9 Sep – 11 Sep 2026  | 
 
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2026 MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2026
Start-Up Podium
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Start-Up Podium® Programme

Time Programme
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Networking
11:00 - 11:15 AM
Setting the Pace
11:15 - 12:00 PM
In Conversation: - Revolutionizing Healthcare: Achieving the 3Es and 3As - Efficiency, Effectiveness , Equity, Affordability, Accessibility, and Availability
Moderator: Veronica Chew, Country Head, Indonesia, Mirxes
Panel:
Alok Mishra, M. Pharm, MBA, CEO Value Addition Adjunct Associate Professor DukeNUS Medical School, Former VP Strategic Capabilities, J&J Medical Asia Pacific
Proud Patanavanich, Innovation Division Director, MedPark Hospital, THAILAND
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Briefing of the start-up challenges
12:30 – 1:45 PM
Lunch Break
1:45 – 2:15 PM
In the Spotlight: Navigating Medical Device Cybersecurity Across Borders: Streamlining EU, US and Japan security requirement
Speaker: Ferenc Kazinczi Global Head of Medical Software TCC, Lead Auditor, Product Expert, TÜV Rheinland
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Start-up Demo Briefing
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Startup Demo
3:30 – 4:15 PM
In Spotlight: Voice Assistants and Natural Language Processing in Healthcare
Speaker: Amit Jindal, Co-founder @ Rootally AI
4:15 – 5:00 PM
In the Spotlight: Healthcare Security and Privacy Issues
Speaker: Andy ZHU HUAFEI , CEO, Founder, CipherPlus
5:00 PM onwards
Networking
Time Programme
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Networking
11:00 - 12:15 PM
Challenge 1 - Pitch Perfect: Each contestant must deliver a 3-minute pitch to a panel of judges made up of successful entrepreneurs and investors. The panel will select the top half pitches, and the contestants with the lowest half scores will be at risk of removal unless the audience supports them.
Host: Reshma Sebastian, Consultant, Vibazone, Co-founder, Milletize Innovations Pvt. Ltd
Judges:
Associate Professor Bina Rai, Associate Head (FYP), Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, N.1 Investigator, N.1 Institute for Health
Rena Dharmawan, Assistant Dean & Asst Professor (Innovation Education & Ecosystem Development), Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr Pauline Erica Tay, Director, National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC), Consortium for Clinical Research & Innovation Singapore (CRIS)
12:15 - 12:45 PM
In Conversation: Digital Therapeutics and Prescription Digital Health
Moderator: Muthu Singaram
Panel:
Dr.Pakaratee, CEO of HealthcaRe Tele-delivery Services (HeaRTS), Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University, THAILAND
Louis D. Payet, Chief Executive Officer, Peach Health Asia
Yoann Sapanel, Head of Health Innovation at WisDM, the Institute for Digital Medicine at the NUS School of Medicine
Dr Nattharee Judee, MD, General Manager, Heals healthcare
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:15 PM
Challenge 2 - Marketing Plan: Each contestant must deliver a 5-minute marketing plan to a panel of judges made up of successful entrepreneurs and investors. The panel will select the top half pitches, and the contestants with the lowest half scores will be at risk of removal unless the audience supports them.
Host: Reshma Sebastian, Consultant, Vibazone, Co-founder, Milletize Innovations Pvt. Ltd
Judges:
Veronica Chew, Country Head, Indonesia, Mirxes
Jeff Lin, Partner, iGlobe Partners
Dr Pauline Erica Tay, Director, National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC), Consortium for Clinical Research & Innovation Singapore (CRIS)
2:15 – 2:45 PM
Panel: Creating Ventures to Drive the Transformation of Healthcare by Singapore Health Technologies Consortium (HealthTEC.SG)
Moderator: Eliza Ho (Senior Manager, Singapore Health Technologies Consortium)
Panel:
Anthony Chong (Deputy Director, A*StartCentral), Kevin Leung (Program Director, Graduate Research Innovation Program (GRIP), National University of Singapore),
Luuk Eliens (Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance),
Teo Cher Hwa (Director, Technology Development & Commercialisation, National Cancer Centre Singapore)
2:45 – 3:15 PM
In Conversation: Remote Healthcare - segmenting and enhancing hospital at home care
Moderator: Muthu Singaram
Panel: Kow Ping Co‐founder and executive director of Well Being Digital
3:15 – 3:45 PM
In the Spotlight: Remote Surgical Training and Simulation
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Cdr. Sorayouth Chumnanvej, MD,Ph.D, Deputy Head of the Department of Surgery, Surgical Innovation and Knowledge Management Division, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, THAILAND
3:45 – 4:30 PM
In Conversation: Ethical Considerations in Health Tech Innovation
Moderator: Jeff Lin, Partner, iGlobe Partners,
Panel:
Sze Yunn Pang, CEO, Neurowyzr
Shravan Verma, CEO, Speedoc
Grourab Mukherjee, CEO of Aktivolabs
4:30 – 5:00 PM
In Conversation: Healthcare in the Metaverse
Moderator: Prathistha Jain, Director, VibaZone
Panel: Krit Sangvichien, CEO, Iflowtech Pte. Ltd.
5:00 PM onwards
Networking
Time Programme
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Networking
11:00 - 12:15 PM
Challenge 3 - Investment Plan: Each contestant must deliver a 7-minute investment plan to a panel of judges made up of successful entrepreneurs and investors. The panel will select the top team.
Host: Reshma Sebastian, Consultant, Vibazone, Co-founder, Milletize Innovations Pvt. Ltd
Judges:
Mayank Gurnani, Deputy Director, Venture Creation & Growth, A*STAR Innovation & Enterprise,
Ali Asgar S. Bhagat, PhD, Deputy Director (Translation), Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Associate Professor (Practice), Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Director, Singapore Health Technologies Consortium (HealthTEC.SG),
May Ng, Group CEO, ARQon Group
12:15 – 1:00 PM
In the spotlight: MDR transitional period extension
Speaker: Ferenc Kazinczi Global Head of Medical Software TCC, Lead Auditor, Product Expert, TÜV Rheinland
1:00 PM onwards
Networking

*Programme is subject to change.

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