The Future of the OR
Living Lab & Innovation Event
Join us for a day of keynotes, community-led panels, and live demonstrations exploring how the operating room can become a driver of surgical innovation. This is the inaugural event in a province-wide series building Alberta's Living Lab ecosystem.
Tuesday September 15, 2026
Azerili Atrium, University of Calgary Foothills Campus, Calgary, Alberta
8AM - 4PM
PREMIER SPONSOR
Becton Dickinson
We're proud to partner with BD as Premier Sponsor of The Future of the OR
BD is one of the world's largest medical technology companies, developing tools and technologies across medical essentials, connected care, biopharma systems, and interventional care that help clinicians work more safely and efficiently. Their support helps power this inaugural event and Alberta's growing Living Lab ecosystem.
ABOUT THE EVENT
What are we trying to do?
A Living Lab only works when the right people are in the room together.
Clinicians, researchers, industry innovators, health system leaders, government, and the built environment sector, each bringing something the others don't.
This event is the foundational gathering to connect industry and capital planning partners with health system priorities, defines the commercial and healthcare value of a Living Lab in the OR, and identifies concrete opportunities for collaboration and investment, the first step in building Alberta's Living Lab ecosystem.
Our mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of Alberta health innovations that are ready for real-world use, by building the right spaces, the right relationships, and the right evidence, together.
SCHEDULE
Event Agenda
8:00-8:45 am
CHECK IN
📍Azerili Atrium
9:00-9:15 am
OPENING REMARKS
📍Theatre 4
9:15-10:15 am
AM KEYNOTE
How AI-Enabled Digital Health is Transforming Surgical Care
Muhammad Mamdani
📍Theatre 4
10:15-11:00 am
EXHIBITION + NETWORKING BREAK
📍Azerili Atrium
11:00-11:45 am
PANEL
OR at the Centre of Surgical Transformation
📍Theatre 4
11:45am-1:00 pm
LUNCH + EXHIBITION
📍Azerili Atrium
1:00-1:45 pm
PM KEYNOTE
What Does it Take to Build and Scale a Surgical Innovation?
Teodor Grantcharov
📍Theatre 4
1:45-2:30 pm
PANEL
Interoperability & Data Integration for Innovation
📍Theatre 4
2:30-3:00 pm
EXHIBITION + NETWORKING BREAK
📍Azerili Atrium
3:00-3:45 pm
PANEL
The Living Lab Model: Building an Ecosystem That Makes Innovation Possible
📍Theatre 4
3:45-4:00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS
📍Theatre 4
ATTENDEES
Who Should Attend
Clinical Care Teams
Surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, administrators
Health System Leaders
System leaders and policy makers
Industry + Innovators
Medical Technology, device makers, startups, investors
Government
Ministry of Technology and Innovation
Academic Researchers
Faculty and surgical residents
Built Environment
Healthcare construction firms
Clinical Care Teams
Surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, administrators
Industry + Innovators
Medical Technology, device makers, startups, investors
Academic Researchers
Faculty and surgical residents
Health System Leaders
System leaders and policy makers
Government
Ministry of Technology and Innovation
Built Environment
Healthcare construction firms
Clinical Care Teams
Surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, administrators
Industry + Innovators
Medical Technology, device makers, startups, investors
Academic Researchers
Faculty and surgical residents
Health System Leaders
System leaders and policy makers
Government
Ministry of Technology and Innovation
Built Environment
Healthcare construction firms
Clinical Care Teams
Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, perioperative staff, and trainees
Health System Leaders
Executives, operational leaders, and decision-makers from health delivery organizations
Academic Researchers
Clinical, health services, and engineering researchers advancing surgical innovation
Industry + Innovators
Medtech companies, device manufacturers, startups, and investors
Government
Provincial ministries, health authorities, and public agencies shaping health innovation policy
Built Environment
Architects, designers, engineers, and construction partners shaping surgical spaces
PRESENTED BY:
140+
Attendees Expected
5
Keynotes & Panels
2520sf
Exhibition Space
PROGRAMMING
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