Event attendees were the first to witness three local medical teams pitch their groundbreaking ideas to revolutionize patient care to the Accelerators Panel. Congratulations to them all.
Administered by VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, the Lifetime Achievement in Health Innovation Award is presented to and recognizes the outstanding capabilities, achievements and exemplary leadership of a senior individual, with a current or past connection to Vancouver Coastal Health facilities, in the medical device, biotech, diagnostics and health care industries. Past Award recipients include Dr. Donald Ricci (2018) and Dr. Dianne Miller (2019).
The individual’s contributions may include new innovations, new knowledge, and/or new ways to improve professional practice within BC’s health care system. Their performance will be evaluated on several factors including financing, partnerships, mentorship, accomplishments of milestones, and commercial growth.
The Innovators’ Challenge Advisory Committee is a collection of individuals who bring a set of unique knowledge and skills from the health and innovation sectors. Learn more
CEO of Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies, a unique Health Technology Program under the Discovery Parks umbrella
Chief Commercial Officer, STEMCELL Technologies
Managing Director, Versant Ventures
Co-Director, ICICS, UBC; Director, HATCH Incubator, VCHRI; Director, Surgical Technologies Lab, VCHRI
President & CEO, CDRD
Senior VP, Private Equity, PenderFund Capital Management
Inaugural Lifetime Achievement in Health Innovation Award Winner
The Innovators’ Challenge Accelerator Panel is made up of four prominent members of the health care and technology industries. They will evaluate each project presented based on how the presenters can demonstrate the potential to improve patient care, bring forth savings to the health care system, their commercialization potential, and if it has significant advantages to existing or potential competitors. Learn more
“The Entrepreneur”
“Operator of Companies”
“The Investor”
“Lawyer Turned Politician”