Get to know our Program – Shift Medical 2020

Program 2021

Choose from unique sessions and networking opportunities to get the most out of your Shift Medical experience

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Day 1

Thursday, September 23

Opening

5.00 - 6.30 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Auditorium

5.00 pm

Welcome Words

Dr Lars Riedemann (MD) →
Scientific Director

5.15 pm

Welcome Words

Prof Dr Matthias Weidemüller →
Heidelberg University

5.30 pm

Welcome note from the Heidelberg Startup Partners Association and the Heidelberg Technology Park

Dr André H. R. Domin →
Heidelberg Technology Park

5.45 pm

Welcome note from the Heidelberg Startup Partners Association and the Heidelberg Technology Park

Dr Thomas Prexl →
Heidelberg Startup Partners e.V.

6.00 pm

Opening Keynote – The Medical Virtualist: Back to the Future

Rahul Sharma →
Weill Cornell Medical College

Michael Nochomovitz →
Devoted Health

Network Break

6.30 - 7.30 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Networking Area

Meeting Point

Spatial Audio

Moderator
Martin Rieger

6.30 - 7.30 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Networking Area

Sponsor Talk

7.30 - 8.00 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Auditorium

7.30 pm

Using XR to Save Lives: Immersive Technology for
Emergency Medicine

Devi Kolli →
i3 Simulations

Keynotes

8.00 - 9.00 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Auditorium

8.00 pm

Virtual Reality in Clinical Psychology

Mel Slater →
Universitat de Barcelona

8.30 pm

The Golden Age of VR Analgesia

Hunter Hoffman (PhD) →
University of Washington

Networking

9.00 - 9.30 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Networking Area

Keynotes

9.30 - 10.30 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Auditorium

9.30 pm

Empathic Computing and Next Generation
Telemedicine

Prof Mark Billinghurst →
The University of Auckland

10.00 pm

The Evolving Role of VR in the Wake of COVID-19:
Immersive Therapeutics for Post-Pandemic Mental Health

Brennan Spiegel (MD, MSHS) →
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Summary

10.30 - 10.45 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Auditorium

10.30 pm

Summary day 1

Dr Lars Riedemann (MD) →
Scientific Director

Networking

10.45 - 11.45 pm (CEST)
Thursday, September 23

Networking Area

Day 2

Friday, September 24

Opening

10.00 - 11.10 am (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

10.00 am

Welcome Words

Dr Lars Riedemann (MD) →
Scientific Director

Sebastian Smieja
Event Manager

10.30 am

Extended Reality across industries

Dr Christoph Runde →
VDC Fellbach

10.50 am

Medical XR in the UK

Ross O'Brien →
Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust

Sarah Ticho →
Hatsumi VR

Networking

11.10 - 11.45 am (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Networking Area

Session 1

Extended Reality in the Hospital of the Future

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

11.45 am - 2.00 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

How will the human touch feel in the hospital of the future?

11.45 am

Age of multidimensional hospitals

Dr Hannes Kenngott (MSc) →
Heidelberg University Hospital

12.00 pm

Digital Transformation in Medical Industry; from diagnostics to therapeutics

Grey Yong Won Kim →
M2S

12.15 pm

Augmenting ultrasound for therapy and diagnosis

Dr Alexander Seitel →
German Cancer Research Center

12.30 pm

Using AI to improve AR visualizations

Prof Dr Sandy Engelhardt (MSc) →
Heidelberg University Hospital

12.45 pm

SSI Prevention Through VR: Filling in the Gaps between Evidence and Practice

Andreea Ion Cojocaru →
NUMENA

Susanne Hellmich-Amendt →
B. Braun Medical

1.00 pm

Holoportation: a giant leap forward for communication

Antoine Bezborodko →
HoloForge Interactive

1.15 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 1

Session 2

Extended Reality for Surgical Training

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

2.00 - 3.30 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

Will XR become the new standard for surgical training?

2.00 pm

BlendedVR: Precision Skills Transfer in Virtual Reality

Richard Vincent →
FundamentalVR

2.15 pm

Possibilities of VR in orthopaedic surgery training

Arne Schlenzka →
Osgenic

2.30 pm

Medical XR for Minimally-Invasive Procedures

Jennifer Avari Silva →
SentiAR

2.45 pm

Virtual Reality and Surgical Training: A New Wave of Experiential Learning

Dr Danny Goel →
Precision OS

3.00 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 2

Networking

3.00 - 3.30 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Networking Area

Session 3

Extended Reality in Surgery

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

3.30 - 5.00 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

Will XR become the new standard for surgery?

3.30 pm

Mixed Reality for the surgeon: Where are we? What is next?

Dr Dominik Fischer →
Brainlab

3.45 pm

Here and Now: Everyday Use of AR-Based Navigation for Hip Arthroplasty

Patrick Lane →

HipInsight

4.00 pm

3D Point of care, first steps of AR in CMF, are we entering a new era?

Prof Samer Srouji →
Galilee Medical Center

4.15 pm

Mixed Reality in minimally invasive liver surgery

Egidijus Pelanis →
Oslo University Hospital

4.30 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 3

Networking and Poster Session I

5.00 - 6.00 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Networking Area

Sponsor Talk

6.00 - 6.30 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

6.00 pm

Dimensionalis tertii muscle: 3D printing in medical training

Frank Antwerpes →
DocCheck

Session 4

Transprofessional Extended Reality Development

Moderator
Noah Smith

6.30 - 8.00 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

Why Alexander von Humboldt would have loved Medical XR

6.30 pm

The Digital Transformation of Medicine needs Visionaries

Arman Ghanaat →
Heidelberg University Hospital

6.45 pm

Transdisciplinarity and Transprofessionalism in MedXR

Vangelis Lympouridis →
University of Southern California

Marientina Gotsis (MFA) →
University of Southern California

7.15 pm

XR Simulation-Based Training at Boston Children’s Hospital

Jeffrey Jacobson (PhD) →
Boston Children’s Hospital

7.30 pm

Addressing the XR demand: scalable content creation, deployment and distribution

Dr Jonathan M. Morris →
Mayo Clinic

Cory Heizenrader →
Education XR

7.45 pm

The meaningful usage of Virtual Augmented Reality in low economic contexts: ‘The success projects of the First large Latin American Startup applied in Clinical Practice. Lessons learned and future perspectives’.

Asmâa Hidki (MD) →
SSVAR

8.00 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 4

Networking and Poster Session II

8.30 - 9.30 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Networking Area

Session 5

Extended Reality for Mental Health

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

9.30 pm - 11.00 am (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

Will Medical XR make psychotherapists unemployed? Get ready for the new tech kid on the block

9.30 pm

VR Therapy: What It Can, What It Can’t, And What It Could Do w/ AI

Dr Brandon Birckhead (MD) →
Johns Hopkins University

9.45 pm

Reducing Burnout Through XR

Alexander Young →
Virti

10.00 pm

How Immersive Experiences Transform Workforce Development in Aging Care & Beyond

Erin Washington →
Embodied Labs

10.15 pm

Virtual Reality Behavioral Activation: An Intervention for Major Depressive Disorder

Margot Paul →
PGSP Stanford PsyD Consortium

10.30 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 5

Summary

11.00 - 11.15 pm (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Auditorium

11.00 pm

Summary day 2

Dr Lars Riedemann (MD) →
Scientific Director

Sebastian Smieja
Event Manager

Networking

11.15 pm - 12.15 am (CEST)
Friday, September 24

Networking Area

Day 3

Saturday, September 25

Opening

8.45 - 9.00 am (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Auditorium

8.45 am

Welcome Words

Dr Lars Riedemann (MD) →
Scientific Director

Sebastian Smieja
Event Manager

Session 6

Market Overview / Business Development

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

9.00 - 11.00 am (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Auditorium

Why business development in Medical XR must be professionalized to save us from another tech bubble

9.00 am

The value of digital health and the emergence of digital health ecosystems

Tobias Silberzahn →
McKinsey & Company

9.30 am

A new era of digital health – between hype and evidence

Dr Simon Reif →
ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung

9.45 am

Of birthing Cooking Pots - The Role of Clinical Evidence in Business Development

Jan Brönneke →
Health Innovation Hub of the Federal Ministry of Health

10.00 am

Advancing digital health applications: Priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation

Prof Ariel Dora Stern →
Havard Business School

10.15 am

Technology Resistance and Adoption – An Information Systems Perspective

Dr Dennis Steininger →
TU Kaiserslautern

10.30 am

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 6

Networking

11.00 am - 1.30 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

Meeting Point

Road to Market

Moderator
Tobias Klingenfuss

11.00 am - 1.30 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

Session 7

Hygiene with/for Extended Reality

Moderator
Lars Riedemann

1.30 - 3.15 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Auditorium

Would Ignaz Semmelweis use XR devices? Hygiene principles in the digital health age

1.30 pm

How much hygiene does Virtual Reality need? – A quick guide to disinfect

Constanze Born →
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein

1.45 pm

Squeaky clean: Are XR devices ready for sterile and clean room environments in Medical and Pharma environments?

Robert Hoffmeister →
Goodly Innovations

2.00 pm

Making a difference with XR

Dimitri Amiras →
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Jason Lawson →
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

James M. Kinross
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

2.15 pm

Ultraviolet light is a safe alternative to decontaminate N95 respirators/masks

Martin Purschke (PhD) →
Harvard Medical School

2.30 pm

Immersive Journalism and Public Health Awareness in a Pandemic

Karthik Patanjali →
The New York Times

2.45 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 7

Networking

3.15 - 4.00 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

Meeting Point

Road to Market

Moderator
Tobias Klingenfuss

3.15 - 4.00 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

Session 8

Extended Reality – usability, accessibility and inclusion

Moderator
Lale Jakob

4.00 - 6.15 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Auditorium

We don’t primarily need new products, we need a concept for accessibility and usability

4.00 pm

No risk, no fun? Bringing VR to the pediatric patient

Ludger Tüshaus →
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein

4.15 pm

A Voice For VR: The Advocate’s Role in Spreading Awareness of VR for Patient Use

Heather Bucalos →
Patient Advocate

4.30 pm

People with Disabilities Are Excluded. How do we change that in medical XR?

Thomas Logan →
Equal Entry

4.45 pm

Building Inclusively and Accessibly

Christopher Patnoe →
Google

5.00 pm

XR Collaboration at a scale

Benjamin Bauer →
Accenture

Andy Nice →
Accenture

5.15 pm

How can tech help solving the skills gap in the medical industry?

Wolfgang Stelzle →
Re'flekt

5.45 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 8

Networking

6.15 - 8.00 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

Session 9

Extended Reality for Medical Training and Education

Moderator
Petra Dahm

8.00 - 10.00 pm (CEST)
Saturday, September 25

Auditorium

See many, do many, teach many – does XR really improve medical education?

8.00 pm

Anatomy Studio: A tool for virtual dissection through
augmented 3D reconstruction

Joaquim Jorge →
University of Lisboa

8.15 pm

Evolution of Immersive Medical Education

Robert Cairnduff →
Elsevier

Mikhail Vaysbukh →
Elsevier

8.30 pm

Laerdal’s Future of Healthcare Simulation – The role of Digital Realities in the big picture

Andre Fangueiro →
Laerdal Medical

9.00 pm

Integrating XR into radiology workflow – from concept to medical device

Mike Wesolowski
Luxsonic

9.15 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion with all Session Speakers

Session 9

Networking Party

10.00 - 11.45 pm
Saturday, September 25

Networking Area

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Choose from unique sessions and networking opportunities to get the most out of your Shift Medical experience

Thursday, September 23

5.00 pm

Welcome Words

5.15 pm

Welcome Words

5.30 pm

Welcome note from the Heidelberg Startup Partners Association and the Heidelberg Technology Park

5.45 pm

Welcome note from the Heidelberg Startup Partners Association and the Heidelberg Technology Park

6.00 pm

Opening Keynote – The Medical Virtualist: Back to the Future

7.30 pm

Using XR to Save Lives: Immersive Technology for Emergency Medicine

8.00 pm

Virtual Reality in Clinical Psychology

8.30 pm

The Golden Age of VR Analgesia

9.30 pm

Empathic Computing and Next Generation Telemedicine

10.00 pm

The Evolving Role of VR in the Wake of COVID-19: Immersive Therapeutics for Post-Pandemic Mental Health

10.30 pm

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Using XR to Save Lives: Immersive Technology for
Emergency Medicine

Empathic Computing and Next Generation
Telemedicine

The Evolving Role of VR in the Wake of COVID-19:
Immersive Therapeutics for Post-Pandemic Mental Health