Authors

I’m working for Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, after having worked for the European Commission, learned societies, academic international organisations and patients. I focused on several key European issues such as personalised medicine, patient advocacy, data protection, health technology assessment, access to quality healthcare, eHealth/mHealth. I have a master cum laude […]

Boris Arendt leads the Data Protection team at BIOTRONIK, a leading provider of cardiovascular medical technology active in over 100 countries. He has more than 14 years of experience in data protection law and cybersecurity law.

Virginie Delage is the Patient Engagement Manager for the Cardiac Rhythm Management & Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Services businesses of Medtronic in Western Europe. She has been working in healthcare for over 20 years and held various clinical, sales and marketing positions in both pharma and medtech. She is passionate about advancing patient engagement in medtech […]

Naveed Khan is a Director of Commercial and Business Development – Digital Health at BIOTRONIK and has been with the company for 4 years where he has led several innovation initiatives around remote patient monitoring. Naveed is currently supporting the senior leadership team to shape and execute strategic initiatives as part of BIOTRONIK’s Digital Health […]

Steven Vandeput holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, both at KU Leuven. After his research activities, he held several positions within the university, ranging from project manager of multidisciplinary R&D projects towards research manager and innovation manager being responsible for all industry interactions and tech transfer activities related […]

Martyna Giedrojc is Director International Public Affairs and Professionals Relations Europe at Cepheid. Prior to her current role she has been working for London-based Public Affairs consultancies and advised clients on health policy issues. She is passionate about the societal value of medical technologies, digital health and innovation. Martyna has almost a decade of relevant […]

Johanna Engelage is currently Team Leader of Marketing Urinalysis at Sysmex Europe GmbH. With a focus on innovative diagnostic solutions in EMEA, she works on changing the game in the urinalysis field and to bring more awareness to the importance of urinalysis testing and the impact it has on clinical decision-making. Antimicrobial resistance has been a spotlight […]

Mikki has been the Global Health Policy Lead for Roche Diagnostic International since 2019 where she represents Roche Diagnostics in various MedTechEurope working groups including the MTE CVD working group. She has over 15 years of experience in the life science and diagnostic industry living and working across multiple geographies. Prior to joining Roche Diagnostics […]

Markus Schwertfeger is Senior Director Medical Affairs at Roche Diagnostics. He has over 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical and the medtech industry working in various local, regional, and global Medical Affairs roles. He led teams who launched innovative drugs and managed drug portfolios in various disease areas (cardiovascular, thrombosis, diabetes, metabolism, lipids, neurology, pain, bone, sepsis, […]

Torbjorn Skold, Vice President EMEA DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction Inspired by the company’s mission to “Keep People Moving”, Torbjorn is passionate about value creating innovation in orthopedics, with focus on Hip and Knee Arthroplasty and Enabling Technology. Torbjorn’s career spans close to 20 years of success building market leading medical technology businesses with deep knowledge […]

The Dutch Heart Foundation (Hartstichting) wants to enable people to live a heathy life through getting most out their heart and to keep it in the best possible shape . Our strategy aims for the earlier recognition and better treatment of cardiovascular diseases, through financing research, providing tailormade information about healthy heart lifestyle and to find innovative solutions in healthcare and […]