NAE Regional Meeting Schedule
Transforming Healthcare at the Intersection of AI and Medical Devices
May 20-21, 2025
Medtronic Mounds View Office
8200 Coral Sea St NE, Mounds View, MN
National Academy of Engineering members-only events — May 20-21
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Private Dinner for NAE members
Tuesday, May 20
6-8 p.m.
Off-site location
NAE Leadership & NAE Members
Topic: NAE Networking
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Check-in for NAE members
Wednesday, May 21
7:30-8 a.m.
Table near entrance
NAE members only
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Breakfast for NAE members
Wednesday, May 21
8-9:30 a.m.
Room near Mahle Auditorium
NAE members only
Topic: NAE Business Meeting
Open meeting events for all registrants — May 21
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Check-in for non-NAE members
Wednesday, May 21
9:30-10 a.m.
Near Mahle Auditorium
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NAE Welcome
Wednesday, May 21
10-10:15 a.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenter: John Anderson, President, National Academy of Engineering
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Medtronic and UMN Welcome
Wednesday, May 21
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenters:
- Ken Washington, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Medtronic
- Andrew Alleyne, Dean, UMN College of Science and Engineering
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Opening Keynote Address
Wednesday, May 21
10:45-11:30 a.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenter: Omar Ishrak, Former Chairman & CEO of Medtronic; Medtronic Bakken Fellow
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Rapid Fire Talks - Morning
Wednesday, May 21
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenters:
- Zhi Yang, Associate Professor, UMN Department of Biomedical Engineering — “AI Therapeutics - TRANQUIL: Pivotal Study of the Felix™ NeuroAI™ Wristband in Patients with Essential Tremor”
- Paul Gerrish, Vice President, Technology Development; Medtronic Bakken Fellow — “Smaller, Smarter, Simpler: Driving the Future of Implantable Devices”
- Tay Netoff, Professor, UMN Department of Biomedical Engineering — “Machine Learning for Optimizing Neuromodulation Therapies”
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Lunch and Poster Session
Wednesday, May 21
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Poster session theme: MedTech Evolution
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Keynote Talk
Wednesday, May 21
1:45-2:15 p.m.
Presenter: David Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer & Vice President of Healthcare, Microsoft
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Panel Session - Digital AI Adoption Challenges
Wednesday, May 21
2:15-3:15 p.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Digital AI Adoption Challenges: Lessons from Industry
Presenters:
- Jim Rekoske, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Platforms & Growth at Ecolab
- Florian Schattenmann, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of R&D and Innovation at Cargill
- John Banovetz, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Environmental Responsibility at 3M
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Rapid Fire Talks - Afternoon
Wednesday, May 21
3:15-4 p.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenters:
Kim Chaffin, Vice President Enterprise Technologies; Medtronic Bakken Fellow — “Ensuring Material Biostability for Chronically Implanted Medical Devices”
Hubert Lim, UMN Department of Otolaryngology and Biomedical Engineering — “Advancing a Whole Health Approach in Translating MedTech to Patients”
Rodolphe Katra, Global Chief AI Of>icer, Medtronic — “Dear Patient, the AI Will See You Now…”
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Closing Keynote
Wednesday, May 21
4-4:45 p.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
“AI and The Spinal Digital Twin”
Presenter: Chris Ames, Co-director, Spinal Surgery and UCSF Spine Center Director, Spine Tumor and Spinal Deformity Surgery Neurosurgeon at UCSF Health
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Closing remarks
Wednesday, May 21
5-5:30 p.m.
Mahle Auditorium A
Presenter: Jakob Tolar, Dean and Vice President for Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota Medical School
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Social Event (Optional)
Wednesday, May 21
6-8 p.m.
Invictus Brewing
2025 105th Ave NE
Blaine, MN 55449