Speaker Faculty
Speakers at the European Medical Device Summit are medical device executives with extensive expertise in device development, quality management, workforce management, lean manufacturing, process improvement and automation. Through their firsthand experiences, they will share innovative, exciting and timely insights to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities in medical device development, life cycle management and manufacturing.
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2026 Speakers
Christoph Schmotz
VP, R&D, PSS and GSS, Healthcare Systems and Technologies
Baxter
SPeAKER TBA
CSA Group
Florus Lowag
Head, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
SIS MedicalJan-Michael Krüger
VP, Regulatory Affairs GIS Global
Olympus Corporation
Rupam Chaudhury
Chief Segment Office - MedTech
L&T Technology ServicesSpeaker TBA
Tata ElxsiAlexander Bonnet
Director, Quality, EMEA
Edwards Lifesciences
Monika Schneider
VP, Global Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs
Dräger
Kathrin Tingelhoff
Senior Director, Digital Unit - Program, Portfolio Management and Strategic Release Planning, Global
Olympus
Dennett Kouri
SVP, Corporate Quality, Regulatory and Clinical
Edwards LifesciencesJose Lima
SVP and Head, Global Quality Operations,
Philips
Ahmet Tezel, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer
LivaNovaSarvesh Mutha
Managing Director
IZiel Healthcare Inc
Adam Cargill
VP, Regulatory Strategy
Veeva MedTech
Jelena Malinina
Director, Innovation and Digital Health
COCIRElena Sebastian
Senior Supervisor, QA systems
Edwards LifesciencesSpeaker TBA
RQM+
Sophie Sheedy
VP, Process Engineering
CochlearSpeaker TBA
RematiqMedha Trivedi
VP, Worldwide Quality, Peripheral Intervention
BD
Günther Heling, Ph.D.
Executive Consultant
Vector Informatik GmbHGunther Lenz
VP, Digital and AI Transformation
Agilent TechnologiesSusana de Azevedo Wäsch, Ph.D.
VP, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs and Medical Affairs
Ypsomed
Benjamin Rochette
VP, Global Regulatory Affairs
ColoplastHanane Boutelitene
VP, General Manager
Straumann
Richard Willmann, Ph.D.
VP, R&D, Image-Guided Therapy Systems
PhilipsAmra Racic
Global VP, Government and Policy Strategy
Veeva MedTechCharlène Boumard
Senior Director, Regulatory Strategy EU
Veeva MedTechSubramanian Murugan
Certification Decision Maker
CSA GroupMiłosz Jamroży
CEO
EFM R&D S.A.Miguel Ávila
VP, Global Quality, Regulatory, Medical and Clinical Affairs
CordisOla Hammarlund
Head, Digital Platforms
GetingeDavid Boutellier
CEO & Co-Founder
REMATIQ
JONATHAN DEMIERRE, PH.D.
Head, Sustainability Engineering
HelblingMatthieu Menut
VP, Product Divisions, EMEA
MedlineJörg Mayer
Managing Director
SPECTARISGabriel Pascualy
Head, Product
KetryxChristoph Schmotz
VP, R&D, PSS and GSS, Healthcare Systems and Technologies
Baxter InternationalMichael Konings
Global Head, Regulatory Affairs, IGT Systems
Philips Medical SystemsSpeaker TBA
GE VernovaHortense Allison
VP and Head, Regulatory Medical Devices and Digital
BayerSPEAKER TBA
CSA Group
Medha Trivedi
VP, Worldwide Quality, Peripheral Intervention
BDJuan-Carlos Celi, Ph.D
VP and Head, Oncology Software Solutions Region Europe
ElektaThorsten Goettsche
CTO
OSYPKAStavit Cohen
SVP, Research Development
Momentis Surgical
Andreas Beust, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
GCP-Service InternationalJose Lima
SVP and Head, Global Quality Operations
Philips
Peter Schulam
Chief Scientific Officer
Johnson & JohnsonCarine Cochereau, Ph.D.
VP, Regulatory International
Integra LifeSciencesInge Vandenbussche
Director, EMEA Regulatory Excellence & Intelligence | Eurasia QRA
MedtronicIgor Tasevski
Chief Product Officer
GN GroupRavi Chana
Executive Director, Diagnostics
Association of British Healthtech IndustriesKim Kaplan
Manager, Principal Product, MDDAP, LLC
The Voluntary Improvement ProgramCarsten Hurasky
SVP and Chief Marketing Officer
QNXRostislav Stoykov
Director
RQM+Wendel Smith, M.D.
SVP, Quality and Product Safety
Edwards LifesciencesPriya Bhutani
Founder and CEO
RegDesk
Carlos Maline
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Project Manager
Head Diagnostics Ltd.Bastian Krapinger-Rüther
CEO
Flinn.aiSpeaker TBA
Tata Elxsi
Virginie Siloret
Global Head, Certification and Compliance
SGSSpeaker TBA
Tata ElxsiNickerson Hill
VP, Global Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs
LivaNovaAnnemien Pullen
VP, MedTech Strategy, EU
Veeva MedTechHortense Allison
VP and Head, Regulatory Medical Devices and Digital
BayerOla Hammarlund
Head, Digital Platforms
Getinge
Orit Eden
Senior Director, Algorithms R&D
Align TechnologySpeaker TBA
Veeva Systems
Anders Rosengren
Chief Research and Development Officer
SonovaOzgur Butun
Image Guided Therapy Systems Engineering Portfolio Lead & Head of EMC Department
Philips
Tzachi Rafaeli
VP, R&D
Insightec
John Chenoweth
Chief Product Security Officer
ElektaAtul Mahajan
VP, Engineering Services
IZiel HealthcarePetra Heerklotz, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Design Assurance and Product Quality Assurance VI
TeleflexRebecca Fahrig
VP, Innovation, Advanced Therapies
Siemens HealthineersSpeaker TBA
NagarroMichael Konings
Senior Director, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs - IGT Systems
PhilipsSamantha Atkinson, Ph.D.
CEO
TOPRAMarkus Müller
Co-Founder and CPO
Flinn.AI
Carmel McGrath
VP, Quality and Regulatory
Head Diagnostics
Mukund Paravasthu
Chief Operating Officer
Novocure
Thelma Marley
Associate Director, Strategic RA
AerogenPaavana Sainath
SVP, Research R&D Engineering, Core Lab Solutions
Siemens HealthineersKimberly Sanchez
VP, Quality
Edward LifesciencesJijo James, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, MedTech and Interventional Oncology
Johnson & JohnsonAnna-Karin Wahlström
VP, Quality and Regulatory Affairs
PermobilAtul Mahajan
Director, Engineering Services
IZiel Healthcare
Kathleen Van Vlierberghe
VP, Peripheral Interventions, EMEA
Boston Scientific
John Chenoweth
Chief Product Security Officer
Elekta
Javier Milagro
Chief Operating Officer
CorifyKarsten Klose, Ph.D.
SVP, Global Digital Unit
Olympus CorporationThierry Glauser, Ph.D.
VP, Research and Development
Teleflex
Simone Diorio
VP, Quality, Infusion Therapies and Platforms
BaxterMelanie Donguy
Senior Director, Regulatory Medical Devices
Bayer
