Te Tītoki Mataora Forum Day 3
Wednesday 26th June, 2024
Aquamarine Room, Level 1, The Hilton Auckland.
| Time | Session |
| 8:30 am | REGISTRATION OPEN |
| 9:30 am | WELCOME |
| 9:35 am | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Safety First! Commercialising a molecular safety switch for cell therapies
Dr Patricia Rubio-Reyes, Malaghan Institute |
| 10:00 am | Medtech-iQ Aotearoa Partnerships Join two Medtech-iQ Aotearoa regional hubs to discuss their local partnerships and priorities. - Medtech-iQ Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Presented by Rodney Adank, Associate Professor at Massey University. - Medtech-iQ Waitaha
Presented by Pip Griffin, Executive Officer of Te Papa Hauora the Christchurch Health Precinct.
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| 10:35 am | Morning Tea |
| 11:00 am | COLLABORATIVE ECOTONES
Panel: Successful Community Collaboration
Join us for a conversation about what it means to collaborate successfully with communities. - Dr Hamid Abbasi (facilitator), Auckland Bioengineering Institute
- Professor Tahu Kukutai FRSNZ, Nga Pae o te Māramatanga
- Dr Fuafiva Fa'alau, University of Auckland
- Dr Jo Nunnerley, University of Otago
CMDT Awards
The CMDT Early-Career Researcher Awards recognises PhD students and ECRs engaged in research and development of medical technologies. Applicants with well-written abstracts are invited to give a 3-minute elevator pitch of their research. |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch & poster presentations
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| 1:30 pm | Fireside Chat
Join us for a conversation with Ju Zhang, CEO and founder of Formus Labs, a University of Auckland spin-out company with the world's first AI-automated 3D planner for joint replacement surgeries. Verbal Consent
Dr Grace Walker and Lucy Jessep, University of Canterbury Building an accessible health information service
Leo Goldie-Anderson, Te Whatu Ora and Mischa Saunders, Ackama Roundtable discussions: Where do you sit on the Te Tītoki Mataora Pathway?
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| 3:00 pm | Afternoon Tea |
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3:30 pm
| COMMERCIALISATION AND RESEARCH
Panel: Funding your research and commercialisation - Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr (facilitator), University of Auckland
- Anna King, Auckland Medical Research Foundation
- Duncan Ledwith, University of Auckland
- John Godfrey, Consultant
Panel: Balancing Commercialisation and Academia - Byron van Vugt (facilitator), NZGCP
- Dr Heba Khamis, CEO and Founder of Contactile
- Dist Prof Maggie-Lee Huckabee, University of Canterbury
- Dr Sarah-Jane Guild, Preclinical scientist at Kitea Health
Announcement of CMDT Award Winners |
| 5:00 pm | CLOSING |