🇨🇿 Annual Conference MEDICAL DEVICES 2024

The event is held in Czech language only!

This year's conference will be divided into three thematic blocks:

1. The first block will be dedicated to medical device legislation, where the lectures and panel discussion will focus on current legislative developments at national level, implementation of the MDR and IVDR regulations and developments in the field of notified bodies.
2. In the second block we will focus on the issue of medical devices through the perspective of Czech hospitals. We will discuss the implementation of EU legislation in hospitals and related news, issues and potential challenges. For example, we will focus on UDI, in-house devices or the issue of validity of certificates of conformity for legacy devices.
3. The third session will focus on innovation in healthcare and reimbursement of medical devices.  Here, we will focus on new developments in the inclusion of hospital devices in reimbursement and the issue of accelerating access of innovations to Czech patients.

PROGRAMME:

09:30 – 10:00  Presentation of participants & welcome coffee

10:00 – 10:05  Welcome speech

moderator: Mgr. Tomáš Cikrt, Editor-in-Chief of Zdravotnický deník

10:05 – 10:15  Introduction

Mgr. Zdeněk Veselý, Director General of the Czech Agency for Standardization

10:15 – 10:20  Awarding of diplomas to the most successful graduates of the course

10:20 – 12:00  1. BLOK – Legislation of medical devices

Presentations:

MUDr. Tomáš Boráň, Director of the State Institute for Drug Control

Ing. Zdeněk Kabátek, Director of VZP ČR (invited)

Discussion panel:

• Expected changes of legislation
• Implementation of the MDR and IVDR regulations

Panelists:

• Mgr. Jakub Dvořáček, MHA, LL.M, Deputy Minister of Health
• MUDr. Tomáš Boráň, Director of the State Institute for Drug Control
• PhDr. Mgr. Jan Bodnár, LL.M., Deputy Director for Health Care, VZP ČR
• JUDr. Jakub Král, Ph.D., attorney at law, Porta Medica Legal, law firm

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch

13:00 – 14:30  2. BLOK – Hospitals

Presentations:

Mgr. Karolína Peštová, Director of Medical Device Regulation Section of the SÚKL

Ing. Jiří Gajdoš, Director of the Commercial Section of the České Budějovice Hospital

Discussion panel:

• Fulfilling EU requirements in hospitals
• Purchasing and public procurement

Panelists:

• Mgr. Karolína Peštová, Director of Medical Device Regulation Section of the SÚKL
• prof. MUDr. Milan Macek, DrSc., MBA, University Hospital in Motol
• Ing. Čeněk Merta, Ph.D., MBA, MPA, Chairman of the MH Working Group
• Ing. Jiří Gajdoš, Director of the Commercial Department, Hospital České Budějovice
• Ing. Pavla Cihlářová, Director, GS1 Czech Republic
• Ing. Aleš Martinovský, Partner Porta Medica

14:30 – 15:00  Coffee-break

15:00 – 16:30  3. BLOK – Accelerating the entry of innovation into reimbursement

Presentations:

Mgr. Daniela Rrahmaniová, Director of the Department of Medicines and Medical Devices, Ministry of Health

MUDr. Miroslav Palát, MBA, President of CzechMed

Discussion panel:

• Accelerating market access for innovations
• Reimbursement of medical devices

Panelists:

• Mgr. Daniela Rrahmaniová, Director of the Department of Medicines and Medical Devices, Ministry of Health
• Ing. Jiří Štěrba, Director of the Medical Devices Department, VZP ČR
• Jana Petrenko, Director of the Coalition for Health
• prof. MUDr. RNDr. Jiří Beneš, CSc., Member of the Board of the ČLS JEP
• Ing. Jana Vykoukalová, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the AVDZP
• MUDr.  Miroslav Palát, MBA, President of CzechMed

16:30 – 16:45  Closing of the conference

Basic price:

• 5.900 CZK excluding VAT
• participants of the MDR/IVDR Qualification Course of the Czech Agency for Standardization do not pay the participation fee
• participants who are employees of a hospital can apply the discount code HOSPITAL and receive a discount of 1.000 CZK 
• 100% cancellation fee applies after bindingly confirmed registration, but with the possibility of sending a replacement participant

Participant registration will close on 25 October 2024.