Plenary Opening

Wednesday, June 2

About Carmen van Vilsteren | Chair of the Life Sciences & Health Top Sector and Director Health of TU/e

Carmen van Vilsteren is Chair of the Life Sciences & Health Top Sector and Director Health of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She is the former Chair of the Board of the BeNe CLC of EIT Health . She has been active in both startups and multinationals (Philips) in MedTech and later on as co-founder and CEO of Microsure, a TU/e spinoff in the field of microsurgical robots. She received her degree with honors from Delft University of Technology In her current role as Director Health of TU/e, she combines her knowledge of establishing innovation programmes and public-private partnerships with scientific research.Within this role she is responsible for the Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center (e/MTIC). e/MTIC is a research collaboration between the Catharina Hospital, the Maxima Medical Center, Kempenhaeghe, TU/e and Philips in the domains cardiovascular, perinatal and sleep medicine. The goal is to create and expand an ecosystem that strongly increases the speed of high-tech health innovation, maximizing value for patients.