| Start Time | End Time | Duration | Type of Session | Title | Chairs/Discussants/Judges | Notes |
| 8:00 | 8:10 | 0:10 | Special Session | Organizer’s Introduction | Hosts: Nikolai Nikitin, Nino Kapanadze, AI host | Introductions |
| 8:10 | 10:00 | 1:50 | Showcase | Coronary, Vascular & Endovascular Innovations | Physician Judges: Michael Lichtenberg, Horst Sievert, Bruno Scheller, Marek Ehrlich, Christos Bourantas. Investor Judges: Virginia Giddings, Henk Westendorp, Alessandro Piga, Bibi Sattar Marques, Florian Ludwig, Luca Binda, David Uffer, Rick Geoffrion, Varun Turlapati, Luiz Sampaio, Gowri Raman, Yuval Binur, Jeff Stinson, Chris Allen, Anant Mathur, Cristiano Fontana | Showcase |
| 8:10 | 8:20 | 0:10 | The Next Disruption. NativeNe’s Vision, Progress and Roadmap | Presenter: Neema Hekmat | NativeNe | |
| 8:20 | 8:30 | 0:10 | Arterius. Advanced medical devices for peripheral arterial disease. Leaving 200M Patients with nothing but their health | Presenter: Gerard Harper | Arterius | |
| 8:30 | 8:40 | 0:10 | Aortyx, changing the paradigm to treat aortic dissection | Presenter: Dr. Jordi Martorell | Aortyx | |
| 8:40 | 8:50 | 0:10 | The TempuStent. A more Complete Solution for BTK-PAD treatment | Presenter: Dr. Michael Lichtenberg | Tempora Vascular | |
| 8:50 | 9:00 | 0:10 | TruContact. Enhancing catheter stability in cardiac ablation therapy | Presenter: Dr. Daniel Gelman | Aufero Medical | |
| 9:00 | 9:10 | 0:10 | Aortic Technologies: Transforming Aortic Surgery Through Automated Anastomosis | Presenter: Prof. Marek Ehrlich | Aortic Technologies | |
| 9:10 | 9:20 | 0:10 | alchiMedics. Stealth mode for blood-contacting implants | Presenter: Dr. Christophe Bureau | AlchiMedics | |
| 9:20 | 9:30 | 0:10 | ArtiFex. Reimagining Vascular Grafts Through Nature’s Precision. A first-in-class cellulose-based regenerative vascular graft for small-diameter applications | Presenter: Erich Groesslinger | ArtiFex Medical | |
| 9:30 | 9:40 | 0:10 | NIMBLE Diagnostics “Pioneering Implant Care” | Presenter: Dr. Oriol Iborra | NIMBLE Diagnostics | |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | 0:30 | KOL Discussion Panel | Expert Perspectives on Emerging Vascular Technologies | KOL panel Moderator: Michael Lichtenberg, Panelists: Horst Sievert, Bruno Scheller, Marek Ehrlich, Christos Bourantas | KOL Panel Discussion |
| 10:30 | 11:30 | 1:00 | Coffee / Partnering Break | Partnering | ||
| 11:30 | 12:30 | 1:00 | Clinical Session | Coronary, Vascular & Endovascular Innovations | Moderator: Michael Lichtenberg, Chairs: Horst Sievert, Bruno Scheller, Marek Ehrlich, Christos Bourantas | Clinical Session |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | 0:15 | The world’s first implant stopping deadly abdominal aortic aneurysm disease | Presenter: Marius Rummel | Angiolutions | |
| 11:45 | 12:00 | 0:15 | Freezing the Risk: Cryotherapy for Coronary Vulnerable Plaque | Presenter: Danny Detiège | CryoTherapeutics | |
| 12:00 | 12:15 | 0:15 | BioFade (ResoCure): A Novel Magnesium Alloy-Based Resorbable Repair Device: Long-Term Preclinical Evaluation and First Clinical Data | Presenter: Prof. Bruno Scheller | ResoCure | |
| 12:30 | 13:00 | 0:30 | Special Session | Clinical Trials in Georgia: The Sponsor & Investigator Experience | Moderator: Nikolai Nikitin, Panelists: Horst Sievert, Gagan Singh, Peter Bauer, PJ Iranitalab, Irakli Gogorishvili, Malkhaz Mizandari, Sulkhan Lominadze | Special Session |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | 1:00 | Lunch / Partnering Break 2 | Optional partnering | ||
| 14:00 | 15:30 | 1:30 | Clinical Session | Structural Heart Innovations: The Next Frontier | Moderator: Horst Sievert, Chairs: Gagan Singh, Tom Waggoner, Ulrich Schaefer, Valavanur Subramanian, Irakli Gogorishvili | |
| 14:00 | 14:15 | 0:15 | Leaflet Augmentation: A New Paradigm for Transcatheter Mitral Repair | Presenter: Gagan Singh | Nyra Medical | |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | 0:15 | MRace experience in Georgia | Presenter: Dr. Irakli Gogorishvili | Polares Medical | |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | 0:15 | The next frontier in TAVR: advancing the clinical evidence for the novel DurAVR® biomimetic transcatheter heart valve | Presenter: David St. Denis | Anteris Technologies | |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | 0:15 | Redefining Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: The 4C Medical AltaValve™ Platform | Presenter: Katherine Kumar | 4C Medical Technologies | |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | 0:15 | TriClover: the Next Generation Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair | Presenter: Daniele Zanotti | StarTric | |
| 15:30 | 16:30 | 1:00 | Coffee / Partnering Break 3 | Partnering | ||
| 16:30 | 17:00 | 0:30 | KOL Discussion Panel | Structural Heart 2030: Opportunities, Challenges and Emerging Technologies | KOL panel Moderator: Horst Sievert, Panelists: Gagan Singh, Tom Waggoner, Ulrich Schaefer, Valavanur Subramanian, Irakli Gogorishvili | KOL Panel Discussion |
| 17:00 | 18:30 | 1:30 | Showcase | Emerging Structural Heart Technologies Showcase | Physician Judges: Gagan Singh, Tom Waggoner, Horst Sievert, Ulrich Schaefer, Valavanur Subramania. Investor Judges: Virginia Giddings, Henk Westendorp, Alessandro Piga, Bibi Sattar Marques, Florian Ludwig, Luca Binda, David Uffer, Rick Geoffrion, Varun Turlapati, Luiz Sampaio, Gowri Raman, Yuval Binur, Jeff Stinson, Chris Allen, Anant Mathur, Cristiano Fontana | Showcase |
| 17:00 | 17:10 | 0:10 | HeartBiotech. The heart gets to regrow its own living valve | Presenter: Francis White | Heart Biotech | |
| 17:10 | 17:20 | 0:10 | APPROXIMA tricuspid therapy: treat it right | Presenter: Dr. Michal Jaworek | Approxima | |
| 17:20 | 17:30 | 0:10 | From Valve Replacement to Active Patient Management: Redefining the TAVR Platform | Presenter: Prof. Horst Sievert | SmartValves Medical | |
| 17:30 | 17:40 | 0:10 | Meacor. Every beat counts | Presenter: Toufic Azar | Meacor | |
| 17:40 | 17:50 | 0:10 | CardioScout – Real time visual guidance on the beating heart | Presenter: Dr. James Fonger | CorNav Corporation | |
| 17:50 | 18:00 | 0:10 | The Lifelet Medical Mission: one valve for life | Presenter: Elle Sander | Lifelet Medical | |
| 18:00 | 18:10 | 0:10 | OccluNova. Transforming Stroke Prevention in Afib Patients with the Next Generation of LAA Closure Technology | Presenter: Ellis Aune | OccluNova | |
| 19:00 | 20:00 | 1:00 | Departure from Biltmore Hotel to Friday Gala Dinner | All | ||
| 20:00 | 23:00 | 3:00 | Friday Gala Dinner (Funicular Restaurant), co-sponsored by Clinical Accelerator and CCS | All | ||
| Start Time | End Time | Duration | Type of Session | Title | Chairs/Discussants/Judges | Notes |
| 8:00 | 9:20 | 1:20 | Showcase | Novel Device Therapies for Heart Failure | Physician Judges: Marat Fudim, Klaus Witte, James Udelson, Alex Rothman, Luca Baldetti, Gagan Singh, Ori Ben-Yehuda. Investor Judges: Virginia Giddings, Henk Westendorp, Alessandro Piga, Bibi Sattar Marques, Florian Ludwig, Luca Binda, David Uffer, Rick Geoffrion, Varun Turlapati, Luiz Sampaio, Gowri Raman, Yuval Binur, Jeff Stinson, Chris Allen, Anant Mathur, Cristiano Fontana | Showcase |
| 8:00 | 8:10 | 0:10 | Audicor: Decongesting Heart Failure Care | Presenter: Graham Prescott | Audicor Medical | |
| 8:10 | 8:20 | 0:10 | Corveus Medical. Relieving The Burden Of Chronic Heart Failure | Presenter: Tyler Melton | Corveus Medical | |
| 8:20 | 8:30 | 0:10 | Assist@Cor: A Dual-Principle Temporary Cardiac Support Pump That Restores, Recovers, and Brings the Heart Back to Life | Presenter: Prof. Werner Mohl | Assist@Cor | |
| 8:30 | 8:40 | 0:10 | SummaCor. The Pulse in Mechanical Circulatory Support | Presenter: Dr. Manish Wadhwa | SummaCor | |
| 8:40 | 8:50 | 0:10 | TARR Medical Device. Low Risk Blood Friendly Pumpless Circulatory Support for Acute Heart Failure | Presenter: Dr. Peter Walsh | QHeart Medical | |
| 8:50 | 9:00 | 0:10 | Inversion of Left Ventricular Axial Shortening:In Silico Proof of Concept for Treatment of HFpEF | Presenter: Dr. Wolfgang Goetz | Artract Medical | |
| 9:00 | 9:10 | 0:10 | CorInnova. Disruptive Platform Device for Cardiac Recovery | Presenter: William Altman | CorInnova | |
| 9:15 | 9:30 | 0:15 | Presentation | Heart Failure Goes Interventional: What the 2026 ESC Guidelines Mean for Device Therapy and Innovation | Presenter: Dr. Nikolai Nikitin | |
| 9:30 | 10:30 | 1:00 | Clinical Session | Mechanical Circulatory Support: Advances in Percutaneous Support Devices | Chairs: Marat Fudim, Klaus Witte, James Udelson, Alex Rothman, Luca Baldetti, Gagan Singh, Ori Ben-Yehuda | Clinical Session |
| 9:30 | 9:45 | 0:15 | Supira Medical pVAD: The road to cardiogenic shock | Presenter: Dr. Gagan Singh | Supira Medical | |
| 9:45 | 10:00 | 0:15 | Scaling the Everest of Mechanical Circulatory Support: Advancing from High-Risk PCI to Cardiogenic Shock with the Magenta Elevate™ pLVAD | Presenter: Dr. Irakli Gogorishvili | Magenta Medical | |
| 10:00 | 10:15 | 0:15 | NuPulse: From ICU to Home — Redefining Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support with Ambulatory Counterpulsation | Presenter: Dr. Luca Baldetti | NuPulse | |
| 10:30 | 11:30 | 1:00 | Coffee / Partnering Break 1 | Partnering | ||
| 11:30 | 13:00 | 1:30 | Clinical Session | Breakthrough Heart Failure Device Technologies | Chairs: Marat Fudim, Klaus Witte, James Udelson, Alex Rothman, Luca Baldetti, Gagan Singh, Ori Ben-Yehuda | Alleviant Medical, VisCardia, BioVentrix, Axon Therapies, Audicor Medical |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | 0:15 | The Alleviant Global Trial Program: Two Pivotal RCTs w a No-Implant Shunt | Presenter: Dr. Tai Pham | Alleviant Medical | |
| 11:45 | 12:00 | 0:15 | Cardiac-Synchronized Diaphragmatic Stimulation for Symptomatic Heart Failure | Presenter: Dr. Klaus Witte | VisCardia | |
| 12:00 | 12:15 | 0:15 | The RELIVE Trial: Patient Progress and Clinical Insights | Presenter: Dr. Ori Ben-Yehuda | BioVentrix | |
| 12:15 | 12:30 | 0:15 | Axon Therapies: Splanchnic Ablation Across the LV EF Spectrum | Presenter: Dr. Marat Fudim | Axon Therapies | |
| 12:30 | 12:45 | 0:15 | Audicor: Hear more. See more. Know more. | Presenter: Dr. Klaus Witte | Audicor Medical | |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | 1:00 | Lunch / Partnering Break 2 | Optional Partnering | ||
| 14:00 | 14:30 | 0:30 | KOL Discussion Panel | Expert Perspectives on Novel Heart Failure Devices | KOL panel Moderator: Marat Fudim, Panelists: James Udelson, Klaus Witte, Alex Rothman, Luca Baldetti, Gagan Singh, Ori Ben-Yehuda | KOL Panel Discussion |
| 14:30 | 15:00 | 0:30 | Special Session | Clinical Studies in Uzbekistan | Moderator: Nikolai Nikitin, Panelists: Marek Ehrlich, Bruno Scheller, Marat Fudim, Konstantin Gramota, Alisher Yuldoshev, Abdusalom Abdurakhmanov, Jakhongir Yuldoshev | Special Session |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | 1:00 | Coffee / Partnering Break 3 | Partnering | ||
| 16:00 | 17:00 | 1:00 | Showcase | Neurotech Showcase | Moderators: Varun Turlapati, Johana Carolina Vega Leonel | |
| 16:00 | 16:10 | 0:10 | Palos | Presenter: Antonia Arealis | Palos | |
| 16:10 | 16:20 | 0:10 | PD Neurotechnology | Presenter: Nikos Moschos | PD Neurotechnology | |
| 16:20 | 16:30 | 0:10 | Subsence | Presenter: Ranya Belmaachi | Subsence | |
| 16:30 | 16:40 | 0:10 | PiroGon | Presenter: Rigu Gupta | PiroGon | |
| 16:40 | 16:50 | 0:10 | NeuroEM Therapeutics | Presenter: Chuck Papageorgiou | NeuroEM Therapeutics | |
| 16:50 | 17:00 | 0:10 | KBO Systems | Presenter: Kevin Goehl | KBO Systems | |
| 17:00 | 18:00 | 1:00 | Showcase | Shark Tank Final & Awards | All Physician and Investor Judges | Presentations by Shark Tank competition finalists |
| 19:00 | 20:00 | 1:00 | Departure from Biltmore Hotel to Saturday Gala Dinner | All | ||
| 19:30 | 23:00 | 3:30 | Saturday Gala Dinner (Askaneli Falestra Restaurant), sponsored by Clinical Accelerator | All | ||
| Start Time | End Time | Duration | Type of Session | Title | Chairs/Discussants/Judges | Notes |
| 9:00 | 9:45 | 0:45 | Special Session | Expert Insights: Practical Solutions for MedTech Startups | Moderator: Anna Nikitina (Clinical Accelerator), Presenters/Panelists: Christian Wende (WENDE IP), Simon Sonntag (Virtonomy), Jeff Stinson (HTA). Panelists: Ellis Aune (NLC), Alex Khairkhahan (Polares), Sujith Shetty (Avania) | Special Session |
| 9:00 | 9:15 | 0:15 | Getting ready for the market – IP pitfalls right before and when entering the market | Presenter: Christian Wende | WENDE IP | |
| 9:15 | 9:30 | 0:15 | Accelerate and de-risk medical device development with digital patient twins | Presenter: Simon Sonntag | Virtonomy | |
| 9:30 | 9:45 | 0:15 | Medtech Innovation Programs That Move the Needle | Presenter: Jeff Stinson | HTA | |
| 9:45 | 10:00 | 0:15 | Investor Session | Investor Reverse Pitch | Presenter: Bibi Sattar Marques (Buena Vista Equity) | Investor Session |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | 0:30 | Investor Session | Investor Discussion Panel | Moderator: David Uffer. Panelists: Henk Westendorp, Alessandro Piga, Bibi Sattar Marques, Varun Turlapati, Luiz Sampaio, Chris Allen, Anant Mathur | Investor Session |
| 10:30 | 11:15 | 0:45 | Coffee / Partnering Break 1 | Partnering | ||
| 11:15 | 11:30 | 0:15 | Presentation | Why the First 10 Patients Matter: Operational lessons from early device studies | Presenter: Nikolai Nikitin (Clinical Accelerator) | Clinical Accelerator |
| 11:30 | 12:00 | 0:30 | Special Session | Clinical Trials Without Borders: Building a Global EFS Strategy | Co-moderators: Lauren Baker (Insight Medical), Nikolai Nikitin (Clinical Accelerator). Panelists: Laura Berghmans, Alexandra Popma (CRF), Mary Kan (MedTech Catapult, Singapore), Rick Geoffrion (MDIC), Yuval Binur | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 | 12:15 | 0:15 | Presentation | Journey from EFS to Pivotal: Sponsor’s view | Presenter: Katherine Kumar | 4C Medical Technologies |
| 12:15 | 12:30 | 0:15 | Presentation | Journey from EFS to Pivotal: CRO’s view | Presenter: Lorraine Rusch | CCS |
| 12:30 | 13:00 | 0:30 | Special Session | Scaling Clinical Evidence: Transitioning from EFS to Pivotal Studies | Co-moderators: Lorraine Rusch (CCS), Anna Nikitina (Clinical Accelerator). Panelists: Katherine Kumar (4C Medical), Tenley Kreter (Supira Medical), Steve Chartier (BioVentrix) | Panel Discussion |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | 1:00 | Lunch / Partnering Break 2 | Optional partnering | ||
| 14:00 | 14:45 | 0:45 | Leadership Panel | The Exit Playbook: Lessons from MedTech Leaders on M&A, IPOs, and Value Creation | Moderator: Virginia Giddings (Edwards). Panelists: Gowri Raman (Medtronic), Andrew Glass (Vivasure), Lori Chmura (Nyra Medical) | Leadership Panel |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | 0:45 | Special Session | Expert Insights-2: Practical Solutions for MedTech Startups | Moderator: Nikolai Nikitin (Clinical Accelerator), Presenters/Panelists: Brendan Marrinan (ICS Medical Devices), Deniz Ozturk (Medividia), Panelists: Graham Prescott (Audicor), Wolfgang Goetz (Prima Medtech), Marwan Berrada (T45 Labs), Lisa Beck (MCRA) | Special Session |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | 0:15 | De-Risking Device Development and Delivering on Milestones | Presenter: Brendan Marrinan | ICS Medical Devices | |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | 0:15 | Heart Valve Design Beyond Trial and Error: Computational Fluid–Structure Interaction (FSI) for Informed Design Decisions | Presenter: Deniz Ozturk, PhD | Medividia | |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | 0:15 | TBD | Presenter: TBD | ||
