The 5^th Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference-Medical Devices: Partnering for Innovation is scheduled for April 24 at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center. The Conference will be hosted by the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) and Georgia Bio. The event is free for Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Georgia Institute of Technology faculty, staff, and students.

The conference includes the keynote address Medical Technology Innovation a Case Study for Collaboration by Bill Hawkins, CEO of Immucor, Inc and the panel, Obstacles & Opportunities in Academic & Industry Device Collaborations featuring experts from C. R. Bard, Inc., EndoChoice, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and the Global Center for Medical Innovation. Finally, the event features the institutional collaboration success story of the Remotoscope, created by Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.

For more information please visit the sites provided below.

Registration Website: https://m360.gabio.org/event.aspx?eventID=94201&instance=0

ACTSI Website: http://www.atlantactsi.org/news/2013/aii14.html