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Featured Keynotes at MEDevice Boston

MEDevice Boston brings together the brightest minds in medical device innovation to share insights that will shape the future of healthcare. This year's keynote presentations highlight patient-centered approaches that are transforming medical technology development and implementation.

Join us for two powerful keynote sessions featuring industry leaders from Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson MedTech as they explore how meaningful innovation and patient-centered design are revolutionizing medical device development.

Keynote

Liza Davis
Vice President, R&D for Endoscopy, 
Boston Scientific

Keynote: Meaningful Innovation in Endoscopy for Patient Care

September 30 | 9 – 10 a.m. | Center Stage

This keynote session with Boston Scientific leaders, Liza Davis, Vice President of R&D, New Product Development, and Ann Roy, Vice President, Health Economics and Market Access, will cover the current landscape of endoscopic technologies, recent advancements, and their impact on supporting physicians and helping transform patient care. This discussion will emphasize the importance of a physician and patient-centered approach in medtech innovation and the role of health economics to ensure access to care.

Ann Roy

Ann Roy
Vice President, Health Economics
and Market Access, Endoscopy, 
Boston Scientific

Deborah Appleyard

Deborah Appleyard
Senior Safety Officer
Johnson & Johnson

Keynote: Patient-Centered Innovation: Transforming the Future of Design and Development of Medical Devices

October 1, 2025 | 9–10 a.m. | Center Stage

As global trends reshape the medtech landscape, patients are emerging as powerful stakeholders—more informed, engaged, and vocal in their healthcare journey. In parallel, regulators, payers, and healthcare professionals are demanding greater trust, transparency and evidence-based innovation. In this keynote, Deborah Appleyard, Senior Safety Officer at Johnson & Johnson MedTech, will explore how integrating the patient perspective into every stage of the product lifecycle is essential to meeting these demands. She will highlight how a closed-loop safety system—leveraging insights from clinical and post-market environments—can inform early design decisions, close critical information gaps, and ultimately deliver safer, more effective products.