Sara Leander-Pehrson
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.
