In Case You Missed It: Here’s What The MTPConnect Team Has Been Up To in September

06 October 2023

Announcing Australia's Delegation to The Medtech Conference in Anaheim
We announced the 20 Australian companies and organisations taking part in the Australian delegation to The MedTech Conference in Anaheim, California, and who will be profiling their products or services at the standout Australian Pavilion exhibit at the Anaheim Convention Center in early October. MTPConnect's Australian delegation includes: Advanced Genetics Diagnostics, aKin, ARIA Research, BiVACOR, Centre for Advanced Defence Research and Enterprise (CADRE-OCE), Design + Industry, IDE Group, iiShield, Lindo, Mobius Medical, OncosRes Medical, Roam Technologies, Sleeptite, Stratos Medtech and VeinTech. You can find out more about the delegate companies on our website. See you in Anaheim at Exhibit Hall A, Booth #439!

Hon Mark Butler Speaks at AMCHAM SA
SA's healthtech organisations came together at the AmCham South Australia luncheon and MTPConnect's Adelaide Intermediary Program hosted a table of guests from the sector along with MTPConnect's Chair Hon. Jaala Pulford and CEO Stuart Dignam. We heard a keynote from Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care and Jaala joined a panel discussion about 'Medtech and Biotech - Transforming Medicine' with Professor Caroline McMillen, Dr Deborah Rathjen from Carina Biotech, Brent Barnes from LBT Innovations and Professor Michael Penniment from the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research.

New CTCM MedTech Projects Kick-Off with Visits
The Clinical Translation and Commercialisation MedTech (CTCM) Program team travelled to Perth and Melbourne to hold the first face-to-face Kick-Off Meetings with five of the program’s new Round 2 Awardees: Medical Developments International Limited, VividWhite, Ventora Medical, 4DMedical, and VitalTrace.

Industry Focus in New Podcast Episodes
Check out September’s new episodes! We feature our final podcast special from BIO Boston recorded at Sanofi's mRNA Center of Excellence in Cambridge MA about global vaccine development and their Translational Science Hub being set up in Queensland. We also chat to Professor Mark Taylor from the Medical Device Research Institute at Flinders University about his transformative REDI Fellowship experience with Synopsys Northern Europe's Simplewear team developing orthopaedic surgical software.

Health Industry Hub Podcast Features Diagnostic Plan
Listen in to the Health Industry Hub podcast interview with MTPConnect's Dr Dharmica Mistry and PTA's CEO Dean Whiting about the Diagnostics National Action Plan that MTPConnect & Pathology Technology Australia released recently for establishing an end-to-end sovereign manufacturing capability for diagnostic products in Australia and strengthening supply chain resilience.

Calling Clinician Entrepreneurs to Join ASME
Are you a clinician wanting to transform healthcare through innovation - join the Australian Society for Medical Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Backed by a committee of 'medical entrepreneurs' with diverse skills and backgrounds, it's a home created for doctors & other healthcare professionals to connect with medical entrepreneurs & innovators. Check out all the details on their website, follow on LinkedIn and join as a member for free!

SA Insights Series August: Featuring Micro-X
Jo Close, Director of MTPConnect Adelaide Intermediary Program will host MTPConnect’s SA Insights Series for October, chatting with CEO Kingsley Hall, Founder Peter Rowland and Chief Operating Officer Anthony Skeats for a deep dive into the remarkable journey of Micro-X, a pioneering player in the medtech sector. Hosted at the Tonsley Innovation District, attendees will also be treated to an exclusive guided tour of Micro-X's cutting-edge facilities, as well as the Flinders University building. On 26 October 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:30pm ACST. Register!

APPLAUSE23 | SAVE THE DATE
Entrepreneurs, leaders, researchers, and changemakers are invited to attend South Australia’s Healthtech ecosystem’s annual gala celebration, #APPLAUSE23, which will be held at the SkyCity Ballroom from 6:00-9:00pm on Thursday 23 November 2023. Follow MTPConnect’s Adelaide Intermediary Program LinkedIn platform, or sign-up to receive the SA Sector Updates.

WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub Supports Health Hackathon
The WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub is supporting this year’s Health Hackathon event led by the WA Data Science Innovation Hub (WADSIH). If you are an innovator, developer, data guru, designer or start-up AND you want to have fun working on some brain-busting challenges, then don't miss this event! Tim Sondalini from WADSIH is leading the Hackathon and we encourage you to reach out for more information or if want to be involved as a mentor: tim.sondalini@curtin.edu.au. Check out the website for more information and to register.

WA Media and Profile Building Workshop
Join the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub’s Media and Profile Building Workshop with ex-journalist and Profile Media founder Sue Papadoulis to learn how to tap into opportunities to grow your company’s reputation and increase your profile in the media to help you attract, engage and educate potential investors, partners and the public. The session will be workshop-based and held on 17 October 2023 at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research - join the waitlist.

BRIGHT Innovate Seminar in WA
Expressions of interest are open to digital health companies for the BRIGHT Innovate 3 Day Seminar, free to WA participants as part of the WA Connected Health Commercialisation Initiative (WACHCI) - designed for digital health companies with a business concept they want to develop within a proven innovation framework. WACHCI is collaboration between ANDHealth and the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub. On 23 - 25 October 2023 at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Register!

Case Study: Atmo Biosciences - Ingestible Capsule Set To Revolutionise Gut Health Diagnosis
Many individuals worldwide suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, which incur debilitating symptoms, significant morbidity and high healthcare costs. Find out more about the Melbourne-based Atmo Bioscience's ingestible gas-sensing capsule, an accurate, cost-effective and user-friendly diagnostic solution being developed for common GI disorders which has been supported through MTPConnect's BioMedTech Horizons Program.

Farewell Stephanie Morris
We farewelled Stephanie Morris from our team in South Australia. Stephanie made a fantastic contribution to the Adelaide Intermediary Program and we’re delighted she’s staying in the sector as she moves to a new role as Investment Manager at Artesian, a global alternative investment management firm.