Conference Day 2 - Thursday 2 July

The Medical Technology Germany 2026 Conference by:

Sustainability & The Circular Economy

Time Agenda
10:00 - 10:30 SustainMed 2.0 - The future of healthcare is sustainable and connected
KEYNOTE Dr. Felix Stöppelmann - BioRegio STERN Management GmbH
10:30 - 10:50 Circular Economy in the Operating Room - Sustainable Innovations in Medical Packaging
Jan-Willem Bruijsten - Coveris
10:50 - 11:10 When obligation becomes opportunity: PPWR as a driver of innovation in pharmaceutical and MedTech packaging
Ina Führlein - PEKU Folien
11:10 - 11:30 Too expensive, too energy-intensive, not competitive? Single-use medical products caught between sustainability, hygiene, and cost pressures
Joalene Schmitt - BISON Polymer
11:30 - 11:50 Biocompatibility 2.0: What should be considered for the next generation of safe materials
Eurofins Medical Device Services
11:50 - 12:10 The Monocyte Activation Test
Philipp Langenbach - Cormica

LUNCH BREAK

Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing

Time Agenda
13:00 - 13:30 I came, I saw, I printed - 3D printing in medicine: an end in itself or a source of added value?
KEYNOTE Alexander B. Xepapadeas - University Hospital Tübingen
13:30 - 13:50 Precision for Heart Implants
Stefan Rädler, Bereichlseiter Additive Manufacturing - 1zu1 scale
13:50 - 14:20 More than just as surface - Thin-film technology for the medicine of tomorrow
KEYNOTE Prof. Dr. Udo Klotzbach, Managing Director - EFDS European Research Society for Thin Films e.V.
14:20 - 14:40 How improve the surface finishing of orthopedic implants (Knees - Hips - Screws - Tibial Trays)
Erik Zaninelli - RS Robot Service

* Agenda subject to change. Correct at time of publish.

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