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Medtronic Case Competition LifeScience Alley Conference MILIsa Speaker Series MILI Seminar Series - Marie Johnson PHD Carl Platou Leadership Competition Ideas on what youd like to see from MILIsa in the future? E-mail us at milisa@umn.edu

Medtronic Case Competition (MEDIHCC)

Interested in strategic problems facing the medical device industry today? Compete on a interdisciplinary team (MBA, MHA, MPH, MPP, JD, MD, PhD) to create innovative solutions to problems currently faced in the medical device industry. The top three teams will travel to Medtronic headquarters to present to C-level executives and win cash prizes! The competition will be held December 1-3, 2011 at the Carlson School of Management. Sign up: Click here (UMN e-mail address required)

LifeScience Alley (LSA) Conference

Attend the 10th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo in Minnesota. The conference offers you great exposure to the medical device & life science industry, networking opportunities, and deeper insights into trends & topics impacting the industry today. There will be several great panel sessions in the morning and the afternoon. More information are to find on the conference agenda. The Carlson School of Management and MILI will be present at the Expo of the conference (Booth 605). Date: Wednesday Dec. 10th, 2011, 7:00 am5:00 pm Place: Minneapolis Convention Center Find more information under: http://www.lifesciencealleyconference.org/

MILIsa Speaker Series

Tim Laske (Medtronic) Speaker Event Tuesday November, 29, 2011, 12:15 AM-1:15PM Please join us for this event, co-sponsored by MILIsa and the Surgery Interest Group (SIG) Tim Laske is VP of Product Development at Medtronic - Medtronic AF Solutions; Adjunct Associate Professor UMN Department of Surgery . Youll learn about Tims work with Professor Paul Iaizzo in the Visible Heart Lab (www.visibleheart.com) and get a first-hand look at what its like to try to tranquilize a black bear in its den.

MILI Seminar
Marie Johnson PHD - A Medical Device Development Journey: Using a life tragedy to eradicate needless death due to heart disease Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 2:30PM4:00 PM Dr Marie Johnson has 25 years of experience in product development and manufacturing in both university and Fortune 500 companies. She also led the development of a University of Minnesota think tank training post-doctoral engineers and medical doctors. Over the course of 2 years these teams created 32 medical device provisional patents, two licensing deals and two start-up companies. No RSVP required. For more information: Click here

Carl Platou Leadership Competition

The Carl Platou Leadership Competition took place on November 15th at the Carlson School of Management. Key Note Speaker was Stephen T. Parente. The competition winners are: 1st place: Avantika Chaudary 2nd place: Jeogn-Ha Hwang 3rd place: Brian Egan

Congratulations to all three from the whole MILIsa team!

MILIsa Calendar
On account of the Gmail migration, the MILIsa calendar of events is viewable by adding milisa@umn.edu to your Gmail calendars (accessible for university and non-university email addresses).

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