Welcome remarks

Opening remarks by UMoncton, Innovation Support Office (BSI)

A Call to Action for Digital Health Transformation

From Lived Experience to System Readiness: This full room engagement session explores how human experience reframes digital health innovation as a readiness and change challenge, where innovation does not equal technology alone.  Through lived stories, a shared change framework, and problem-first conversations, participants build a common understanding of the system and cultural conditions that must be in place before solutions can succeed.  This interactive experience with Mariner will set the foundation for focused B2B discussions and prepares the ground for Day 2 conversations on governance, data, AI, and execution within the newly created Digital Health Strategy in New Brunswick.

Delivered by:  Mariner Innovations

Facilitator:  Dovico Software

Conversation Rooms

Moderator:  Mariner Innovations

Data Collection:  Dovico Software

Petitcodiac:  "The NB Technology Intake Process - Fixing NB’s Front Door"

Madawaska: "Data Access, Interoperability & Trust - Unlocking Health Data Without Breaking Trust"

Restigouche (Hosted by Vitalité):  "Prove it. Then Scale it.  How healthcare systems and industry turn pilots into real adoption and shared value."

Matapedia:  "Procurement, Scaling & Commercialization Pathways - From Pilot to Province: Fixing How NB Buys and Scales Innovation "

Welcoming Remarks and Land Acknowledgement

by Dr. Francis LeBlanc, Associate Vice-President of Research, Université de Moncton and Nancy Butler, Vice President, Business Development, Mariner Innovations

Keynote Presentation

The 2026 MedTech-NB keynote will feature bioMérieux, a global leader in diagnostics, at a pivotal moment for New Brunswick’s healthcare transformation. As the province accelerates the rollout of collaborative care clinics, this keynote will explore real-world evidence of how point-of-care diagnostics enable faster clinical decision-making, improved patient flow, and fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). 

BioMérieux will share how jurisdictions can integrate diagnostics into frontline care, aligning with public health priorities, and creating scalable models that deliver both clinical and economic impact. Positioned at the intersection of MedTech innovation, investment attraction, and New Brunswick’s Digital Health Strategy, this keynote will highlight the province’s unique opportunity to act as a living lab for collaborative care, where technologies are not only tested, but embedded into real-world care pathways. The session will demonstrate how strategic partnerships between industry, health authorities, and government can accelerate adoption, strengthen workforce capacity, and generate measurable outcomes for patients and the healthcare system.

Delivered by:  Patrick O`Neill, Medical Science Liaison for Eastern Canada

Moderator: Corina Zagaievschi, Opportunities NB

Researcher Speed Pitches

Six researchers from Atlantic Canada deliver concise pitches highlighting novel, high-impact collaborative opportunities with clear pathways to innovation, validation, and commercialization.

Moderator:  Sébastien Soucy, Senior Manager for Marketing & Events at Research NB

Panel Discussion (with ecosystem)

Delivering Healthcare Innovation That Works

This panel brings together healthcare leaders, innovators, and researchers to explore what it truly takes to deliver innovation in real-world care environments under operational pressure. The panel will examine how promising technologies move from pilot to practice, what conditions must be in place for successful adoption, and why trustworthy AI depends first on trustworthy information, governance, and workflows. Expect a practical conversation focused on scaling impact without adding burden to already stretched health systems.

Panelists: Governance, Industy, Funding, Research, Health Authority, User, Incubator

Moderator:  Melissa Stewart, Mariner Innovations

Researcher Speed Pitches

Six researchers from Atlantic Canada deliver concise pitches highlighting novel, high-impact collaborative opportunities with clear pathways to innovation, validation, and commercialization.

Moderator:  Doug Robertson, CEO at Venn Innovation