WSC High Level Workshop on Medical Technologies
Under the Patronage of WHO

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OPENING ADDRESSES

 

Dr. Torsten Bahke, ISO Vice-President (policy)

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Mr. Houlin Zhao, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU)

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Dr. Sei-ichi Takayanagi, IEC President

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SPEAKERS' PRESENTATIONs

 
World Health Organization
Standard-setting Activities - Impact on Global Health
Dr. Vladimir K. Lepakhin, Assistant Director-General
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals, WHO

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Faster advances in medical technologies and global reach – an industry perspective of international standardization –
present and future challenges
Erich R. Reinhardt, Head of Siemens Medical Solutions, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG:

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The Role of Standards in Biomedical Device Testing: A Surgeon's Perspective.
Dr. Joshua Jacobs, Rush Medical college of Chicago, Chairman of Research and Scientific Affairs on the Board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; Chair of ASTM committee F04 and US TAG delegate to ISO/TC 150 "Implants for surgery"

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How to minimize risks without constraining innovation and harming free trade
The role of international standards And their application at regional and national levels
Cornelis Brekelmans, Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) Chairman

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Presentation by Mike Miller, President,
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)

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Links Between Regulators and Standards Developers
Standards - fit for the purpose ?
David Jefferys, UK Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency

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Use of Voluntary Standards by a Regulatory Agency
Donald E. Marlowe, Agency Standards Coordinator,
Office of the Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration

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Regulations and Standards. Collaboration between ISO, IEC and GHTF
Shigetaka Miura, Executive Manager, JFMDA

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Regulatory challenges regarding the ISO/FTC standards on tobacco
product testing
Dr. Vera Costa e Silva, Director, Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO

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Role of Standards in the Assessment of Medical Devices
Klaus E. Stinshoff, European RA/QA Director, Digene Sarl and Chair of ISO/TC 212
 

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DICOM - Perspective
Peter Mildenberger, MD, User Co-Chair
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Presentation by Mr. Robert Britain, Vice President Medical Products, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
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Accelerating Document Production – A Case Study
Donna Meyer, Ph.D., President of NCCLS
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WHO - ISO cooperation for the development of standards for safer injection technologies.
William Dierick, Business Development Manager Medical Products - Europe
Terumo Europe N.V.
and
Dr. Yvan J. F. Hutin, MD, MSc, PhD, Project Leader, Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN), WHO

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Role of ITU-T in e-health standardization activities
Pierre-André Probst, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 16 - Multimedia Systems
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Challenges in the development of standards for condoms
Graham Holloway, Chair: ISO/TC 157 “Mechanical contraceptives”
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Standards and guidelines for the sound development of medical devices and tissue engineered products
Dr. Toshie Tsuchiya, Director, Division of Medical Devices, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS)
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Current ISO/TC 215, Health Informatics Standardization Activity
Yun Sik Kwak, MD.PhD, Chair, ISO/TC 215
Department of Medical Informatics,
Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

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Medical nanotechnogy - a new challenge for standardization?
Richard Moore, Scientific Director, Eucomed
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Standardization of "in vitro" biological diagnostic procedures:
emerging technologies
Dr. Ana Padilla, Essential Health Technologies, WHO: Standardization of “in vitro” biological diagnostic procedures: emerging technologies
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Human Tissue Products: Human Tissue Products:
Standardization Standardization – – the way forward the way forward
Philip Brown, Quintiles Consulting
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The ASTM Approach on Standards for Tissue Engineered Medical Products
Dr. Anthony Ratcliffe, President and CEO, Synthasome, Inc.
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Standards and New Technology or Choosing what you want to be when you grow up
Charles Sidebottom, PE. Director Corporate Standards, Medtronic, Inc.
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State of the art technology - Protocols, networks and standards for point-of-care medical device communication
Melvin Reynolds, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
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Standards and Reference Materials for Laboratory Medicine for Better Patient Care
Emil Völkert, chairman CEN TC 140, in vitro diagnostic medical devices
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Open Standards for information management
Philippe Boucher, WHO, eHealth unit, EIP
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Lessons Learned and Future of e-Health Services
Petko Kantchev, Telecommunications Development Bureau, ITU
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How to identify appropriate frameworks to support the need for different levels of application of standards, and how to secure representation of developing countries' interests in the standards development process (that in turn may help to define different thresholds or performance levels).
Bernie Liebler, Director, Technology & Regulatory Affairs, Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)
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RAPPORTEURS PRESENTATIONS

 

Rapporteur session 1: Ms. Theresa Zuraski
Rapporteur session 2: Mr. Tim Hancox
Rapporteur session 3: Mr. Herman Schipper
Rapporteur session 4: Mr. Eamonn Hoxey
Rapporteur session 5: Dr. Kate Strong

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CONCLUSION OF THE WORKSHOP

 

Conclusions by Alan Bryden, Secretary General of ISO.

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OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

 
Establishing Reference Systems in Laboratory Medicine on the Basis of ISO/CEN Standards
Prof. Lothar Siekmann, University of Bonn, Germany

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