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Note: Program is subject to change. 


Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner
Track 1
Track 2
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner

Track 3
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner

Track 1
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner

Track 2
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner

Track 3
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Utilising international recognition for MDIVD market access in EU and UK
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Site Tours
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome reception
Sponsored by: FB RICE
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Clinical trials sector dinner

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Commercialisation & Business
Commercialisation & Business
Early-Stage Innovation Forum
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM Session 1A: Turning clinical insight into medtech impact Session 1B: Governance, process and trust in medtech recalls ESIF
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
Commercialisation & Business
ESIF cont...
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM Session 2A: Defying the distance: accelerating remote health monitoring from Perth to Perth in real time Session 2B: Co-founder therapy: how to build teams that survive the valley of death
ESIF cont...
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Commercialisation & Business
IP
ESIF cont...
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 3A: Design. Evidence. Access: building Australia’s integrated medtech translation pipeline
Sponsored by: RMIT 		Session 3B: Freedom to operate in medtech: how to innovate without IP headaches
Sponsored by: FB RICE
ESIF cont...
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
Clinical Trials
ESIF cont...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Session 4A: How to balance the optimism for success with the reality of surviving setbacks when running a healthcare venture Session 4B: Rethinking innovation and evidence in medtech
ESIF cont...
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Track 1
Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Commercialisation & Business
Commercialisation & Business
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM Session 1A: Turning clinical insight into medtech impact Session 1B: Governance, process and trust in medtech recalls
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
Commercialisation & Business
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM Session 2A: Defying the distance: accelerating remote health monitoring from Perth to Perth in real time Session 2B: Co-founder therapy: how to build teams that survive the valley of death
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Commercialisation & Business
IP
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 3A: Design. Evidence. Access: building Australia’s integrated medtech translation pipeline
Sponsored by: RMIT 		Session 3B: Freedom to operate in medtech: how to innovate without IP headaches
Sponsored by: FB RICE
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
Clinical Trials
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Session 4A: How to balance the optimism for success with the reality of surviving setbacks when running a healthcare venture Session 4B: Rethinking innovation and evidence in medtech
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner

Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Early-Stage Innovation Forum
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM ESIF
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
ESIF cont...
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM
ESIF cont...
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
ESIF cont...
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM
ESIF cont...
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
ESIF cont...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
ESIF cont...
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner

Track 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Commercialisation & Business
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM Session 1A: Turning clinical insight into medtech impact
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM Session 2A: Defying the distance: accelerating remote health monitoring from Perth to Perth in real time
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Commercialisation & Business
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 3A: Design. Evidence. Access: building Australia’s integrated medtech translation pipeline
Sponsored by: RMIT
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Session 4A: How to balance the optimism for success with the reality of surviving setbacks when running a healthcare venture
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner

Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Commercialisation & Business
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM Session 1B: Governance, process and trust in medtech recalls
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
Commercialisation & Business
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM Session 2B: Co-founder therapy: how to build teams that survive the valley of death
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
IP
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 3B: Freedom to operate in medtech: how to innovate without IP headaches
Sponsored by: FB RICE
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
Clinical Trials
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Session 4B: Rethinking innovation and evidence in medtech
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner

Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM AusMedtech 2026 opening, welcome to country and welcome address
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM The story behind a breakthrough stent
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Western Australia: powering medtech innovation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM Innovation from the west: WA success stories
11:25 AM - 12:20 PM Unlocking the next horizon in medtech
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM KEYNOTE: Biodesign: need-based innovation in theory and practice
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch & networking
Early-Stage Innovation Forum
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM ESIF
2:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Room move
ESIF cont...
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM
ESIF cont...
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
ESIF cont...
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM
ESIF cont...
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room move
ESIF cont...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
ESIF cont...
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Global Markets
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
Patient Voice
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5A: From Australia to the world: practical pathways to global expansion Session 5B: The rise of AI in health: the good, the bad and the ugly Session 5C: Patient driven solutions and putting devices in their hands
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Global Markets
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
Emerging Tech
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6A: Challenges in bringing new diagnostic products to market
Sponsored by: SEERPHARMA 		Session 6B: Regulating at the speed of tech: the AI regulation outlook Session 6C: From AI to quantum: how quantum technology is set to revolutionise medtech
Sponsored by: QUANTUM AUSTRALIA
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Capital & Funding
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
Emerging Tech
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7A: Commercial success and investor relevance: why the two are now inseparable Session 7B: AI-driven medtech: perspectives from bench to bedside Session 7C: From innovation to implementation: the business case for surgical robotics in 2026 and beyond
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Capital & Funding
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
Emerging Tech
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8A: Unlocking Australia’s women’s health innovation Session 8B: Is software eating the medical devices industry? Is there a future for non-connected medical devices? Session 8C: From signals to solutions: the future of implantable neurotechnology
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception
Track 1
Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Global Markets
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5A: From Australia to the world: practical pathways to global expansion Session 5B: The rise of AI in health: the good, the bad and the ugly
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Global Markets
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6A: Challenges in bringing new diagnostic products to market
Sponsored by: SEERPHARMA 		Session 6B: Regulating at the speed of tech: the AI regulation outlook
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Capital & Funding
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7A: Commercial success and investor relevance: why the two are now inseparable Session 7B: AI-driven medtech: perspectives from bench to bedside
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Capital & Funding
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8A: Unlocking Australia’s women’s health innovation Session 8B: Is software eating the medical devices industry? Is there a future for non-connected medical devices?
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception

Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Patient Voice
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5C: Patient driven solutions and putting devices in their hands
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Emerging Tech
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6C: From AI to quantum: how quantum technology is set to revolutionise medtech
Sponsored by: QUANTUM AUSTRALIA
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Emerging Tech
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7C: From innovation to implementation: the business case for surgical robotics in 2026 and beyond
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Emerging Tech
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8C: From signals to solutions: the future of implantable neurotechnology
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception

Track 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Global Markets
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5A: From Australia to the world: practical pathways to global expansion
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Global Markets
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6A: Challenges in bringing new diagnostic products to market
Sponsored by: SEERPHARMA
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Capital & Funding
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7A: Commercial success and investor relevance: why the two are now inseparable
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Capital & Funding
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8A: Unlocking Australia’s women’s health innovation
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception

Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5B: The rise of AI in health: the good, the bad and the ugly
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6B: Regulating at the speed of tech: the AI regulation outlook
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7B: AI-driven medtech: perspectives from bench to bedside
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Digital & Connected Health, Powered by ANDHealth
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8B: Is software eating the medical devices industry? Is there a future for non-connected medical devices?
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception

Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TGA update – regulatory insights and what’s ahead
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE: Wesfarmers health: innovation, investment and impact
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Medtech in a changing global trade environment
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning tea & networking break
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Australia can manufacture: building and scaling medtech onshore
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Connecting needs with innovation
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Lunch & networking
Patient Voice
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM Session 5C: Patient driven solutions and putting devices in their hands
1:35 PM - 1:40 PM
Room Move
Emerging Tech
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM Session 6C: From AI to quantum: how quantum technology is set to revolutionise medtech
Sponsored by: QUANTUM AUSTRALIA
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Room Move
Emerging Tech
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Session 7C: From innovation to implementation: the business case for surgical robotics in 2026 and beyond
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon tea & networking break
Emerging Tech
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM Session 8C: From signals to solutions: the future of implantable neurotechnology
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Room Move
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM KEYNOTE: Medtech dealmaker: a story from the trenches
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Medtech unlocked: momentum, milestones and what's next
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception

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