Medical Design & Manufacturing Conference to be Launched in Texas in March 2012

FORT WORTH, Texas, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) is announcing a new launch in Fort Worth, Texas on March 14-15, 2012. In league with the flagship events MD&M West (Anaheim, CA) and MD&M East (Philadelphia, PA), MD&M Texas Conference is designed to provide an innovative, holistic approach to medical device design and development presented by experienced medtech industry experts.

"Texas has enormous potential to become one of the leading centers for medical innovation. With its wealth of resources including academic and commercial, this region is uniquely positioned to influence the future of healthcare, and specifically the medical devices market. MD&M Texas is a great example of an event that brings together insights from a diverse group of thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs to address some of the most fundamental issues facing medical device developers and manufacturers today," states speaker, Mir Imran, President, InCube Labs.

Mir has founded over 20 medical device companies and holds more than 200 issued patents for devices including the first FDA-approved Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and advanced treatments for neural aneurysms, epilepsy, ulcerative colitis, obesity and chronic pain.  He will be sharing his unique insights in the panel discussion on achieving speed to market on day one of the MD&M Texas Conference.

The two-day program is designed to facilitate networking and provide practical solutions to challenges faced by both large and small scale medical technology companies. The first day offers 8 sessions including human factors, supplier controls, IEC 60601, and an expert panel on achieving speed to market. The second day provides step-by-step guidance on 510(k) updates and managing change control as two half-day workshops unique to MD&M Texas.

About MD&M Texas

MD&M Texas is a new launch in 2012 by the industry leading Medical Design & Manufacturing conference and exposition series, bringing the high standard of engaging, relevant content to the expanding medical device market in Texas. The MD&M series has been covering key issues in the medtech hubs annually in the West (Anaheim, CA), East (Philadelphia, PA) and Central (Minneapolis, MN) areas in the United States as well as designing specialized local events in San Jose, CA and Boston, MA under the BIOMEDevice brand.

The conference will be running alongside the MD&M Texas expo, a showcase of more than 514 exhibits of the latest technology and equipment. MD&M Texas attendees will also have full access to the co-located Quality Expo, Automation Technology Expo (ATX), TexasPack, Design and Manufacturing, AeroCon, Sustainability in Manufacturing, and Contract Manufacturing Expo.

To see the full program and confirmed speakers, and to register, please visit: http://www.MDMTexasConference.com

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Christine Nguyen, Sponsorship Manager at +1-310-996-9445 or [email protected]

For more information on MD&M Texas and related conferences, please contact:

Jaime Hodges, Marketing Manager at +1-310-996-9415 or [email protected]

SOURCE MD&M Conferences