ISMRM22 - Junior Fellow Symposium: Starting a Company in MRI

Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting • 07-12 May 2022 • London, UK

Junior Fellow Symposium: Starting a Company in MRI

Weekday Course

ORGANIZERS: Daan Christiaens, Daeun Kim, Xingfeng Shao

Monday, 09 May 2022

ICC Capital Hall 1

14:45 - 16:45

Moderators: Bragi Sveinsson & Francesco Giganti

Skill Level: Basic

Session Number: M-05

Session Number: M-05

Overview
Numerous MRI start-ups have been launched in recent years, delivering a variety of innovative products to address the unmet needs from researchers and clinicians. Starting your own company has the potential to translate your knowledge and ideas into cutting-edge products that will benefit the real world. However, starting a company is a challenging endeavour that requires a broad skill set. What are the challenges and how can you overcome them? How do you create commercial value and positive cash flow? How do you market your product to clinicians? This year's junior fellow symposium will bring you personal testimonies of MRI start-up founders and early employees about life and work in young MRI companies.

Target Audience
Trainees and senior members of the ISMRM interested in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Identify challenges and opportunities in the MRI start-up space
• Develop the skills to grow a successful medical technology company
• Summarize lessons learned from entrepreneurs, investors, and clinicians with first-hand experience.

	14:45		Founder's Story 1 Video Unavailable Walter Block
	15:05		Founder's Story 2 View the Presentation Dirk Smeets
	15:25		Founder's Story 3 Video Unavailable Jingyu Ko
	15:45		Growing with a Start-Up Company View the Presentation Michael Poole I will share my experiences growing, and growing with, Hyperfine - a "deep tech" MRI startup.
	16:05		Clinician's Perspective View the Presentation Alexander Lin
	16:25		Live demos: Systems and Components