Agenda
22.09.2025 – Installation of the exhibition (2-6 pm)
23.09.2025 – Congress Day 1
08:00 am: Arrival of participants, check-in, visit to the exhibition
09:00 am – 4:30 pm Lectures and exhibition (lecture program in progress)
24.09.2025 – Congress Day 2
08:00 am: Arrival of participants, check-in, visit to the exhibition
09:00 am – 4:30 pm Lectures and exhibition (lecture program in progress)
From 4:30 pm – end of the congress and exhibition (dismantling)
Planned subject areas
- New innovative medical devices
- Software in Medical Technology
- Electronics in Medical Technology
- Plastics in Medical Technology
- Metals in Medical Technology
- Regulatory requirements for medical devices
- Testing and inspection of medical devices
Tag 1
8:00 – 9:15:
- Arrival of participants, check-in, visit to the exhibition
- Welcome: Dr. Wolfgang Sening, senetics healthcare group GmbH & Co. KG
- Greetings: Thomas Deffner, Mayor of the City of Ansbach
- Welcome address: Judith Gerlach, Bavarian State Minister for Health and Care
- 09:15 – 09:35: Prof. Dr. Klaus Stefan Drese, ISAT, Coburg University of Applied Sciences
“Ultrasound-based gap measurement on hip implants” - 09:35 – 09:55: Frank Orschler, Managing Director, Königsee Implantate GmbH
“MDR a funding program for the paper industry” - 09:55 – 10:15: Dr. Katrin Sulzer, Head of BioLabs, senetics healthcare group, GmbH & Co. KG
“Biological tests for medical devices and normative requirements” - 10:15 – 10:35: Elevator pitches from exhibitors
- 10:35 – 11:05: Coffee break in the exhibition
- 11:05 – 11:25: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. Hüdayi Korkusuz, Scientific Advisory Board,
eezewave GmbH “Development of the RFA probe and its applications“ - 11:25 – 11:45: Philip Eschenbacher, Head of R&D, senetics healthcare group, GmbH & Co. KG
“Develop, manufacture and test innovative medical devices in a lean and compliant manner” - 11:45 – 12:25: Elevator pitches from exhibitors
- 12:25 – 13:30: Lunch break in the exhibition
- 13:30 – 13:50: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Dipl. Phys. Oliver Friedrich, LS Medical
Biotechnology, University of Erlangen Nuremberg
“Iso-Stretcher, Multi-Stretcher and Co. – new measurement systems for cell and tissue stretching
in biomedicine" - 13:50 – 14:10 Dr. Tobias Schneider, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
"Innovative ophthalmological solutions and regulatory challenges" - 14:10 – 14:30 Prof. Dr. Norbert W. Guldner, pfm medical titanium gmbh & University of Lübeck
“Titanium-containing blood contact surfaces for biological heart valves and biomechanical hearts”
- 14:30 – 14:50: Prof. Prof. hc Dr.-Ing. Birgit Glasmacher, M.Sc., Inst. for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz
University of Hannover “Medical Process Engineering: About Artificial Blood, Frozen Blood Droplets and
individual blood vessels from the patient's blood" - 14:50 – 15:10: Bernd Geisselsöder, Product and Lifecycle Management, Siemens Healthineers AG
“What will diagnostics look like in the future?” - 15:10 – 15:20: Elevator Pitches (Mahr Metering Systems GmbH; EMS GmbH)
- 15:20 – 15:50: Coffee break in the exhibition
- 15:50 – 16:10: Prof. Dr. iur. Ulrich M. Gassner, Mag. rer. publ., M. Jur. (Oxon.), LS for
Medical Device Law, University of Augsburg
“Current Issues in Medical Device Law” - 16:10 – 16:30: Dr. Patrick Hansmann, Head of RA&QM, senetics healthcare group, GmbH & Co. KG
“Regulatory challenges and solutions for medical devices under the MDR and IVDR” - 16:30 – 16:50: Dr. Stefanie Demirci, Bayern Innovativ GmbH / Project sponsor VDI/VDE
"State funding opportunities for innovative medical solutions and products" - 16:50 – 17:45: Visit to the exhibition
- End of the first day of the congress
Tag 2
08:00 – 08:15:
- Welcome: Dr. Wolfgang Sening, senetics healthcare group GmbH & Co. KG
- 08:15 – 08:35: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Gerald Niedobitek, Institute of Pathology, Diagnostics Ernst von
Bergmann GmbH
"Innovations in pathological assessment" - 08:35 – 08:55: Jens Fehre, Diagnostic Imaging Program Management, Siemens Healthineers AG
"Novel Imaging Techniques in Medical Technology" - 08:55 – 09:15: Jürgen Stein, Managing Director, mentalis GmbH
“Selective contractual cooperation between health insurance companies and companies for therapeutic apps”
- 09:15 – 09:35: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. habil. med. Stefan Lyer, SEON, University Hospital Erlangen
"New developments in in vitro diagnostics with magnetic nanoparticles" - 09:35 – 09:55: Dr. Stefan Schäfer, Managing Director, Helmut Hund GmbH
“Use of AI in pollen detection” - 09:55 – 10:15: Dr. Christoph Strubl, Managing Director, STRUBL GmbH & Co. KG
“Primary packaging for medical technology / pharmaceuticals – requirements and solutions in the regulated
Environment" - 10:15 – 10:35: Elevator pitches from exhibitors
- 10:35 – 11:05: Coffee break in the exhibition
- 11:05 – 11:25: Dr. Sven Romer, Deputy Safety Officer Medical Devices, Novartis Pharma GmbH (requested) “Drug application and safety aspects”
- 11:25 – 11:45: Dr. Tobias Gnibl, Oechsler AG
“Intelligent application of drugs through medical devices” - 11:45 – 12:25: Elevator pitches from exhibitors
- 12:25 – 13:30: Award ceremony for the senetics Innovation Award 2024/2025 “Most Innovative Product Idea”
- 13:30 – 14:30: Lunch break in the exhibition
- 14:30 – 14:50: Prof. Dr. Roland Schnurpfeil, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences
“Two years of AI Act EU – Impact on the medical technology industry” - 14:50 – 15:10: Martin Ringholz, Director Global Marketing, Ziehm Imaging GmbH “Mobile imaging systems in the operating room – innovation with 3D & navigation”
- 15:10 – 15:20: Elevator pitches from exhibitors
- 15:20 – 15:50: Coffee break in the exhibition
- 15:50 – 16:10: Prof. Dr. Martin Heßling, Ulm University of Applied Sciences
“Possibilities and limitations of the use of far-UVC radiation for disinfection purposes” - 4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Dr. Rico Brendtke, New Business Development and Planning, Siemens Healthineers AG
"Innovation at Siemens Healthineers: From concept to market maturity" - 16:30 – 17:30: Visit to the exhibition
End of the congress