Innovation Nexus Conference

Registration for the AUA Innovation Nexus Conference is now open. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with program presenters, ask questions, and provide feedback throughout this year’s engaging sessions. Review key details and register today to enjoy outstanding speaker and panel sessions, Showcase presentations, Reverse Pitch discussions, networking, and more!

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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

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

Liz Barrett, MBA
President and CEO, 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