CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

The Midwest's Leading Medtech Conference Returns

The MD&M Minneapolis Conference is the region's largest educational offering of its kind, taking place in North America's second largest hub for medical device innovation — the Midwest. This year's conference lineup features a curated roster of speakers with deeply technical expertise in everything from product development and quality to 3D printing and next-gen design.

NEW: We're offering an All-Access Conference Pass, which features the four-track, Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) covering the latest in connected devices, AI, IoT, security, interfacing, sensors, and more. All told, that's seven tracks you can pick and choose from.

Five Reasons to Attend the MD&M Conference

Track Hopping

Choose any session across all tracks to build the agenda that's right for you — 30+ hours of education! (Or more with All-Access).

Leading Education

Get up to speed on industry mainstays including automation, IoT, bioprinting, 3D printing, VR, AI, surgical robots, and more.

Top Speakers

Learn from the brightest minds at top companies including 3M, Mayo Clinic, and NAMSA.

Networking Lunches

Connect with serious professionals at exclusive networking lunches for conference pass holders only.

Cocktail Reception

Enjoy even more networking over drinks and light bites on the first day — for conference pass holders only.

Must-See Speakers at the MD&M Conference

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MD&M brings you top players in the industry to deliver direct insights from the people and companies improving tomorrow's design and manufacturing capabilities. They're pioneers in the community and experts at managing the complexity of designing, developing, and bringing medical devices to life.

Some of this year's speakers include:


Jaqueline Anim
Principal Material Engineer, Ethicon & OneMD (JNJ)

Mike Bravo
Director, Preclinical Strategy, NAMSA

Pete Madson
Vice President/Partner, Worrell China

Carlos Melendez
Co-Founder and COO, Wovenware

Paul Robinson
Vice President Operations, QSCS

Steven Schmidt
Founder & CEO, Resolution Medical

Scott Sully
Director, Corporate Molding/Tooling, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems

Mark Swanson
President, H&M Consulting Group

Matthew Therrien
Business Development Manager – Medical, RJG, Inc.

Mark Wehde
Section Head, Technology Development, Division of Engineering, Mayo Clinic

Jim Wetzel
Interim-CEO, Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII)

Rob Zenk
Manager, Risk Management, Abbott
2018 SPEAKER LIST

MD&M Track Themes

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Track A's sessions cover issues important to R&D engineers, design engineers, and others in the early phases of medtech development: advances in product development techniques, human-centered design, artificial intelligence, sensor technology, usability testing, getting products to market fast, and more.

After you conceive a device and move it into development, you face a new set of challenges. This track offers sessions on choosing and using materials, prototyping, meeting material and product testing requirements, overseeing process and quality control, verification and validation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and key industry standards.

This track looks at the final stages of making devices and getting them to market. Sessions will dig into topics such as adding smart manufacturing technologies (including artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, and the Internet of Things) to the manufacturing process. They'll also cover traditional manufacturing issues such as supply chain and scale-up.

ESC Track Themes

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Dive deep into the latest information in low-power design, systems architecture, debug & test, security, sensors, and wireless networking techniques that can help engineer more efficient products.

Drill down into new thinking behind device drivers, open-source software, code reliability, languages, and much more.

Learn how networks are growing, integrating, and improving the way we build and experience the world. Topics include architecture, firmware, security, and application software.

Topics will focus on virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, artificial intelligence, and related topics. This track reveals how these innovations and others will change the manufacturing industry.

Need to Justify Your Attendance?

You understand the conference's benefits. You know that expanding your knowledge and seeing the latest tech is essential. But if you need to convince management to let you attend, we can help. Use our Justification Kit to convince your boss that sending you to MD&M Minneapolis is worth the investment.

 

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