September 9, 2014 | Executives from several emerging and established neurotechnology firms will be presenting at the 14th annual Neurotech Leaders Forum, which takes place in San Francisco October 20-21. Promising neurotechnology firms presenting at the conference include Spinal Modulation Inc., Cervel Neurotech, Inc., Evoke Neuroscience, Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc., Brain Resource Ltd., ClickBrain, and several others.
Mir Imran, CEO and founder of InCube Labs, will deliver the keynote address on October 20. Mir has founded more than 20 life sciences companies and also founded a life sciences venture fund. Other investment professionals participating in the event include Leslie Bottorff from GE Ventures, Rob Abrams from Sanderling Ventures, Kevin Wasserstein from the Neurotechnology Innovations Translator, and Manuel Lopez-Figueroa from Bay City Capital.
Other speakers added to the program include Kip Ludwig, neural engineering program manager at the NIH, Jeff Erb, senior director of business development at Medtronic Neuromodulation, Jeff Zimman, chairman of Posit Science, Jared Huston from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Dustin Tyler from the Cleveland FES Center, and Kewal Jain from Jain PharmaBiotech.
Platinum sponsor for this year’s Neurotech Leaders Forum will be Cirtec Medical Systems. Micro Systems Technologies will be the Gold Sponsor. And Stellar Technologies, Inc. will return as Silver Sponsor.
The first day of the 2014 event is devoted to the implantable neurotechnology device industry and is targeted particularly at early-stage neurotechnology firms and research professionals contemplating launching a neurotech startup. Conference faculty and industry panelists will offer important insights on technology and market development.
The second day of the conference is devoted to noninvasive neurotechnology devices, including neurosensing systems and surface stimulation systems. The sessions offer an exclusive forum for executives and entrepreneurs to interact with investors, technologists, and potential partners who are working to expand the neurotech industry into new areas.
For more information on the 2014 Neurotech Leaders Forum, contact Neurotech Reports at 415 546 1259.
