Why Attend Software Design for Medical Device?

Back by popular demand! Time and time again, Software Design for Medical Device proves to be an extremely important topic. Why? In recent years, an alarming number of medical devices have been recalled due to software and hardware problems. The 12th Software Design for Medical Device conference will address the most important challenges in the field- reducing the amount of faulty devices, implementing risk management tools in software development and understanding regulatory requirement regulations, among others.

NOT TO BE MISSED: The program will feature a keynote presentation by Ron Kaye, a team leader for the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. He will discuss Human Factors Guidance and related regulation.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Ron Kaye, Team Leader, Human Factors Engineering Team, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• Edmond Israelski, Human Factors Program Manager, Abbott Laboratories
• Sherman Eagles, Partner, SoftwareCPR
• Bhanu P. Sharma, Global Manager, IT Quality, Validation & Documentation, Bayer HealthCare - O&I
• Thomas Bento, Sr. Software Quality Engineer, Certified Compliance Solutions
• Mike Phillips, Senior Technical Lead, Software Engineering Institute
• John Walz, VP Standards, IEEE – CS
• Patty Krantz, R&D Quality Manager, MEDTRONIC, INC. | CRDM
• Rick Schrenker, Systems Engineering Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Biomedical Engineering Boston
• Dr. Julian Goldman, Director of Interoperability, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Renay A, Ebelle, Principal Engineer, Electro Optical Sciences
• Dan Sterling, President, SterlingTech Software, Inc.
• Stuart Fisher, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, LynuxWorks
• Adam R. Shames, Director, Human Factors, Design Science
• Nicole Dery, Research Associate, Design Science
• Dr. Barry Hardy, Oxford University, Douglas Connect Switzerland
• Gladys V. Range, Engineer, CKM, PM, CEO, GVR Systems Automation, Inc.
• Tracie Capozzio, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance, Neuro Wave Systems
• Jens Wiegand, General Manager, Industrial and Medical, Wind River

Past delegates include:

Baxter Healthcare Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Stryker Medical Canada Underwriters Laboratories Cardinal Health Terumo Heart Inc Invitrogen Corp ANS Medical Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Alcon Labs Philips Medical Systems TycoHealthCare/Valleylab Covidein

Bunnell Inc. AMF The Mathworks GluMetrics Battelle CertTech LLC GE Healthcare Volcano Corporation ConMed Electrosurgery UCSD School of Medicine Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research Sequenom Iris Diagnostics Inc And hundreds of others….

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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