MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit
Intimate investor and startup partnering meeting for medtech founders and R&D leaders.
- Dates
- Nov 3 to Nov 5, 2026
- Where
- San Diego, CA
- Cost
- Ticket $2,195 to $2,395. $2,195 store price; $2,395 per attendee on the presenter page.
- Type
- Summit · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- MedTech Strategist
- Audience level
- Senior, Executive
- Suits
- Starting or buying a business
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Speaking opportunities
Speakers are invited
Companies apply to present.
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Device engineering and R&D, Digital health devices and diagnostics
Roles: device r&d lead, diagnostics product manager
Levels: Senior, Executive
The field it serves: Medical Devices
- Verified open jobs
- about 545
- Typical posted salary
- $118,000 a year (middle half $98,000 to $153,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 32% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +0.3% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 132 of the newest 545 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 545 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Medical Devices snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- AdvaMed Sponsoring 2026
- Avio Medtech Sponsoring 2026
- CBSET Inc. Sponsoring 2026
- Eurofins Scientific Sponsoring 2026
- Greenberg Traurig Sponsoring 2026
- Infera Sponsoring 2026
- Inmedix Sponsoring 2026
- Johnson & Johnson MedTech Sponsoring 2026
- Knobbe Martens Sponsoring 2026
- McKinsey & Company Sponsoring 2026
- Medmarc Sponsoring 2026
- Medtronic PLC Sponsoring 2026
- RBrooks Group Sponsoring 2026
- Rev.1 Engineering Sponsoring 2026
- Velentium Medical Sponsoring 2026
- Veranex Sponsoring 2026
- Angelini Ventures Speaking 2026
- Anthro Ventures Speaking 2026
- Boston Scientific Corporation Speaking 2026
- Edwards Lifesciences Speaking 2026
- ExploraMed Speaking 2026
- Fogarty Innovation Speaking 2026
- Gilde Healthcare Speaking 2026
- Intuitive Ventures Speaking 2026
- Lightstone Ventures Speaking 2026
- Market Pathways Speaking 2026
- Raymond James Speaking 2026
- Santé Speaking 2026
- ShangBay Capital Speaking 2026
- Stanford University Medical Center Speaking 2026
Read from the event’s own pages: www.medtechstrategist.com, www.medtechstrategist.com.
Speakers and sessions
Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.
Moderators
Brian Flynn
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Speakers
Abigail Hunter-Syed
Head of Olympus Innovation Ventures, Olympus Ventures
Andrew Cleeland
CEO, Fogarty Innovation
Auriel August
Principal, Santé
Brad Klos
Managing Partner, E-merge Capital Partners
Chris Eso
SVP, Global Head, Corporate and Business Development & Ventures, Medtronic
Dan Kaiser, PhD
DVP, Product Development and Engineering, Electrophysiology, Abbott
David Filmore
Executive Editor, Market Pathways
Eb Bright
President, ExploraMed
Howard Levin, MD
Managing Partner and Chief Medical Officer, Coridea
Imran Hamid
Senior Director, Venture Investments, LivaNova
Jed Cohen
Managing Director, Medical Technology Investment Banking, Raymond James
Joseph Ferrara
Chief Strategy Officer, Veranex
Justin Castelli
Vice President, New Business Development, Boston Scientific Corporation
Mike Carusi
Managing Partner, Lightstone Ventures
Nate Harrington
Managing Partner, Philips Ventures
Omid Akhavan
Managing Director & Founder, Anthro Ventures
Paul Grand
Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator
Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Engineering; Director, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Stanford University Medical Center
Roger Brooks
President & CEO, RBrooks Group
Sarah Fox
Senior Associate, Angelini Ventures
Susana Amorim
Investment Manager, Healthtech Venture & Growth, Gilde Healthcare
Terri Burke
Senior Partner, Intuitive Ventures
Virginia Giddings
VP of Exploration, Edwards Lifesciences
William Dai
Founding Managing Partner, ShangBay Capital
Read from the event’s own pages: medtechstrategist.com
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in San Diego, CA. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2026: November 3, 2026 to November 5, 2026, San Diego, CA
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