EWMA Innovation Forum

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EWMA Innovation Forum on 27 March 2025

Why attend?

Are you seeking:

  • Guidance on overcoming challenges from concept to market launch?
  • A partner to help realise your innovative wound healing solution?
  • New solutions to expand your portfolio?
  • Investment opportunities?


Look no further. The EWMA Innovation Alliance is hosting the Innovation Forum to foster a collaborative environment aimed at advancing the development of innovative wound healing products from “bench to bedside.”

The objective is to increase the availability of new and improved wound care solutions for clinicians and their patients across Europe by creating and facilitating opportunities for strategic investment, partnerships, joint development, licensing, and mergers and acquisitions.

Who should attend?

  • Start-ups and established companies in wound care
  • Potential spin-outs from clinical settings and universities
  • Investors with an interest in the healthcare sector
  • Service providers


Attendees will also include leading Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) from the EWMA community.

Registration

EWMA Innovation Forum is by invitation only.

If you would like to receive an invitation with the specific invitation code to be used in the registration process, please send a mail to innovation@ewma.org.

Participation in EWMA Innovation Forum requires a fee corresponding to a full 3 day conference registration to EWMA 2025 for non-members. EWMA Innovation Alliance Members can register for a lower fee equivalent to EWMA Members. You can become a member of EWMA Innovation Alliance here.

Your registration includes full access to the entire EWMA 2025 conference on 26-28 March 2025.

Category Until and incl. 6 February 2025 7 February – 12 March 2025 After 12 March 2025
FULL 3 DAY CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INCL. INNOVATION FORUM ON 27 MARCH 2025
EWMA Innovation Alliance Members

535 €
(442,15 € excl. VAT)

632 €
(522,31 € excl. VAT)

704 €
(581,82 € excl. VAT)

Non-members

644 €
(532,23 € excl. VAT)

742 €
(613,22 € excl. VAT)

816 €
(674,38 € excl. VAT)

Registrations must be made through the online registration system for EWMA 2025.

Once you have logged in follow the step-by-step process below:

  1. Go to Individual Registration.
  2. Choose the participant type l) EWMA Innovation Forum (code required) and insert the invitation code.
  3. Add a registration fee, based on membership in EWMA Innovation Alliance or not. 
  4. Follow the registration process to the end to complete your registration.
  5. You will receive an e-mail confirmation when the registration is finalised.
    NB! Please check your SPAM filter if you do not receive it in your regular inbox.


If you have any questions regarding the registration, please contact 
registration@ewma.org.

Programme

EWMA Innovation Forum will take place on Thursday 27 March 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. 

Details can be found in the EWMA-GNEAUPP 2025 programme, by simply searching for “EWMA Innovation Forum“.

Topics

  • Partnering on the Journey to Market
  • Case Studies
  • Pitch Sessions by Start-ups and Spinouts
  • Announcement of the EWMA Innovation Competition Winner
  • Networking and Social Gathering

Speakers

  • CEOs and Founders from start-ups and spinouts (Pitch Sessions)
  • Kirsi Isoherranen, President of EWMA
  • Jeremy Elser, Ship of Theseus (2024 EWMA Innovation Competition Winner)
  • Emma Wright, Mölnlycke
  • Laurent Decory, Aurealis Therapeutics
  • Shavini Stuart, TNO
  • Edwin den Braber, EWMA Innovation Alliance


(Additional speakers to be announced.)

Satellite Sessions

The EWMA Innovation Alliance will host two dedicated sessions within the main EWMA-GNEAUPP 2025 programme:

Education to Support Company Development
Discover how in-depth knowledge of wound care can unlock innovation and accelerate market entry.

Promoting Access to the European Wound Care Market
Gain insights from experts on navigating regulatory and reimbursement hurdles to successfully bring innovations to market.

Further details on these sessions can be found in the EWMA-GNEAUPP 2025 programme.