device company attendees found it Extremely Useful
• 92% would recommend this event to friends

 “It is the only ‘conference’ of its type in Canada. I really enjoyed that it was all about the business and commercialization aspects of the health-tech industry and not heavily based on technology.” 

REGISTER TODAY!

StarFish Medical will exhibit in the VIATEC Pavilion on March 14 – 15, 2017 at the VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE, BC. Matthieu Lemay, EIT, Mechanical Engineer, will represent the company and demonstrate recent client projects.  More information

StarFish Medical will present a series of lectures on regulatory practice to undergraduate engineers throughout March 2017 at the University of Victoria. The lectures were arranged by Dr. N. Dechev, Ph.D., P.Eng., Associate Professor, Director of Biomedical Engineering Program, and Vesna Janic, StarFish Medical Director of QA/RA.

Topics and speakers include:

• Vesna Janic – Overview of Medical Devices Regulations and Standards- March 6, 2017
• Cam Neish – Risk Management and Medical Device Design and Development- March 9, 2017
• Virginia Anastassova – Medical Device Regulation and Clinical Trials- March 13, 2017
• Carmen Chacon – Human Factors and Usability Engineering and Industrial Design – March 16, 2017

StarFish Medical exhibits and HR Manager, Jess Hickman is a panelist at Discover Tectoria 2017, a one-day exposition of more than 70 Greater Victoria technology firms and research agencies.  This year’s event will be held February 24.

It’s an event for everyone* and it’s FREE to attend! No need to register.

*Everyone = Students (of all ages!), parents, job seekers, media, investors (The Capital Mission is in town at the same time), government officials and more!

Career panel discussion (Jess Hickman center)
Photo courtesy: By jack flash photography

Jess and Peter Kazakoff, StarFish Medical Jr. Electrical Engineer, staff the StarFish booth.  They will be demonstrating several products designed or manufactured by StarFish engineers. They will also be talking to visitors interested in pursuing careers with the company.

StarFish Medical will exhibit in booth 450 at MD&M West Expo on February 7-9, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.  Charles Garcia, StarFish Medical VP Business Development, and Mike Sanders, Manager Business Development Applications, will be showing a range of medical devices.

StarFish Medical will also participate in the conference portion of MD&M.  CEO Scott Phillips will chair the User-Centric Design track on February 7, and present the opening remarks at 8:25 am.

Starfish Medical Industrial Designer, Christine Park, will present Unleashing The Impact of Color in Medical Device Design to Improve Patient Adoption and Use on February 7, as part of the Medical: Design conference track.  Her presentation will include:

• Using color to communicate emotion and put patients at ease
• What types of emotional effects/responses can you get from users?
• How to make a product more approachable

MD&M West expo is the largest collection of advanced design and manufacturing technology suppliers in the world. Over three days, more than 20,000 professionals source products and services for the development of life-saving medical innovations in a time-saving format with more than 2,200 solution providers—all in one location.

The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) 2017 Leadership Summit, “Tackling the Anchor Company Challenge”, takes place January 23, 2017 in Toronto, ON. StarFish Medical CEO and Founder, Scott Phillips will participate and speak in Action Team 1: Innovation Pull – Engaging industry investment in our institutions and stimulating innovation growth, chaired by Anthony De Fazekas, Norton Rose Fulbright.  He will also participate in Action Team 2: Adoption. For registration information click here.

OBIO is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization. OBIO is engaged in the development of an integrated health innovation economy for Ontario that will become a leader in providing health technology to the international marketplace.

StarFish Medical and ViVitro Labs exhibited in booth 109. Charles Garcia, StarFish Medical VP Business Development, and Douglas Bigrigg, ViVitro Labs North American Major Accounts Manager showed a range of medical devices and cardiovascular device testing equipment in the exhibit hall.

Nigel Syrotuck and Paul Charlebois presented Achieving Universality Vs. Simplicity in Design: Why Are Physicians and Patients Demanding Both? at BIOMEDevice San Jose  December December 7-8, 2016 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA.

BIOMEDevice San Jose showcases emerging trends and innovations that will set the tone for the biomed industry in 2017 and beyond. The conference offers training on digital device trends and exploring effective ways to overcome barriers to market entry, all in a two-day Connected Health Device Development Summit.

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical VP Product, was a guest lecturer on StarFish design methodology to Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering students at the University of Waterloo on November 28, 2016. Professor Oscar Nespoli, P.Eng., requested the topic for his graduate class on 7 Keys to Successful Medical Device Development.

Part of Canada’s largest engineering school, the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department at the University of Waterloo is home to nearly 1600 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. Oscar Nespoli is a Waterloo Engineering Continuing Lecturer. He joined Waterloo following a 23 year career in research, engineering and management practice in industry and government.

Scott Phillips presented Quality and Process management for medical device development on November 17, 2016 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles CA.

The session is part of an ongoing series curated by George Tolomiczenko, PhD, MPH, MBA, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Biomedical Engineering, Administrative Director, HTE@USC & Co-Director USC Coulter Program, Health, Technology & Engineering Program.

StarFish Medical President and Founder, Scott Phillips was a panelist on Medical Device Licensing – Aligning your Business and IP Strategies at the 2016 Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting moderated by Michael T. Fluhler, Esq., Patent Attorney, on Wednesday 26 October in Vancouver BC.  Panelists included Parminder Singh, P. Eng.  CEO LivSense, and Mike Arciero J.D., Director of Technology Licensing and New Ventures at the USC Stevens Center for Innovation.

For more than 50 years, LES has been the leading association for intellectual property, technology, and business development professionals to achieve professional and personal success. Whether you are new to licensing or an experienced licensing executive, LES is your professional home.

StarFish Medical Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Vesna Janic, and Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Cam Neish, delivered two expert presentations focused on strategies for handling FDA inspections and managing risk associated with medical devices at the 5 October  2016 RAPS Vancouver BC chapter meeting in Burnaby, BC. Also pictured is Virginia Anastassova. Virginia is part of the RAPS chapter executive leadership. She organized the event and sent us this photo.

Case Study—Tales from Two FDA Inspections at Three Facilities
Most QA/RA professionals have attended generalized training on how to handle FDA inspections. However, few have participated in a real inspection from notification and preparation through inspection and follow-up. This case study examines three recent FDA inspections and is presented by a participant in the inspections. Highlights include a novel inspection strategy, lessons learned, preparation efforts, the actual inspections and inspection outcomes.

Risk Management
A detailed overview of the risk management process will be presented, including examples of tools and techniques used. Topics to be covered include:

• ISO 14971 – Application of risk management to medical devices
• ISO 13485 – Medical devices, quality management systems and requirements for regulatory purposes
• IEC 60601-1 – Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

Register here.  You can also register by calling +1 301 770 2920 ext. 200

StarFish Medical CEO Scott Phillips will be part of the Cascadia Venture Forum panel entitled “Building for success from seed to exit”.  The panel includes industry leaders: Paul Armitage from Gowling; Jennifer Hamilton from J&J Innovation; Laurent Pelissier from Clarius; Ali Ardakani from Novateur Ventures. George Aliphtiras will moderate. The panel will focus on critical success factors for building life science start-ups from seed to a successful exit. The session will be held approximately 9:15-10:00 at the Cascadia Venture Forum on October 4^th (Day 1 of the NACO summit) at the Marriott Pinnacle Vancouver BC.

 Scott Phillips spoke on The State of Innovation in the Canadian Medical Device Industry at the 2016 Annual Conference of The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) on Friday, September 30, 2016, in Montreal QC.  His presentation was part of the “Device Research” track.

Using original research and his personal experience leading Canada’s largest medical device design, development and manufacturing service provider, Scott Phillips provides an overview and analysis of the Canadian medical device industry.  Topics include: Industry Size and Background, Medtech Exits and Return on Investments, Success Stories, and Serial Medical Entrepreneur Research.  Scott contrasts Canadian and U.S. MedTech with insights from work with clients in both markets.

SOCRA Mission and Introduction

The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) is a non-profit, charitable and educational membership organization committed to providing education, certification, and networking opportunities to all persons involved in clinical research activities. SOCRA, the premier educational organization for oncology site coordinators, has now emerged as a leading educational organization for clinical researchers in all therapeutic areas, supporting industry, government and academia.

StarFish Medical COO, John Walmsley, was a panelist in the MedTech Product Development Conference Roundtable Discussion on User Needs. The panel took place on Thursday, September 29. Other panelists are Craig Scherer from Insight Product Development and Steve Wilcox from Design Science.

Presented by Medtech Intelligence, the MedTech Product Development conference takes place at the 3M Innovation Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, and focuses on strategies, methods and technologies to:

• Manage the product development project/process effectively
• Accurately identify user needs and translate them into design specifications
• Make the product development process as efficient, expeditious, predictable and cost effective as possible

StarFish Medical President, Scott Phillips shared his survey findings on how digital health is viewed by medical devices companies on September 28, at the 2016 INTERFACE Health Summit at its fifth annual global conference in Vancouver BC. The two-day event engages, informs, inspires and connects digital health innovators and other health stakeholders from Canada and around the world. Scott will present results from the Digital Health Survey 2016 (supported by Interface Health among other organizations) and what they mean for the current and future state of medical device digital health adoption.

Photo credit: Curtis Duggan ‏@CurtisDuggan

StarFish Medical President and Founder, Scott Phillips, was a panelist at the BANFF Venture Forum in Banff, AB on September 22, 2016. Tales from Life Sciences features a Health Technology Stream panel sharing their combined experience on everything that went right (and wrong!) over the years in their various deals and partnerships. Health Tech Panel Photo L-R: Mary Haak-Frendscho, Bettina Hamelin, Steve Xanthoudakis, Scott Phillips, Brian Bloom, and Jeff Guise

The entrepreneur, the investor and the facilitator perspectives will be shared and insights gleaned into what was learned from bad or missed deals, how a deal was saved from going sideways, and what are some of the most common issue that arise after closing a deal. The Banff Venture Forum runs from Sep 22-23rd inclusive.

Charles Garcia, VP of Business Development represented StarFish Medical in booth 2343 on September 21-22, at MD&M Minneapolis.  Charles  shared the booth with for ViVitro Labs North American Major Accounts Manager, Douglas Bigrigg, and Laboratory Technician, Marshall Kilduff.  StarFish Medical is a sister company and producer of ViVitro Labs equipment. ViVitro Labs will highlight the ViViFlow Electromagnetic Flow Meter and ViVitro Labs Endovascular Simulator for cardiovascular devices

Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical President and Founder, spoke on September 15-16, 2016, at the 2nd Annual ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit in San Diego CA.  Scott presented Digital Health and Medical Devices.

About the ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit:

The ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit was one of the largest gatherings of medical device companies, suppliers, professionals and experts in 2015. This year the 2nd Annual ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit 2016 will feature 20+speakers, 25+ key areas, and multiple tracks over two days. The “2nd Annual ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit 2016” has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant’s RAC recertification upon full completion.  #CoMedSummit

Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical President and Founder, discussed Framework for successful medical technology innovation at the Canadian Neurosurgical Innovation Meeting,  MaRS Discovery District Toronto, on September 10, 2016. The meeting is designed to showcase Canadian Neurosurgical innovation and provide an opportunity for collaboration. The topics covered are broad, and include innovation in technology, research, education and leadership.

Scott Phillips, President and founder of StarFish Medical,  presented the results of  a 2016 Digital Health for connected medical devices survey at MD&M East, on June 15th at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City. Wednesday, 11:00-11:45am.

Digital health products are certainly an area still under construction – we’re seeing first-hand the transformation of the man-machine relationship. But what is your competition hammering out in the areas of wearables, implantables, and connected devices? How far along are they in developing the next successful product? We’ll take you on the other side of the yellow construction tape, and help you analyze issues driving innovation and the impact on your business.

Digital Health Survey: How Your Competition is Affecting Your Success

• See the results of a survey on digital devices that allows monitoring/feedback through a remote/digital network
• Get a sense for the current state of mobile health – what are the trends and how far along are medtech developers, really?
• Explore design, regulatory and security challenges being faced
• Discuss lessons learned from failures to successes

StarFish Medical VP Business Development, Charles Garcia, presents an overview of  StarFish Medical and highlights recent successful client collaborations at 3:00 PM on June 1, as part of the Life Science Innovation Northwest (LSINW) conference in Seattle Washington.

LSINW connects world-class industry leaders and showcases the Pacific Northwest as a global center for life science advancement. Business leaders focused on partnering opportunities in life sciences, find LSINW one of the most productive conferences they attend all year. LSINW is produced by Life Science Washington.

Life Science Washington is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving the life sciences industry in the state of Washington. Our members include organizations engaged in, or supportive of, the research, development and commercialization of life science technologies.

Designed to help promote increased collaboration with our Applied Science and Engineering counterparts here at UBC. The event is open to all individuals who are interested in working in the Biomedical, Biotechnical and Translational research domain.The event will focus on bringing the community together and exploring strategies for successful partnerships. Speakers represent a variety of local entrepreneurs, innovators, funding agencies, health authority partners, and leadership who are all willing to share their unique perspective on how we can work together to succeed. There will be time dedicated to networking and exploring new collaborations.

Vancouver speakers:  

• Neil Fraser President – Medtronic Canada Where is Canada taking innovation: Naylor Report
• Doug Evans PE, MBA  CEO Lungpacer Medical Inc., formerly COO and board member of Kensey Nash Corporation The Kensey-Nash Story
• Robert Barry  Co-Founder and CEO Stasys Medical Corp. Screening member WINGS How we built Coaptus and Uptake Medical
• Robert McMaster  Executive Director, VCH Research Institute Working with Coastal Health to advance your innovation
• Zayna Khayat  Lead of MaRS Health and Director of MaRS EXCITE Medtech innovation outlook
• Rick Sethi Clinical Engineer, Manager at Covidien Medtronic’s approach to product development
• Rene van de Zande President & CEO EMERGO  Major changes impact device regulations in Europe 
• Joyce Drohan BC Healthcare Practice Leader for Pricewaterhouse Coopers  What ‘s Transforming Healthcare and What You Need to Win in the New Health Economy
• Vesna Janic Director of Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs StarFish Medical  Case Study: Our experience with an FDA Audit
• Sabina Bruehlmann Director Technology and Operations Zephyr Sleep Technologies Case Study: Our experience with an FDA Audit
• Udi Daon CEO Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc Financing Panel
• John Walmsley  VP of Product Development StarFish Medical Managing innovation for rapid adoption
• Scott Phillips CEO StarFish Medical  Major medtech trends in 2016
• James Taylor  Co-founder, CEO Precision NanoSystems, Inc. Financing Panel
• Moses Zhao – Managing Director, Canada Branch Yonghua Capital Accessing the Chinese market

Vancouver Supporting Sponsors:

Sponsorship opportunities for both cities are available. Please contact Mike Camplin  +1 250.388.3537 ext. 210 for details.

Toronto speakers include:  

• Larry Spears  Former FDA Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs will speak on “How to reduce vulnerability to an FDA audit
• Cheryl Reicin  Partner at Torys LLP, Chair of Life Sciences Practice
• Mikael Totterman  Clerio Vision, iCardiac
• Scott Phillips CEO StarFish Medical
• Ben Wagner  Director of Engineering, Christie Medical, Christie Digital Systems
• Joel Weinstein  Partners Health Care – CIMIT, SenoSENSE Medical Inc. will speak on “Hologic: One model for a medical device success story!”
• John Walmsley  VP of Product Development StarFish Medical
• Michael Baker  CEO Otoharmonics Corporation, Co-Founder Applied Exergy, Inc., Founder Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd.
• Ramgopal Rao  CEO 2C Tech Corporation, CEO LensGen
• Vesna Janic Director of Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs StarFish Medical

Toronto Supporting Sponsors:

    

Reserve your place for the free Toronto event today!

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical Vice President of Product Development, will moderate a panel on Leveraging Value-Based Strategies and Maximizing Data Credibility for MD&M West on February 9, 2016 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.  The panel will include Nirav Dalal, Senior Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, St. Jude Medical, Inc.; Yvonne Bokelman, MBA, FACHE, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Global Market Access, Health Economics & Reimbursement, Zimmer Biomet; and Greg Cogswell, Global Director, Health Economics, Policy, Reimbursement, Medtronic Neurovascular.  The session plans to:

-Discuss ways to use data to drive market access and adoption

-Explore the process for using claims-based data in the design process

-Identify how to link medical device data to patient outcomes more effectively

About MD&M West 2016: Celebrated 30 Years and Looks to the Next 30

MD&M West celebrates 30 years of connecting the region’s leading medical device suppliers and buyers. Join us at the world’s largest medical device event, and don’t miss the opportunity to get in front of key medtech decision makers. This three-day event features live product demonstrations, education programs and networking opportunities to provide unparalleled access to the medtech community. The West co-located event provides you with regional lead generation opportunities and greater visibility within the industry.

StarFish Medical will be exhibiting in booth 450. ViVitro Labs will be exhibiting in booth 448.

Scott Phillips will speak about Developing Medical Devices in Victoria– How we built Canada’s leading medical device development company right here at the January 8, 2016, meeting of the Vancouver Island Branch of The Engineer Institute of Canada and Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (EIC CSSE.)

As a member society of The Engineering Institute of Canada, CSEE promotes intellectual exchange and fellowship in a variety of ways including organizing luncheons and dinners with speakers on topics of broad interest and current social relevance.

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical VP Product, is a guest lecturer on StarFish design methodology to Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering students at the University of Waterloo on November 16, 2015. Professor Oscar Nespoli, P.Eng., requested the topic for his graduate class on Special Topics in Advanced Machine Design Methods: Advanced Design Engineering.

Part of Canada’s largest engineering school, the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department at the University of Waterloo is home to nearly 1600 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. Oscar Nespoli is a Waterloo Engineering Continuing Lecturer. He joined Waterloo following a 23 year career in research, engineering and management practice in industry and government.

Medical device entrepreneurs are special people. If you looked at them in aggregate what trends would you see? Education? Career start? Patent filings? Geographic location? How could you act to be more likely to succeed? Scott presents the statistics of a group of serial medical device entrepreneurs which are surprising and could affect how we encouraged entrepreneurship. He includes amazing and exponential data on trends in medical device patenting around the world.

Exponential Medicine is a unique four-day conference by Singularity University which brings together world-class faculty, participants, demos and workshops to explore how technology is impacting and can reshape the future of health and biomedicine. Part of the Exponential Conference Series at the Hotel Del Coronado November 9-12th, 2015.

Vesna Janic at PRCSQA 2015

StarFish Medical Director of QA/RA, Vesna Janic, will present an overview of working in the medical device industry to the Pacific Regional Chapter of the Society of Quality Assurance (PRCSQA) at the PRCSQA 2015 Fall Training to be held on November 4-5, 2014 in Reno, Nevada.

About the PRCSQA
The PRCSQA is a non-profit professional membership organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the principles and knowledge of Quality Assurance essential to human, animal, and environmental health in the regulated research community. Our chapter serves as the focal point of Research Quality Assurance in the Pacific Region. We encourage Quality professionals in industry, academia, consulting, and government to share their knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the entire regulated research Quality community.

October 28 & 29, 2015 – The 9th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit will convene at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in downtown Nanaimo BC. The Economic Summit is the largest conference on Vancouver Island focused on all aspects of propelling the economy forward. Premier Christy Clark will present the dinner keynote speech.

StarFish Medical President and Founder, Scott Phillips, will be one of three panelists on the topic Manufacturing on Vancouver Island moderated by Peng-Sang Cau, CEO, Transformix Engineering on October 28.

Register for the event.

The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA) is a collaborative partnership spearheading regional economic development for the Vancouver Island region. VIEA provides opportunities for communities, First Nations, businesses, and other key stakeholders to collaborate on broad-based economic development programs to improve the region’s overall capacity for economic vitality. 

Nathan Müller EIT, StarFish Medical JR. Mechanical Engineer, will be a Biomedical and Health sector panelist at the University of Victoria Co-operative Education Program and Career Services event on October 20, 2015. Nathan will participate in the “What can you do with your degree?” session moderated by Jeremy Pearce, a UVic career educator.

About Co-operative Education Program and Career Services
UVic is home to one of Canada’s largest co-operative education programs and the largest in western Canada. The program encompasses all UVic faculties, with more than 3,500 students per year participating in 13 co-op program areas from 47 academic departments and schools.

StarFish Medical president and Founder, Scott Phillips, will participate as a panelist in LSBC Access to Innovation on October 15, 2015. Accessing Innovation in a Capitated Budged Environment: Workable Solutions for Partnering with the Healthcare System in British Columbia is part of the Outcome-based Access to Innovation in British Columbia portion event and is moderated by James Hatton, Q.C., Partner, FARRIS. Other panelists include MTICS (DM John Jacobson), MOH (ADM Heather Davidson), Michael Marchbank, President & CEO Fraser Health, and Stephane Lassignardie, General Manager, AbbVie Corporation and Rx&D B.C. Chair.

ACCESS TO INNOVATION is poised to bring together the health and life sciences community stakeholders to present, discuss and deliver meaningful ways for improved collaboration, develop and deliver innovation, while improving outcomes and saving cost.

About LifeSciences BC’s Events
LifeSciences BC holds numerous events for our members in an effort to provide quality networking, mentoring and education opportunities.
Location: Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver    Please register via the LSBC Eventbrite page here.

Island Women in Technology (iWIT) Networking presents Meet Starfish Medical on Tuesday October 13, 2015. This is the first of a series of iWIT networking events visiting a Vancouver Island firm to find out more about them and their team. Bring a friend – meet new ones.

Register for the event.

About Island Women in Technology (iWIT)
Founded in September 2011, this 100% volunteer group organizes events every two months where women in technology and science can connect, exchange views and network together. Special speakers include representatives from funding agencies, successful start-up and women in leadership roles.

Heidi Giesbrecht, StarFish Medical Project Manager & PMO

Scott Phillips, CEO and Founder, StarFish Medical

Vesna Janic, Director of StarFish Medical QA/RA

John Walmsley, VP Product Development for StarFish Medical, will participate as a panelist in Been There. Done That: CEO Tales from the Trenches at the Greater Victoria Development Agency`s Export Expansion Workshop: Selling to the United States, on 28 September 2015, in Victoria, B.C.

Register today for Selling to the United States and learn from the experts about how you can…

• Identify and articulate your “Unique Global Competitive Advantage”
• Build the financial networks to support your international business goals
• Mitigate risk through insurance and intellectual property protection
• Connect to the agencies and resources that keep your products and services moving through global channels of distribution
• Leverage the knowledge and experience from fellow local businesses that are in thriving in U.S. markets

About the GVDA
The Greater Victoria Development Agency is the region’s lead economic development agency. We are committed to marketing the region’s competitive advantages, positive business climate and superior lifestyle across Canada and around the world. Our organization works closely with BC businesses, partner agencies, educational institutions, the community and all levels of government.

StarFish Medical President and Founder, Scott Phillips, will be speaking at UHN – University Health Network in Toronto, ON on September 24 as part of the TECHNA ROUNDS | INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH series.  The talk will take place from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm at 100 College St, Banting Institute, Room 131.

Developed from early findings of the ongoing Serial Medical Device Entrepreneurs Project, Scott will share statistics and behaviours that help define a Serial Medical Device Entrepreneur.

Using primary and public data along with personal interviews with 100 self-proclaimed serial entrepreneurs, Scott provides compelling reasons why they are unique and important to the success of the medical device industry.  The presentation includes anecdotes and quotes from the first 50 interviews.

Areas examined include:

• University Degrees
• Patents
• Career paths
• Start-ups per entrepreneur

Overview of Techna

Techna is an institute of University Health Network, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, focused on the accelerated development and exploitation of technology for improved health. The Techna Institute is designed to shorten the time interval from technology discovery and development to application for the benefit of patients and the health care system.  It will also stimulate and facilitate the innovation cycle through a continuum of clinically driven innovation, technology & process development, and translational research. While technology has existed as an essential platform for UHN research, Techna represents a paradigm shift towards demand-driven activities, and the organizational alignment of the needs of the research hospital and the research enterprise.

@StarFishMedical @BenDiPietro1 pic.twitter.com/sFVAtzVOa9

— Morf Media, Inc. (@MorfMediaInc) September 18, 2015

Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical President and Founder,  will speak September 17-18, 2015, at the ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit in San Diego CA.  Scott will present 7 Criteria for Medical Device Commercialization Success.

About the ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit:

The ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit will be one of the largest gatherings of medical device companies, suppliers, professionals and experts in 2015. This year has shown that the industry continues to face a number of issues that will be affecting it in the long-term. The controversial medical device tax, the increasing threat of cyber-attacks, the fast pace of technical developments and the regulatory hurdles that these bring up – these are topics that the industry as a whole needs to discuss and debate and strategize on.  #CoMedSummit

StarFish Medical QA/RA Specialist, Cam Neish, presents a Risk Management Clinic, followed by a tour of StarFish Medical facilities on September 16. The 2nd Vancouver Island Quality and Business Excellence Program Night visits Starfish Medical. Risk Management is very prominent in all industries (and in the upcoming ISO 9001 revisions.) Cam will discuss and demo some of the tools and processes Starfish Medical uses (FMEA in particular) and how they can be useful in other industries.

Cam joined StarFish Medical in 2008, bringing a background in Electronics Engineering Technology. Cam is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and is certified as an ISO 13485 Lead Auditor.

About ASQ Vancouver

The American Society for Quality (ASQ), headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, is the world’s leading authority on quality since 1946. The 104,000-member professional association creates better workplaces and communities worldwide by advancing learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results. By making quality a global priority, an organizational imperative, and a personal ethic, ASQ becomes the community for everyone who seeks technology, concepts, or tools to improve themselves and their world. A world of improvement is available through ASQ, providing information, contacts, and opportunities to make things better in the workplace, in communities, and in people’s lives. The Vancouver section was formed in 1986 and has 350 members.

Moses Zhao and Charles Garcia at 2015 Healthcare Industry Investment Summit

Charles Garcia, StarFish Medical VP of Business Development, presents the Medical Device Ecosystem in North America at the 2015 Pharmaceutical Industry Investment Summit Forum jointly hosted by Jiangsu Newheadline Development Group Co., Ltd. and Sinolink Securities Co., Ltd. in Haizhou Bay Conference Center on September 10, 2015.

Both Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical President and Founder, and John Walmsley, StarFish Medical Vice President of Product Development, will speak at the MEDevice San Diego 2015 Conference.  

Scott Phillips presents: What’s Hot in Regulated Design Control on September 1.

• How to avoid most frequently cited FDA problems by strengthening Design Control systems
• Pareto analysis of FDA 2014 audits identifies design control areas to increase diligence
• Five interesting cases from 2014 are examined for learning implications

John Walmsley presents: Faster Adoption through Targeted Design: Maximizing Health Outcomes & Reimbursement on  September 1.

John Walmsley moderates a Panel Discussion: Growth Opportunities in Patient Compliance – Improving Medication Adherence with New & Effective Engagement Solutions on September 2.

Scott Phillips, President and founder of StarFish Medical, will present: What’s unique about serial medical device entrepreneurs at the 16th Annual Life Science Innovation Northwest (LSINW) Conference on June 30-July 1st, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center.  LSINW is North America’s largest fully-integrated Life Science exposition.  Scott’s presentation is part of the Innovation Support Track on Day 1 at 10:45 am.

The event is produced annually by the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA), an independent, non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving the life sciences industry in the state of Washington. WBBA members include organizations engaged in, or supportive of, the research, development and commercialization of life science technologies.    Life Science Innovation Northwest connects world-class industry leaders and showcases the Pacific Northwest as a global center for life science advancement. StarFish Medical is member of WBBA and a participating sponsor of WBBA’s Commercialization Consulting program.

Sal Sanci, StarFish Medical software engineer and Electronics Engineering Functional Manager, will speak on Tech industry opportunities and expectations at the Camosun College Capstone Symposium in Victoria BC. Each year, Camosun College’s Computer Systems Technology and Electrical Engineering students come together to showcase their talents at the Capstone Symposium. Teams are tasked with developing technology solutions for real-world clients in local industries and government. This year’s pinnacle event takes place at the Delta Ocean Pointe Hotel, Victoria BC, on June 25, from 9AM – 5PM.

Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical President and Founder, will present at the 3rd Schulich Innovation Research Day – Medical Devices Innovation Review on June 15, 2015  in Toronto, ON.  Produced by  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the event is open to industry, clinicians, scientists, and students interested in medical devices innovation and commercialization. 

Scott will be one of the morning session speakers providing discussions on various aspects of the current medical device design landscape in Canada, which will be followed by an interactive med-tech industry gaps session where Canada’s top serial medical technology entrepreneurs and social innovators will share their experiences.  Other speakers in the session include:

• Mr. Steve Arless, Managing Partner, Medius International – He will lecture on entrepreneurship in the medtech field with the talk title “Inside the Mind of A Serial Entrepreneur”.
• Richard Meadows, COO Medical Devices Commercialization Centre – He will lecture on the funding environment for medical devices with the talk title “Funding Medical Devices in Canada”.
• Alexei Marko, CEO Neovasc Inc. – He will lecture on the local and global competition with the talk title “Competing on a Global Scale”.

Tweets from Event: 

Huge growth in granted US #medical & #device patents in CA @StarFishMedical. Mostly from #Ontario cc:@ZaynaKhayat pic.twitter.com/R8UXHlRPYp

— Azi Boloorchi (@ABoloorchi) June 15, 2015

Scott Phillips @StarFishMedical speaking on state of medtech innovation in Canada @ Schulich Research Day. pic.twitter.com/dOTc9jN148

— Ricky Chan (@ChanR11) June 15, 2015

An afternoon session will allow selected teams to participate in a clinical needs finding competition. The clinical needs finding competition will allow multidisciplinary teams, (each consisting of a clinical fellow, an MBA & an engineer) to shadow physicians at Sunnybrook and identify real clinical challenges & problems that impose a significant medical burden.

On April 23, John Walmsley, StarFish Medical Vice President of Product Development, will speak on Operations Design as part of the Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management program at Royal Roads University.  John’s presentation will include:

• Product design (e.g., product design process, sources of ideas for new or redesigned products, issues in product design, technology in product design, differences in design processes between manufacturing and service industries, etc.)
• Process design and facility layout (e.g., automation, methodology for production process design, customer perception in service process design, types of layouts, etc.)
• Design of work systems (e.g., job design including efficiency and behavioural approaches, working conditions, workers’ well-being and a healthy workplace, work measurement, etc.)

 Medical Device Commercialization Playbook is a half day seminar for Vancouver medical device company leaders who want to learn from experts and peers across North America.   Spend April 1, 2015, at the Terminal City Club in downtown Vancouver sharing expertise, learning, and collaborating to foster innovation.  

John Walmsley moderates panel discussion with (left to right) Paul Geyer, Steve Arless, Awni Ayoubi, and Michael Baker at Playbook 2015 in Vancouver.

Michael Baker, Ramgopal Rao, Steve Arless, Awni Ayoubi, Paul Geyer and Scott Phillips share experiences and topics critical to success in 2015.   From attributes of successful spin-out companies to secrets from industry veterans, attendees will gain practical advice, current trends, and real examples from Southern California, Montreal, Seattle, and Vancouver.

The free half day seminar is designed for Vancouver medical device company leaders who want to learn from experts and peers across North America.   BCIT, Emergo Group, Innovation Boulevard, and LSBC are supporting sponsor organizations.

 StarFish Medical exhibits at MD&M West (Booth 577) February 10 – 12, 2015, Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.  America’s Largest Medtech Event! MD&M West is your direct access to thousands of industry-leading suppliers, the latest products & technology, unlimited networking opportunities, comprehensive educational content, and so much more.

To take advantage of complimentary expo admission, simply visit http://www.MDMwest.com/e-invite. During online registration, specify Source Code ‘GV’, or print this page and bring it with you to the event.

Jason Dolynny and Charles Garcia discuss recent StarFish projects at the booth.

The 4th annual Sino-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Professional Association (SABPA) Medical Device and Diagnostic (MDD) Forum on Saturday, February 7, 2015, in San Diego CA, will bring together stakeholders of in research, academia, regulatory and investment to foster partnerships that will boost the development of medical device, drug, and biological products for rare disease patients.  This year’s theme is Breakthrough Technologies Accelerating Diagnosis and Filling the Therapeutic Gap for Rare and Genetic Diseases.

StarFish Medical VP Product Development, John Walmsley, will be a panelist with moderator Dr. Christina Waters, CEO & Founder Rare Science , and co-panelists:  Dr. Hudson Freeze, Director, Human Genetics Program, Sanford Children’s Health Research Center, and  Kim Goodsell, Patient Self Advocate. The panel will discuss New approaches to overcoming obstacles and drive discovery and innovation for faster patient impact. John will share StarFish experience designing a patient driven medical device.

John Walmsley’s panel session. John is at far right of table.

Exciting discussion @SABPAorg #RareDisease @RARE_Science @StarFishMedical @benefundit @digitalpatient_ Dr Hud Freeze pic.twitter.com/ify90MDCm4

— RARE Science (@RARE_Science) February 7, 2015

The Keynote Speech is:  Research and Drug Development for Rare Diseases: NIH Initiatives and Resources, presented by Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava, Ph.D., Director, Extramural Research Program, Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR), NCATS, NI

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Other Speakers and Panelists include

• Christian Braemer, CEO & CO-Founder, Benefunder
• Hudson Freeze PhD, Director, Human Genetics Program, Sanford Children’s Health Research Center
• Kim Goodsell, Patient Advocate
• Philip Low PhD, Founder & CEO Neurovigil
• Michael Swit, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP
• Ryan Taft PhD, Director Scientific Research, Illumina
• Christina Waters PhD MBA, CEO & Founder Rare Science
• John Wetherell PhD JD, Partner Co-Chair, National Life Science Group, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw Pittman LLP

About SABPA
Sino-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SABPA) is an 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in early 2002 by professionals and scholars from the Chinese community in San Diego. In 2005, we expanded to Orange County and Los Angeles. We invite all scholars, professionals and entrepreneurs of any origin who are working in, engaged in, or interested in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry in Southern California to join us as a member of SABPA.

The Design Control Conference from Medical Device Summit will take place February 4-5, 2015, in Washington D.C.   Billed as A Competitive Advantage from R&D through Postmarket, this highly interactive workshop features top industry experts and goes beyond the basic principles and processes of design control.   StarFish Medical President, Scott Phillips, will participate as a member of the Design Control Faculty.

The conference focuses on the creation of a strong design control program that is well integrated into all relevant company functions and has the appreciation and support of business management.

Other Faculty members include Pat Baird, Technical Director, Baxter Healthcare, Mark Leimbeck, Program Manager, Medical Regulatory Advisory Services, UL LLC, William MacFarland, Director, Division of Manufacturing & Quality, Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA, and Chirag Tilara, Director, Coronary Quality, Medtronic, and Thomas Maeder, Conference Director, Medical Device Summit.

Partial List of Topics:

• Design Control as a Competitive Advantage
  • Internal – speed to market
  • External – learning from others
• Aligning Design Control and the Business Process
• Aligning Product Development and Design Control
  • Requirements gathering and management
  • Design for six sigma
  • Critical parameter management – verification and validation of inputs and outputs
• Overview of design control elements, principles, and best practices
• The evolving global regulatory environment and its impact
• Design Control and the Total Product Life Cycle
  • Data sources
  • Iterative updates and improvement
• Challenges in bridging gaps and miscommunication between teams

Monitoring and Evaluating the Design Control Process – measuring effectiveness and the impact on business

StarFish Medical President, Scott Phillips, will present How to launch a successful spin-out company at the Schulich Seminar Series on December 10th, 2014, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON.

The Schulich Seminar Series are Sunnybrook’s monthly events for supporting an atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship.  The event is held at Sunnybrook and attracts clinicians, scientists, engineers and MBA’s with an interest in medical technology commercialization and innovation.

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is dedicated not only to leading world-class research, but also to ensuring that the results of that research lead to tangible positive impacts. SRI is actively engaged in moving technology from the lab to the mainstream by partnering with industry, licensing technology to companies and creating spinoff companies.

StarFish Medical exhibits at BIOMEDevice San Jose (Booth 633), December 3-4, 2014.  Free  Exhibit Admission using code:  EP

               

StarFish Medical President, Scott Phillips will be a panelist on The value of advisory boards for smaller companies at a November 5, 2014,  Institute of Corporate Directors Victoria event.  Michel Bergeron (Development Bank of Canada – BCD) and Daniela Cubelic (Silk Road Tea) will also participate.

Mr. Bergeron will share the results and insights from new research on the entrepreneurs’ use of advisory boards and boards of directors. The panelists will discuss the strategic value of adding expertise and counsel and how to get it.

Scott Philips will speak at a day long event LifeSciences BC is hosting for a delegation of senior executives from China’s medical device sector.  The event will take place in Vancouver BC on October 29, 2014.

The delegation will consist of 21 executives representing 13 companies who are members of the Henan Medical Device Association, a not-for-profit industry association located in central China. The executives are interested in identifying potential collaboration and investment opportunities in British Columbia.   StarFish Medical is a member of LifeSciences BC.

About LifeSciences BC:

LifeSciences BC is a not-for-profit, non-government, industry association that supports and represents the life sciences community of British Columbia through leadership, faciliation of investment and partnering, advocacy, and promotion of our science and industry.

 Scott Phillips speaks in the industry panel discussion at the Alberta Biomedical Engineering (AB BME) Conference produced by University of Alberta and University of Calgary on October 24-26, 2014, in Banff Alberta.

John Walmsley, StarFish Medical VP Product Development,  will  be a panelist in “Working in the biomedical and health sector” on Thursday, October 23.  The panel is targeted to Science, Engineering, Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, and Human and Social Development students at the University of Victory (UVic) as part of the “What can you do with your degree” series organized by Co-op and Career Services. The series helps students and recent graduates gain a better understanding of what kinds of careers they can pursue after graduation, as well as gain insight about steps they can take to succeed in landing jobs in relevant industries post–graduation.

StarFish VP John Walmsley will present Transforming Traditional Medical Devices for Digital Health at INTERFACE 2014 in the Vancouver Convention Centre on Sep. 29-30, 2014.

Scott Phillips and John Walmsley of StarFish Medical will speak at MEDevice San Diego on September 11, 2014.

Scott will be in the “Pipeline Innovations Startup” panel discussion. John’s topic is “Advancing Technology Transfer: How to Commercialize Innovative Medical Technology Faster for Less” and in the panel discussion “Must-Haves for Ultimate Hospital Interoperability – How and When Can This be Accomplished?”

BMEGA (UBC Biomedical Graduate Association), IEEE (Engineering in Medicine- EMB) Vancouver Chapter and WIE (Women in Engineering) groups visit StarFish Medical in Victoria.

Scott Phillips, President of StarFish Medical, will speak at at Life Science Innovation Northwest 2014 in Seattle, WA at 2:10pm on June 19, 2014.  Life Science Innovation Northwest 2014 runs June 19-20, 2014 at the Washington State Convention Center Seattle, WA.

The event is dedicated to bringing together world-class innovators in biopharma, medical technology, non-profits, research, global health, digital health, biofuels and veterinary medicine. Public and private investors, investment bankers and industry executives focused on business development and partnering opportunities attend.  StarFish Medical is a Consulting Sponsor of WBBA, the event organizer.

Scott Phillips to speak as a Podium Presenter in the Medical Technology track.

Other speakers at Life Science Innovation Northwest 2014 include:

• Opening Keynote: John Crowley, Chief Executive Officer, Amicus Therapeutics
• A Luncheon Fireside Chat
  Featuring Sue Siegal, Chief Executive Officer, GE Ventures & healthymagination
  Jim Olson, MD, PhD, Member, Clinical Research Division,
  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington; Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital;
• Young & Cash Hungry: Tips and Trends for Life Science Start-ups
  Moderator: Jason Forschler (J.P. Morgan) John Bencich (Integrated Diagnostics); Stefan Larson, PhD (Versant Ventures); David Miller (Alpine Bioventures); Trevor Moody (MH Carnegie & Company); Manos Perros, PhD (AstraZeneca)