2025 Blueprint MedTech Annual Meeting “From Innovation to Impact: Reflecting on Progress, and Inspiring Future Technologies” October 20, 2025, Washington, DC
Join NIH leadership, and MedTech innovators at this premier annual showcase of breakthrough neurotechnology innovations. The Blueprint MedTech program has created a unique ecosystem that de-risks early-stage MedTech investments through strategic and proven translational pathways.
- Live demonstrations of cutting-edge neurotech solutions addressing major market needs
- Demonstrated ROI metrics and quantified success rates that validate investment opportunities
- Meet with NIH Institute leadership, and successful innovator teams along with strategic partners
Investment-Ready Showcases:
- Success story panels featuring BPMT-funded teams with proven commercialization trajectories
- NeuroQuantum innovations representing the next frontier of neurological treatment and diagnosis
- Assistive and restorative MedTech addressing large, patient populations
- Patient-centered solutions with validated clinical need and market fit
From Innovation to Impact: Reflecting on Progress, and Inspiring Future Technologies
October 20 | Day One
Kellogg Conference Hotel, Capitol Hill at Gallaudet
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Welcome Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome
Michael Chiang PhD, Institute Director of the National Eye Institute, NIH
9:15- 10:00 Keynote: “The Future of MedTech/ Innovation”
Riki Banerjee, CTO Synchron
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Panel and Discussion: “Neurotech Solutions: Meeting Patients Where They Are”
Moderator: C. Rory Goodwin MD, PhD Duke Department of Neurosurgery, Director Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
Panelists:
- Steven Schachter MD, Mass General Research Institute, Chief Academic Officer for Cimit, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
- Allen Belzberg MD, Neurosurgeon Johns Hopkins Medical , Director of the Brachial Plexus Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Professor of neurosurgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Henry Brem MD, Neurosurgeon Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Harvey-Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery and former Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Johns Hopkins University
- Sri Sarma PhD, Professor Biomedical Engineering, Vice Dean graduate education Whiting School of Engineering, founder Neuromedical Control Systems Lab
- Rina Dirickson— Computational Neuroscience & Biophysics at The Johns Hopkins University | Mayo Clinic SURF 2025: patient perspective
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Program Overview & Impact Metrics
- Paolo Bonato PhD, Director of Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Youseph Yazdi PhD, Executive Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Assistant Professor Biomedical engineering Whiting School of Engineering Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Mike Dempsey, Cimit
12:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Networking Lunch & Interactive Exhibition
1:45 PM –2:30 PM Success Stories & Panel Discussion “The Blueprint MedTech Innovator Journey”
Moderators:
- Santosh Venkatesha MBA, Director Innovation and Admin Core, Johns Hopkins NeuroTech Harbor
- Evaristus Nwulia MD, MHS Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Evon Medics, Professor of Neuroscience Howard University
- NeuroTech Innovator Presentations
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM: Discussion: “NeuroQuantum: How clinical needs, challenges and forecasts dictate the direction of Neuro Innovation”
Panelists:
- Bob Storey Managing Partner the LaunchPort
- Ralph Etienne-Cummings PhD, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Johns Hopkins University
- Lara Jehi MD, Chief Innovation Officer and Professor Neurology Cleveland Clinic and epilepsy specialist
- Wolfgang Losert PhD, Professor Physics, University of Maryland
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM: BREAK
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Success Stories & Panel Discussion “Assistive and Restorative MedTech Advances”
Moderator: Henry Brem, MD Neurosurgeon Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Harvey-Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery and former Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Johns Hopkins University
Panelists:
- Paolo Bonato PhD, Director of Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Nitish Thakor PhD, Professor Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Whiting School of Engineering and Neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Rahul Kaliki PHD, CEO IBT, Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM: Ask NIH
Q&A with NIH program directors
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM: “Show and Tell” Reception with Innovators
8:00 PM: End of Day One