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SUMMARY:Intuitive Surgical : successful disruption in the MedTech Industry
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Yves Raimon\, VP International Finance and Operations\nJo
 nathan Sorger\, VP Research\nThe IMD Alumni Club of Lausanne is organizing
  an event with Intuitive Surgical (www.intuitive.com) and has offered to e
 xtend the invitation to EPFL interested researchers/students:\n\nDiscover 
 how the da Vinci robotic-assisted systems are changing surgery forever\n\n
 Now ranking # 5 in the new Fortune Future 50\, Intuitive (www.intuitive.co
 m) was founded in 1995 to create innovative\, robotic-assisted systems tha
 t help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an
  open approach. Since da Vinci® became one of the first robotic-assisted 
 systems cleared by the FDA for general laparoscopic surgery\, it’s taken
  robotic-assisted surgery from “science fiction” to reality. Working w
 ith doctors and hospitals\, Intuitive continues to develop new\, minimally
  invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve com
 plex healthcare challenges around the world. \n\nWith a turnover of 3.1 b
 illion USD in 2017 and a market capitalization of 65 billion USD\, Intuiti
 ve is now an established leader in minimally invasive surgical platforms.\
 n\nJean-Yves Raimon\, VP International Finance and Operations\, will share
  with us Intuitive’s history\, milestones and key success factors\, whil
 e\nJonathan Sorger\, VP Research\, will address the topic of minimally inv
 asive\, robotic-assisted surgery\, trends and challenges ahead.\n\nPlease 
 note that a functional da Vinci Xi system\, one of Intuitive’s most adva
 nced surgical platforms will be on display at IMD the afternoon before the
  event and available for test drives. \n\nThose interested in testing the
 ir ability please contact sergepittet@me.com stating the time slot(s) pref
 erred. The groups will be made on a first come first serve approach and a 
 confirmation e-mail with the time slot will be sent to test drives partici
 pants.     \n\nA networking cocktail\, giving you the opportunity to ta
 lk directly to the speakers and/or look at the Xi system\, will follow the
  event.  \n\nOn behalf of the Club Committee\, we look forward to seeing 
 many of you at what promises to be an informative and insightful event. \
 n\nSchedule:\nThe test drives will take place in groups of 4\, every half 
 hour from 14.30 to 18.00.\n18:00 welcome and registration\n18:30 event sta
 rts\n20:00 Q&A session\n20:30 networking cocktail. \n\nRegistration:\n\nT
 he IMD Alumni Club of Lausanne is organizing an event with Intuitive Surgi
 cal (www.intuitive.com)\, and has offered to extend the invitation to EPFL
  interested researchers/students.\n\nAs per the Club’s invitation here b
 elow\, a daVinci Xi system will be on display and available for the drives
  in the afternoon of the 27 November\, followed by a conference and a cock
 tail.\n\nThe number of EPFL attendees is limited to 30 \; registration for
  the event and for the test drives will be done on a ‘first come first s
 erve’ basis\, please note that there will be a CHF 20.- participation fe
 e to be paid cash on site.\n\nTo register for this event please contact d
 irectly the IMD Alumni Club of Lausanne by e-mail: lausanne@alumni.imd.org
  \; please mention your Last Name\, First Name\, Email address as well as 
 «ref. IS/EPFL».
LOCATION:IMD Campus\, ch. de Bellerive 34\, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center
 \, Auditorium M100 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chemin+de+Bellerive+3
 4\,+1007+Lausanne/@46.5109961\,6.6171589\,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47
 8c2fd6f8c26f91:0x9bf1bff058bf0169!8m2!3d46.5109961!4d6.6193476
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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