Value and impact of innovation ecosystems in health technologies

Innovation ecosystems: driving transformation

In both France and Quebec, collaboration between the public sector, universities, start-ups and major companies is fostering research focused on creating cutting-edge medical solutions.

The aim of this conference was to explore from a number of angles the approaches, challenges and issues involved in environments and intermediaries for technological innovation in healthcare, particularly with regard to generating, capturing and exploiting the value generated by innovative environments that foster the development of healthcare technologies and their socio-economic impact.
3 major themes were addressed during the course of the day:
– Approaches and models for integrated management of the innovation continuum in healthcare technologies, and assessment of their socio-economic impact;
– Criteria and key success factors for facilitating the adoption and accelerating the commercialisation of value-based healthcare innovations;
– Health technology innovation ecosystems, yes… but how can they be sustained and what socio-economic impact will they have?

Lyon and Montreal, two pioneering cities in the field of connected healthcare, took a closer look at each other, illustrating the diversity and strength of these ecosystems and demonstrating their essential role as drivers for transforming healthcare, always with the aim of improving patient care and meeting the public health challenges of the future.

Outlook

The added value of innovation ecosystems in healthcare technologies is a promise of future progress. Transatlantic collaboration is a major vector for responding to global health challenges, while offering appropriate local solutions.

A big thank you to all the speakers who made this day memorable with fruitful exchanges and points of view: Carl-Éric Aubin, Executive and Scientific Director, Institut TransMedTech Dan Gabay, CEO, CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal Patrick Cohendet, Professor and co-director of the Mosaic cluster, HEC Montréal Hasna Rouighi, Director of the Office of Innovation, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Government of Quebec Armelle Dion, Director of Innovation, Hospices Civils de Lyon Peggy Leplat, Deputy Director of Innovation, Hospices Civils de Lyon Pascal Bécache, Co-founder and Executive Director of Business Development, Digital Pharma Lab Manaf Bouchentouf, Director of Strategy, Catherine Beaudry, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Creation, Development and Commercialisation of Innovation, Polytechnique Montréal Gérald Comtet, Founder of Use Care – Fabrique des Usages en Santé, Use Care – Fabrique des Usages en Santé Évelyne Kratz, Senior Consultant in Health Sciences & Digital Health – Speaker at conferences and e-health workshops – Lecturer in digital health (Marseille, Dijon, Paris), Strategy and Innovation in Health Anne-Marie Alarco, Deputy Director of Innovation, CHU Sainte Justine

Marc Sébastien Verrault, Regional Director, Health System Strategies and Government Affairs – Quebec, Medtronic Canada Kathy Malas, Director of Research, Innovation and Learning, CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest Pascale Lehoux, Scientific Vice-President, Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux Alexandre Le Bouthillier, CEO, Linearis Clémentine Body, Director of Transversal and International Projects, Agence de l’Innovation en Santé.

A memorable 40th

Following our conference, we were invited to the Marché Bonsecours and to Montreal City Hall to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Les Entretiens Jacques Cartier. A magnificent ceremony hosted by Philippe RÉGNOUX in the presence of Christopher Skeete, MBA, Adm. A, Quebec’s Minister for the Economy, Catherine Staron, Vice-President for High Schools, Higher Education, Research and Innovation for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal, Bruno Bernard, President of the Metropolis of Lyon, Pierre Marc Johnson, former Premier of Quebec, Alain Mérieux, President of the Mérieux Foundation, Bernard Sinou, President of the Centre Jacques Cartier and Danièle Henkel, Ambassador of the Francophonie for the Conseil du patronat du Québec.

In addition to the Entretiens Jacques Cartier, we also hosted a delegation organised by SHAPE-Med@Lyon and PULSALYS, featuring young Lyon-based start-ups offering innovative, personalised medical solutions.

A week rich in discussions and learnings from both sides of the Atlantic!

To go further, you can consult these relevant articles published in the press on both sides of the Atlantic: