Healthcare Innovation: German American Economic Forum

October 18, 2019, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |

Northeastern University, East Village, 17th Floor, 291 St. Botolph St., Boston

CEOs and executives from top life science companies will convene in one room to discuss healthcare innovation at this year's economic forum curated by the German-American Business Council.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. – Opening

Welcome address: James C. Bean, Provost, Northeastern University
Introduction: Bodo Liesenfeld, President, GABC
Opening remarks: Karl-Matthias Klause, Head of Economic Department, German Embassy
Keynote: Jan Hartmann, Conference Chair and VP Medical Affairs, Haemonetics

9:00 a.m. – Panel #1: “The ‘Business' of R&D”

Moderator: Katharina Janus, Founder, Center for Healthcare Management, Columbia University
Karl Ziegelbauer, SVP, Bayer AG
Paige Mahaney, SVP, Boehringer Ingelheim
Jörg Holenz, SVP, Neuroscience, Gruenenthal
Stephanie Oestreich, EVP, Evotec
Stefan Tullius, Chief of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

10:45 a.m. – Panel #2: “CEO Perspective: Strategic Importance of Innovation”

Moderator: Moderator: Travis McCready, President and CEO, Mass Life Sciences Center
Rice Powell, CEO, Fresenius Medical Care
Udit Batra, CEO, MilliporeSigma
Frank Laukien, CEO, Bruker
Martin Madaus, The Carlyle Group, former CEO, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Navjot Singh, Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
David Stein, Head of Global Strategy & Innovation, Siemens Healthineers

12:00 p.m. – Closing remarks followed by a networking lunch

About the German-American Business Council of Boston (GABC)

The German American Economic Forum 2019 is the year's flagship event curated by the German-American Business Council of Boston, Inc. (GABC). The GABC is the region's premier organization dedicated to fostering German-American business & trade in New England counting many of the region's key German-American companies and business executives among its membership. More: www.gabc-boston.org.