Events

Training Objectives
• Get an overview of the regulatory landscape and regulatory stakeholders in MedTech
• Understand the major principles, concepts and processes
• Learn to sequence the necessary steps and build awareness of possible pitfalls when bringing a MedTech product to the market
• Know where and how to find required information

Target Audience
• Researchers in the field of translational medicine
• Employees from spin-offs, start-ups and SMEs, who intend to bring a product to the market
• Employees from companies interested in getting an overview on regulatory affairs
• Investors in MedTech who would like to understand risks and opportunities regarding the evolving regulatory frameworks in EU and US

Prerequisites
• Affinity to or involvement in MedTech or Life Sciences
• Basic understanding of good practices in product development and innovation
• Technical / scientific background or commercial background linked to Life Sciences products

Program – 20th of January 2026

09.00 Welcome
Danielle Spichiger, Head Life Sciences, Business & Economic Development, Canton of Zurich
Dr. Urs Zuber, Head Industry Relations, ETH Zurich
Dietmar Schaffarczyk, Abteilung Wissenschaftliche Integrität und Forschungsethik & D-HEST, ETH Zurich

09.20 – 10.45 Introduction EU/US Regulatory Frameworks
• Legislation on Medical Devices
• Stakeholders
• Pathways to Market

10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00 Business Case – Time to Market
• Group work / Presentation

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Break

13.00 – 14.45 Design & Development
• Design verification and pre-clinical verification
• From user requirements to clinical validation

14.45 – 15.00 Coffee Break

15.00 – 16.00 Business Case – Clinical Evidence
• Group Work / Presentation

16.00 – 16.45 Start-up & Regulatory – Avoiding Pitfalls
• Milestones of a medical device innovation project, a different view

16.45 – 17.00 Wrap Up & Closing Words

Organizer
Business and Economic Development (AWI), Canton of Zurich
ETH Zurich Industry Relations
Life Science Zurich Business Network

Partner
Lucendra | Medtech Consulting
Lucendra is a Swiss-based full-service MedTech consulting firm based in Switzerland, providing agile and pragmatic support to start-ups, SMEs, and strategic companies. We deliver tailored Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, and Scientific services for medical devices, including in vitro diagnostics, combination products, implantable, substance-based devices, software, digital health, and wearables across all risk levels. Our expertise covers every stage of the device lifecycle: design, development, verification, validation, regulatory approval, manufacturing, and launch.

Speakers

Jurjen Zoethout is a seasoned MedTech expert with over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry. As a Senior Partner at Lucendra, he focuses on guiding clients through complex regulatory,
quality, and clinical landscapes. His deep expertise in EU and US requirements regulations enables companies to efficiently navigate compliance pathways and bring their innovative technologies to market.

Linda Ahnen is a physicist with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and RAC (Devices) certification. As a Principal Consultant at Lucendra, with over five years of experience in Regulatory and Clinical Affairs,
specializing in clinical strategies, regulatory pathways, and technical documentation for CE and FDA submissions, Linda supports innovative MedTech projects from early development through to compliance.

Are you ready for the biggest startup event on Lake Zurich? On 14. and January 15, 2026: Two days full throttle with 2,500 startup madmen, the latest ideas, a bombastic speaker line-up, Startup Expo, Pitch Contest and an enthusiastic spirit of optimism. This is the M01N Startup Camp in Rapperswil.

TUNISIAN TALENTS : A DRIVING FORCE FOR SWISS COMPANIES

Discover new perspectives for your business

This event showcases how highly skilled professionals from Tunisia — with their expertise, innovation mindset, and dedication — contribute to the strength and success of the Swiss economy.

Learn firsthand how education, entrepreneurship, and technology in Tunisia are shaping a new generation of top talents — professionals ready to take responsibility, drive innovation, and build sustainable solutions.

Through inspiring talks and discussions with experts, entrepreneurs, and representatives from both countries, you’ll gain insight into how Swiss–Tunisian collaboration can boost competitiveness and open new horizons for innovation and partnership.

Who should attend: Companies, startups, and institutions in Switzerland that want to expand their recruiting horizons, and find new inspiration for innovation and cooperation.

Click here to register

(free of charge)

Your chance to discover new perspectives – and the talents that make a difference.

For more information : 

Rita Bucher – rita.bucher@swisscontact.org

Marc-Olivier Roux – marc-olivier.roux@swisscontact.org

Program

The EU single market offers great potential for innovative start-ups and SMEs. However, getting there is complex. National healthcare systems, reimbursement mechanisms, pricing philosophies and healthcare structures differ considerably between member states. In addition, healthcare markets are regulated and the interactions between reimbursement, service providers and patients are crucial to success.

At this event, together with Switzerland Global Enterprise, we will show you the various facets of the European healthcare market and share lessons learned and best practices. Two keynote speeches explain why the EU is not a single market and how healthcare markets work in reality. Young companies report on their practical experience and share their most important findings from various European markets.

What does digital sufficiency look like in action? And how can open technology help Switzerland live within the limits of one planet?

Join us on 22 January 2026 at Stellwerk Bern for a powerful evening where the Prototype Fund and One Planet Lab unite for the first time to explore exactly that.

Over the past six months, four Prototype Fund teams have developed new open-source tech prototypes designed to help reduce Switzerland’s ecological footprint. On this night, they will publicly share their work for the first time.

What to expect:

• A sharp keynote on sustainable digitalization by Hugues Ferreboeuf, a leading voice on sustainable digitalization, expert in technological and environmental challenges, researcher, engineer, and entrepreneur. 
• Welcome remarks by Hannes Gassert, Prototype Fund Jury President
• A video message from National Councillor Gerhard Andrey
• Presence of the Prototype partners Mercator Foundation and CMS Basel
• Four Prototype Fund project showcases (10 minutes each, incl. Q&A) – Link to projects
• Networking & apéro with the community

This is the gathering for everyone working on — or curious about — the future of digital transformation, experimentation approaches to tech, and sustainability/sufficiency.

Program

17:45 — Doors open

18:15 — Welcome & warm-up with Hannes Gassert

18:30 — Keynote / Lightning Input from Hugues Ferreboeuf

19:00 — Project Pitches (4 × 10 min)

19:45 — Closing words

20:00 — Apéro & networking

Secure your spot now, and bring someone who should be in the room!

Program

Since September 2025, the Data Act has introduced new rules for the use of data from networked devices, for example.

Surprisingly, the law gives start-ups, SMEs and other industry players new access to data without burdening them with complex obligations. This is because manufacturers must release device data for users on request.

For the first time, healthcare companies can directly access valuable data and develop their own data-based innovations with the consent of their customers. The law specifically promotes competition and data-driven business models for young companies.

Is it a real innovation booster, also for the digital Swiss healthcare system?

For many entrepreneurs, the sale or transfer of a company is a unique, often emotional event and at the same time a complex process with far-reaching legal, tax and strategic issues.

At the Get Together you will receive practical insights, sound specialist knowledge and valuable tips on how you can tackle your company succession in a timely, structured and successful manner.

You can also take the opportunity to exchange ideas with speakers and participants and strengthen your network at the drinks reception.

Program

At the “Shit happens” session (Vol. IV), four representatives of companies from our network will talk openly and honestly, but also with the necessary pinch of humor, about failed projects in which they were directly involved or even responsible for them.

With the aim of preventing others from making the same mistakes, project managers stand in front of the audience and share their stories and lessons learned in short sessions (10 minutes) based on a specific “fail”.

The event focuses on employees and companies from the healthcare sector (start-ups, clinics & hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation clinics, individual and group practices, etc.).

The breakfast meeting focuses on healthy leadership and absence management. Discover how managers can support OHM and how the entire management team can successfully integrate the topic of “health at work” into everyday working life. You can also find out what positive effects the establishment of an absence management system can have for a company.

It pays to promote health in the workplace. After all, healthy employees are more productive and motivated and make a significant contribution to a company’s success. Are you at the very beginning? And would you like to know how you can improve the health of your employees? Take the first step towards occupational health management with us. Get information, tips & tools in our free intro session.

Phänomena On Tour brings science to where people are. The mobile experience exhibition celebrates its comeback in 2026 and brings natural phenomena, technology and future issues to life interactively. At numerous hands-on stations, topics such as climate, energy, digitalization and artificial intelligence are presented in an understandable, tangible and emotional way. The tour starts on March 14, 2026 in Dietikon. The aim of Phänomena is to arouse curiosity, rethink learning and spark enthusiasm for science across generations.

It pays to promote health in the workplace. After all, healthy employees are more productive and motivated and make a significant contribution to a company’s success. Are you at the very beginning? And would you like to know how you can improve the health of your employees? Take the first step towards occupational health management with us. Get information, tips & tools in our free intro session.