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September 17

4:30     Shuttles depart for Skaneateles

5:00     Registration and Reception

6:00     Welcome:                        Robert J. Corona, D.O., CPE, FASCP
                                                        Vice President
                                                        Chief Medical Officer,
                                                        Welch Allyn, Inc.

6:20     Managing a Global Patent Portfolio and the New Standard of Obviousness
                                                        Michael P. Williams
                                                        Director of Contracts, Licensing & Legal Affairs,
                                                        AMRI Global, Inc.

7:00     Dinner

7:20     Plenary Speaker: Commercializing Medical Technology in Today’s Global Regulatory, Reimbursement and Business Environment
                                                        Cheryl R. Blanchard, Ph.D.
                                                        Sr. Vice President, Research and Development
                                                        Chief Scientific Officer, Zimmer, Inc.

8:00     Shuttles depart for Syracuse


September 18

7:30     Shuttles depart for Skaneateles

8:00     Registration and Breakfast

8:30    Morning Keynote: Global Clinical Trials - Doing it Right the First Time
                                                           Susan Alpert, Ph.D., M.D.
                                                           Senior Vice President, Chief Quality and                                                            
                                                           Regulatory Officer, Medtronic, Inc.

9:30     Legal Issues in Clinical Research
                                                           Stephen D. Terman
                                                           Attorney at Law,
                                                           Olsson, Frank & Weeda, PC

10:30     Break

10:50     HIPAA for Device Manufacturers
                                                           Melissa M. Zambri
                                                           Associate,
                                                           Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

11:50     Lunch

12:20     Luncheon Address:     Julie Shimer, Ph.D.
                                                         President and CEO,
                                                         Welch Allyn, Inc.

1:20     Anticipated Changes in a Regulated Environment
                                                        Andrea Casper
                                                        Vice President, WorldWide Regulatory Affairs
                                                        Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc,
                                                        A Johnson & Johnson Company

2:20     Break

2:45     Panel: Convergent Technologies Changing the Face of Medicine

                                                        Jose Mir
                                                        Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
                                                        SensiVida, Inc.

                                                        Karen Katz
                                                        Director - Healthcare and MedTech 
                                                        Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 

                                                        Guy Lowery
                                                        Managing Director and General Manager,
                                                        Advance Patient Monitoring, ConMed Corporation

                                                        Kenneth McLeod, Ph.D.
                                                        Chair and Professor, Department of Bioengineering
                                                        Binghamton University

                                                        Vinny Sastri, Ph.D.
                                                        President
                                                        Winovia Consulting LLC

4:00     Closing Keynote:            Clifford Goldsmith, M.D.
                                                        Chief Medical Officer
                                                        Aptima, Inc.

4:45     Program Close

4:50     Shuttles depart for Syracuse

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