Medical Electronics and Devices Conference 19th February, 2014
DRAFT AGENDA 09:30 – 10:30 Hrs
INAUGURAL CEREMONY Chief Guest: Minister of State, Department of Commerce, Government of India* Guests of Honour: Shri J. Satyanarayana, IAS, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (Government of India)* Shri. Pradeep Chandra IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Industries and Commerce Keynote Address: India’s vision and Strategy on MedTech Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Dept. of Electronics and Information Technology*
10:30 – 11:30 Hrs
Medical Technologies – India for India “The Indian Medical Device & Equipment market is currently valued at $ 4.4 billion and is expected to grow to around $ 5.8 billion by 2014 and $ 7.8 billion by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 15.5 per cent", according to an industry report. As the sector gains traction continually over the years, there is a perpetual demand for high quality products. There were around 356 registered manufacturing units producing medical devices of the value of outputs of `312 crores in 2009‐10. There are only few units manufacturing medical devices compared to the growing manufacturing sector in India. The session will focus on the gap between the supply and demand such that the Indian production can cater to the local demand than relying on exports Lead Speaker: Mr. M.R. Srinivas Prasad, CEO , Philips Innovation Campus Panelists: Mr. M.R. Srinivas Prasad, CEO , Philips Innovation Campus Mr. Suresh Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, Allengers Medical Systems Limited* Mr. Ajit G Nambiar, Chairman & Managing Director, BPL Healthcare* Dr. K. K. Kalra, CEO, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) Shri. Arun Sachdeva, Senior Director (Scientist-G), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Government of India Moderator: Mr. Mahadevan Narayanamoni, Partner, Corporate Finance and Life Sciences, Grant Thornton
11:30 – 11:45 Hrs 11:45 – 12:00 Hrs 12:00 – 13:00 Hrs
Opportunities in Gangwon (South Korea) TEA / COFFEE BREAK MedTech – Ensuring Quality and Patient Safety Growing demand of efficacious and quality treatments has accelerated the growth of MedTech Sector. As with every new emerging technology, there are potential risks with such new technologies, and testing & calibration holds the key. Availability of skilled manpower and huge talent pool of engineers in India makes it a strategic destination for testing and calibration forglobal companies. The session shall focus on ways and means to enhance patient safety and quality of medical technologies through strengthening the testing and calibration laboratories in
India and the potential role that Industry and Government (both state and central) have to play Chairman: Mr. S. Kishore Kumar, Scientist-F & Head, Medical and Hospital Planning, Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India Panelists: Mr. Sundeep Rao, Vice President, Philips Electronics India Limited* Mr. Suresh Sugavanam. Vice President & Managing Director at Underwriters Laboratories Mr. G. Kalyan Varma, Country Head, Products Business Stream, TUV Rheinland India Dr. G.S.K. Velu, Managing Director, Trivitron Laboratories* Dr. Chander Shekhar, Scientist - 'F', Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr. Devasis Guha, Head, R & D, HLL Lifecare Limited* Moderator: Dr. Girdhar J Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers (India)* 13:00 – 14:00 Hrs 14:00 – 15:00 Hrs
LUNCH BREAK India as Manufacturing Hub The influx of Medical Electronics technology has reinforced the existing Healthcare infrastructure in various ways right from digitizing medical test, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to enhancing the reach of Healthcare through telemedicine and Health IT. A number of international companies have set up manufacturing facilities in India and given the tremendous benefits of cost economics, India promises to be the manufacturing hub for MedTech Lead Speaker: Mr. Vikram Damodaran, Chief Technical Officer, GE Healthcare India* Panelists: Mr. Kaustubh Patil, Program Manager, Medtronic India Development Center* Mr. Subramanian, Director, SCS systems* Mr. Vinayak Khandeparker, Quality Head, Siemens India* Dr. Shahid Jameel, Senior Scientist and Group Leader, ICGEB* Moderator: Mr. Vijay Simha, CEO, One Breadth Inc.
15:00-15:30 Hrs 15:30-16:30 Hrs
TEA / COFFEE BREAK Creating a conducive Policy Environment in India: Way Forward While the sector faces challenges in particularly in terms of low penetration, high capital requirement, complex rules & guidelines, acceptability, awareness, etc., the future looks extremely promising with the increased public spending & private investment in healthcare, health insurance schemes, public private partnership (ppp) route to innovation, etc. This panel is structured to be a discussion with the key policy makers to understand from them on enabling a fostering environment for the growth of the sector Panelists: Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Joint Secretary to Government of India, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY)* Mr. S. Kishore Kumar, Scientist-F & Head, Medical and Hospital Planning, Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India Shri S. B. S. Reddy, ITS, Regional Jt. DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade) Mrs. Anuradha Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (PNDT)* Dr. Sadhana Srivastava, Scientist E, IPR Unit, Department of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr. Rashid Hasan, Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF)* Moderator: Mr. Karan Singh, Partner, Bain & Company*
16:30 -17:00 Hrs
Concluding Remarks by the coordinators and Event Close Mr. Sudhakar Mairpadi, Head Regulatory Affairs, Philips Mr. Vibhav Garg, Head, Health Economics & Government Affairs, Boston Scientific