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AI-Driven Innovation: Transforming MedTech for Manufacturers with Quebec’s Leading Solutions
Thursday, November 7, 2024 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) (EST)
Description
Quebec is rapidly emerging as a global leader in AI, driven by a thriving ecosystem of academic research, government support, and innovative companies. This AI expertise is playing a pivotal role in advancing industries like Medtech, where AI solutions are transforming manufacturing processes. Quebec’s cutting-edge AI expertise helps MedTech manufacturers optimize operations, improve product quality, and meet regulatory requirements in a highly competitive market.
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how Quebec’s AI-driven innovations can propel your organization forward and improve your manufacturing processes.
This session will feature insights from two Québec companies: Optel and Vooban, who have grown out of this strong Québec ecosystem.
Attendees will learn:
- How to build out digital, intelligent supply chain processes that protect brand and product integrity with minimal disruption to production lines. Optel, along with their American partner Lexmark, will detail how an AI supported project on unit level serialization, mobile authentication and data aggregation was key to a successful investigation of counterfeit products
- How integrating AI models can improve operational efficiency. Vooban will detail a number of case studies, including a project with an orthopedic implants manufacturer whose use of Vooban’s AI model for defect recognition performed at more than 99% accuracy, all while generating less than 3% of false rejects
- How Québec has federated government actors, research institutions, and private sector partners to accelerate their AI ecosystem in the medtech sector
SPEAKERS
 | Anne Nguyen Anne Nguyen has been Chief AI officer at the Quebec Innovation Council since January 2024, where she promotes the adoption of AI in Quebec. Previously, in 2023, she led the institutional data management strategy at CHUM, fostering a data-driven culture. At Logibec (Nov. 2020 to Dec. 2022), she fostered innovation by diversifying revenues outside Quebec with analytics products. At the Montreal Heart Institute (Nov. 2017 to Oct. 2020), she led digital transformation and coordinated major projects. Anne Nguyen has enriched her background with high-level training, including a degree in Business Analytics from Harvard Business School, certification as a Product Management Master from the Pragmatic Institute, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from McGill University and a certificate in management from Université de Montréal. On the community front, Anne is involved in the cause of women in science, notably as President of the Board of Directors at Les Scientifiques and as a mentor in Concertation Montréal's Future Leaders in STEM program. |
 | Hugues Foltz Hugues Foltz has been supporting companies in the development and execution of their digital transformation for over 20 years now. In 2018, he became co-owner and executive vice-president at Vooban, a firm recognized for its expertise in artificial intelligence and the development of customized software solutions. With over 100 conferences and training courses to his credit, he has raised awareness and equipped thousands of managers across Quebec to help them succeed in their digital shift. |
 | Alex Roth-Copplind With OPTEL since 2018, Alex currently leads the Division, helping clients ensure trustworthy product traceability. He brings a strong background in pharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing. Founded in Quebec in 1989, the OPTEL Group employs nearly 500 people and promotes sustainability worldwide, with offices in Ireland, India, Brazil, and Germany. Integrating over 300,000 supply chain actors, tracking more than 50 billion products annually, connecting over 6,000 IT systems and more than 15 million consumers, while complying with over 20 international regulations, OPTEL demonstrates its commitment to accelerating global transparency. |
 | Andrew Gardner Andrew has been with Lexmark since 1997 and had roles in sales, marketing and finance before taking on his current role where he is responsible for all aspects of the Lexmark Brand Protection program. He serves as the Chairman of the Imaging Supplies Coalition, and as the Lexmark representative on the board of the Imaging Consumables Coalition of EMEA - industry trade groups dedicated to combating counterfeit issues in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. |
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