Point of Care Showcase & Pitch Event

1 Financial Center,Boston MA 02111

06 June, 2023

Description

IN 2023: CAPCaT will happen IN-PERSON at Mintz Offices in Boston, MA. For the 4th consectutive year, The UMass Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies (CAPCaT) in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders is pleased to present this high-energy, high-value event for life sciences startups. Join us and open the doors to big company/little company strategic partnerships and grant funding opportunities.Who should attend?Life sciences startups seeking corporate strategic partnerships. Researchers seeking to build their early-stage innovation through NIH grant funding.Life sciences entrepreneurs seeking an opportunity to network with potential corporate strategic partners.Innovators, investors, academics, students, and anyone, anywhere, interested in the future direction of diagnostics and vital point-of-care technologies.A Fireside Chat with Two Key Opinion Leaders: Agenda:I. Introductions from UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School leadership II. Fireside Chat with experts Maria Berkman and Kadir Kadhiresan III. Live pitch presentations to an expert advisory panel of influential strategic and venture capital investors from 5 startups that received grant funding from CAPCaT in 2022: Volumetrix - Non-Invasive Venous waveform AnalysisVPG Medical - Non-contact monitoring technologiesBrainstem Biometrics - Simple, specific and non-invasive measurement of basic brainstem functionInfraredRx - Management of peripheral artery diseaseGeneral Prognostics - Blood biomarker remote monitoringIV. NIH Segment " NIH/NHLBI Product Development Resources with the Office of Translational Alliances and Coordination" Meet The Panelists:John BencoLana CaronMaria BerkmanKadir KadhiresanSandra Nagale