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Dear colleagues,

The MEDTEG consortium (medical technology cluster Ghent)  is already 4 years successfully active. 

I invite you to a special event where we will update you on our progresses and share with you the UGent MEDTEG vision for the coming years in congress center “Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent”

Program

9:30 Introduction & welcome 

• Sofie Bracke Ghent alderman of economy, trade, sport and port

“Gent Tech Hub in Europe”

9:45: Keynotes: international vision

• Dr Maggie De Block, chair TAG “one health” WHO

“ Future of health”

• Niels van Namen, Healthcare futurist

“Changing patient’s behaviour”

10:30 “The European, Belgian and Flemish context”

• Verena Thaler, Manager Digital Health & European Data Space MedTech Europe

“The European Health Data Space from a Medical Technology perspective”

• Marnix  Denys Managing director  BeMedTech  Belgian Federation of  Medical technologies

“Medical technology as a companion the route for healthcare providers, patients and policy makers”

• Ann Van Gysel, CEO Medvia

“Medvia the innovation cluster paving the way to better health”

11:30 MEDTEG: the Ghent cluster

• Introduction by David Aubert, IOF Business developer
• Video Launch presentation MEDTEG
• “Quo Vadis” MEDTEG”, Pascal Verdonck, prof biomedical engineering & medical technology Ghent University

12:00 Networking apero & walking lunch in ‘t Pand

Looking forward to meeting you in person on September 6,

On behalf of  MEDTEG

Prof Pascal Verdonck