Innovation Nexus Conference

2024 Program Agenda
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
May 2, 2024

Times	Title	Speakers(s)
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.	Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 – 8:05 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Steven A. Kaplan, MD, FACS Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
8:05 – 8:35 a.m.	Fireside Chat: Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Steven A. Kaplan, MD, FACS Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Andrew Cleeland, BS CEO, Fogarty Innovation
8:35 – 9:15 a.m.	The State of Innovation in Urology – The Large Company View	Ronald A. Morton, MD, FACS Chief Medical Officer, VP Clinical Sciences Urology, Boston Scientific Tommy Johns, MBA President, Interventional Urology - Coloplast Mira Sahney, MS, MBA President, Pelvic Health Operating Unit at Medtronic Inc. Liz Barrett, MBA President and CEO, UroGen Pharma Moderator: Susan Stimson, BS Managing Director, KCK Medtech
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.	The State of Innovation in Urology – The Investor View	Dennis McWilliams, MS Managing Director, Santé Ventures Jennie Xue, BS Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities, LLC Jon Norris, JD, BS Managing Director, HSBC Innovation Banking Moderator: Ryan Drant, BA Founder and Managing Partner, Questa Capital Management
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.	Networking Break
10:15 – 10:55 a.m.	The State of Innovation in Urology – The View from the Government	Douglas Kelly, MD, MBA Deputy Center Director for Science, Chief Scientist, Center for Devices & Radiological Health (CDRH), FDA Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD Deputy Center Director, CDRH Chief Transformation Officer Moderator: Andrew Cleeland, BS CEO, Fogarty Innovation
10:55 – 11:25 a.m.	So, You Want to Be an Innovator!	Greg Bakan, MBA Director of Strategic Initiatives, Fogarty Innovation
11:25 – 11:55 a.m.	Emerging Concepts in Urology	Arthur “Bud” Burnett, MD, MBA Patrick C. Walsh Distinguished Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Simpa S. Salami, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Urology University of Michigan Zachary E. Tano, MD, MBA Endourology Fellow, University of California, Irvine Moderator: Ganesh V. Raj, MD, PhD Professor, Urology and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Innovation Nexus Year One Successes: Video Presentation This highlight reel will feature three start-ups from the 2023 Innovation Nexus Showcase and the progress they have made in moving their innovations from concept to reality in the last year.	Dror Zerem CEO, FIZE Medical, Inc. Britton Garrett Co-Founder and CEO, iOUrology Duke Herrell, MD CEO, Virtuoso Surgical
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch and Networking
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.	Reverse Pitches Boston Scientific Laborie Olympus Pfizer UroGen Pharma	Moderator: Kevin Slawin, MD Founder and Managing Partner, Rapha Capital Management, LLC; Chairman, FIZE Medical, Inc.; Founder and CEO, Ponce Therapeutics, Inc.; Founder and CEO, Deliver Therapeutics, Inc.; Founder and CEO, PrintBio, Inc.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker	Meghan Scanlon, MSME, MBA Senior Vice President and President, Urology, Boston Scientific
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.	Networking Break
2:45 – 4:55 p.m.	Showcases CathBuddy Class Medical Ltd. Illumicell Juniper Biomedical NeoRene Unicus Pharmaceuticals LLC Vesica AI Watershed Therapeutics Xaga Surgical Xeos Medical	Moderator: Jennie Xue, BS Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities, LLC Andressa Smith, PhD Senior Director, Scientific Licensing Oncology Business Development, Johnson & Johnson Michael G. Spicer, BA Chief Commercial Officer, Laborie Medical Technologies Mark Schoenberg, MD Chief Medical Officer, UroGen Pharma
4:55 – 5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Steven A. Kaplan, MD, FACS Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.	Networking Reception