Swiss MedTech 2025

Staying Competitive in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Followed by a networking reception

Casino Bern |Casinoplatz 1, 3011 |Bern, Switzerland
 
 
 

AGENDA
 

REGISTRATION FROM 1:30 P.M.
 
 

1:30 p.m. 
 

REGISTRATION
 

2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
 

WELCOME 

Eva von Mühlenen, Senior Advisor, Sidley, Geneva

Daniel Delfosse, Vice Director, Head of Regulation and Innovation, Swiss Medtech

Bernhard Bichsel, Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)
 
 

PART I: Regulatory Priorities
 
 

2:10 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Host: Eva von Mühlenen, Senior Advisor, Sidley
 

SWITZERLAND’S REGULATORY PATHWAY: BETWEEN EU REALIGNMENT AND GLOBAL CONVERGENCE

Glenda Marsh, Regional VP, Regulatory Affairs, EMEA and CAN, J&J MedTech

Daniel Delfosse, Vice Director, Head of Regulation and Innovation, Swiss Medtech
 

2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

Host: Eva von Mühlenen, Senior Advisor, Sidley
 

MAKING MDR AND IVDR WORK – LESSONS FROM THE COMBINE PROGRAMME AND PATHS TO SIMPLIFICATION, FLEXIBILITY,
AND RELIANCE

Francesca Cipolli, Director Global Regulatory Affairs Precision Medicine and Digital Health, GSK

Ioana Ratescu, R&D Legal Head Safety, Development Europe and International Regulatory Affairs Legal Lead, Novartis
 
 

PART II: Global Trade and Politics
 
 

3:10 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

Host: Bernhard Bichsel, Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)
 

U.S. POLITICAL SHIFTS AND TARIFFS: HOW TO REACT AS A SWISS MANUFACTURER

Bernard Bichsel, Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)

Justine Fassion, Counsel, Sidley
 

3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
 

COFFEE BREAK
 

4:10 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

Host: Bernhard Bichsel, Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)
 

NEW GLOBAL DYNAMICS – IMPACT ON MARKET ACCESS

Deborah Rossier, Head of Quality and Engineering, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)

Marianne Kesseli, Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs,
Oertli Instrumente AG
 
 

PART III: Corporate Responsibility
 
 

4:50 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

Host: Sandra Item,
Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)
 

THE FUTURE OF EU SUSTAINABILITY –
THE OMNIBUS PACKAGE

Michele Tagliaferri, Partner, Sidley

Anna Melin, Counsel, Sidley 
 
 

PART IV: Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices
 
 

5:10 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. 

Host: Eva von Mühlenen, Senior Advisor, Sidley
 

SWITZERLAND’S EVOLVING AI REGULATION AND GLOBAL STANDARDS: COMPETITIVE EDGE OR CHALLENGE?

Effy Vayena, Associate Vice President for Digital Transformation and Governance and Professor of Bioethics at ETH Zurich

Christophe Perritaz, Head Non-Tariff Measures, Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO

Giorgio Rizzello, Head of Government Affairs Europe, Sonova

Karine Valterio, Senior Legal Counsel, Intuitive Surgical
 

5:50 p.m.
 

WRAP UP / GOODBYE /
WHEN DO WE MEET AGAIN?

Eva von Mühlenen, Senior Advisor, Sidley, Geneva

Daniel Delfosse, Vice Director, Head of Regulation and Innovation, Swiss Medtech

Bernhard Bichsel, Co-CEO, Integrated Scientific Services (ISS)
 

5:50 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 

NETWORKING / DRINKS RECEPTION