Mads Nathaniel Lopes
Most people assume that building a company from a research project is just a matter of turning science into a product. It is not. It means managing clinicians who demand evidence, investors who demand growth, and public healthcare systems that move at their own pace, all while building a brand, raising capital, and leading teams on a technology that keeps evolving under your feet. Mads Lopes (Partner, Khora & CEO, BioXR) and Sara Leander-Pehrson (CEO, Heka VR) both lead XR healthtech companies born from research environments. They will share what the journey from research to reality actually looks like, and what it takes to lead through it.
