Medical Devices - New Tools and New Rules

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
7th SME Silicon Valley Annual Conference
Santa Clara Convention Center - Rooms 209 - 210

Attend an exciting, one-day seminar to explore pioneering technologies in medical device manufacturing, new methods and controls that will help your team speed up, new product development in a highly competitive world.

Topics

• Pioneering medical technologies and manufacturing
• New product introduction challenges
• Modeling, 3-D printing, and additive manufacturing technologies including hands-on demonstration
• Process validation and controls - best practices

This conference is held in conjunction with the Design-2-Part Show and in collaboration with local professional organizations including IEEE-CPMT and ASQ Biomedical Division. Sponsorships are available. For more information or if you registration issues, please contact the Conference Co-Chair, Joanne Moody at 925.980.9655 or sme098@gmail.com. Please be sure to contact us immediately if you have any issues with the online registration or payment.

This conference is held in conjunction with the Design-2-Part Show (www.d2p.com).

No charge for parking,

Conference Agenda

7:30 a.m.Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Introduction

Joanne Moody - SME Chair - Zeta Scientific LLC

8:15 a.m. Partnering to Streamline the Innovation to Product Process

Keynote - Dipankar Ganguly - VP R&D - Celestica

9:00 a.m.Pioneering Technologies in Medical Manufacturing Panel

Dipankar Ganguly - VP R&D - Celestica,

Joseph Fjelstad - Founder Verdant Electronics and Silicon Pipe

Vince Sullivan - VP Product Development - Stellartech Research Corporation

Moderator: Christian Walton - Senior Director, Product Development - Triple Ring Technologies

10:00 a.m. Morning Break

10:15 a.m.New Product Introduction Challenges and Opportunities

Panel

Rob Sestrick - Design Controls Manager - GE Medical

Rick O'Connor - VP Incubation - Triple Ring Technologies

Micah Bongberg - CEO - Annuvia

David Fine - Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Stellartech Research Corporation

Moderator: Mike Keer, CEO - Product Realization Group

11:30 a.m.Design-2-Part Tour Break and Meet Our Sponsors

1:30 p.m.3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, User Examples & Hands-On Experience

Panel

Greg Elfering - Director of Sales - 3D Systems

Nathaniel Arnaldo Arrk - Business Development - Product Development Group

Robert Coffron - 3D Printing Account Executive - GoEngineer

Moderator: Mark Brinkerhoff - Founder - Fusion Design, Inc.

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m.Process Controls for Rapid Prototyping

Jerome Jackson - VP Research & Development - Stellartech

3:15 p.m. Process Validation

Wayne H. Schrier - Principal and Owner - Coastside Biotech Consultant

4:00 p.m.Q&A, Discussion, and Drawings (must be present with various items including a Kindle)

Joanne Moody - SME Chair - President - Zeta Scientific LLC

5:00 p.m. Closing & Thanks to Our Sponsors

6:00 p.m. David's Restaurant, Santa Clara Golf Course - Dinner price not included.

Logistics

No charge for parking.

For lodging, contact our the Design-2-Part travel coordinator Herma
Levine at 800-251-5282. For lunch (no provided by the conference), there will be concessions on
the floor in addition to the attached hotel restaurants.

Consider joining SME today and enjoy benefits and discounts to events and tours. See the special membership plus discount offer.

If you are a non-member but full time student - email us for the full time Student discount code and save.

Thanks to our Sponsors: