Leaders across pharma, devices, AI, health systems, academia & advocacy. Advancing innovation for better patient outcomes.
MedTech Ahead Initiatives
Events
Where MedTech leaders, innovators, and ideas move healthcare forward.
The MedTech Ahead series brings together MedTech executives, investors, and startup founders for curated, invite-only events focused on innovation and collaboration. Each session combines expert panel discussions, startup showcases, and high-value networking to explore real-world challenges and accelerate progress in healthcare technology.
Clinical Leap
Startup Program
Accelerating early-stage MedTech startups into clinical reality.
Accelerating early-stage MedTech startups into clinical reality focuses on helping founders move from concept to validated, scalable solutions through expert guidance, product development, and strategic support. By combining mentorship, design, and real-world validation opportunities—such as showcases and industry collaboration—it bridges the gap between innovation and clinical implementation.
Research
Paper
On participant agency in clinical research.
This interdisciplinary research paper explores how clinical trial participants can access, understand, and actively govern their wearable, remote-monitoring, and AI-derived data. Bringing together experts from the MedTech Ahead community, it aims to create a practical framework that transforms participants into true partners in research and shapes the future of clinical trials and digital health.
Orcheston.
Participant-owned health repository for clinical studies.
Orcheston is a platform focused on transforming clinical research by giving participants access to and control over their own health data, shifting them from passive subjects to active partners. It brings together stakeholders across MedTech, research, and digital health to build more transparent, participant-centric systems that improve trust, outcomes, and innovation in healthcare.