Stephen Carter

Intellectual Property Works founder Stephen Carter helps innovative start-ups and SMEs put IP at the heart of their business so their IP can be leveraged to support their growth and help them to meet their commercial goals.

He works closely with businesses to help them develop and implement their IP strategies to capture the value in the IP they are developing and to manage the risks presented by IP rights of others, as well as helping them understand the role IP plays in supporting the success of their growing business.

Stephen is a European patent attorney and UK patent attorney with over 20 years of experience working in law firms in London, supporting the IP needs of clients ranging from start-ups to large corporations. Stephen’s ambition in setting up The Intellectual Property Works was to give ambitious start-ups and SMEs access to affordable but high-quality IP advice, tailored to their commercial needs and budgets.

Helena Ting

With a strong academic background and over a decade of industry experience, Lena is extremely well-versed in the business of healthcare.

After stints in consulting and management, she joins her friend Michelle Wu to build Nyquist Data, a SaaS-based portal for intuitive access to FDA,EU, China, Japanese, and clinical trial databases.

It’s a very impressive tool. I (Joe Hage) have seen it in action. My network is blown away by it.

You?

Hey, it’s Joe Hage. If you’re on this page, you’re thinking about:
speaking at a 10x Medical Device event; or,
recommending a speaker.

Thanks! And, for full transparency, let me tell you how we select speakers.

We look for 10x Medical Device speakers who:

  • Are highly engaging (not boring, monotone, hard to follow, or hard to understand due to language).
  • Don’t cover obvious or superficial things guests could have learned by reading a short blog post.
  • Avoid self- and company promotion, unless they/their product or service is instrumental to the presentation.
  • Could be interesting and relevant to at least 50-75% of the audience.
  • Will stay with us for at least a day (not arrive, speak, and leave; because guests want to meet you!).

A slight preference is given to those who meet the above criteria, and who:
– Are well-known to industry; such as a CEO from a major medical device manufacturer.
– Are sponsoring the event in some manner.

Will I, as a speaker, have to pay anything?

We waive registration for speakers from industry, specifically medical device manufacturing employees.

We do not waive registration for speakers who serve the medical device industry since our audience is their customer base. We believe your chance to shine before your target market is a pretty great thing. Your registration also helps us defray the costs of your video (see below).

Note: It is exceptionally rare for us to pay an honorarium or cover your travel expenses. Still, these can be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Each speaker gets a video for their use however they see fit

For sharing your time and talent with our audiences, you will receive:

  • Free: A professionally recorded video – with good lighting and audio – professionally edited (switching between you and your slides).
  • Free: Your talk may be featured for the Medical Devices Group (350,000+ members) and elsewhere.
  • Free: Your video will likely find a permanent home on our 10x Blog
  • At cost: A video transcription and your video captioned. ($10 per audio minute, around $300 for most talks. I recommend these.)
  • At cost: Marketing support including “shareable snippets” (3-minute video excepts, animated) of your talk. Contact Joe for details.

There you go. If you meet the criteria, please complete this short application. Or email me for more information.

In any case, if you got this far, you see the potential in the event and I hope you’ll join us as speaker, sponsor, or guest.

Thank you! 😀

Joe Hage

Many of you know conference host Joe Hage from the Medical Devices Group, the world’s largest medical device community. Under Joe’s leadership, the group now exceeds 350,000 members and, with the launch of MDG Premium in October 2019, the Medical Devices Group is now a virtual workspace for the medical device industry.

Joe is a Wharton MBA and classically trained senior marketing professional who runs medical device marketing company Medical Marcom. He specializes in marketing communications and strategy, lead generation, and social media for medical device and related companies. Joe selectively accepts new clients and is open to international speaking engagements.