Session 1A: Turning clinical insight into medtech impact
Tracks
Track 1
| Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
| 1:35 PM - 2:20 PM |
Details
Clinical insight plays a critical role in the medtech ecosystem, shaping how unmet needs are identified, solutions are designed, and technologies are adopted in practice. In this fireside chat, leaders with exposure to clinical environments and medtech innovation reflect on how clinical knowledge creates value across the medtech lifecycle, the challenges of translating frontline insight into medtech-focused solutions, and what meaningful collaboration between clinicians and industry really requires. The conversation explores how experience from the clinical setting informs better partnerships, stronger products, and more sustainable innovation.
Speaker
Prof. Girish Dwivedi
Professor Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist, and Chief Scientific Officer
Artrya Ltd
Panellist
Gibran Maher
CEO
Additive Surgical
Panellist
Prof. Fiona Wood
Director of the Burns Service of WA, Director of the Burn Injury Research Unit UWA
WA Health Department
Chair