Oct 5 to 7, Cleveland Clinic Innovations Summit — The lineup of events for the 7th Annual Medical Innovation Summit in Cleveland is once again impressive.

Highlights include:

• Insights into innovations in cancer therapeutics, diagnostics and disease management systems.

• Exchanges with investors and executives who are shaping the future of medical innovation.

• Discussions with new technology decision makers, including FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.

• First-hand analysis on new modes for supporting innovation.

• Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010.

• Live interactive surgery.

Session topics:

• Challenges in cancer treatment

• Enhancing drug development

• The market for consumer genotyping in oncogenomics

• Innovation, IT and health care: achieving ROI

• The revolution in radiotherapy technology

• Corporate venturing, capital shortfalls and the demand for innovation

• Enabling new technologies and therapies

Speakers:

• Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner

• Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM

• Katie Szyman, Senior VP, Medtronic

• Euan Thomson, CEO, Accuray

• Maria Bartiromo, CNBC Anchor and Correspondent
  www.clevelandclinic.org/innovations/summit/

Oct 20 to 22, Medical Design and Manufacturing Minneapolis — The MD&M Minneapolis conference and exposition at the Minneapolis Convention Center will present advances in medical materials, assembly, and electronic components. Other exposition areas include CAD and CAM software, production equipment, automation and controls, packaging materials and machinery, medical — device software and validation solutions, enterprise-wide IT, sterilization systems, and a range of contract service providers.
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