The Advanced Wound Care Summit is wound care’s only industry-led forum
It’s a chance for senior executives to address shared challenges around innovative product development, build meaningful partnerships, and sharpen their R&D and commercial strategies.
Whether an established wound care company, an emerging startup, an SME, a regulator, a payer, or key opinion leader, this event serves your strategic and commercial goals.
To take this chance to uncover how leading figures are leveraging novel clinical trial designs, addressing reimbursement challenges surrounding skin substitute products, progressing next generation diagnostic innovations, and much more.
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INNOVATION SHOWCASE
If you are an innovative wound care start-up, the Innovation Showcase is a unique opportunity to present your products to our renowned selection committee and the entire live audience – consisting of investors, strategic M&A scouts, CXOs, VPs and Directors of R&D.
Six companies, hand-picked by our committee, will take to the stand to deliver quick fire presentations about their product or service and how they are aiming to revolutionize wound care.
All applications are stage agnostic and can relate to any solutions within advanced wound care, from anti-biofilm dressings to remote monitoring devices. Apply here to ensure you elevate your brand in a room of potential investors and world leaders of wound care research.
Selection Committee

Kris Kieswetter
Thomas Busby is a Vice President and has been with Outcome Capital since 2015. He focuses on medical technology, digital health and life science services segments with particular interest in innovative life science companies that deliver patient impact by leveraging novel approaches. Thomas is driven by the desire to identify disruptive technologies and services that require unique strategic thought and assistance to realize their full market potential. Thomas has been published in leading life science journals Life Science Leader and The Pharma Letter, and also serves on the board of HealthTech Build, a Boston-based digital health innovation group.
Prior to his career in life-science investment banking, Thomas pursued his passion for the public service and non-profit sectors working in a variety of leadership and management positions, and at one time held a Massachusetts teaching license.
Thomas completed his MBA at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School on full academic scholarship where he was President of the school’s Graduate Business Association and class speaker at graduation. Prior, he completed a BS in Philosophy with Honors from Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences. Committed to giving back, Thomas is currently the President of the College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board of Directors. Thomas is a FINRA Registered Securities Representative holding his Series 79 and 63.

Thomas Busby
Thomas Busby is a Vice President and has been with Outcome Capital since 2015. He focuses on medical technology, digital health and life science services segments with particular interest in innovative life science companies that deliver patient impact by leveraging novel approaches. Thomas is driven by the desire to identify disruptive technologies and services that require unique strategic thought and assistance to realize their full market potential. Thomas has been published in leading life science journals Life Science Leader and The Pharma Letter, and also serves on the board of HealthTech Build, a Boston-based digital health innovation group.
Prior to his career in life-science investment banking, Thomas pursued his passion for the public service and non-profit sectors working in a variety of leadership and management positions, and at one time held a Massachusetts teaching license.
Thomas completed his MBA at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School on full academic scholarship where he was President of the school’s Graduate Business Association and class speaker at graduation. Prior, he completed a BS in Philosophy with Honors from Suffolk’s College of Arts & Sciences. Committed to giving back, Thomas is currently the President of the College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board of Directors. Thomas is a FINRA Registered Securities Representative holding his Series 79 and 63.
Ibraheem (Ib) is Senior R&D Director, External Front End Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Boston. He leverages his expertise in smart materials and biomaterials to support the medical device sector.
From 2010 to 2013, Ib was a Research Fellow at Global Surgery Group of Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for external and front-end innovations and intellectual property for Ethicon Biosurgery. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Director of Applied Research & New Technology Assessment of novel biomaterials. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist of Closure Medical Corp (acquired by J&J in 2005). Prior to joining Closure, he held various positions at Bayer, North Carolina State University, College of Charleston. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University.
During his career, Ib has led teams in the development of commercialized biomaterials based products and new technology / products licensed or acquired.
Ib received his BA degree in chemistry from Avila University. He received his PhD in Organic chemistry from the University of Toledo, where he was the Robert Whiteford Memorial Scholar for Outstanding Graduate Research and a Petroleum Research Fund Fellow. He is also the recipient of 24 US patents with others pending

Ibraheem Badejo
Ibraheem (Ib) is Senior R&D Director, External Front End Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Boston. He leverages his expertise in smart materials and biomaterials to support the medical device sector.
From 2010 to 2013, Ib was a Research Fellow at Global Surgery Group of Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for external and front-end innovations and intellectual property for Ethicon Biosurgery. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Director of Applied Research & New Technology Assessment of novel biomaterials. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist of Closure Medical Corp (acquired by J&J in 2005). Prior to joining Closure, he held various positions at Bayer, North Carolina State University, College of Charleston. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University.
During his career, Ib has led teams in the development of commercialized biomaterials based products and new technology / products licensed or acquired.
Ib received his BA degree in chemistry from Avila University. He received his PhD in Organic chemistry from the University of Toledo, where he was the Robert Whiteford Memorial Scholar for Outstanding Graduate Research and a Petroleum Research Fund Fellow. He is also the recipient of 24 US patents with others pending

Parth Desai

Artem Trotsyuk
2023 SPEAKERS

Kris Kieswetter

Ibraheem Badejo
Ibraheem (Ib) is Senior R&D Director, External Front End Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Boston. He leverages his expertise in smart materials and biomaterials to support the medical device sector.
From 2010 to 2013, Ib was a Research Fellow at Global Surgery Group of Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for external and front-end innovations and intellectual property for Ethicon Biosurgery. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Director of Applied Research & New Technology Assessment of novel biomaterials. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist of Closure Medical Corp (acquired by J&J in 2005). Prior to joining Closure, he held various positions at Bayer, North Carolina State University, College of Charleston. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University.
During his career, Ib has led teams in the development of commercialized biomaterials based products and new technology / products licensed or acquired.
Ib received his BA degree in chemistry from Avila University. He received his PhD in Organic chemistry from the University of Toledo, where he was the Robert Whiteford Memorial Scholar for Outstanding Graduate Research and a Petroleum Research Fund Fellow. He is also the recipient of 24 US patents with others pending

David Armstrong
David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of podiatric surgery, diabetic foot, limb preservation, tissue repair and wound healing. He is founder and co-director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), a clinical and research collaborative.
As director of USC’s Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHIP), he is advancing the latest research in consumer wearables and other health technologies. In 2021, he received a USC Stevens Technology Commercialization Award for his method for treating chronic diabetic foot ulcers, just one of multiple patents he holds.
Dr. Armstrong is coeditor of the American Diabetes Association textbook, Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, now in its third edition. He is responsible for more than 100 books or book chapters, along with 600 peer-reviewed research papers in leading medical journals.
His achievements have garnered multiple honors, including the 2010 American Diabetes Association’s Roger E. Pecoraro Award for Lifetime Achievement in Diabetic Foot Care, the highest honor in the field.
Dr. Armstrong is founding president of the American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS), which is bringing together clinicians to help eliminate preventable amputations in the United States and worldwide. He and his Keck Medicine of USC team are working to achieve that goal for people with diabetes over the next generation.

Monique Rennie

Jon Bloom

Jignesh Patel

Katherine Piette

Ira Herman

Mitch Sanders

Chris Rao

Mike Griffiths

Nikolai Sopko
Dr. Nikolai Sopko obtained his MD with honors from Case Western Reserve University and PhD in stem cell biology at the Cleveland Clinic as a graduate of the National Institutes of Health Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins James Buchanan Brady Urologic Institute as a Physician Scientist Scholar where he focused on regenerative reconstruction, tissue engineering, gene therapy, transplant modulation and tumor biology. He has over 60 published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and is a speaker on regenerative medicine. Dr. Sopko is currently the Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research and Development of PolarityTE where he applies his passion for patient care and basic science

Kenny Carberry
Kenny leads business development efforts and initiatives for early-stage healthcare companies. His background covers a wide array of indications across pharma, medical devices, and digital health. In addition to his expertise in business development, Kenny has several years of experience in clinical trial operations and management. He offers a unique perspective on the clinical development lifecycle from generating a comprehensive strategy through executing a successful trial.

Kent Nielsen

Parth Desai

Thomas Serena
Dr. Thomas E. Serena MD FACS FACHM MAPWCA, Founder and Medical Director of The SerenaGroup®, a family of wound, hyperbaric and research companies, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The College of William and Mary and Penn State Medical School.
To date he has opened and operates wound care centers across the United Sates and globally. Dr. Serena has been the lead or Principal investigator in over 100 clinical trials, including gene therapy for critical limb ischemia, antimicrobial dressings, growth factors, topical and parenteral antibiotics and CTP therapy. He founded the first wound healing cooperative research group that produced more than 12 manuscripts in 2016 alone. In 2011 he developed a diagnostic technique that now bears his name (The Serena Technique©). He holds numerous patents on wound care devices and dressings.
He is recognized internationally as an expert in the field of wound healing: He has more than 200 published papers and has given more than 1000 invited lectures throughout the world. He has published three medical textbooks and authored numerous book chapters. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Society and served two terms on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) and is now the President-Elect. He has also been Vice-President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine and President of the American Professional Wound Care Association.
Dr. Serena has done extensive medical relief work with Health Volunteers Overseas and served as chairman of the AAWC Global Volunteers/HVO Steering Committee until 2016. In 2016 in partnership with HEAL Foundation he opened a wound clinic in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Outside of wound healing, he consulted for the government of Rwanda on AIDS prevention research.

Jason Smith

David Alper
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WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR?
- Interactive Roundtables
Foster new connections across roundtable discussions centered on the key challenges affecting wound care executives today - Expanded Innovation Showcase
With opportunities for emerging start-ups and mid-size brands, apply to pitch your innovation to our room of investors and strategic partners - More Key Players
Meet the game changers from across the industry including 3M, Smith & Nephew, Convatec, Molnlycke and Coloplast, with all stakeholders under one roof - Improved Networking Opportunities
Meet your next collaborator, with a revamped programme allowing for more business partnering opportunities than ever with over 8 hours of dedicated networking time
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Diamond Partner
Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc
Website: https://aotinc.net/
At AOTI, we are helping all people with chronic conditions get back to living their lives to the fullest. We do this by enhancing access to care, improving clinical outcomes and quality of life, and advancing health equity.
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Ascend Materials
Website: https://www.ascendmaterials.com/
Ascend Performance Materials makes high-performance materials for everyday essentials and new technologies.
Our focus is on improving quality of life and inspiring a better tomorrow through innovation. Based in Houston, Texas, and with regional offices in Shanghai, Brussels and Detroit, we are a fully integrated material solutions provider with global manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Our global workforce makes the materials used to make safer vehicles, cleaner energy, better medical devices, smarter appliances and longer-lasting apparel and consumer goods. We are committed to safety, sustainability and the success of our customers and our communities.
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