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Quarterly meetings and networking luncheons
TMTA conducts general meetings for the whole membership on a
quarterly basis according to a set schedule. Other meetings and special
events occur at different intervals as the need arises.
As
requested by members, the location for TMTA Meetings and Networking
Luncheons now alternates between the facilities in Mississauga and Markham. As
ever, meetings start at 10:00 AM and conclude with a
luncheon from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM.
Most recent quarterly meeting: March 11, 2008
Our thanks go out to Baylis Medical
who has graciously offered its board room as a location for our
March 11 gathering, our first quarterly meeting of 2008.
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Event: |
First quarterly TMTA meeting of 2008
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Venue: |
2645 Matheson Blvd. East, Mississauga, Ontario L4W
5S4 |
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Hosted by: |
Trillium Medical Technology Association (TMTA)
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Event Date: |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
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Agenda |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
9:30: Registrations
10:00: Welcome and introduction: Neil Codara, R&D
Manager, Baylis Medical
10:10: Market Access Issues: Phil O'Brien, Chair of
TMTA's Market Access Committee
10:20:
BDC Financing & Consulting,
Stephen Bald,
Branch Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada
11:50: Regulatory issues: Bill Whittington, Chair of
TMTA's Regulatory Committee
11:00:
Competitiveness in a global marketplace with a high
Canadian dollar, Todd Evans,
Todd Evans, Director of the
Centre of Expertise, Corporate Affairs at Export
Development Corporation
11:30:
Networking luncheon
12:45 Closed session meeting with Andrew Miller,
Ontario Ministry of Finance
Only Market Access Committee members may attend
this meeting |
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First guest speaker: |
Stephen Bald is Branch Manager, at the Markham
office of the Business Development Bank of Canada.
BDC supports the needs of entrepreneurs at every
stage of growth. It provides small and medium-sized
businesses with
flexible financing,
affordable consulting services and
venture capital. |
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Second guest speaker: |
Todd Evans, Director, present director of the
Centre of Expertise, Corporate Affairs at Export
Development Corporation, former directory of the
Economic Analysis and Forecasting Department
Export Development Canada. His team of 12 economists
and research staff provided industry and country
risk analysis, economic forecasting and on-going
monitoring of the North American and global economy.
The Economics team at EDC is one of the few research
shops within Canada that focuses on the economies of
developing countries. Mr. Evans specializes in
economic forecasting, international trade and global
investment issues. |
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Registration and
additional info: |
Thanks to a generous donation from our sponsor
Middle East Health Magazine,
there will be no charge for $30 for TMTA members at
this meeting.
$30 for non-members (Price includes GST)
Please pre-register by noon, March 7, 2008. Seating
is limited.
To register, email
marcel@tmta.ca or phone Marcel Lafleur at
905-888-1273 x 331 |
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How to
get there |
To find out how to get to 2645 Matheson Blvd. East,
Mississauga , simple paste
the following Google map link in your search window:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2645+matheson+blvd+east+mississauga&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=23.957216,59.238281&ie=UTF8&ll=43.661445,-79.60084&spn=0.006551,0.014462&z=16&iwloc=addr
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TMTA
Meetings are open to all member companies of TMTA as well as
representatives from all Ontario medical technology companies and
organizations. Since meetings include a luncheon, all attendees must
pre-register for the event. Thanks to a donation from our sponsor,
Middle East Health Magazine, there will be no charge for members who
attend the meeting this month. But non-members must pay a fee of $40.00. Please register by
emailing your company name and credit card info to marcel@tmta.ca
Previous quarterly meeting: December 11, 2007
TMTA's last Quarterly Meeting of 2007 took place
at the York Downs Golf and Country Club on December 11. The meeting
was well attended and the agenda was quite packed. For a summary of
what happened at this meeting, click on
Past Meetings
Recent changes in global
regulation>
This topic was handled by
Bill Whittington. Bill is Director of Regulations for TMTA. He
presented a cursory
overview of the state of the industry in so far as changes in global
regulations are concerned.
Market Access: what happened in
2007
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Phil O'Brien, the Head of TMTA's Market Access Committee, explained that the Committee has been quite busy this year because
it has been fighting a battle with government on two fronts at the
same time.
On the Ontario front, the Committee has been confronting the issue
of
GPOs.
On the national front, the Committee has been dealing with the
Federal government over the issue of Health Canada's Cost Recovery
Framework.
Help to research,
develop and commercialize new products:
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Tania Massa talked
about OCE's set up and programs. OCE offers academic,
technical and financial assistance for start-up companies.
The tendering
process: Why are hospitals so tough on us?:>
Denis Chamberland.
Denis (a public sector procurement lawyer,
at
Aird & Berlis
LLP, Barristers and Solicitors)
talked about the legal issues relating to hospital RFTs.
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All quarterly meetings take place on
Tuesdays:
June 10, 2008
York Downs Golf Club
Markham
September 9, 2008
Mississauga
Board of TradeDecember 9, 2008
York Downs Golf Club
Markham
sponsor
Meetings at the York Downs Golf and Country Club
are sponsored by
Canada Endoscope
Pre-registering for
the March 11 meeting |
As usual, all TMTA members will be emailed an invitation to the
Quarterly meeting.
Any TMTA member is automatically entitled to priority reservation to
this or any other TMTA event.
Non-member guests are also welcome
but since this event includes a
meal, everyone wishing to attend must pre-register.
Since walk-in registrations are not accepted, pre-registration is required.
All pre-registrations must be processed through either Visa or
MasterCard.
If you have any question about the event or wish to pay
in cash, please contact Marcel Lafleur at the TMTA office via email
or telephone.
$30/person - TMTA Member; and $40/person - Non Member
Seating for each meeting is limited to 30 persons. Reservations close at
noon on the Thursday prior to each meeting or when 30 confirmed registrations are
received - whichever occurs first.
Please complete the
registration
form, print it and fax it back to TMTA at 705-328-9747.
If you experience difficulty downloading the registration
form, just drop marcel a line at
marcel@tmta.ca and he will send you one by email.
Pre-registering
for a RASIG meeting |
All
regulatory representatives of each TMTA member company are urged to
attend.
All members interested in
attending a RASIG meeting must confirm their participation ahead
of time.
All participants must fill out a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
prior to attending a meeting.
This NDA can be downloaded from the TMTA website at
http://www.tmta.ca/d/sig/RASIG_NDA
If you experience difficulty downloading
the NDA form, just drop marcel a line at
marcel@tmta.ca and he will
send you one by email.
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