From navigating regulation to earning CLE credit, legal and compliance leaders have a critical platform at The MedTech Conference, hosted by AdvaMed, October 5–8 in San Diego.

This year’s program was built to help you lead through uncertainty, anticipate risk, and engage directly with regulators, peers, and policymakers.

Top Headlines This Week from #MedTechCon

1. Earn CLE Credits While You Learn
Three accredited CLE sessions are featured this year, giving you the opportunity to sharpen expertise and earn credit while engaging with industry leaders, regulators, and top law firms.

2. Leading Through Uncertainty & Risk
Christopher L. White, Esq., General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer of AdvaMed, explains why this year’s conference comes at such a critical moment — with agency authority reset by the Supreme Court, states stepping into new roles, and trade and tariff shifts reshaping global market access. Read the blog.

3. What’s Next for Legal & Compliance Leaders? Start Here.
The Legal & Health Care Compliance Best Practices track delivers practical insight across five high-impact themes:

• Data Privacy & Stewardship — Proactive strategies to protect patient and device data while enabling innovation and AI adoption.
  
• Enforcement & Compliance Issues — Navigating evolving priorities that impact commercial practices and business operations.
  
• Litigation Risk & Mass Torts — Understanding the drivers of large-scale product liability lawsuits and how to mitigate exposure.
  
• Compliance Leadership — The C-suite role in aligning compliance with ethics, resilience, and sustainable growth.
  
• Innovation & Legal Guardrails — Balancing new technologies like AI and digital health with legal and ethical obligations.

4. Hear from the Experts Defining What’s Next

Recent Supreme Court precedent has reset the role of federal agencies, while states are stepping into areas once dominated by Washington. Add shifting trade relationships, tariffs, and supply chain adjustments, and you have a fundamentally different legal landscape.

At #MTC25, you’ll hear directly from legal and compliance leaders at BD, B. Braun, Edwards Lifesciences, J&J MedTech, Karl Storz, Stryker, Zimmer Biomet, and top advisors from Duane Morris, Hogan Lovells, IQVIA, and King & Spalding — alongside voices like Scott Colburn (FDA), Nick Decker (Roche), Shan Jegatheeswaran (Johnson & Johnson Medtech), Peter Weems (AdvaMed), and Diane Wurzburger (GE HealthCare) who will help lead a discussion on setting standards that prepare the industry for tomorrow’s technologies and regulatory challenges.

5. The Medtech Campus: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

The Medtech Campus is where compliance and policy come to life — from the Patient Pavilion highlighting patient voices, to the Tech in Motion Hub showcasing how AI and digital health are transforming care.

Across the floor, you’ll find global perspectives from Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Singapore, the UK, and more. On the CEOs Unplugged stage, top company leaders and legal experts will share how they’re navigating risk, regulation, and opportunity.

And don’t miss the chance to meet AdvaMed’s legal team at our booth — a perfect place to connect your legal department with ours and exchange insights on today’s shifting landscape.

Your Best Value: Register & Book Housing Today

Now’s the time to secure the lowest rates, book your housing, and ensure your name is included on the official attendee list alongside peers from across the medtech ecosystem.

P.S. AdvaMed members receive the best pricing!