Agenda:

NEXTMED: European Hub for Innovation in Healthcare

PROFESSOR JACQUES MARESCAUX: The Future of Healthcare with a focus on minimally invasive surgery

Q&A with the audience

Speakers Bio:

Prof. Jacques Marescaux came up with the idea to create an original research and training center. In 1994, IRCAD opened on the grounds of the University Hospital of Strasbourg within the NEXTMED campus. Since its creation, IRCAD has gained world renowned fame as a leading surgery research and education institute. In 2001, Professor Marescaux electrified the surgical world with “Operation Lindbergh”. Sitting at a robotic console in New York City, Professor Marescaux dexterously removed the diseased gallbladder of a patient in Strasbourg, France – the perfect blending of information technology and surgery. Just as Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic revolutionized our thinking, so too did this worldwide first, proving that distances were no longer an obstacle in surgery. IRCAD today, engages with tens of thousands surgeons each year, training them, advancing innovation and during this talk Professor Jacques Marescaux will be sharing with you some his acquired wisdom and views for the future.

Nicolas Pellerin holds a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Strasbourg. He worked as an engineer for Research and Development within the Renault group and carried out several research contracts for companies such as Décathlon, Adidas, EDF, in France and internationally and notably at Boston. At the request of the metropolis of Strasbourg, in 2009 he created the Higher Education, Research and Innovation department of the European capital in order to design and deploy the scientific and technological development strategies of the territory. Specializing in the development of innovation ecosystems, he manages the NEXTMED campus, dedicated to medical technologies, on the Strasbourg University Hospitals site, with the main focus on developing the offer of the NEXTMED campus and the implementation / marketing of programs real estate under construction, namely 30,000m² dedicated to companies in the sector.