Tech in the Medical Industry {Sponsored by Intuitive Surgical & Highway1}

“21st century businesses will rely on American science, technology, research and development. I want the country that eliminated polio and mapped the human genome to lead a new era of medicine – one that delivers the right treatment at the right time.”

– President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, January 20, 2015.

In the State of the Union address, President Obama reinforced these views by announcing the Precision Medicine Initiative – an effort that aims to utilize healthcare technology to deliver more effective treatments through emerging technologies. Technology is expected to be the driver in changing the face of healthcare in the United States.

Tech in Motion Silicon Valley is excited to feature innovative companies in the medical space!

Intuitive Surgical is the global technology leader in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery. The company designs, engineers and manufactures the da Vinci® Surgical System, which enables surgeons to operate through a few small incisions or the belly button from a nearby console. The System features a 3D HD vision system and tiny wristed instruments with greater precision and dexterity than the human hand. Released in 2014, the da Vinci Xi System is the latest iteration of the System by Intuitive Surgical.

Vocera Communications empowers teams through intelligent, real-time communication and collaboration in healthcare, hospitality, energy, and other mission-critical mobile environments. Widely recognized for developing smarter ways to communicate, Vocera offers enterprise-class technologies that enable collaboration for mobile teams on their device of choice. Vocera currently has more than 1,200 customers worldwide, improving efficiency, quality, safety and outcomes while creating optimal working and healing environments. Via the company's research collaborative, the Experience Innovation Network, Vocera also drives thought leadership for the healthcare industry and new standards in care delivery to elevate patient, family, nurse and physician experiences. Twitter: @VoceraComm

Speaker: Sandra Miley is Vice President of Marketing for Vocera and joined the company in 2013. Ms. Miley has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and brand strategy, and is known for using a metrics-driven approach and strong communication skills to influence global brand and corporate marketing strategies. Ms. Miley spent the previous years of her career at companies such as Juniper Networks, Brocade, Nokia, Adobe, and Oracle, leading the direct marketing and brand management efforts at corporate and flagship product levels.

With the rise of Population Health, the importance of care coordination is greater than ever. The lack of continuous communication and coordination in health systems causes fragmented and inefficient care that can impact patient outcomes and patient experience. In this Tech Talk, Sandra Miley will address this challenge and solutions across the entire continuum of care, drawing on her role at Vocera, a company focused on providing care coordination solutions that extend care teams to reach the right person, at the right time, on the right device, with the right information, in the right place.

Agenda:

6:00pm - 6:30pm: Light snack & Networking

6:30pm - 6:40pm: Sponsor announcements

6:40pm - 7:05pm: Vocera Communications Presentation

7:05pm - 7:45pm: Intuitive Surgical Presentation

7:45pm - 9:00pm: da Vinci demo and more Networking!



Special thanks to our gracious sponsors who have made it possible for us to host this event: Intuitive Surgical, Highway1, Workbridge Associates, and Jobspring Partners.

About our Headline Sponsors:

Intuitive Surgical is the global technology leader in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery. The company designs, engineers and manufactures systems to enable surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery. Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Highway1 is a accelerator program for hardware startups. The goal of the program is to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, with the vision of mentoring and assisting hardware makers to build first-class companies. Startups are equipped with the knowledge and know-how to de-risk and become a hardware company that investors want to invest in. The program is open to entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators, and builders of all kinds. It is based in San Francisco and includes two-weeks taught in Shenzhen, China. There, startups learn about and explore the vast consumer electronics supply chain in the Pearl River Delta— the main hub of China’s manufacturing industry. Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.