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Access to Innovation Program in the Healthcare System of Catalonia

One year after its launch, Biocat, in collaboration with Departament of Health, AQuAS and CatSalut, presents the latest developments, advances, and main challenges of the Access to Innovation Program in the Healthcare System of Catalonia (PASS).

A session aimed at all key stakeholders in the healthcare innovation value chain, with the goal of streamlining adoption processes, providing resources and support to innovators, and offering the healthcare system a unified registry that allows centralized access to the range of technologies, products, and innovative services developed in the BioRegion of Catalonia.

Agenda

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Opening of the event: Inauguration and welcome remarks
  • Antoni Plasència, Director General for Health Research and Innovation. Government of Catalonia.
  • Robert Fabregat, CEO. Biocat.
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Update on the PASS Program: Tools and innovations.

Moderator:

  • Ramon Maspons, Director of Innovation. AQuAS.

Speakers:

  • Carme Pratdepàdua, Head of the mHealth.cat Office. TicSalut Foundation.
  • Sandra García-Armesto, Director. AQuAS.
  • Assumpta Ricart, Manager of Integrated Health Processes. CatSalut.
  • Robert Fabregat, CEO. Biocat.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Roundtable: Lessons Learned with Companies from the Accompaniment Unit Pilot

Moderators:

  • David Pijoan, Project Manager. Department of Innovation and Business Development. Biocat.
  • Rosa Vivanco, Head of the Department of Health Technology Assessment and Quality of Care Services. AQuAS.

Speakers:

  • Alfons Carnicero, Co-founder & CEO. ABLE Human Motion.
  • Alicia Martínez, CEO & Co-founder. Time is Brain.
  • Mariona Serra, Director. GoodGut.
  • Cristina Vilarmau, Head of Business Development and Innovation. MiMARK.
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Coffee break
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Round table: The adoption of innovation from the perspective of hospitals

Moderators:

  • Núria Castany, Project Manager. Department of Innovation and Business Development. Biocat.
  • Cristina Mallol, Healthcare Innovation Lead. CatSalut.

Speakers:

  • Patricia Pesudo, Director of Strategic Drive and Transformation. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
  • Oriol Estrada, Director of Healthcare Strategy and Innovation. Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol.
  • Sara Manjón, Manager. Consorci Hospitalari de Vic.
  • Laia Masip, Project Manager in Medical Technology and Innovation at the 3D Lab. Hospital Verge de la Cinta.
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Presentation of the challenges and needs of the Healthcare System of Catalonia (CatSalut) Open call presentation (Biocat)
  • Ignasi Carrasco, Director of the Healthcare Area. CatSalut.
  • Robert Fabregat, CEO. Biocat.
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Closing
  • The Hon. Ms. Olga Pané, Minister of Health. Government of Catalonia.
1:45 PM - 3 PM | Networking cocktail

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